November 26, 2025 • 30 mins
You’ll be amazed at how simply being grateful for even the little things each day can open the door to greater joy, abundance, and success in your life.
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We honestly do.
Some people don't.
But no, really,he'll say I don't like people.
Always the red lightson. That must mean that we're crazy.
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You're going to have to mass marketthese at some point.
You know what do you like what's good cup.
Yeah. Yeah.
They're not for sale yet. Yet?
Not yet.We're thinking about getting a maybe.
I like the yellow insidebecause it looks like sunshine.
It does doesn't I mean the whole thing.
Oh, I leave it all inside.
You know,
I stopped by a common grounds coffeeright down the street from our studios
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before I come here.
And the flavor this morning was, hazelnut.
Yeah. Your coffee is amazing.
Because I could smell it.
Yeah.
I won't see where I got minefrom when I central banking.
It doesn't smell like that.
It just kind of like, proliferatesin the whole studio.
Perfect. Does.
It does likeI want to take a shower in it.
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Okay.
So people take mud bath,you know, just sort of,
you know, you you go hazelnut shower.
Wilson. You're going to like that.
Wilson's the owner of Common Groundsby the Wilson, Indiana.
But, thank you so much.
You're welcometo what's good with John and Joyce.
And, thank you for listening and watching.
And whatever you do, on YouTubeor all the different major platforms.
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And, I'm proud to say that,we appreciate being on the iHeart radio
podcast network as well.
I work on radio stations up in Hartfordat the River 159 and country 92 five.
And it's just a great group of people,
a great familyto be a part of at iHeart radio.
So thank you, yes,for blessing my life in so many ways.
So I'm sitting herewith this book in my lap.
Only because I was talking to you about ithas nothing really to do with this show.
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But, if anyoneif you want to read a really great.
It's not like a novel.
It's like a Bible.It is has been my Bible.
It's all marked up.
Everything you can't affordthe luxury of a negative thought.
Wow, what an interesting title.
The luxury of it is called The Life101 series.
And it really is, because I rememberreading this like way, way back
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and it said, like,what if you're afraid of death?
And I said, well,if you're afraid of death and
then you've got to be afraid of I LoveLucy reruns because it's inevitable.
It's inevitable.
And there is, like, make peace with that
because there's like three thingsthat could happen.
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Either those who believe you gono where, so you believe, you go
no where you believe, yougo to heaven. Believe. You go to heaven.
You believe you're going to becomereincarnated.
Great. Believe in that.
And then go on with your life. Right?
You know, the thingis, somebody said to me at the gym
the other day about worry.
Said worry is like worshiping the devil.
It is the devil.
You know it.
Yeah, it really is.
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And the thing is,we all do it. I'm guilty.
Oh, yeah.
I mean, we worry, but the thing is,we only have today, right?
So let's make the best of today.
I know it sounds so cliche, but there aresome people didn't wake up this morning.
True.
And you're going to be some people
that don't wake up tomorrow morning,and we just,
we just really needjust to go out there and be good humans.
I mean, I know it sounds Pollyanna,Kumbaya, but.
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Yeah, but just take care of yourselfand all that and and stop with the news
and the thinking and and arguingwith people on Facebook and Instagram,
whatever platforms you're on.
And just fine.
Like, like I have almost 5000 people.
What you do two on one Facebook platformthat I have and another one.
But I weed out the people that I couldtell like, oh, I don't like this.
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So I have wonderfully filled my Facebookwith people
that have positive thingsto say, uplifting things to say,
because the world gives usenough of right drama.
And I'm I don't want to engage in that.
It's I some it's like, you be right.
I'm going to be happy if somebody triesto bait me into an argument
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and it happens every nowand then, I'll just kind of like,
I pick and choose my battles.
I usually walk away, right?I just say listen.
Or if somebody is gossipingabout somebody, I'll just excuse myself.
Yeah. Or change the subject.I want to honor people.
Yeah, right.
I love changing the subject,even in person.
Yeah, we all have flaws.
We do have tons of who.
Yes, but you don't have to,You don't have to engage in that.
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Did you ever read anything online?
This is I almost. It's so predictable.
Now there'll be some heartfelt,really wonderful story.
And you read the commentsand it's like, how
how did they extract something negativeonto this beautiful story?
I agree. Right.
So that's why these are usuallyunhappy people, but also with social media
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nowadays there's, there's athere's some cowardice out there.
People will say thingsthat they would never say to you in person
because they're hiding behindthe anonymity of social media.
But a lot of bots out there, too, right?
You wonder what's real and what's not.
But the old adage, if you don't havesomething good to say, right?
Yeah, my mom always said that,and I was wonderful about that.
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Yeah.
And I and every time that what happened,
where something happenedand I said something, I am well known,
unfortunately,for leading the wrong people.
A message for another person.
Oh, God, I did, I didI recently with one of my text
now, you know, but it wasn't anything bad.
But I mean, I left a voicemailfor somebody and they said,
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you got the wrong personbecause it was a similar name.
Yeah.
I'm glad that all my messagesare always positive.
Exactly.That you don't have to worry about it.
I don't have to worry about that.
I'm not going to
I'm not going to say something negative,especially like that in a text or email.
Right.But if you have an email or text, pause.
Yes. Think about itbefore you send it. Yeah.
And and if you feel the same waythe next day, then you can act on it.
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Yeah.
Have you ever seen such great adviceand I've. Yes.
I've been burned in the past. Yeah.
I said some things to people in the chat.
I mean, that doesn't sound like you.Where is it.
And they were offended by that, right?
That wasn't my intent.
But I have to accept accountability.
My fault.
Right?
I should have thought about it or read it,reread it before I sent it.
Yeah, I I've had some really,really bad stuff happen.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Me too, with business wiseor people had someone
that they patched inand they weren't there.
Not knowing that the whole converbusiness conversation was being recorded.
Yeah.
And then their team came inand listened to it
and, and, and at that timeI had a bookkeeper for my business,
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and she said some thingsthat should not have been known or said,
you know, and so I, I'm alwayslike learning like to be really careful.
