Being the change or being a part of the change

WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.720 --> 00:00:06.200 Happy Sunday. Welcome to the Nuis and latest episode of your favorite podcast, 2 00:00:06.200 --> 00:00:09.839 that mind, currently under construction. You are enough who it is. It 3 00:00:09.960 --> 00:00:13.240 is your favorite host, that mind. I thank you so much for joining 4 00:00:13.320 --> 00:00:19.359 us today. Before we get in stage episode, I just want to take 5 00:00:19.399 --> 00:00:28.320 a moment to acknowledge and celebrate the life of my beautiful mother and Stella over 6 00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:36.159 to yesterday was her two years transitional anniversary. Two years ago she gained her 7 00:00:36.200 --> 00:00:43.119 wings. Yesterday and although a huge part of me was extremely sad, and 8 00:00:43.200 --> 00:00:49.960 still is, you know as something that I continue to deal with day in, 9 00:00:50.399 --> 00:01:00.719 day out, each and every day. But I've learned, through therapy, 10 00:01:00.280 --> 00:01:03.239 speaking with people who could take to pour into me and continue to curb 11 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:11.159 encourage me, that you know, you have to go through those I like 12 00:01:11.239 --> 00:01:14.560 you have to feel those emotions so you can continue to heal and continue to 13 00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:18.719 move forward. But the thing is, even though out a huge part of 14 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:25.480 people sad, I'm still happy for the fact that she lived her life the 15 00:01:25.519 --> 00:01:30.560 way that she wanted to. She had no regrets, I think odd for 16 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:36.560 the years that we had with her. He understood because, you know, 17 00:01:36.640 --> 00:01:38.840 those of you who know of who've heard me talk about my mom, who's 18 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:45.799 been with me from the beginning of currently under construction. You know, I've 19 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:49.920 talked about my mom here and there. My mom has never met a stranger 20 00:01:49.159 --> 00:01:53.200 ever and she's never met a stranger ever in her life. I mean my 21 00:01:53.239 --> 00:01:57.400 mom can strike up a conversation with you and ten minutes at the end you 22 00:01:57.480 --> 00:02:02.040 hearing this conversation, you will swear her and the person she's talking to have 23 00:02:02.239 --> 00:02:06.799 known one another for years. They're just carrying on like that like their long 24 00:02:06.879 --> 00:02:10.680 lost friends who are just catching up, who haven't seen one another and many 25 00:02:10.719 --> 00:02:15.199 moons. And that was one of the most beautiful things about her and her 26 00:02:15.199 --> 00:02:20.199 gift. You know, another one of the most beautiful things about her, 27 00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:23.800 which I think all of us, her children, inherited from her as her 28 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:29.840 wonderful giving heart. My mom would help anybody. My mom would give you 29 00:02:29.879 --> 00:02:35.439 the shirt off her back. Just was a wonderful soul. You know, 30 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:40.680 feed anybody, just you know, she loved to cook and it passed it 31 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:45.960 down to her her babies, but she loved to cook and didn't care who 32 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:50.159 you were or whatever the case may be. She cooked and she sudden she 33 00:02:50.199 --> 00:02:53.439 knew he was hungry, my mom will feed you I remember many times when 34 00:02:53.439 --> 00:02:58.360 I was a kid that my friends and I could be outside playing and they're 35 00:02:58.439 --> 00:03:01.000 come in and, you know, my Mama with you know basic with Naston, 36 00:03:01.080 --> 00:03:04.199 they're going to eat. She just fixed my plate or she said that. 37 00:03:04.240 --> 00:03:06.840 I know all she'll tell night go go in there, fixhall something to 38 00:03:06.879 --> 00:03:09.840 eat, and she meant that she wouldn't ask and she was telling how y'all 39 00:03:09.879 --> 00:03:14.960 go in and eat, and she did. And my friends loved us so 40 00:03:15.080 --> 00:03:17.719 much. They did. They really loved her and they all, you know, 41 00:03:17.759 --> 00:03:21.360 looked at her as a second mom, you know, to a degree. 42 00:03:21.479 --> 00:03:27.240 So again I want to send a shout out, you know, to 43 00:03:27.439 --> 00:03:32.240 celebrating her life. You know, Mama, we love you, we miss 44 00:03:32.280 --> 00:03:38.120 you that we miss your physical presence daily, but we know your physical press, 45 00:03:38.199 --> 00:03:43.919 I mean your spiritual presence, is with US always, day in and 46 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:47.439 day out, and were so grateful and for the time that we had with 47 00:03:47.520 --> 00:03:53.560 you and we're so glad you got your wings. Mama, continue to look 48 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:57.919 down on us, continue to watch over us, and we're going to continue 49 00:03:58.080 --> 00:04:03.319 to love you. We're going to continue to make ourselves proud and me personally, 50 00:04:03.400 --> 00:04:11.199 I'm going to ensure that I keep my promise to you to live my 51 00:04:11.240 --> 00:04:19.839 life to the fullest and not just simply exist. Thank you, Mama. 52 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:27.560 We love you baby. Well in transition and again, welcome to current with 53 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:30.439 the under construction of you all been waiting for this episode. So