July 23, 2025 • 22 mins
World Friendship Day (International Day of Friendship), celebrated on July 30th, is a reminder of the power of genuine connection in addressing today’s loneliness epidemic. In this episode, we’ll explore the Four A’s model for building authentic friendships: Accessibility, Assurance, Affection, and Accountability.
True friendship means more than casual connection—it’s about carrying one another’s burdens, loving deeply, and sharpening each other to grow. As you listen, I invite you to take on this challenge: choose one step from the Four A’s model and intentionally practice it with a specific friend.
Even small, deliberate acts can spark profound change—both in your relationships and in the lives of those around you.
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Jermine Alberty (00:02):
Well, everybody , welcome to the SALT Talk with
Jermine Alberty, and I am soexcited about our July episode
because July 30th is WorldFriendship Day.
Yes, this is officiallyrecognized by the United Nations
to celebrate friendship.
(00:22):
Not only to celebratefriendship, but to foster unity.
And, as you know, at the SawTalk we blend spirituality,
mental health, community andrecovery into meaningful
conversations.
I never forget my kids and Iwatching Toy Story and of course
(00:45):
there's Woody and there's Buzzand all the toys and, before you
know it, the song you Got aFriend in Me.
When the road looks rough aheadand you're miles and miles from
your nice warm bed, you got afriend in me.
(01:10):
And you know, friendship is sovery important because it's not
just some sentimental kind ofthing, it really is essential
when you think about howimportant it is that we are in
community with one another.
It's just not good for us to bealone.
In fact, research tells us thatloneliness is an epidemic, and
(01:40):
I could go through a bunch ofstatistics that could prove that
point.
You know one of those is in theUS, that 21% of adults reported
feeling lonely, with symptomslike anxiety and depression and
a loss of purpose.
Another stat is that 60% plusfeel lonely regularly, and
(02:02):
another stat is that 57% ofAmericans feel lonely.
I mean, it's amazing howconnected we are through social
media and yet how lonely many ofus are.
And that's why, to me, Ithought it would be so important
(02:25):
to just recognize this worldfriendship day because, although
it may feel as if we aresurrounded by people all day, we
can still feel unseen and stillbe so very isolated.
(02:46):
I think that when we talk aboutthe need just to have a friend,
we point to the fact thatisolation isn't just physical
but it's also emotional, and alot of people in our communities
(03:09):
unfortunately, die alone.
And you know, I want to mostdefinitely take this and make it
a little more upbeat of aconversation, but I also know
that if we don't have thisconversation, then people will
(03:30):
continue to suffer in silenceand it's okay to say, hey, I
need help.
Did you know that chronicloneliness can affect heart
health, immunity and even one'slifespan?
(03:51):
But there's hope.
There is hope and that hope isfound in Scripture for some.
You know, in Scripture it talksabout how friendship is one of
those things where, when you'rea friend, you bear the burden of
the other, that when you are afriend you love deeply and when
(04:15):
you are a friend you sharpen oneanother.
Say there, because friends areso very important to be able to
just talk to and share what youare experiencing and be able to
carry that load with you so youdon't care about yourself.
Friends should be there to loveyou just deeply and not have
(04:38):
that shallow love that only whenyou're doing for them, that
they are there for you, but thatdeep love that is reciprocated.
And then you know friendsshould be there to help build
you up, you know, to helpstrengthen you, that when you're
(04:58):
dull they sharpen you.
That's why friends should bethere.
And you know I was growing upand there was a song called
Friends.
How many of us have them.
Friends, you know and that song, you know how many of us have
them.
You know how many of us havethese friends.
(05:20):
And I'm not talking about thoseFacebook friends, I'm not
talking about the friends thatwe have in social media
platforms.
You know many of us.
When we look on our Facebookpage, we have hundreds, even
thousands of friends.
I mean, I know that I probablyhave about 1,500 friends on
(05:44):
Facebook, that I probably haveabout 1,500 friends on Facebook,
and I know of many of them, butI don't know them.