But it comes down to twothings. Like you just said,
if you don't have anything
good to say, don't say it.
And the other thing is, if you tell a lie,
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you're going to have to tell a thousand
more to cover it up because you don'tremember the lives of a great.
You remember the truth, and the truthreally shines through in the end.
The cream rises to the crop.
The truth gets exposed.
So live your life that way. Right.
And and the thingis, we're all going to fall. Yeah.
Because there's
sometimes that somebody just rubsyou the wrong way or something on TV
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and you immediatelyhave a visceral reaction.
But, you know, the whole thing isyou and I talked about this before, Joyce.
You can love the personand load the behavior. Yes.
And that's what brought me even closerto God during the, during Covid.
And it was, you know, someoneI probably mentioned this
before, but,I even think I wrote about it in my book.
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Which book was it?
Know that live abundantly nowand live abundantly in your mind.
When you live abundantly in your mind,things just show up.
But you may think, well, Joyce, I didn'twin the lottery and I read the book.
No, but if you really understandthe book that I wrote,
it's about acknowledging the little thingslike someone bringing you
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a cup of coffee
and you're
really genuinely happy about that,and there's something else good happens.
Acknowledge it, you know, let that seepinto your mind and give thanks for that.
And that's when other doors open up.
But so many timeswe ignore the other stuff and say,
oh, that was just a coincidence,or this is no coincidence.
No, it's just appreciate everything.
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There's a book called AppreciationMarketing,
and I don't think I've ever had anybodysay what you say.
You say, I appreciate you too much.
Or if you say, I love you,nobody's ever going to say you say,
I love you too much, right?But you're right. Appreciation.
And that goes a long, long way. Yeah.
When you say thank you. Right. Please.
Look, somebody in theI mention their name, but I would say take
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no takes nothing.
It really and it goes a long way.
That person could be havingthe worst day in the world.
And you said you appreciate them.
Changes the whole trajectory. Yes.
Yeah. And
I learnedthat again I have to give my mom credit.
She said it was I met your mom.I wish you did.
You would have loved her.
She said, ifif someone is wearing something
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that you like, say it.
So I always did.
And one day in school,
you know,
I told the girl sitting in front of me,I said, I really love your sweater.
And she said, oh, thanks.
She said, you're the only one that eversays anything nice, which I almost like.
She questioned if I really meant it. Yeah.
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And I said, no, I really do.
But my mom always also said,and if someone says
they like something about you,don't shy away from that.
Don't say, oh, this old thing.
She said, compliment on the compliment.
Yes. And say, so I did that with someone,but it wasn't that long ago.
And she said, oh my gosh,I really love what you're wearing.
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I said, me too.
I found this at blah blah blah storeand that, and she laughed at me
and she said, I've never heardanyone say that, that they like it.
They like it too.
I said,but that's why I bought it too many times.
For people who are self-deprecating,you know?
Yeah, careful how you speak over yourself.
So it's like he took the timeto compliment you on it.
Accept it. Right.
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Or if somebody wants to buy youa cup of coffee, accept it.
So you don't have to do that.Accept it. Yeah.
And then you do it for somebody else.Yeah.
Pay it forward I agree.
So we're talking about gratitude today.
Gratitude changesyour life changes your life I,
I think you and I can't stress that enoughbecause the more grateful you are,
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it changes the neuronsin your neuroplasticity and the brain.
And it brings more your waybecause your brain
doesn't know what, what's what'sright or wrong or what's true or false.
Whatever. The brainonly knows what you tell it, right?
If you're grateful for it, you can findhappiness in spite of your circumstances.
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Yes. No matter what you're going through,you can still find ways to be grateful.
All right.
This may not be going so well,but I've got this.
And let's face it,we have a lot more good in our lives.
And bad. I don't care who you are.
If you really, really dig deepand peel back the layers.
Right.
You know, our worst day inthis country is better than many people's
best days in other countries, right?Where they have a lot of challenges.
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Right? Oh, challenges.
But let's focus on what?What's good today? Yeah.
I thought we always say what's good today.
That's why we named it this show. Right.
And I see people, we talk who we say.
We don't say like how are you.
But what today is like.
Yeah, requires good.
Yeah.
When I know someone that tendsto be a chronic complainer
especially, we'll say that. Hey, you know.
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So tell me what could happen to youthis week.
Right.
And then they stop and they thinkabout it, you know, and they share that.
But it also boosts your healthwhen you're feeling,
the serotonin, the dopamine, all the goodfeeling chemicals in your body.
Yeah it does.
So you speak it into existence.
You think about it, speak by faith
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so many times and aphorismsin the morning are so popular.
I mean, you and I talk about that a lot.
I wake up with prayer each and every day.
However you do it with respect,however you do it.
But when I'm on my I wake upand I thank God for all my blessings
each and every day.
I thank himthat he's breathed breath into my lungs.
Yes, that I woke up today.
Which means I have an assignment, right?
And I just listen. Father,what do you want to be?
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What do you want me to do today?Who can I be good to today?
Yeah,and he puts all those people in your path.
Yeah.
And you're very you're very diligentabout that.
And saying, I get to wake up.
I get to go work with this person.
I said, oh God.
And it's tough sometimesbecause you don't want to do that.
And even if you like tasks that youdon't like to do, well, I get to do this.
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Yeah, some people would love to be ableto get out of bed,
to be able to do that task. Yeah.
Or some people like, oh, I don't know.
I need some new shoes.I can't really afford them at the moment.
Well yeah. Feet.
Some people can't get up and walk.
I know it really is true.
It's just a mind shift.
But gratitude is riches.
It is riches.
It is when my Uncle John, my belovedUncle John, I love John.
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Got a great name? Yes. Great name.
Heart of gold, you know, just like you.
But, he had a, a really aggressive cancer.
But I have to say,
that he had
signs of it early on,which he never told anyone about.
So by the time he went to his doctor,his doctor said, John,
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if you came to me with the firein the basement, I could have put it out.