glad to 54 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:33.000 be here with you all the day. You're going to have three episodes this 55 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:38.680 week. will be on the lookout for them. They're all going to come 56 00:04:38.720 --> 00:04:42.240 pretty close together, so just pretty juck again, be on the lookout for 57 00:04:42.319 --> 00:04:47.680 them and be prepared. So much as going on in this world. But 58 00:04:47.759 --> 00:05:01.800 I want to talk about change. Change. It's a simple word, soup 59 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:14.439 for one syllable word change. We're seeing a constant change in this country, 60 00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:25.160 throughout this world. I've heard a saying over and over the years of my 61 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:28.879 life. I've heard it in many different forms, but it all comes back 62 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:33.600 to the same thing, singing the only thing that's constant in this world it's 63 00:05:33.759 --> 00:05:39.240 change. Now I disagree with that because I still, I feel, the 64 00:05:39.240 --> 00:05:43.519 only thing that's constant in this world as God, that we can't shake that 65 00:05:43.560 --> 00:05:46.600 any form of fashion. But that's neither here nor there, and that's the 66 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:51.600 entirely different subject. Will talk about that at a later date, but today 67 00:05:53.160 --> 00:05:57.680 would change. Again, I've heard and I did and I do find it 68 00:05:57.720 --> 00:06:08.040 to be true. The only thing that's constant in this world today it's change. 69 00:06:08.199 --> 00:06:16.160 Change comes in many forms. We see good change, we see bad 70 00:06:16.240 --> 00:06:27.120 change, we see in different change, but we still see change. Nothing 71 00:06:28.920 --> 00:06:32.800 that we can think of in this world, on this planet, remains the 72 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:47.319 same. If you take a look at the landmass prior to hey you all, 73 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:50.199 I want to test take the time to apologize for that. That was 74 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:55.920 called. It came in and I couldn't avoid at that particular time. I 75 00:06:55.959 --> 00:06:59.000 needed to go on and catch so I do want to take the time to 76 00:06:59.040 --> 00:07:03.399 apologize that for that. But getting back to it, change, a guess 77 00:07:03.439 --> 00:07:10.360 a change happens in so many forms and we see so much change coming about 78 00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:15.720 in this world. If we look at the land mass of how this world 79 00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:18.399 was, let's say, several thousands of years ago, and then we look 80 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:23.639 at it now, it's completely different landscape. It looks the same as so 81 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:29.000 many different ways with the landscape is changed so much. But again, it's 82 00:07:29.079 --> 00:07:47.319 change. I've seen the political climate in this country changed drastically over the last 83 00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:54.079 several years now. I'm not a politician, I'm not in the politics. 84 00:07:54.439 --> 00:07:57.040 You all know that that is not my thing, that's not my skill, 85 00:07:57.120 --> 00:08:01.160 that ain't how I get down. You all know that. But I've seen 86 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:07.759 a lot of disturbing things in the political forefront that I've been kind of keeping 87 00:08:07.759 --> 00:08:15.759 an eye on. That's again, very disturbing. So we just had to 88 00:08:15.839 --> 00:08:22.480 supreme court vote on and it completely happened to overturn or row versus Wade. 89 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:26.519 We talked about that in the earlier episode a few months back here on currently 90 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:31.840 under construction. You all know my personal feelings on that. But that's just 91 00:08:31.919 --> 00:08:35.720 a prelude, you know, to what I see me be happening now. 92 00:08:35.759 --> 00:08:41.240 I'm not going to deep dive into that. I only brought it up because, 93 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:43.639 again, like I said, the the change that I'm singing on the 94 00:08:43.679 --> 00:08:46.759 political front that I've been keeping eye on, that I'm not happy with what 95 00:08:46.799 --> 00:08:52.440 I'm seeing. So, with that being said, we're going to address that 96 00:08:52.840 --> 00:08:56.799 in a very future episode. I do mean near future episode, as in 97 00:08:56.919 --> 00:09:01.679 within the next few episodes coming up. We're going to deep dive into that, 98 00:09:01.759 --> 00:09:05.720 but today we are not. But all I'm going to say my people, 99 00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:11.919 is my cousins and kin folks, keep out, keep it illow to 100 00:09:11.960 --> 00:09:16.000 the ground. So a lot of things just just this coming that's going down, 101 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:20.000 that's coming on down the pike. It don't look good, but keep 102 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:24.320 your eye out, keep you ir low to the ground and just be mindful. 