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WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:04.240 Welcome to the newest episode of counting the construction. I am your host, 2 00:00:04.360 --> 00:00:09.349 ohdest thank you so much for joining us. We're here, it's the relaunch, 3 00:00:09.550 --> 00:00:14.429 we're on our new platform. We're rolling. Man, I'm just so 4 00:00:14.550 --> 00:00:18.190 excited to be with you all again. Man, it's just the blessing and 5 00:00:18.309 --> 00:00:24.739 the privilege to once again just come before you all. You know. Thank 6 00:00:24.780 --> 00:00:28.140 you all for your support. I want to thank you for the emails and 7 00:00:28.379 --> 00:00:32.979 the messages that you've left. I know a lot of you have been wondering 8 00:00:33.179 --> 00:00:41.929 why we moved from anchor over to sounder DOT fl. I just felt that 9 00:00:42.570 --> 00:00:46.810 we had pretty much at current and the construction. We had outgrown anchor. 10 00:00:47.850 --> 00:00:51.079 Don't get me wrong, I have nothing bad to say about anchor. Anchor 11 00:00:51.159 --> 00:00:54.200 give us out start. We were able to get our foot in the door 12 00:00:54.240 --> 00:00:58.399 in a podcasting community through anchor. I met a lot of wonderful and great 13 00:00:58.560 --> 00:01:03.629 people who also broadcast on anchor. I was able to meet a lot of 14 00:01:03.750 --> 00:01:08.109 you all, you know, but for the most part, I mean just 15 00:01:08.349 --> 00:01:12.150 like with some things and just like you in life, sometimes you begin to 16 00:01:12.310 --> 00:01:18.310 grow and you are grow certain things and you are grow certain people or situations, 17 00:01:18.700 --> 00:01:23.579 and so from there it's time to move forward or, you know, 18 00:01:23.700 --> 00:01:29.180 continue it to feel stagnant in the situation or the place that you may be 19 00:01:29.379 --> 00:01:34.810 in. And so that in itself was a lesson, lesson for me more 20 00:01:34.890 --> 00:01:42.810 than anything, because I just feel that that's something that God does with us 21 00:01:42.849 --> 00:01:49.840 a lot. You See, God takes us through stages in life. Now, 22 00:01:49.840 --> 00:01:53.799 I know we've all have had this conversation before and here we are, 23 00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:57.200 we're having this conversation again and and I'm loving to have this conversation again. 24 00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:02.829 That wasn't the direction that I was going in for this new, relaunched episode, 25 00:02:04.150 --> 00:02:07.510 but Hey, a lot of times this is what happens. You know, 26 00:02:07.709 --> 00:02:12.750 God have me going one specific way and take me into something that's completely 27 00:02:12.789 --> 00:02:20.460 different altogether. You know, but it's the same way that we do when 28 00:02:20.620 --> 00:02:24.620 God, when we become start to become stagnant in life or in a situation, 29 00:02:24.740 --> 00:02:29.780 whether it's a job, whether it's a relationship, whether it's a friendship, 30 00:02:30.289 --> 00:02:35.250 whether it's a business, whether it's something that you're doing, or even 31 00:02:35.490 --> 00:02:40.250 your relationship with him. You know, God will then in turn, begin 32 00:02:40.370 --> 00:02:45.120 to take you to a different place because he begins to make you uncomfortable. 