But now it's throughout your whole body,
so that was a lesson for me to learn,even, you know, to get checked.
You got something wrong with you?Get a check.
But my my Uncle John was was dying in bed
and someone that was visiting himwalked into the bathroom
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and walked back out and he said, oh,I so wish I could do that.
And I said, what?He said, walk, just walk.
So he was realizing
all these little things he ever took forgranted as he was lying there.
It's like,I wish I could walk like that person.
We take it for granted,you know that we're walking
or talking or seeing,you know, all of that.
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I was talking to a hospice nurse once
and I said, what are the things you hearfrom somebody who's on their deathbed?
You know, what are the things you hear?
Like, you know, I wish I could havewhat could have should have would.
And I said, you know, first of all,I just wish I took that chance.
Maybe that business opportunity, whatever.
I wish I didn't care so muchwhat people think.
That makes you a prisoner.
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It does. Because we're all worriedabout what people think.
And you know what people thinkis their business.
They have the right to thinkwhat they think, right?
We also have a right to do whatwe're going to do, because that person
is not going to pay your billsor take care of you if something happens.
So go out there and take that chance.
But so many times we're just heldbecause of what people think
or what they might think.
If we hang around with this personor try this in that.
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And that's so imprisoning,you know, and, and a lot of people end up
going to their, their, their maker,you know, with all those regrets.
Right.
And I think about that even as they getolder, a little bit more about that.
You know,what things did I say no to that?
I wish I said no it's yes to. Yeah.
And the thing is you just got to move on.
You just got to shake it off.
And at least you woke up todayand it's a brand new day, right?
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Right.
And, so from gratitude to go to greatness,
greatness within you is so important.
And, it's not a egotistical thing,you know?
It's not.
That's what I was going to say.
It's not, you know, just toto to feel good, laugh things off more,
you know, up with that Doctor Joyce Meyerslaughter is the best medicine.
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Who who said that? Oh,it was doctor cousins.
Thank you. Cousins. Yeah.
Yeah I think because againI'm going back to my mother who said
I think it was doctor Cousinswho said, he healed himself
by watching funny movies.
That's a great. Yeah. That's great.You're right.
I remember a doctor saying that beforea woman went to this doctor,
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and she kept complaining about stuffyand depressed and down said, oh,
you know what I'm going to do?
You go homeand watch your favorite comedy shows. Yes.
Like, you know, first thing in the morningbefore you go to bed at night, right?
No more news, like we say all the time.
And she was actually able to find joy.
Yeah, I'm doing that.
You know, I'm I'm so gratefulthat I'm surrounded by, well, two people,
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especially in my life,you know, my, my, my son,
Tim and my grandson.
And, they make me laugh.
I mean, every dayAmy and Matthew makes me laugh because,
I okay, I've got to share this.
For the first time ever in my life,I have, false eyelashes.
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I've never worn false eyelashes.
I've tried in the past, like, 30 years.
But the glue and everything,I'm just not good at that.
But I love makeup,and I love fooling around with it.
So I found these eyelashes onlinethat said, no glue, nothing.
It's just the heat of your body.
So wouldn't you know.
Matthew walks in my roomas I'm holding a little ham mirror
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now trying to do it, and he says,what are you doing?
And I said, I'mputting them false eyelashes.
He said, what
the hell are you?
That them? Right, right.
I said, yes, and he's watching me.
And he said, well, how do they stay on?
I said, from the heat of your body.
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He said, you don't have any heat.
You're always cold. Oh, yes.
So I just burst out laughingand he just says exactly what I was.
My no filter. Yes.
And that's why I love, you know.
And Matthew has autism and they can't lie.
They don't lie. They just say it.
But he says it so funny, like, okay, I'mout of here because I can't watch this.
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Oh yeah.
It's just they're just so brilliant.
I just did a big benefitfor Connecticut to autism families.
It's like one of the biggest fundraisersfor autism in the state of Connecticut.
We recently did itat the pond House in West Hartford.
And some of the most brilliant peopleI know are on the spectrum.
Yes. Oh, that's what makes them brilliant.
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Those. Yes.
I remember when Matthew was firstdiagnosed, when he was six years old,
and we took him to, psychiatry,a child psychologist, psychiatrist.
And he asked about other peoplein my family.
And I said, when I look back on it,I would say in the spectrum
might have been my Uncle John and,
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and another family member
because they're brilliantat what they did.
But really not so great socially.
Some of the cases, yes,there were some things
that were really lacking there,but brilliant people.
Right.
And so he said to me, well,you know, those doctors
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that have no bedside manner,but they're absolutely brilliant.
He said, guaranteedthey're in the spectrum.
And but that meansthey just can't do this.
But they're really great sitting in a laband they could figure out
all types of things that are wrongwith your blood or whatever.
And, so, you know,we're used in many different ways.
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And I that's why I don't like tolabel people because there's that saying
that Doctor Wayne Dyer always said,when you label me, you negate me.
Oh, and that'swhy even when I was way younger,
I never told my age because I knew that
if people thought you were in your 20s,you were too young to do something.
If you were over the age of 35,you could be perceived too old to be.
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So I started saying to peoplewho would say, how old are you?
And I would just say, you know,I don't care
if you think I'm 80 years oldor 30 years old, I'm ageless.
Yes, we are all yes, yes,
because only if you have todo a doctor's report or that it's like,
you know, or people could Google it,but it's not in it.
I don't want to say it for mebecause I feel like
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I start thinking, oh, I'm this agenow, maybe I shouldn't do this.
And plus, I know people that are 20that are old,
oh, by the way, they thinkand I know, yeah, 80, 85 so young
are some of the most youthful peopleI know because of the way they think.
Yes, 100% of the waythey speak, the way I open my
I find as I get older,I have more childlike curiosity.
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Yes, I'm more openminded about music and movies and,
I still love the new music that's out now.
Yeah, I love the stuffI grew up with, but I love the new music.
I love new movies.
I love, new shows, theater.
Yeah, new shows on Netflix,whatever it may be.
