I'm Just Sayin - Turning 50 and Feeling Nifty

I'm Just Sayin - Turning 50 and Feeling Nifty

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now this is the FCB podcast Network. Just listen to
yourself presents. I'm just saying, Davis.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
I'm fifty. This week is my fiftieth birthday. And because
we're silly humans, we look at fifty as a milestone
in life. I suppose it is. It is, at the
very least, a good excuse to stop and take account
of your life, where you've been, where you're going. It's
a crazy time to be alive, a stressful time to
be alive. But man, oh man, I have never been

(00:36):
more grateful to be alive. You see, my life was
headed towards statistical hell. I had every number working against me.
I was a black child, growing up in a divorced home,
no father, suffered extreme racial abuse, lived in a mentally
abusive home, on welfare, and to top it off, I

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grew up in the eighties when our parents didn't even
know where we were or seventy five percent of the time.
It was a wild childhood. And every statistic I've ever
read says that I should have ended up like so
many in my situation have poor, unmarried, under educated. But God,
as I look back over my life, I see that

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God was with me every step, even when I didn't
know him. I see so many situations and decisions that
I have been spared from. But it's not just what
I've been spared from, but also what I was given.
I was given a path to forgiveness, a path to love.
I graduated college, I had many adventures. I married a

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good and faithful man and created a family. Together. We
scraped our way into the middle class, which has afforded
us many more opportunities for adventure. I live in the
greatest country on earth, and I am loved by the
greatest people on earth. In my opinion, I have food
to eat, I have a home to nurture, a community

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to fellowship with. I have the freedom to do what
I want, say what I want, and pursue my happiness.
The things designed to harden my heart have only fallen
on fertile soil and blossomed into wisdom and experience. The
hatred designed to make me beget more hatred has only
made me want to love more and love better. When

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I was a child, I felt lonely and unloved. At fifty,
I have never been more aware of how much love
I have in my life. I have never been more
aware of how beautiful and important. That is. I have
never been more aware of how much time I've wasted
it pursuing material satisfaction. I'll be remembered for none of it,

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and I'll take none of it with me. At fifty,
I am keenly aware I have more of this earthly
life behind me than in front of me. And yet
I'm suddenly aware that I still have eternity in front
of me, and that's exciting. I can't wait to learn
the secrets of the universe one day, but that is
for one day. For this day, I am so grateful.

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I am so thankful to be alive, to be loved,
and to have people who love. I am so grateful
for my country and my freedom. I'm so honored to
share this day and this microphone with this audience of
strange friends, some of whom I know, many of whom
I don't. But it feels so good and so ripe

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to be connected to so many people who share my
curiosity and my love for the truth. To all those
hitting a big milestone birthday this week, Happy birthday, and
may God continue to bless us and draw us near.
And may God continue to bless the United States of America.
I'm Kia Davison. I'm just saying happy birthday to me.

Speaker 1 (03:54):
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Speaker 2 (04:10):
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