33 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:51.439 You see, we can't grow. Our God can't allow us to grow until 34 00:02:51.560 --> 00:02:54.240 he makes us some comfortable with where we are. I make us take that 35 00:02:54.520 --> 00:03:02.550 hard looking reflection at ourselves in that process. Yeah, yeah, yeah, 36 00:03:02.789 --> 00:03:07.550 I mean straight up, you know, and this is this is where I 37 00:03:07.830 --> 00:03:14.819 found myself at that particular time, just feeling stagnant, just, you know, 38 00:03:15.020 --> 00:03:19.539 in a place that I felt like I was no longer growing. I 39 00:03:19.699 --> 00:03:27.289 felt that the podcast, the episodes that we were putting out, wasn't quite 40 00:03:27.330 --> 00:03:30.610 getting to all of the audience that we had before, we had for over 41 00:03:30.689 --> 00:03:37.889 a period of time. We're currently under construction, so I preyed on it. 42 00:03:38.250 --> 00:03:40.439 You know, I'm not going to say I was at a place of 43 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:43.680 giving up, but I was just like, okay, God, it's this 44 00:03:43.800 --> 00:03:46.039 what I want to do. You did you put me in this position and 45 00:03:46.159 --> 00:03:53.039 give me this particular platform just to get me here? And then I feel 46 00:03:53.080 --> 00:04:00.150 stagnant and stuck or feel like we're not continuing to grow, or even looking 47 00:04:00.189 --> 00:04:03.909 at the an Elix of everything, or looking at to the people we had 48 00:04:05.430 --> 00:04:10.939 grown accustomed to reaching, that number seems to have been dwindling and dwindling and 49 00:04:11.460 --> 00:04:14.219 I was wondering at first, like okay, well, is it that? 50 00:04:14.259 --> 00:04:28.769 Are they getting tired of our content or we're becoming just, you know, 51 00:04:29.889 --> 00:04:32.529 people not interested in what we have to say here anymore or anything? But 52 00:04:33.569 --> 00:04:41.160 that proved to be otherwise, because I was still getting several emails and several 53 00:04:41.240 --> 00:04:45.000 messages wondering, Hey, what's going on? Are we getting a power of 54 00:04:45.120 --> 00:04:48.759 this week? Are Our man? You really hit home with that particular episode 55 00:04:48.879 --> 00:04:55.790 this week and everything. So I knew it wasn't that. So I again, 56 00:04:56.110 --> 00:05:00.029 you know, did what I thought to do, or what I knew 57 00:05:00.029 --> 00:05:03.910 to do at that particular moment, which was basically turn it over to God 58 00:05:04.629 --> 00:05:13.939 see if I can get some type of message from him or direction. And 59 00:05:15.740 --> 00:05:21.449 God did that. God gave that direction. So I begin to research, 60 00:05:24.170 --> 00:05:28.129 begin to move. I do know you are remember telling me, telling you 61 00:05:28.250 --> 00:05:31.529 that we were moving into a completely different direction. We're currently under construction for 62 00:05:31.649 --> 00:05:36.680 this upcoming year. The video portion of it is still coming a for as 63 00:05:36.720 --> 00:05:43.600 our streaming, I've actually did find a really great service that we can stream 64 00:05:43.720 --> 00:05:48.000 on while we're recording, so that when you have the option to either stream 65 00:05:48.040 --> 00:05:53.750 it or, you know, as you've been doing from the jump, been, 66 00:05:54.189 --> 00:05:56.750 you know, getting our record, getting our audio which I know a 67 00:05:56.829 --> 00:06:00.870 lot of you loved that and I want to continue to deliver that to you. 68 00:06:00.550 --> 00:06:03.699 But I also want to, you know, give those the opportunity want 69 00:06:03.740 --> 00:06:09.540 to maybe, you know, take a look at us or, you know, 70 00:06:09.980 --> 00:06:12.699 want to check us out while we're streaming, you know, to see 71 00:06:12.699 --> 00:06:15.100 what we have to say, to see what we're talking about this particular subject. 72 00:06:15.100 --> 00:06:19.569 We give them that opportunity to do so. So that's definitely coming. 