I just, I need to be constantly fed new.
And that'swhat keeps you young. You're right.
I'm way less, I hope, judgmentalabout things and open to it.
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Like to look at it with fresh eyes. Yes.
You know, instead of saying,oh, I don't like that color.
The rule, you know, I think as a teenager,especially teenage girls, maybe you're
more like that. And,
yeah, that could be a tough time.
You know, maybe.
Candy, I think you're a little bitmore judgmental of that time.
Right?
But as you grow up,you just want to say, yeah,
I just want to experience new thingsand keep an open mind.
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Yes. Never been to an opera before.Well, let's go to the.
Yeah.
Why not?
Yeah. What's the worst thingthat's going to happen?
You're gonna fall asleep.
Yeah, yeah, exactly.
You know, but at least you've been there.You've experienced it, right?
I would love to do that.
Yeah. Because, I mean, I love opera music.
I like everything, you know,I just went to the Metropolitan Opera.
I don't think so.
No, I've only been there in my mindbecause of Cher with Moonstruck.
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I feel like I've been there.
But I want to see the chandeliercome down.
I should do that.
Yeah, I think I've been to an opera,like up in Hartford or maybe the Bushnell.
But, I mean, I just
appreciate the talent and I'll listen to,you know, a station every now and then,
maybe public radio or something,where I'll hear some opera.
And I love classicaland I love all different genres.
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And we're talking about gratitude.
I'm gratefulfor all those different genres.
Yeah.
We're able to pick and choosedifferent foods.
We want to eat, different lanes, TV showswe want to watch.
Right.
You know, and, I'm grateful for that.
I'm grateful for all those little things.
Yeah.
You know, and also being judgmental.
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And I think I might have said this to youbefore, John,
I like a lot of reality shows,
but in the past I found myselfbeing really critical or angry.
And then when I stopped myself, maybe,you know, some of you could do that.
Also,whether it's a family member or anyone
and just look at it differently, decide
not to add anger or judgment
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and just think of that personas just being them.
You know, you can't fix anyone.
You really can't change anyone.
It has to be their decision.
But they can learn by your example.
And I always think of andI think this is another Wayne Dyer story.
It's when
he, his sister,when the family would get together,
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there would always besome kind of strife or chaos.
And he noticed that his sister.
With the holidays at your dinner table.
Whatever. Yes. Yep yep, yep.
And, she began taking up a book with her,
and she would excuse yourself and go sitin another room while they were bickering.
But this happened after she was
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in a horrificcar accident, like, horrific.
And, she basically came backfrom the dead.
And after that, nothing bothered her.
She walked away.
She wouldn't engagebecause she saw the light,
and she saw how brief this lifecould be on Earth and made a decision.
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I'm not going to live this way.
So she wouldn't lecture them.
She would just excuse herselfand go sit in another room.
It is that great.We're only here like this.
Someone by Kansas. Dust in the wind.
Yeah. I'm only here just for fun.
And then we move on. Right.
So make it a good trip.
And being grateful reallydoes give you that superpower.
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It does.
So I'm so grateful that I appreciate that.
I'm grateful for that.
The more you fixate on something,the more you see it, right?
We are what we consume in so many ways.
And like
I know it sounds again, cliche of thebut we just only have a limited time here.
So let's focus on thingsthat, you know, make us
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happy, make us smile and tryto bring that into other people's lives.
And you can do that every morning,which is probably something.
I mean, you're doing the same things.
You're actually doing that.
And I rememberwhen I was going through my course
for hypnotherapy, and one of the things,
we were taught to
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do and to help others is like,have them close your eyes, get relaxed,
and just say, when you open your eyes,you're going to notice
everything that's brown in this room.
And they didn't noticeanything like through here.
Blue walls, all that. Yeah.
But when they open their eyes,all they could see
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was the brown ball and a brown and a purseor the brown in that.
So if you train yourself to do that,then you're only going to see the good
in others.
Today, everyone's doing the best they can,
no matter how bad they are to you.
They think they're doing the bestthat they can.
So give people grace.
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Know that the pendulum will alwaysswing the other way no matter what.
Things are always changing.
Yeah,but the one thing you can keep, you know,
safe within you is your own foundation.
And your own foundation is your faith.
Yes, your own foundation is love.
It's it'sall of that that nothing will rattle you.
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And it begins with being grateful.
Absolutely.
So many people will try to,you know, rattle your cage a little bit.
But the whole thing is you really cancontrol how you respond to that.
Yeah. Right. Right.
I mean, that's just so importantto be able to do that.
But gratitude, gratitudeI keep saying gratitude is riches.
It really is gratitude is riches.
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Gratitude is riches.
Is there a book by that?
Or we can invitewe're gonna have to write that book.
We're looking to write that book.
So grab itand thank your coffee is riches.
Yeah. He's drinking his coffee.
Even cold.
It tastes so good.
Common ground coffee. Oh, man.
But, Joyce, I'm grateful for you.
I am so grateful for you. Grateful.
Grateful for everyone who's watching.
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And even those not watching.
Just tell a friend about us thatthere is a good news podcast out there.
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Share it with everybody.
You know, because so many people go
through really tough times especially,it's magnified this time of year.
The good and the bad is magnified.
You know, somebody maybe not at that tablethat was there last year.
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This might be a really good giftfor this time of year.
Imagine reading excerpts out of this over
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You know I'll sign it for you.
Yeah, she'll sign it for youif it's on Amazon.
Yeah. Signed copies.
We'll workthat out. We'll do a meet and greet day.
Oh, that would be awesome.
Just like on location at some point.
Yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah.
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You know the coffee mugs.
You're going to have to mass marketthese at some point.
You know what do you like what's good cup.
Yeah. Yeah.
They're not for sale yet. Yet?
Not yet.We're thinking about getting a maybe.
I like the yellow insidebecause it looks like sunshine.
It does doesn't I mean the whole thing.
Oh, I leave it all inside.
You know,
I stopped by a common grounds coffeeright down the street from our studios
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before I come here.