And so it's really important,because sometimes what happens
is people think they know what'sgoing on in your life based
upon what you post on socialmedia, like your vacation photos
(06:07):
or your birthday photos orthose inspirational quotes, and
people feel like, oh man, theymust be doing amazing, and the
reality is, this is that youmight not, and so, for me, I
really want to make sure that Isurround myself with just a few
(06:28):
good friends.
There's a scripture that says aman of many companions may come
to ruin, but there's a friendwho sticks closer than a brother
, and that's what I want.
I want friends that areconnected to me, not because of
what they can necessarily getfrom me, but because our spirits
(06:51):
are connected.
Because our spirits areconnected, I'm grateful that I
got some friends, that we aresoul sisters and soul brothers,
you know, because it's our soulsthat link us together, and what
a great gift it is to havefriends where your souls link
(07:12):
you together.
You know, I have this idealthat soulmates are not just
people who you're supposed to beromantically interested in, but
soulmates are those people thatyou know that, like you know
each other Like there is whenyou meet them.
There's a connection, there'san energy, there's a synergy
(07:33):
that says hey, we are supposedto be in each other's lives.
And so I want to encourage you,on this friendship day, that you
just begin to think about howdo you appreciate those people
who you call friends, who youcall friends, and that we take
(07:56):
full advantage of the time wehave, because time is so
fleeting, like you don't knowhow much time you have.
And so, on this friendship day,it's so important that we reach
out to those people who we callfriends and we love on them.
(08:18):
You know, psychologists tell usthat a part of loneliness as
long as epidemic today isn'tjust about being alone.
As I said earlier, it's aboutbeing surrounded by connection
but still feeling unseen.
But still feeling unseen.
And we scroll, we like, wecomment, but we rarely go deep.
(08:43):
And so I'm a man of many modelsthat I've developed over my
lifetime, and I've developed amodel that I call the four A's,
and initially I taught thismodel as a triple A model.
And when you get broke down onthe side of life and you're in
(09:12):
your vehicle, you call triple Aand they come and they give you
a gallon of gas to get you tothe gas station.
They change a tire until youcan get the tire repaired or
replaced.
They're there to just be therefor you when you're in a
situation where you just need alittle help.
And so I developed this AAAmodel and I think I may have
(09:32):
even discussed it on a priorpodcast and as I was talking to
a friend, I thought aboutanother A that I needed to add
to that model, and so this isthis 4A model that I want to
share with you all again,because I think it's so
important on this InternationalFriendship Day.
(09:56):
And so the model begins withaccessibility, and then
assurance and affection, andthen that other A that I added
to this model is accountability.
And so when we talk aboutpersons being accessible in
(10:16):
regards to digital interactions,I want to touch that first with
regards to digital interactions, and I want to move from
digital interactions to morethose personal interactions.
But accessibility means we makeourselves available beyond the
timeline.
Assurance means that we'reletting someone know I've got
(10:40):
your back and I'll show up foryou.
Affection reminds us thatfriendship requires warmth and
not just words.
And then accountability speaksto challenging us through love.
Once again, challenging usthrough love, so that we're able
(11:02):
to speak truth even when it'shard.
There was a quote that I heardand I wrote it down and I put it
in a notebook.
And I was going through some ofmy notebooks and I came to it
(11:27):
and it talked about you know,honesty without empathy is
brutality and I thought, wow,that's powerful.
Honesty without empathy isbrutality.
Sometimes people are reallymean to people and they say I'm
just telling the truth.
I'm just telling the truth andit's a way that you can tell the
truth without trying to destroysomebody, because many times
(11:50):
when we're telling the truthabout something, the reality is
we haven't thought aboutsometimes what if we were in
that situation, how we wantsomebody to respond to us.
So, while we hold each otheraccountable, we have to be
affectionate.
We can't just shoot out words.
We need to have some warmthbehind those words and in that
(12:14):
warmth we're offering assurance,letting that person know hey, I
got your back, I'll show up foryou.