73 00:06:20.290 --> 00:06:27.410 But I just want to thank God for giving me a clear sense of direction 74 00:06:27.490 --> 00:06:30.129 when I didn't know what's going on, a where to go, what to 75 00:06:30.290 --> 00:06:38.759 do, and I didn't want to lose our podcast. I didn't want to 76 00:06:39.439 --> 00:06:44.560 lose all of the ground that we gained. I didn't want to make my 77 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:49.149 make the people or you all feel that we're gone, we're not coming back, 78 00:06:49.350 --> 00:06:55.029 and to disappoint you all because I love doing this, I love being 79 00:06:55.110 --> 00:06:59.430 able to sit down and have a conversation with you, because that's what this 80 00:06:59.509 --> 00:07:01.740 feels like when I record, when I doing that sort of a podcast, 81 00:07:01.819 --> 00:07:05.220 I don't feel like I'm listening to a huge artist. I feel like I'm 82 00:07:05.300 --> 00:07:10.139 just sitting here, I'm talking to my friends, I'm talking to my family, 83 00:07:10.220 --> 00:07:14.139 I'm talking to my community, I'm talking to my loved ones, because 84 00:07:14.259 --> 00:07:17.250 that's what you all are to me. You all are my friends, you 85 00:07:17.290 --> 00:07:21.370 all are my family, you all are my loved ones, you all are 86 00:07:21.529 --> 00:07:27.649 my community. You know I model, you know I'm out of you know 87 00:07:27.730 --> 00:07:30.720 what we say at the end of every episode, and that's what you all 88 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:34.160 are to me. Those are just words. That's what I feel, that's 89 00:07:34.199 --> 00:07:36.959 what I say, that's what I mean, because that's what you all are 90 00:07:38.120 --> 00:07:43.920 to me. So we had to pick this thing up and we had to, 91 00:07:44.589 --> 00:07:50.110 you know, move on and move into a new direction and we were 92 00:07:50.149 --> 00:07:54.149 able to move over to this new platform and I it took us a while 93 00:07:54.269 --> 00:07:58.389 to get things up and running because with this new platform, things of different 94 00:07:58.470 --> 00:08:03.620 things are we have way more tools to are at our disposal, things that 95 00:08:03.740 --> 00:08:07.500 I've had to learn, new tricks that I've had to learn, new systems 96 00:08:07.540 --> 00:08:13.970 I've had to learn and and adapt to. But guess what, I'm here 97 00:08:13.329 --> 00:08:18.209 to put out the put out the best podcast I can for you all, 98 00:08:20.170 --> 00:08:26.970 starting today with this new re launch of curly under construction. We're here. 99 00:08:28.360 --> 00:08:31.559 We are here. I didn't need to feel like that. I was going 100 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:39.200 in to preach to you all, but hey, we're back. I've missed 101 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:45.110 you. So in it an event of all of that. What's going on? 102 00:08:45.269 --> 00:08:48.110 My people, what's happening it? Talk to me, let me know 103 00:08:48.230 --> 00:08:52.149 what's going on. Everybody's being man with so much that's gone on. So 104 00:08:52.230 --> 00:09:00.779 much has happened since our last episode, and this was brought back up to 105 00:09:00.820 --> 00:09:07.299 my attention by several people. I wasn't wasn't going to touch based on it 106 00:09:07.419 --> 00:09:11.529 again, but it's brought back around. So we had an episode a few 107 00:09:11.529 --> 00:09:18.250 episodes ago about dealing with bullies and Narcissus. So that was such a huge 108 00:09:18.490 --> 00:09:26.799 outpourt and such a huge topic and we had such a great feedback on it. 109 00:09:28.279 --> 00:09:31.440 And as to hey, can you touch based on that again? Can 110 00:09:31.519 --> 00:09:35.679 you talk more about that, or what do you think about such and such 111 00:09:35.799 --> 00:09:39.389 going on? You know, hey, what do you think about this particular 112 00:09:39.470 --> 00:09:46.110 form of bullying and everything and and these particular type of Narcissis? So what 113 00:09:46.269 --> 00:09:52.980 we're going to do is we're going to revisit it as apart two, but 114 00:09:52.139 --> 00:09:58.259 not together like last episode. We're going to do a separate episode on bullies 115 00:09:58.379 --> 00:10:07.250 and a separate episode on Narcissis. Yeah, so in the next couple of 116 00:10:07.370 --> 00:10:09.610 episodes. That's what's going to be coming up, so I need you all 117 