And the flavor this morning was, hazelnut.
Yeah. Your coffee is amazing.
Because I could smell it.
Yeah.
I won't see where I got minefrom when I central banking.
It doesn't smell like that.
It just kind of like, proliferatesin the whole studio.
Perfect. Does.
It does likeI want to take a shower in it.
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Okay.
So people take mud bath,you know, just sort of,
you know, you you go hazelnut shower.
Wilson. You're going to like that.
Wilson's the owner of Common Groundsby the Wilson, Indiana.
But, thank you so much.
You're welcometo what's good with John and Joyce.
And, thank you for listening and watching.
And whatever you do, on YouTubeor all the different major platforms.
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And, I'm proud to say that,we appreciate being on the iHeart radio
podcast network as well.
I work on radio stations up in Hartfordat the River 159 and country 92 five.
And it's just a great group of people,
a great familyto be a part of at iHeart radio.
So thank you, yes,for blessing my life in so many ways.
So I'm sitting herewith this book in my lap.
Only because I was talking to you about ithas nothing really to do with this show.
(03:16):
But, if anyoneif you want to read a really great.
It's not like a novel.
It's like a Bible.It is has been my Bible.
It's all marked up.
Everything you can't affordthe luxury of a negative thought.
Wow, what an interesting title.
The luxury of it is called The Life101 series.
And it really is, because I rememberreading this like way, way back
(03:41):
and it said, like,what if you're afraid of death?
And I said, well,if you're afraid of death and
then you've got to be afraid of I LoveLucy reruns because it's inevitable.
It's inevitable.
And there is, like, make peace with that
because there's like three thingsthat could happen.
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Either those who believe you gono where, so you believe, you go
no where you believe, yougo to heaven. Believe. You go to heaven.
You believe you're going to becomereincarnated.
Great. Believe in that.
And then go on with your life. Right?
You know, the thingis, somebody said to me at the gym
the other day about worry.
Said worry is like worshiping the devil.
It is the devil.
You know it.
Yeah, it really is.
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And the thing is,we all do it. I'm guilty.
Oh, yeah.
I mean, we worry, but the thing is,we only have today, right?
So let's make the best of today.
I know it sounds so cliche, but there aresome people didn't wake up this morning.
True.
And you're going to be some people
that don't wake up tomorrow morning,and we just,
we just really needjust to go out there and be good humans.
I mean, I know it sounds Pollyanna,Kumbaya, but.
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Yeah, but just take care of yourselfand all that and and stop with the news
and the thinking and and arguingwith people on Facebook and Instagram,
whatever platforms you're on.
And just fine.
Like, like I have almost 5000 people.
What you do two on one Facebook platformthat I have and another one.
But I weed out the people that I couldtell like, oh, I don't like this.
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So I have wonderfully filled my Facebookwith people
that have positive thingsto say, uplifting things to say,
because the world gives usenough of right drama.
And I'm I don't want to engage in that.
It's I some it's like, you be right.
I'm going to be happy if somebody triesto bait me into an argument
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and it happens every nowand then, I'll just kind of like,
I pick and choose my battles.
I usually walk away, right?I just say listen.
Or if somebody is gossipingabout somebody, I'll just excuse myself.
Yeah. Or change the subject.I want to honor people.
Yeah, right.
I love changing the subject,even in person.
Yeah, we all have flaws.
We do have tons of who.
Yes, but you don't have to,You don't have to engage in that.
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Did you ever read anything online?
This is I almost. It's so predictable.
Now there'll be some heartfelt,really wonderful story.
And you read the commentsand it's like, how
how did they extract something negativeonto this beautiful story?
I agree. Right.
So that's why these are usuallyunhappy people, but also with social media
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nowadays there's, there's athere's some cowardice out there.
People will say thingsthat they would never say to you in person
because they're hiding behindthe anonymity of social media.
But a lot of bots out there, too, right?
You wonder what's real and what's not.
But the old adage, if you don't havesomething good to say, right?
Yeah, my mom always said that,and I was wonderful about that.
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Yeah.
And I and every time that what happened,
where something happenedand I said something, I am well known,
unfortunately,for leading the wrong people.
A message for another person.
Oh, God, I did, I didI recently with one of my text
now, you know, but it wasn't anything bad.
But I mean, I left a voicemailfor somebody and they said,
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you got the wrong personbecause it was a similar name.
Yeah.
I'm glad that all my messagesare always positive.
Exactly.That you don't have to worry about it.
I don't have to worry about that.
I'm not going to
I'm not going to say something negative,especially like that in a text or email.
Right.But if you have an email or text, pause.
Yes. Think about itbefore you send it. Yeah.
And and if you feel the same waythe next day, then you can act on it.
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Yeah.
Have you ever seen such great adviceand I've. Yes.
I've been burned in the past. Yeah.
I said some things to people in the chat.
I mean, that doesn't sound like you.Where is it.
And they were offended by that, right?
That wasn't my intent.
But I have to accept accountability.
My fault.
Right?
I should have thought about it or read it,reread it before I sent it.
Yeah, I I've had some really,really bad stuff happen.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Me too, with business wiseor people had someone
that they patched inand they weren't there.
Not knowing that the whole converbusiness conversation was being recorded.
Yeah.
And then their team came inand listened to it
and, and, and at that timeI had a bookkeeper for my business,
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and she said some thingsthat should not have been known or said,
you know, and so I, I'm alwayslike learning like to be really careful.
But it comes down to twothings. Like you just said,
if you don't have anything
good to say, don't say it.
And the other thing is, if you tell a lie,
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you're going to have to tell a thousand
more to cover it up because you don'tremember the lives of a great.
You remember the truth, and the truthreally shines through in the end.
The cream rises to the crop.
The truth gets exposed.
So live your life that way. Right.
And and the thingis, we're all going to fall. Yeah.
Because there's
sometimes that somebody just rubsyou the wrong way or something on TV
(08:44):
and you immediatelyhave a visceral reaction.
But, you know, the whole thing isyou and I talked about this before, Joyce.