But that involves us beingaccessible.
You know, accessible.
If we want to make it five A's,you know it would be accessible
and available.
(12:36):
You know, because sometimespeople can be accessed but
they're not available.
So we would make this five A's.
It would be accessibility,availability, assurance,
affection and accountability.
Listen, it can just grow andgrow, but I think it's so
important that I tie in becauseI always say once a pastor,
(13:02):
always a pastor.
You know, a lot of people ask,hey, where do you go to church
at, where are you serving at?
And I explain to people that Ifeel as if I am called to the
one.
We have enough pastors for the99, but not enough pastors for
the one, and I love pastoring.
(13:25):
But I'm so grateful for thejourney that I'm on right now as
I go around the country andhelp pastors and leaders and
congregations build out theirmental health ministries.
I'm so grateful for this work,and so I will always use my
(13:45):
faith and my beliefs as a way totry to inspire and encourage
people.
So when you listen to thispodcast, you'll hear me from
time to time reference sacredtexts, and so I love the
Proverbs.
Proverbs are filled with wisdom, and so I love this scripture.
(14:08):
Proverbs 17, 17 says a friendloves at all times, and I love
that because being accessible,being available, is important
and I just can't love you when Iwant to love you.
A friend loves at all times, atall times, and that requires us
(14:34):
being there.
So, on this InternationalFriendship Day, I would love for
you to make a list of peoplethat you're just going to call
and say hey, friend, I justwanted to see how you're doing,
and I know we're busy, all of usare busy.
Know, we're busy, all of us arebusy.
We just make a list.
(14:55):
July 30th is InternationalFriendship Day.
Make a list, call five peoplewho you haven't talked to and
just say hey, I just wanted tocall and say hi.
I'm talking about people whoyou consider friends.
I'm not talking about completestrangers, people you consider
(15:17):
friends.
Call them up and check in onthem, because it's about
friendship and it's about unity.
This day is about friendshipand unity.
And so, when we talk aboutassurance, it's really
(15:42):
interesting how, when you lookat John 15, jesus says you are
my friends, and then he says ifyou do what I command you to do,
that's over in John 15, butthen later on, he says I no
longer call you servants, I callyou friends.
And in that whole context offriendship and servanthood,
(16:05):
there is a shifting of intimacy.
There's a shifting of intimacy.
There's a shifting of intimacybecause he says a servant
doesn't know what the master isdoing, but a friend does.
There's a shifting I'm yourfriend, not just your master,
(16:30):
and I think sometimes there arethese different degrees of power
dynamics in friendships wherewe have power over people and we
need to move from trying tohave power over people to having
power with people, sharingpower, not talking down to
people, but having shared power.
You move from thismaster-servant kind of dynamic
(16:51):
to no, we're friends, we can beintimate with each other, we can
be confident in each other, wecan trust each other.
There's no way to be assured tosomeone if they can't trust you
and have confidence in you.
That might have been a bit muchright there, but it's important
(17:14):
that I can confide in you andtrust in you in order to feel
assured by you.
I'm almost finished.
I'm almost finished.
Affection Ecclesiastes 4, 9 to10 tells us that friends uplift
one another, and I think that'sso important that you can call
(17:36):
on somebody who can lift you upwhen you're down.
I know that the text talksabout encouraging ourselves,
being able to encourageourselves, but it's also good to
be able to turn to somebody whocan encourage you, and I
consider myself sometimes theCEO of many people's lives.
(17:59):
I am the chief encouragementofficer.
That's right.
I am the chief encouragementofficer and I don't mind being
that for people.
I don't mind being thatencourager, that anchor, that
person that you can turn to andshare your challenges with.
(18:21):
Don't mind being that as longas that person is willing to be
(18:43):
accountable and be willing toaccept responsibility for what
they're going through, so thattogether we can get out that
hole together.