00:10:09.690 --> 00:10:13.690 to be on the lookout for that. But we're definitely going to touch based 118 00:10:13.730 --> 00:10:18.370 on that again because, man, I'm I'm seeing a whole lot more of 119 00:10:18.490 --> 00:10:20.929 it. I'm seeing a whole lot of it that I don't like, and 120 00:10:20.129 --> 00:10:26.039 you all know I don't like bullies. I despise bullies. Y'All know that. 121 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:30.200 I've talked about more than one of kids. Y'All know how I feel 122 00:10:30.200 --> 00:10:35.990 about bullies and I'm starting to see a whole lot more of it. But 123 00:10:35.070 --> 00:10:39.350 the killing thing about it is I'm like I'm saying, I'm I'm seeing even 124 00:10:39.389 --> 00:10:43.070 more of it on social media now. I've seen bits and pieces of it 125 00:10:43.190 --> 00:10:48.110 here and there, but I'm seeing more and more of it on social media 126 00:10:48.309 --> 00:10:56.940 and taking outrageous with this, like seriously, they really get highly outrageous with 127 00:10:56.100 --> 00:11:01.379 it. But again, I'm not going to touch base on that now because 128 00:11:01.419 --> 00:11:03.929 you know, it's really the for me to get into. there. Is 129 00:11:05.090 --> 00:11:09.970 Real easy for me to jump in on and talk about bullying because, again, 130 00:11:11.009 --> 00:11:15.970 y'all know how I feel about bullies. I I doubt like them. 131 00:11:16.090 --> 00:11:20.200 I have no love form in any shape form of fashion. But I'm going 132 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:26.120 to save all of that energy, all of that pent up things that I 133 00:11:26.240 --> 00:11:30.879 have to say, we're going to save that for that episode. So that 134 00:11:31.080 --> 00:11:37.509 will be the next episode coming, the episode of bullying and how to handle 135 00:11:37.590 --> 00:11:41.350 it, what to look for and this new type of bullying. Well, 136 00:11:41.389 --> 00:11:45.590 it's not really knew. It's been around, but it's even more prevalent now 137 00:11:45.629 --> 00:11:50.539 because these bullets we got behind computer screens, behind telephones, behind keyboards and 138 00:11:50.620 --> 00:11:54.139 everything. So we're going to talk about them and then we're going to also 139 00:11:54.259 --> 00:12:03.129 talk about these narcissists, these people that have no regard for anyone but themselves 140 00:12:05.330 --> 00:12:11.769 who it goes to the point of even violence. But Hey, like I 141 00:12:11.889 --> 00:12:15.450 said, we're going to touch base on that then at another particular time. 142 00:12:16.759 --> 00:12:20.759 Now I want to send a quick shout out to a wonderful, wonderful listener 143 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:26.159 of ours who's been following us every day since our, you know, season 144 00:12:26.279 --> 00:12:31.750 one. Few episodes in the season one she started listening to us and she's 145 00:12:31.870 --> 00:12:39.909 been on board with it. But, UM, Miss Mj, it I 146 00:12:39.990 --> 00:12:43.269 want to send a shout out to you, Miss Mj. Thank you, 147 00:12:45.620 --> 00:12:52.820 thank you for your kind words, thank you for your support, thank you 148 00:12:52.179 --> 00:13:01.570 for your encouragement, thank you for your prayers. Your Hu become like a 149 00:13:01.730 --> 00:13:05.970 second a second mother to me in so many ways. So I want to 150 00:13:05.049 --> 00:13:09.649 sit and I want to just take that opportunity to thank you for encouraging me, 151 00:13:09.970 --> 00:13:18.080 for uplifting me and for helping me get back on my horse. So 152 00:13:20.320 --> 00:13:24.240 I just want to send that shout out out. You know, man, 153 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:28.549 this this it feels good to be the talking to you all again. Oh, 154 00:13:28.750 --> 00:13:33.350 got the new equipment to but people. So, uh, I know 155 00:13:33.549 --> 00:13:35.909 the audio may sound a