You can love the personand load the behavior. Yes.
And that's what brought me even closerto God during the, during Covid.
And it was, you know, someoneI probably mentioned this
before, but,I even think I wrote about it in my book.
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Which book was it?
Know that live abundantly nowand live abundantly in your mind.
When you live abundantly in your mind,things just show up.
But you may think, well, Joyce, I didn'twin the lottery and I read the book.
No, but if you really understandthe book that I wrote,
it's about acknowledging the little thingslike someone bringing you
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a cup of coffee
and you're
really genuinely happy about that,and there's something else good happens.
Acknowledge it, you know, let that seepinto your mind and give thanks for that.
And that's when other doors open up.
But so many timeswe ignore the other stuff and say,
oh, that was just a coincidence,or this is no coincidence.
No, it's just appreciate everything.
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There's a book called AppreciationMarketing,
and I don't think I've ever had anybodysay what you say.
You say, I appreciate you too much.
Or if you say, I love you,nobody's ever going to say you say,
I love you too much, right?But you're right. Appreciation.
And that goes a long, long way. Yeah.
When you say thank you. Right. Please.
Look, somebody in theI mention their name, but I would say take
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no takes nothing.
It really and it goes a long way.
That person could be havingthe worst day in the world.
And you said you appreciate them.
Changes the whole trajectory. Yes.
Yeah. And
I learnedthat again I have to give my mom credit.
She said it was I met your mom.I wish you did.
You would have loved her.
She said, ifif someone is wearing something
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that you like, say it.
So I always did.
And one day in school,
you know,
I told the girl sitting in front of me,I said, I really love your sweater.
And she said, oh, thanks.
She said, you're the only one that eversays anything nice, which I almost like.
She questioned if I really meant it. Yeah.
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And I said, no, I really do.
But my mom always also said,and if someone says
they like something about you,don't shy away from that.
Don't say, oh, this old thing.
She said, compliment on the compliment.
Yes. And say, so I did that with someone,but it wasn't that long ago.
And she said, oh my gosh,I really love what you're wearing.
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I said, me too.
I found this at blah blah blah storeand that, and she laughed at me
and she said, I've never heardanyone say that, that they like it.
They like it too.
I said,but that's why I bought it too many times.
For people who are self-deprecating,you know?
Yeah, careful how you speak over yourself.
So it's like he took the timeto compliment you on it.
Accept it. Right.
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Or if somebody wants to buy youa cup of coffee, accept it.
So you don't have to do that.Accept it. Yeah.
And then you do it for somebody else.Yeah.
Pay it forward I agree.
So we're talking about gratitude today.
Gratitude changesyour life changes your life I,
I think you and I can't stress that enoughbecause the more grateful you are,
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it changes the neuronsin your neuroplasticity and the brain.
And it brings more your waybecause your brain
doesn't know what, what's what'sright or wrong or what's true or false.
Whatever. The brainonly knows what you tell it, right?
If you're grateful for it, you can findhappiness in spite of your circumstances.
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Yes. No matter what you're going through,you can still find ways to be grateful.
All right.
This may not be going so well,but I've got this.
And let's face it,we have a lot more good in our lives.
And bad. I don't care who you are.
If you really, really dig deepand peel back the layers.
Right.
You know, our worst day inthis country is better than many people's
best days in other countries, right?Where they have a lot of challenges.
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Right? Oh, challenges.
But let's focus on what?What's good today? Yeah.
I thought we always say what's good today.
That's why we named it this show. Right.
And I see people, we talk who we say.
We don't say like how are you.
But what today is like.
Yeah, requires good.
Yeah.
When I know someone that tendsto be a chronic complainer
especially, we'll say that. Hey, you know.
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So tell me what could happen to youthis week.
Right.
And then they stop and they thinkabout it, you know, and they share that.
But it also boosts your healthwhen you're feeling,
the serotonin, the dopamine, all the goodfeeling chemicals in your body.
Yeah it does.
So you speak it into existence.
You think about it, speak by faith
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so many times and aphorismsin the morning are so popular.
I mean, you and I talk about that a lot.
I wake up with prayer each and every day.
However you do it with respect,however you do it.
But when I'm on my I wake upand I thank God for all my blessings
each and every day.
I thank himthat he's breathed breath into my lungs.
Yes, that I woke up today.
Which means I have an assignment, right?
And I just listen. Father,what do you want to be?
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What do you want me to do today?Who can I be good to today?
Yeah,and he puts all those people in your path.
Yeah.
And you're very you're very diligentabout that.
And saying, I get to wake up.
I get to go work with this person.
I said, oh God.
And it's tough sometimesbecause you don't want to do that.
And even if you like tasks that youdon't like to do, well, I get to do this.
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Yeah, some people would love to be ableto get out of bed,
to be able to do that task. Yeah.
Or some people like, oh, I don't know.
I need some new shoes.I can't really afford them at the moment.
Well yeah. Feet.
Some people can't get up and walk.
I know it really is true.
It's just a mind shift.
But gratitude is riches.
It is riches.
It is when my Uncle John, my belovedUncle John, I love John.
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Got a great name? Yes. Great name.
Heart of gold, you know, just like you.
But, he had a, a really aggressive cancer.
But I have to say,
that he had
signs of it early on,which he never told anyone about.
So by the time he went to his doctor,his doctor said, John,
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if you came to me with the firein the basement, I could have put it out.
But now it's throughout your whole body,
so that was a lesson for me to learn,even, you know, to get checked.
You got something wrong with you?Get a check.
But my my Uncle John was was dying in bed
and someone that was visiting himwalked into the bathroom
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and walked back out and he said, oh,I so wish I could do that.
And I said, what?He said, walk, just walk.
So he was realizing
all these little things he ever took forgranted as he was lying there.
It's like,I wish I could walk like that person.
We take it for granted,you know that we're walking
or talking or seeing,you know, all of that.
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I was talking to a hospice nurse once
and I said, what are the things you hearfrom somebody who's on their deathbed?
You know, what are the things you hear?