103 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:30.000 But again, will deep dive on that in a later day. But 104 00:09:31.279 --> 00:09:37.559 change becomes of Saul and it's up to us how we choose to move forward 105 00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:41.759 and proceed with that change. Now we're either going to do that for the 106 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:50.879 good we're going to do it for the bad. We either can be a 107 00:09:50.879 --> 00:10:00.519 part of the change or we can become the change. So wait a minute, 108 00:10:00.519 --> 00:10:01.559 oh, hold on, back up a second. So what you mean 109 00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:05.840 by that? We can either be a part of the change or we can 110 00:10:05.879 --> 00:10:11.840 become the change. We guess what. Cousins and kin folks, Y'all know 111 00:10:11.960 --> 00:10:16.480 me. I kind of dig DIG DEF into it. I'm glad you asked 112 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:22.080 me that question. So when I say you could be a part of the 113 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:26.559 change, that means that howeverything's grow I have it. Things may be however 114 00:10:26.679 --> 00:10:31.639 they may happen. You just go along with the flow. Now, in 115 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:37.960 most instances, is not a bad thing. It's not a bad thing at 116 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:41.919 all to, you know, see what changes come about, you adapt to 117 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:46.840 them and you continue to roll with it. Most Times that's not a bad 118 00:10:46.919 --> 00:10:48.559 it's not a bad thing, that's not a bad idea to do. So 119 00:10:50.600 --> 00:11:01.039 sometimes it's it's just the natural order of things. It is, but then 120 00:11:01.039 --> 00:11:05.240 there are other times that it's not a good thing at all to you just 121 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:11.120 continue to flow with the change like that, because then you become stagnant. 122 00:11:13.559 --> 00:11:20.000 If you just allow whatever changes to come about and you're just sitting still, 123 00:11:20.159 --> 00:11:28.159 then you just become stagnant and at that particular point you you don't continue to 124 00:11:28.279 --> 00:11:41.080 evolve, you remain the same. Okay, I know you asked. You 125 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:45.600 looking for me, for example. So, okay, for example, you 126 00:11:45.679 --> 00:11:48.480 have some people, and again, I'm not knocking this, I'm not, 127 00:11:48.600 --> 00:11:52.480 you know, downing this, this group of people in the shape form of 128 00:11:52.519 --> 00:11:58.200 fashion. I'm not speaking or talking on anyone in particular or anything like that. 129 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:01.480 Again, this is just a scenario. So I don't want any of 130 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:07.320 my cousins, a King folks to get offended to Oh they goes speaking about 131 00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:11.440 anybody in general, because I'm not. But there is. So, for 132 00:12:11.480 --> 00:12:15.159 instance, you may have a group of people who he may have grown up 133 00:12:15.200 --> 00:12:20.399 in a certain neighborhood or, you know, apartment complex projects, whatever the 134 00:12:20.440 --> 00:12:26.799 case may be. Well, they get used to that and the changes that 135 00:12:26.879 --> 00:12:33.840 come about may have made it easier to for them to remain there or continue 136 00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:37.159 to get whatever type of assistance they may have been, you know, them 137 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:41.320 or their parents may have been getting. Well, they have become used to 138 00:12:41.360 --> 00:12:45.200 that or that way of living or that way of life there. There is 139 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:50.039 until, in turn, they just think that okay, well, let's this 140 00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:52.759 is cool for me to continue to live in this because I can easily do 141 00:12:52.799 --> 00:12:56.919 the same thing because of the changes that were made. I can, you 142 00:12:56.960 --> 00:12:58.559 know, get on here, I can get me a house here or an 143 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:01.799 apartment here or whatever, you know, and I can, you know, 144 00:13:03.639 --> 00:13:05.679 go through and get it, get beat the system or whatever whatnight, and 145 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:16.720 I can do the same thing, whereas now you've become stagnant because you you 146 00:13:16.799 --> 00:13:22.919 don't continue to evolve or you don't you develop the mindset that that change they 147 00:13:22.919 --> 00:13:30.720 came about, you just float along with it and in turn, now you're 148 00:13:30.879 --> 00:13:41.480 just okay with the status quote. And again, I'm not I'm not talking 149 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:46.360 down to anyone, cousins and kin folks, I'm not disparaging anyone's way of 150 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:50.799 life or anything of their particular nature. Again, it was just an example. 151 00:13:54.279 --> 00:14:00.879 It's just an example because we never know anyone's circumstances or situations that cause 152 00:14:00.960 --> 00:14:09.600 them to remain in poverty stricken or high violence area or anything of that nature. 