I can't climb down that holewith you and sit with you in
that hole and encourage you, butI'm not going to stay in that
hole with you, but I'll comedown there, I'll sit with you,
I'll talk with you, I'll breakbread with you, but when I'm
ready to climb out that hole andtake the rope I use to get down
there and I'm ready to climbout and if you say I'm going to
stay down here in this hole, I'mgoing to let you stay down
(19:04):
there and when you're ready,call my name.
Accountability is aboutencouraging people to grow.
Accountability is about usbeing able to talk with
(19:33):
integrity to our friends and beable to stand on our values, be
able to stand on our truths.
And so, as we wrap up thispodcast, it started off really
heavy, but I hope that we havemoved from that heaviness to
some assurance, move from thatheaviness to some assurance.
And so I just want to wrap upwith a few more things in how we
(19:56):
can apply this 4A, 5a model.
And then I'm going to encourageyou all, on July 30th, when you
listen to this podcast, to goand be a friend to somebody.
And so here's some more thingsAccessibility so set reoccurring
(20:19):
plans that could be hostingmonthly dinners, some groups, so
forth.
The other thing is, with regardsto accessibility, it is being
able to be clear with peoplelike, hey, I'm available this
time, this time, and having veryclear boundaries.
The other thing with regards toassurance is once again being
(20:40):
able to speak those affirmationsof I believe in you and being
able to once again share thosevulnerabilities to false trust
and been able to once againshare those vulnerabilities to
foster trust.
And then, once again, affection.
I want to encourage you to justbe able to call folks and just
express what you're grateful forabout them, just express some
gratitude, recall moments andshare appreciation on that
(21:03):
friendship day.
And then once again back toaccountability.
Accountability is that gentlecorrection.
It could be mentoring, it couldbe praying for someone, but
once again it really is aboutthat mutual encouragement we
provide one to the other.
(21:24):
Listen, my friends, you havebeen listening to another
episode of the Salt Talk withJermaine Alberti and I want to
encourage you with thischallenge.
I want for you to pursue atleast one step of the A model
(21:45):
Accessibility, assurance,affection, accountability,
availability, share.
Do at least one of these stepswith a specific friend.
I want you to know that evensmall efforts can spark deep
change.
Once again, you've beenlistening to the Salt Talk with
(22:06):
Jermaine Alkey.
I look forward to you joiningme for another episode of the
Salt Talk with Jermaine Alkey.
And I look forward to youjoining me for another episode
of the Salt Talk.
Well, everybody , welcome to the SALT Talk with
Jermine Alberty, and I am soexcited about our July episode
because July 30th is WorldFriendship Day.
Yes, this is officiallyrecognized by the United Nations
to celebrate friendship.
(00:22):
Not only to celebratefriendship, but to foster unity.
And, as you know, at the SawTalk we blend spirituality,
mental health, community andrecovery into meaningful
conversations.
I never forget my kids and Iwatching Toy Story and of course
(00:45):
there's Woody and there's Buzzand all the toys and, before you
know it, the song you Got aFriend in Me.
When the road looks rough aheadand you're miles and miles from
your nice warm bed, you got afriend in me.
(01:10):
And you know, friendship is sovery important because it's not
just some sentimental kind ofthing, it really is essential
when you think about howimportant it is that we are in
community with one another.
It's just not good for us to bealone.
In fact, research tells us thatloneliness is an epidemic, and
(01:40):
I could go through a bunch ofstatistics that could prove that
point.
You know one of those is in theUS, that 21% of adults reported
feeling lonely, with symptomslike anxiety and depression and
a loss of purpose.
Another stat is that 60% plusfeel lonely regularly, and
(02:02):
another stat is that 57% ofAmericans feel lonely.
I mean, it's amazing howconnected we are through social
media and yet how lonely many ofus are.
And that's why, to me, Ithought it would be so important
(02:25):
to just recognize this worldfriendship day because, although
it may feel as if we aresurrounded by people all day, we
can still feel unseen and stillbe so very isolated.