Like, you know, I wish I could havewhat could have should have would.
And I said, you know, first of all,I just wish I took that chance.
Maybe that business opportunity, whatever.
I wish I didn't care so muchwhat people think.
That makes you a prisoner.
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It does. Because we're all worriedabout what people think.
And you know what people thinkis their business.
They have the right to thinkwhat they think, right?
We also have a right to do whatwe're going to do, because that person
is not going to pay your billsor take care of you if something happens.
So go out there and take that chance.
But so many times we're just heldbecause of what people think
or what they might think.
If we hang around with this personor try this in that.
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And that's so imprisoning,you know, and, and a lot of people end up
going to their, their, their maker,you know, with all those regrets.
Right.
And I think about that even as they getolder, a little bit more about that.
You know,what things did I say no to that?
I wish I said no it's yes to. Yeah.
And the thing is you just got to move on.
You just got to shake it off.
And at least you woke up todayand it's a brand new day, right?
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Right.
And, so from gratitude to go to greatness,
greatness within you is so important.
And, it's not a egotistical thing,you know?
It's not.
That's what I was going to say.
It's not, you know, just toto to feel good, laugh things off more,
you know, up with that Doctor Joyce Meyerslaughter is the best medicine.
(16:58):
Who who said that? Oh,it was doctor cousins.
Thank you. Cousins. Yeah.
Yeah I think because againI'm going back to my mother who said
I think it was doctor Cousinswho said, he healed himself
by watching funny movies.
That's a great. Yeah. That's great.You're right.
I remember a doctor saying that beforea woman went to this doctor,
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and she kept complaining about stuffyand depressed and down said, oh,
you know what I'm going to do?
You go homeand watch your favorite comedy shows. Yes.
Like, you know, first thing in the morningbefore you go to bed at night, right?
No more news, like we say all the time.
And she was actually able to find joy.
Yeah, I'm doing that.
You know, I'm I'm so gratefulthat I'm surrounded by, well, two people,
(17:40):
especially in my life,you know, my, my, my son,
Tim and my grandson.
And, they make me laugh.
I mean, every dayAmy and Matthew makes me laugh because,
I okay, I've got to share this.
For the first time ever in my life,I have, false eyelashes.
(18:02):
I've never worn false eyelashes.
I've tried in the past, like, 30 years.
But the glue and everything,I'm just not good at that.
But I love makeup,and I love fooling around with it.
So I found these eyelashes onlinethat said, no glue, nothing.
It's just the heat of your body.
So wouldn't you know.
Matthew walks in my roomas I'm holding a little ham mirror
(18:25):
now trying to do it, and he says,what are you doing?
And I said, I'mputting them false eyelashes.
He said, what
the hell are you?
That them? Right, right.
I said, yes, and he's watching me.
And he said, well, how do they stay on?
I said, from the heat of your body.
(18:45):
He said, you don't have any heat.
You're always cold. Oh, yes.
So I just burst out laughingand he just says exactly what I was.
My no filter. Yes.
And that's why I love, you know.
And Matthew has autism and they can't lie.
They don't lie. They just say it.
But he says it so funny, like, okay, I'mout of here because I can't watch this.
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Oh yeah.
It's just they're just so brilliant.
I just did a big benefitfor Connecticut to autism families.
It's like one of the biggest fundraisersfor autism in the state of Connecticut.
We recently did itat the pond House in West Hartford.
And some of the most brilliant peopleI know are on the spectrum.
Yes. Oh, that's what makes them brilliant.
(19:29):
Those. Yes.
I remember when Matthew was firstdiagnosed, when he was six years old,
and we took him to, psychiatry,a child psychologist, psychiatrist.
And he asked about other peoplein my family.
And I said, when I look back on it,I would say in the spectrum
might have been my Uncle John and,
(19:51):
and another family member
because they're brilliantat what they did.
But really not so great socially.
Some of the cases, yes,there were some things
that were really lacking there,but brilliant people.
Right.
And so he said to me, well,you know, those doctors
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that have no bedside manner,but they're absolutely brilliant.
He said, guaranteedthey're in the spectrum.
And but that meansthey just can't do this.
But they're really great sitting in a laband they could figure out
all types of things that are wrongwith your blood or whatever.
And, so, you know,we're used in many different ways.
(20:36):
And I that's why I don't like tolabel people because there's that saying
that Doctor Wayne Dyer always said,when you label me, you negate me.
Oh, and that'swhy even when I was way younger,
I never told my age because I knew that
if people thought you were in your 20s,you were too young to do something.
If you were over the age of 35,you could be perceived too old to be.
(20:59):
So I started saying to peoplewho would say, how old are you?
And I would just say, you know,I don't care
if you think I'm 80 years oldor 30 years old, I'm ageless.
Yes, we are all yes, yes,
because only if you have todo a doctor's report or that it's like,
you know, or people could Google it,but it's not in it.
I don't want to say it for mebecause I feel like
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I start thinking, oh, I'm this agenow, maybe I shouldn't do this.
And plus, I know people that are 20that are old,
oh, by the way, they thinkand I know, yeah, 80, 85 so young
are some of the most youthful peopleI know because of the way they think.
Yes, 100% of the waythey speak, the way I open my
I find as I get older,I have more childlike curiosity.
(21:41):
Yes, I'm more openminded about music and movies and,
I still love the new music that's out now.
Yeah, I love the stuffI grew up with, but I love the new music.
I love new movies.
I love, new shows, theater.
Yeah, new shows on Netflix,whatever it may be.
I just, I need to be constantly fed new.
And that'swhat keeps you young. You're right.
I'm way less, I hope, judgmentalabout things and open to it.
(22:05):
Like to look at it with fresh eyes. Yes.
You know, instead of saying,oh, I don't like that color.
The rule, you know, I think as a teenager,especially teenage girls, maybe you're
more like that. And,
yeah, that could be a tough time.
You know, maybe.
Candy, I think you're a little bitmore judgmental of that time.
Right?
But as you grow up,you just want to say, yeah,
I just want to experience new thingsand keep an open mind.