153 00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:20.000 We don't know and it's not my job, nor is it within my 154 00:14:20.039 --> 00:14:26.679 pay grade, so to speak, to look into, investigate, speak on 155 00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:31.440 good or bad of anyone situation. That in how we roll. Y'All know 156 00:14:31.480 --> 00:14:35.879 that ain't mean and it's not how we do things here at currently under construction, 157 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:41.039 not at all. We're head uplift you, we're head informed you. 158 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:46.480 We're here to have meaningful dialog, no matter if it touch someone the wrong 159 00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:52.519 way or anything like that. It's all done in love, it is. 160 00:14:52.039 --> 00:15:01.879 That's why we family. You hear me all right now now when I say 161 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:07.679 to be the change, that is, you know, US taking the initiative 162 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:15.879 to do things to affect the outcome of change special whether it's within the neighborhood, 163 00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:22.000 where this's within the community, whether that's within the city or state that 164 00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:33.639 you make living, is you affecting the outcome itself. But what more so, 165 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:39.000 when I'm talking about that I'm more so thinking of the change within us. 166 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:50.960 To change within us, we control the narrative of the INS and outs 167 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:58.559 of our lives. Now, give me wrong. God is the orchestrator. 168 00:16:00.960 --> 00:16:04.600 He created and gave us the life. Put the decisions that we make within 169 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:11.440 this life. They're us. We make those decisions. That's why he gave 170 00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:15.279 us free will. But the change that we make, we can make the 171 00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:22.559 decision put ourselves on a path in order to establish those changes, in moving 172 00:16:22.600 --> 00:16:32.200 forward, working on ourselves to improve our lives, you know, in a 173 00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:41.120 positive manner, in order taking the steps in order to improve our health, 174 00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:47.200 not just your physical health, but your mental health, your emotional health, 175 00:16:48.320 --> 00:16:56.320 especially your spiritual health. That's what I mean being the change. However, 176 00:16:56.399 --> 00:17:02.639 we move our health, we continue to evolve and grow in life. We 177 00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:15.759 are the catalyst of that change within ourselves. We Are we can choose to 178 00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:18.400 work on being a better person for US each day than we were the day 179 00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:25.240 before. Most of you all know I've talked about it and most of all 180 00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:29.160 who know me personally know that I've talked about this at length. I'm preparing 181 00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:37.240 to have very etric surgery here soon. This is a change that I'm wanted 182 00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:42.759 within myself. I've most of you all know that I've struggled over the past 183 00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:47.720 ten years or so with my weight, that it fluctuate, it goes up, 184 00:17:47.720 --> 00:17:49.559 it goes down. There's one point of time that I was doing very 185 00:17:49.640 --> 00:17:53.000 well than not when I was losing weight, that I lost a hundred plus 186 00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:57.480 pounds. Yes, you hurt me. I lost a hundred plus pounds. 187 00:17:57.599 --> 00:18:03.319 was doing great, but then that can point in my life to wear unforeseen 188 00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:14.680 circumstances caused me to get off track and I begin to pick weight up again. 189 00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:21.240 So even though I know I can take the initiative and I can work 190 00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:23.839 very, very hard again, which, even with what I'm preparing to do, 191 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:29.759 I'm still going to have to work hard, but I'm using this as 192 00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:33.960 a tool to help have this physical change for myself, for the betterment of 193 00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:41.640 me, so that way I don't develop any of physical issues that I could 194 00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:45.680 have an avoid it, or any medical issues that I could avoid. You 195 00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:49.920 know, whether it's heart disease, whether it's some type of kidney a problem, 196 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:56.039 or whether it's high blood pressure or diabetes, which runs heavily in my 197 00:18:56.079 --> 00:19:02.480 family. So I don't want to wait until these things become a factor to 198 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:07.680 me to do something about it. That's taking the initiative, to be proactive, 199 00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:18.480 to be the change for within myself and moving forward so I can physically 200 00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:25.000 be a better me, which in turn, at the same time working on 201 00:19:25.279 --> 00:19:30.599 emotionally being a better me, mentally being a better me and, as I 202 00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:40.400 strive and work to it each day, spiritually being a better me. I'm 203 00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:45.279 