(02:46):
I think that when we talk aboutthe need just to have a friend,
we point to the fact thatisolation isn't just physical
but it's also emotional, and alot of people in our communities
(03:09):
unfortunately, die alone.
And you know, I want to mostdefinitely take this and make it
a little more upbeat of aconversation, but I also know
that if we don't have thisconversation, then people will
(03:30):
continue to suffer in silenceand it's okay to say, hey, I
need help.
Did you know that chronicloneliness can affect heart
health, immunity and even one'slifespan?
(03:51):
But there's hope.
There is hope and that hope isfound in Scripture for some.
You know, in Scripture it talksabout how friendship is one of
those things where, when you'rea friend, you bear the burden of
the other, that when you are afriend you love deeply and when
(04:15):
you are a friend you sharpen oneanother.
Say there, because friends areso very important to be able to
just talk to and share what youare experiencing and be able to
carry that load with you so youdon't care about yourself.
Friends should be there to loveyou just deeply and not have
(04:38):
that shallow love that only whenyou're doing for them, that
they are there for you, but thatdeep love that is reciprocated.
And then you know friendsshould be there to help build
you up, you know, to helpstrengthen you, that when you're
(04:58):
dull they sharpen you.
That's why friends should bethere.
And you know I was growing upand there was a song called
Friends.
How many of us have them.
Friends, you know and that song, you know how many of us have
them.
You know how many of us havethese friends.
(05:20):
And I'm not talking about thoseFacebook friends, I'm not
talking about the friends thatwe have in social media
platforms.
You know many of us.
When we look on our Facebookpage, we have hundreds, even
thousands of friends.
I mean, I know that I probablyhave about 1,500 friends on
(05:44):
Facebook, that I probably haveabout 1,500 friends on Facebook,
and I know of many of them, butI don't know them.
And so it's really important,because sometimes what happens
is people think they know what'sgoing on in your life based
upon what you post on socialmedia, like your vacation photos
(06:07):
or your birthday photos orthose inspirational quotes, and
people feel like, oh man, theymust be doing amazing, and the
reality is, this is that youmight not, and so, for me, I
really want to make sure that Isurround myself with just a few
(06:28):
good friends.
There's a scripture that says aman of many companions may come
to ruin, but there's a friendwho sticks closer than a brother
, and that's what I want.
I want friends that areconnected to me, not because of
what they can necessarily getfrom me, but because our spirits
(06:51):
are connected.
Because our spirits areconnected, I'm grateful that I
got some friends, that we aresoul sisters and soul brothers,
you know, because it's our soulsthat link us together, and what
a great gift it is to havefriends where your souls link
(07:12):
you together.
You know, I have this idealthat soulmates are not just
people who you're supposed to beromantically interested in, but
soulmates are those people thatyou know that, like you know
each other Like there is whenyou meet them.
There's a connection, there'san energy, there's a synergy
(07:33):
that says hey, we are supposedto be in each other's lives.
And so I want to encourage you,on this friendship day, that you
just begin to think about howdo you appreciate those people
who you call friends, who youcall friends, and that we take
(07:56):
full advantage of the time wehave, because time is so
fleeting, like you don't knowhow much time you have.
And so, on this friendship day,it's so important that we reach
out to those people who we callfriends and we love on them.
(08:18):
You know, psychologists tell usthat a part of loneliness as
long as epidemic today isn'tjust about being alone.
As I said earlier, it's aboutbeing surrounded by connection
but still feeling unseen.
But still feeling unseen.
And we scroll, we like, wecomment, but we rarely go deep.
(08:43):
And so I'm a man of many modelsthat I've developed over my
lifetime, and I've developed amodel that I call the four A's,
and initially I taught thismodel as a triple A model.
And when you get broke down onthe side of life and you're in
(09:12):
your vehicle, you call triple Aand they come and they give you
a gallon of gas to get you tothe gas station.
They change a tire until youcan get the tire repaired or
replaced.
They're there to just be therefor you when you're in a
situation where you just need alittle help.