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Yes. Never been to an opera before.Well, let's go to the.
Yeah.
Why not?
Yeah. What's the worst thingthat's going to happen?
You're gonna fall asleep.
Yeah, yeah, exactly.
You know, but at least you've been there.You've experienced it, right?
I would love to do that.
Yeah. Because, I mean, I love opera music.
I like everything, you know,I just went to the Metropolitan Opera.
I don't think so.
No, I've only been there in my mindbecause of Cher with Moonstruck.
(22:50):
I feel like I've been there.
But I want to see the chandeliercome down.
I should do that.
Yeah, I think I've been to an opera,like up in Hartford or maybe the Bushnell.
But, I mean, I just
appreciate the talent and I'll listen to,you know, a station every now and then,
maybe public radio or something,where I'll hear some opera.
And I love classicaland I love all different genres.
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And we're talking about gratitude.
I'm gratefulfor all those different genres.
Yeah.
We're able to pick and choosedifferent foods.
We want to eat, different lanes, TV showswe want to watch.
Right.
You know, and, I'm grateful for that.
I'm grateful for all those little things.
Yeah.
You know, and also being judgmental.
(23:31):
And I think I might have said this to youbefore, John,
I like a lot of reality shows,
but in the past I found myselfbeing really critical or angry.
And then when I stopped myself, maybe,you know, some of you could do that.
Also,whether it's a family member or anyone
and just look at it differently, decide
not to add anger or judgment
(23:53):
and just think of that personas just being them.
You know, you can't fix anyone.
You really can't change anyone.
It has to be their decision.
But they can learn by your example.
And I always think of andI think this is another Wayne Dyer story.
It's when
he, his sister,when the family would get together,
(24:16):
there would always besome kind of strife or chaos.
And he noticed that his sister.
With the holidays at your dinner table.
Whatever. Yes. Yep yep, yep.
And, she began taking up a book with her,
and she would excuse yourself and go sitin another room while they were bickering.
But this happened after she was
(24:38):
in a horrificcar accident, like, horrific.
And, she basically came backfrom the dead.
And after that, nothing bothered her.
She walked away.
She wouldn't engagebecause she saw the light,
and she saw how brief this lifecould be on Earth and made a decision.
(25:00):
I'm not going to live this way.
So she wouldn't lecture them.
She would just excuse herselfand go sit in another room.
It is that great.We're only here like this.
Someone by Kansas. Dust in the wind.
Yeah. I'm only here just for fun.
And then we move on. Right.
So make it a good trip.
And being grateful reallydoes give you that superpower.
(25:22):
It does.
So I'm so grateful that I appreciate that.
I'm grateful for that.
The more you fixate on something,the more you see it, right?
We are what we consume in so many ways.
And like
I know it sounds again, cliche of thebut we just only have a limited time here.
So let's focus on thingsthat, you know, make us
(25:42):
happy, make us smile and tryto bring that into other people's lives.
And you can do that every morning,which is probably something.
I mean, you're doing the same things.
You're actually doing that.
And I rememberwhen I was going through my course
for hypnotherapy, and one of the things,
we were taught to
(26:02):
do and to help others is like,have them close your eyes, get relaxed,
and just say, when you open your eyes,you're going to notice
everything that's brown in this room.
And they didn't noticeanything like through here.
Blue walls, all that. Yeah.
But when they open their eyes,all they could see
(26:25):
was the brown ball and a brown and a purseor the brown in that.
So if you train yourself to do that,then you're only going to see the good
in others.
Today, everyone's doing the best they can,
no matter how bad they are to you.
They think they're doing the bestthat they can.
So give people grace.
(26:48):
Know that the pendulum will alwaysswing the other way no matter what.
Things are always changing.
Yeah,but the one thing you can keep, you know,
safe within you is your own foundation.
And your own foundation is your faith.
Yes, your own foundation is love.
It's it'sall of that that nothing will rattle you.
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And it begins with being grateful.
Absolutely.
So many people will try to,you know, rattle your cage a little bit.
But the whole thing is you really cancontrol how you respond to that.
Yeah. Right. Right.
I mean, that's just so importantto be able to do that.
But gratitude, gratitudeI keep saying gratitude is riches.
It really is gratitude is riches.
(27:31):
Gratitude is riches.
Is there a book by that?
Or we can invitewe're gonna have to write that book.
We're looking to write that book.
So grab itand thank your coffee is riches.
Yeah. He's drinking his coffee.
Even cold.
It tastes so good.
Common ground coffee. Oh, man.
But, Joyce, I'm grateful for you.
I am so grateful for you. Grateful.
Grateful for everyone who's watching.
(27:52):
And even those not watching.
Just tell a friend about us thatthere is a good news podcast out there.
What's good with John and Joyce available?
Subscribe for free on YouTube.
Share it with everybody.
You know, because so many people go
through really tough times especially,it's magnified this time of year.
The good and the bad is magnified.
You know, somebody maybe not at that tablethat was there last year.
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Just just be so grateful for every day
and let people know thatwe're a soft place to land available.
And all streaming platformslike to thank my friends up.
But iHeart radio,
where I work on the river 105 90 country92 five Joyce, are grateful for you
and all the great thingsyou've done with your with your book.
This might be a really good giftfor this time of year.
Imagine reading excerpts out of this over
(28:36):
a table of Thanksgivingor Christmas erotica.
You know I'll sign it for you.
Yeah, she'll sign it for youif it's on Amazon.
Yeah. Signed copies.
We'll workthat out. We'll do a meet and greet day.
Oh, that would be awesome.
Just like on location at some point.
Yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah.
Then people come up and tell ustheir stories and thank our sponsors.
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We have a lot more coming upin the ensuing weeks and months and years.
Pretty soon national sponsorswe're excited about that's on the way.
And we'd like to thank everybody hereat Direct Line Media,
Stephania, Dave,our marketing guru Robert Graham.
And just to thank you.
And remember, we love you.
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We do we do love you. We really do.
Bye. For now. Enjoy.
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