not perfect. I'm far from that. I've made mistakes, I still make 204 00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:53.200 mistakes, we all do. I still make mistakes, but at the end 205 00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:57.559 of the day, I still continue to try to move forward. Change is 206 00:19:57.599 --> 00:20:03.759 still change, regardless of how slow it may seem or how small that it 207 00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:10.240 is. Change is still change, whether we can see it or not, 208 00:20:10.319 --> 00:20:14.920 whether others consider that, and a lot of times others can't see the change 209 00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:18.920 in you initially, or they may see it but don't want to see it 210 00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:26.039 because they're still equating it with the person that you may have been who they 211 00:20:26.359 --> 00:20:37.000 are more acquainted with. But don't let that define you. Don't let that 212 00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:44.759 define you. They in turn, can't define you. Don't let whatever changes 213 00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:48.599 that you choose to make in your life and whatever point is serial setting, 214 00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:56.000 point of time that you're doing it don't let those changes hens on what other 215 00:20:56.000 --> 00:21:04.680 people think, see or make say about you. You hear me, cousins 216 00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:15.880 and King folks, I need try to hear me on that one. Make 217 00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:30.240 those changes for you, not no one else. You be the catalyst for 218 00:21:30.359 --> 00:21:40.000 the change of you. You be the catalyst for the change that you want 219 00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:47.680 to see happen around you. You be the catalyst for the change that you 220 00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:55.559 want to see in our children. And, speaking of our children, we 221 00:21:55.680 --> 00:22:03.559 definitely have to ensure that we're setting an example and doing what we can help 222 00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:08.359 them change the mindset of where they are right now, because we are losing 223 00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:17.039 our children people. We are losing our children to the streets, we are 224 00:22:17.079 --> 00:22:23.160 losing our children to disrespect. We are losing our children to a lot of 225 00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:29.720 these social media sites and the content that they see on it. Now, 226 00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:33.960 I'm not saying all content is bad, but a lot of the content that 227 00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:37.519 they see or things that they are running across, that they are having access 228 00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:42.559 to with their fingertips, they're falling prey to it. We can't allow or 229 00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:49.799 look for social media to raise our children as the equivalent of a what our 230 00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:52.640 parents had to do with us. Of those of you who are in my 231 00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:56.799 generation, generation x. You know, it's the equivalent of what I parents 232 00:22:56.799 --> 00:23:00.960 couldn't allow to happen for us. They couldn't allow the streets to raise us. 233 00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:10.920 We can't allow social media to raise our children. Let it be a 234 00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:14.640 Tute to help do so, but not to be the and all end all. 235 00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:22.799 Yes, they have a lot of more information at their fingertips and everything 236 00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:29.680 now, but let's do our parts to be in their lives. Let's do 237 00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:32.960 our part to get in their business, because you know where that parents, 238 00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:45.799 we supposed to be in their business. We're supposed to be because we're their 239 00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:55.000 parents. They're the gift that God gave us. And even if they don't 240 00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:57.240 see it, even if they get mad of us, you know, that's 241 00:23:57.279 --> 00:24:00.799 fine, that's okay, they can do it, they can be mad at 242 00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:07.599 us, it's okay. We shouldn't care, but let's do better than that. 243 00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:11.279 But, by the same token, the children that we have that are 244 00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:15.039 trying to reach out to us, that want to be heard, let's parents 245 00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:25.200 not be so high up on our horses, let's not be so narrow minded 246 00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:30.240 that we don't take the time to listen to our children. Let's let that 247 00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:33.519 also be a part of the change as well that we learned to sit and 248 00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:40.640 listen to our children, because to hear people, some people say, well, 249 00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:42.079 their child, they'll those are