And so I developed this AAAmodel and I think I may have
(09:32):
even discussed it on a priorpodcast and as I was talking to
a friend, I thought aboutanother A that I needed to add
to that model, and so this isthis 4A model that I want to
share with you all again,because I think it's so
important on this InternationalFriendship Day.
(09:56):
And so the model begins withaccessibility, and then
assurance and affection, andthen that other A that I added
to this model is accountability.
And so when we talk aboutpersons being accessible in
(10:16):
regards to digital interactions,I want to touch that first with
regards to digital interactions, and I want to move from
digital interactions to morethose personal interactions.
But accessibility means we makeourselves available beyond the
timeline.
Assurance means that we'reletting someone know I've got
(10:40):
your back and I'll show up foryou.
Affection reminds us thatfriendship requires warmth and
not just words.
And then accountability speaksto challenging us through love.
Once again, challenging usthrough love, so that we're able
(11:02):
to speak truth even when it'shard.
There was a quote that I heardand I wrote it down and I put it
in a notebook.
And I was going through some ofmy notebooks and I came to it
(11:27):
and it talked about you know,honesty without empathy is
brutality and I thought, wow,that's powerful.
Honesty without empathy isbrutality.
Sometimes people are reallymean to people and they say I'm
just telling the truth.
I'm just telling the truth andit's a way that you can tell the
truth without trying to destroysomebody, because many times
(11:50):
when we're telling the truthabout something, the reality is
we haven't thought aboutsometimes what if we were in
that situation, how we wantsomebody to respond to us.
So, while we hold each otheraccountable, we have to be
affectionate.
We can't just shoot out words.
We need to have some warmthbehind those words and in that
(12:14):
warmth we're offering assurance,letting that person know hey, I
got your back, I'll show up foryou.
But that involves us beingaccessible.
You know, accessible.
If we want to make it five A's,you know it would be accessible
and available.
(12:36):
You know, because sometimespeople can be accessed but
they're not available.
So we would make this five A's.
It would be accessibility,availability, assurance,
affection and accountability.
Listen, it can just grow andgrow, but I think it's so
important that I tie in becauseI always say once a pastor,
(13:02):
always a pastor.
You know, a lot of people ask,hey, where do you go to church
at, where are you serving at?
And I explain to people that Ifeel as if I am called to the
one.
We have enough pastors for the99, but not enough pastors for
the one, and I love pastoring.
(13:25):
But I'm so grateful for thejourney that I'm on right now as
I go around the country andhelp pastors and leaders and
congregations build out theirmental health ministries.
I'm so grateful for this work,and so I will always use my
(13:45):
faith and my beliefs as a way totry to inspire and encourage
people.
So when you listen to thispodcast, you'll hear me from
time to time reference sacredtexts, and so I love the
Proverbs.
Proverbs are filled with wisdom, and so I love this scripture.
(14:08):
Proverbs 17, 17 says a friendloves at all times, and I love
that because being accessible,being available, is important
and I just can't love you when Iwant to love you.
A friend loves at all times, atall times, and that requires us
(14:34):
being there.
So, on this InternationalFriendship Day, I would love for
you to make a list of peoplethat you're just going to call
and say hey, friend, I justwanted to see how you're doing,
and I know we're busy, all of usare busy.
Know, we're busy, all of us arebusy.
We just make a list.
(14:55):
July 30th is InternationalFriendship Day.
Make a list, call five peoplewho you haven't talked to and
just say hey, I just wanted tocall and say hi.
I'm talking about people whoyou consider friends.
I'm not talking about completestrangers, people you consider
(15:17):
friends.
Call them up and check in onthem, because it's about
friendship and it's about unity.
This day is about friendshipand unity.
And so, when we talk aboutassurance, it's really
(15:42):
interesting how, when you lookat John 15, jesus says you are
my friends, and then he says ifyou do what I command you to do,
that's over in John 15, butthen later on, he says I no
longer call you servants, I callyou friends.