little bit better. Hopefully it sounds a whole lot 156 00:13:35.990 --> 00:13:39.629 better. Hopefully you all can hear me a lot clear. We got a 157 00:13:39.710 --> 00:13:46.220 microphone. We have a very first podcast microphone. Yes, we do. 158 00:13:48.299 --> 00:13:52.340 I'm excited about it. I'm excited about all they can do. It has 159 00:13:52.379 --> 00:14:00.289 a whole lot of features to it, mostly noise canceling and clearing everything up. 160 00:14:00.490 --> 00:14:05.649 So I've tested it out. Works great eat. So we're using it 161 00:14:05.850 --> 00:14:11.120 right now. So hopefully this makes it our episode a whole lot crisper, 162 00:14:11.320 --> 00:14:16.720 whole lot clear. Also, a few choose to read that any of the 163 00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:24.830 transcripts from our podcast. They will be a lot clearer to you going forward. 164 00:14:24.950 --> 00:14:31.830 But yeah, we have our very first podcast microphone. Will we have 165 00:14:31.070 --> 00:14:35.389 more equipment on the way? Oh, we're, we're, we're look, 166 00:14:35.549 --> 00:14:39.860 look, we went to this new platform. It's open up a whole lot 167 00:14:39.899 --> 00:14:43.860 of doors to us. It really has, and I'm so excited about it, 168 00:14:45.299 --> 00:14:52.659 man, open up to new communities that I've been able to become a 169 00:14:52.860 --> 00:14:58.929 part of and be able to network with on social media, on Linkedin, 170 00:14:58.370 --> 00:15:05.330 on Tick Tock, on instagram. So, man, I'm just excited about 171 00:15:05.889 --> 00:15:07.720 the new heights that God is getting ready to take us to. Our God 172 00:15:07.879 --> 00:15:11.919 is in the process taking us to right now here on currently under construction. 173 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:18.840 Just so excited, man, just just blessing after blessing that's been coming down 174 00:15:20.200 --> 00:15:30.830 just, I just think, the most high for just taking his time and 175 00:15:30.950 --> 00:15:41.620 taking the opportunity to see fit to use me in a way that he has 176 00:15:41.340 --> 00:15:48.860 and with this platform and ever how I can touch anyone. Ministry comes in 177 00:15:48.980 --> 00:15:58.690 so many different forms, whether you pastor whether you choir singer, choir director, 178 00:16:00.289 --> 00:16:08.919 whether you hold some position in the church or whether you talk to people 179 00:16:10.200 --> 00:16:19.269 through life experiences or you go visit prisons, mentor kids, whatever the case 180 00:16:19.350 --> 00:16:25.950 may be. Mens, ministry comes in many, many different forms. And 181 00:16:26.230 --> 00:16:33.899 so this, this is the platform that God gave me to reach an encouraging 182 00:16:33.940 --> 00:16:38.980 uplift others in any and every way that I possibly can through any subject that 183 00:16:40.019 --> 00:16:44.019 I speak on, that he gives me insight to speak on and the move 184 00:16:44.179 --> 00:16:51.169 forward. So again, I'm so grateful to the most hied for this, 185 00:16:51.809 --> 00:16:56.730 for this platform, for this opportunity for dough any and everybody that I can 186 00:16:56.929 --> 00:17:03.559 reach out and touch, encourage, uplift in any shape from a fashion with 187 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:07.200 this podcast. So that's a part of our mission. That is our mission 188 00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:15.039 statement, to continue to uplift and encourage all of our listeners while having meaningful 189 00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:22.190 dialog. That is what currently under construction is all about. It is, 190 00:17:22.309 --> 00:17:27.509 it is, it is man, and I love this. Man. I 191 00:17:27.589 --> 00:17:33.900 Miss Y'all. I Miss Y'all a lot. Man, I missed doing this, 192 00:17:33.859 --> 00:17:37.740 but I'm again so excited about we're finally up and running on our new 193 00:17:37.819 --> 00:17:45.970 platform. You can still listen to US wherever you get your podcast, wherever 194 00:17:45.009 --> 00:17:52.809 you listen to your podcast, and there are some new platforms that you're going 195 00:17:52.809 --> 00:18:00.680 to be able to hear his broadcast on Amazon, Stitcher, just to name 196 00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:08.559 a few. Deezer, I heart radio, sound cloud and of course, 197 00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:14.630 our standard others. You know you'll be able to listen to us on spotify, 198 00:18:14.710 --> 00:18:21.029 apple podcast, Google podcast, radio, public overcast, pocket cast, 199 00:18:22.470 --> 00:18:26.029 souls and and then many others. You know that you've been able to listen 200 00:18:26.069 --> 00:18:30.900 to us on and before and you continue to be able to continue to listen 201 00:18:30.940 --> 00:18:37.059 to us on now going forward, I'll ensure if you don't know the new 202 00:18:37.220 --> 00:18:42.089 link of how to reach us, I'll ensure that I include that it's in 203 00:18:42.170 --> 00:18:48.250 our new bio. Make sure I include it in the transcripts of this particular 204 00:18:48.369 --> 00:18:52.930 episode so you'll be able to click on that and find us. Whist, 205 00:18:52.970 --> 00:18:56.160 I can say we still broadcast on every other platform that you've already been listening 206 00:18:56.200 --> 00:19:00.839 to us on. So if you still have us and you follow us on 207 00:19:00.839 --> 00:19:03.920 those particular platforms, then you should still be able to get these new episodes 208 00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:07.480 for my new hosting platform on here as well. Or you can neither. 209 00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:17.750 Go to our website at www dot under under constructioncom. That is www dot 210 00:19:18.109 --> 00:19:22.150 under constructioncom. You can need to go to our website, our actual website, 211 00:19:22.230 --> 00:19:26.539 and you can follow us there, you can listen to it there, 212 00:19:26.859 --> 00:19:34.380 you can share it and, like you've been doing before, and get a 213 00:19:34.420 --> 00:19:42.089 great podcast episode. We're listening every by it not going to hold you too 214 00:19:42.250 --> 00:19:48.250 long. This is our relaunch episode. I'll do it you. I get 215 00:19:48.289 --> 00:19:49.890 another episode again in a couple of days. I'm going to get back on 216 00:19:51.049 --> 00:19:55.359 schedule. I'm going to stick to that, so be on the lookout for 217 00:19:55.599 --> 00:20:00.680 that. We got a lot of great things coming up in this second half 218 00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:04.440 of our third season. This is still season three. This is not a 219 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:08.829 new season we do. We are still in season three. This is season 220 00:20:08.990 --> 00:20:14.990 three of your favorite podcast and mine, currently under construction. This is season 221 00:20:15.109 --> 00:20:23.059 three, episode fourteen, currently under construction and man, just excited about everything 222 00:20:23.059 --> 00:20:29.339 that. We're going to do everything that we are doing and keep it locked 223 00:20:29.380 --> 00:20:36.009 right there, so I can you know I'm model see it with me. 224 00:20:36.930 --> 00:20:40.930 It takes a village to make this thing happen, and you all are my 225 00:20:41.049 --> 00:20:45.089 village and we're going to continue to build this thing together, you and I, 226 00:20:47.089 --> 00:20:51.519 step by step, one step at a time, continue to lady this 227 00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:56.160 foundation one brick at a time. Currently under construction. I talk to you 228 00:20:56.200 --> 00:21:00.400 all in a few days. Gotta be safe and I'll talk to you all 229 00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:03.039 soon. Peace,