children, they don't go through anything, 250 00:24:42.079 --> 00:24:45.759 they they don't know anything, they don't go through anything. But they do, 251 00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:56.000 they do go through things. In my lifetime, and I pray God 252 00:24:56.039 --> 00:25:02.079 allow me to see much, much more than he already has in my lifetime, 253 00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:11.440 I have never seen so many children feel that it's gotten so bad for 254 00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:18.000 them that they don't want to be here anymore, that they're taking their own 255 00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:33.960 lives. That's terrifying. That's terrifying people that our children are going through so 256 00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:38.720 much or experiencing so much trauma and hurt and pain and whatever the case may 257 00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:45.079 be, that they feel that they no longer want to be here and they're 258 00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:56.599 taking their own lives. That rate is going higher and higher and we have 259 00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:59.519 to get in there and do something about that. We have to get in 260 00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:06.119 there and help these babies. They're crying out in their need our help and 261 00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:21.720 we have to get in there and help make that change. There's a song, 262 00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:27.319 and I know we've all hurt this song, whether we've heard the original, 263 00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:30.440 whether we've heard someone sing it, whether we've heard a different rendition of 264 00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:40.079 it, we've all heard this song. A change going to come. I 265 00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:44.039 don't want to sit and wait until the change comes. I want to be 266 00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:49.079 a part of that change. I want to beat the change. I would 267 00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:55.640 do what I can to help ensure that change comes with starting with myself. 268 00:26:57.319 --> 00:27:02.519 I can't affect a change of anything or anyone else if I don't start with 269 00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:07.519 me. So, my cousins and kin folks, it starts with you. 270 00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:18.079 It starts with you. It starts with you. It's starts with you. 271 00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:26.559 You have, we have, we us, you and I. We have 272 00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:37.240 to start with us. We have to start with us to be the change 273 00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:48.279 that we need, that our children needs, that I community needs and that 274 00:27:48.480 --> 00:28:07.599 this world needs. But it starts with us. I'm going and shut it 275 00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:14.079 down right there. I'm going to thank everybody for tuning in and hanging out 276 00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:18.400 with me today on this episode of currently under construction. You know, we 277 00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:21.640 do this things twice a week, but again we're going to have three episodes 278 00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:23.559 this week. One. Thank you all for taking the time out of your 279 00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:27.079 business schedule to listening in and just come chill with me. No, I 280 00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:30.559 love y'all. Know I love you had. This one was on a little 281 00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:37.920 different vibe today, but I felt it needed it needed to be said, 282 00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:47.920 it needed to come and let's be about this change. And again, it 283 00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:56.720 starts with us, cousins and can folks. It starts with US continue to 284 00:28:56.759 --> 00:29:00.359 listen to us on all the platforms, the streaming platforms, wherever you listen 285 00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:04.400 to your podcast, wherever you get your podcasts. Remember, we broadcast on 286 00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:11.759 Google podcast, apple podcast, spotify, overcast, pocket cash radio, public 287 00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:19.079 radio, one cast, box Castro, I heart Radio Deezer, many many 288 00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:26.880 others. Again, you can listen to us on also our website at the 289 00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:33.559 Constructioncom but we definitely hope you continue to listen to us on apple podcasts, 290 00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:40.559 Google podcast, spotify, overcast, pocket cast radio, public I heard Radio 291 00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:48.279 Deezer, cast, box Castro, many, many others. Thank you all 292 00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:53.079 for CONTO continuing to support us here current in the construction. Continue to uplift 293 00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:59.200 us, continue to pray with us. Let's continue to pray for each other, 294 00:29:59.279 --> 00:30:04.799 our family this continue to pray for our neighbor. That's