And in that whole context offriendship and servanthood,
(16:05):
there is a shifting of intimacy.
There's a shifting of intimacy.
There's a shifting of intimacybecause he says a servant
doesn't know what the master isdoing, but a friend does.
There's a shifting I'm yourfriend, not just your master,
(16:30):
and I think sometimes there arethese different degrees of power
dynamics in friendships wherewe have power over people and we
need to move from trying tohave power over people to having
power with people, sharingpower, not talking down to
people, but having shared power.
You move from thismaster-servant kind of dynamic
(16:51):
to no, we're friends, we can beintimate with each other, we can
be confident in each other, wecan trust each other.
There's no way to be assured tosomeone if they can't trust you
and have confidence in you.
That might have been a bit muchright there, but it's important
(17:14):
that I can confide in you andtrust in you in order to feel
assured by you.
I'm almost finished.
I'm almost finished.
Affection Ecclesiastes 4, 9 to10 tells us that friends uplift
one another, and I think that'sso important that you can call
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on somebody who can lift you upwhen you're down.
I know that the text talksabout encouraging ourselves,
being able to encourageourselves, but it's also good to
be able to turn to somebody whocan encourage you, and I
consider myself sometimes theCEO of many people's lives.
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I am the chief encouragementofficer.
That's right.
I am the chief encouragementofficer and I don't mind being
that for people.
I don't mind being thatencourager, that anchor, that
person that you can turn to andshare your challenges with.
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Don't mind being that as longas that person is willing to be
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accountable and be willing toaccept responsibility for what
they're going through, so thattogether we can get out that
hole together.
I can't climb down that holewith you and sit with you in
that hole and encourage you, butI'm not going to stay in that
hole with you, but I'll comedown there, I'll sit with you,
I'll talk with you, I'll breakbread with you, but when I'm
ready to climb out that hole andtake the rope I use to get down
there and I'm ready to climbout and if you say I'm going to
stay down here in this hole, I'mgoing to let you stay down
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there and when you're ready,call my name.
Accountability is aboutencouraging people to grow.
Accountability is about usbeing able to talk with
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integrity to our friends and beable to stand on our values, be
able to stand on our truths.
And so, as we wrap up thispodcast, it started off really
heavy, but I hope that we havemoved from that heaviness to
some assurance, move from thatheaviness to some assurance.
And so I just want to wrap upwith a few more things in how we
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can apply this 4A, 5a model.
And then I'm going to encourageyou all, on July 30th, when you
listen to this podcast, to goand be a friend to somebody.
And so here's some more thingsAccessibility so set reoccurring
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plans that could be hostingmonthly dinners, some groups, so
forth.
The other thing is, with regardsto accessibility, it is being
able to be clear with peoplelike, hey, I'm available this
time, this time, and having veryclear boundaries.
The other thing with regards toassurance is once again being
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able to speak those affirmationsof I believe in you and being
able to once again share thosevulnerabilities to false trust
and been able to once againshare those vulnerabilities to
foster trust.
And then, once again, affection.
I want to encourage you to justbe able to call folks and just
express what you're grateful forabout them, just express some
gratitude, recall moments andshare appreciation on that
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friendship day.
And then once again back toaccountability.
Accountability is that gentlecorrection.
It could be mentoring, it couldbe praying for someone, but
once again it really is aboutthat mutual encouragement we
provide one to the other.
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Listen, my friends, you havebeen listening to another
episode of the Salt Talk withJermaine Alberti and I want to
encourage you with thischallenge.
I want for you to pursue atleast one step of the A model
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Accessibility, assurance,affection, accountability,
availability, share.
Do at least one of these stepswith a specific friend.
I want you to know that evensmall efforts can spark deep
change.
Once again, you've beenlistening to the Salt Talk with
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Jermaine Alkey.
I look forward to you joiningme for another episode of the
Salt Talk with Jermaine Alkey.
And I look forward to youjoining me for another episode
of the Salt Talk.
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