nothing wrong with 295 00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:10.640 it. It's easy to pray for those that you love, that you see, 296 00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:14.799 you may interact with daily. But let's do our best to try to 297 00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:18.799 pray for those that we don't or that we're not in agreement with or that 298 00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:26.160 who may have wronged us in somewhere, and it's okay, let's still pray 299 00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:32.640 for them. Let's still do that. But most important and let's continue to 300 00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:37.160 pray for ourselves. Continue to pray that God creates the change in us that 301 00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:45.440 we need to be better people moving forward each day. That is my prayer 302 00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:49.480 for myself, that is my prefer you, my cousins and King folks, 303 00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:56.400 each and every day, be looking out, being a look out for our 304 00:30:56.440 --> 00:31:03.000 next episode, getting continue to keep get prepared for Phoenix Fire Radio Coming January 305 00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:07.680 two thousand and twenty three. I'm so excited about that. Man, we 306 00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:11.240 got so much stuff that I'm so many different ideas that I'm in the works 307 00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:17.160 on, that I'm thinking about, that I'm brought brainstorming with with a few 308 00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:22.599 other people on our team. Hey, if you all have any ideas that 309 00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:27.480 you could think of for great musical continct or something that you may want to 310 00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:32.079 hear, or for specific day, because again, the only day that I 311 00:31:32.119 --> 00:31:33.880 have really locked in. As for us, the content that I know that 312 00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:38.599 I'm going to bring for that day is Sunday. That's one of our time 313 00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:42.200 starts. Our time slice a Saturday. So far, Saturday, Sunday, 314 00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:48.279 Wednesday. The fourth day is dynamic right now. I haven't picked a specific 315 00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:52.519 day. Part of me wants to shoot for Friday or maybe even Monday, 316 00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:59.079 but I may do Friday. But either way those are the days that are 317 00:31:59.319 --> 00:32:02.119 set. And then the last day is dynamic right now. It may shift, 318 00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:06.240 it may we may make it, it may be permanent, but we 319 00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:13.079 haven't the side of just yet. But email us here at the show and 320 00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:17.599 let us know what kind of what kind of content or music that you may 321 00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:23.559 want to hear on a specific day and it's a topic for it. Let's 322 00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:28.039 do to give me a topic for that specific day and what kind of music 323 00:32:28.119 --> 00:32:32.160 that you all want to hear. All right, email us at the at 324 00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:37.920 here at the show. Remember that email is under construction one thousand nine hundred 325 00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:43.640 and seventy four at yahoocom. Under construction one thousand nine hundred and seventy four 326 00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:51.240 at Yahoocom and let us know. You never know, may make we may 327 00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:54.279 pick yours, we may pick yours, so be on the look I for 328 00:32:54.319 --> 00:32:58.000 so y'all do that y'all. Help. Y'All. Help your cousin now and 329 00:32:58.079 --> 00:33:00.839 let me know what's helping, what we can bring for you to help make 330 00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:07.240 put our some great content as we prepare to launch phoenix fire radio. See 331 00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:14.319 y'all, get ready for the Phoenix CUSTA Phoenix is definitely rising. All right, 332 00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:15.119 cousin a kin folk, I'm gonna get ready to get on out of 333 00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:17.640 here. Before I do, you know, I'm Alla, y'all. Come 334 00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:21.240 on and get in with getting here with me and say it with me. 335 00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:24.319 Y'All know whatever, didn't know what it is. You all on my village 336 00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:29.000 and it takes a village to make this thing happen, and we're going to 337 00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:32.519 continue to build this thing. You went not together, step by step, 338 00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:37.119 one break at a time. Currently under construction. I love you all. 339 00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:40.119 I will talk to you all in a couple of days. Have a great 340 00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:43.599 Sunday. I love you. Peace,