Episode 5

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Published on:

29th Feb 2024

The Wisdom Nuggets

About this episode.

  • Let’s unpack some of our favorite Going Rogue memes and mine the hidden wisdom found in the sayings AND in the pictures.

Welcome to Going Rogue, the podcast where we unleash the unthinkable to help us see things differently, do things differently, and influence our culture for the greater good. Welcome, I’m Mac, your host, and…

  • “We are all exotic cocktails”!
  • Welcome to new listeners.
  1. US
  2. Canada
  3. Mexico

Unscripted walk through some of our wisdom memes

Segment 1: Our Favorites

  • Larry
  • Love Your Dreams…
  • Try being a thermostat…
  • The School of Unlearning…
  • Unzip your fly…
  • Go Rogue. Find like-minded…
  • Would you…choose you…
  • Coach Stu
  • The world constantly tries to make you, not you… and Do you… (they are related)
  • Celebrate the differences, covet the sameness…
  • It’s all about perspective, you get to choose what you see…
  • Your vibe will attract your tribe…
  • I’m so much more than the bad things that happen to me…
  • Repeat after me. NO…
  • If we learn from our mistakes… 🙂
  • Life is resistance/breakdown/growth…
  • Segment 2: How do we develop greater wisdom?
Transcript
Mac:

All right.

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Welcome to Going Rogue, the podcast

where we unleash the unthinkable to

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help us see things differently, do

things differently, and influence

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our culture for the greater good.

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Welcome.

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I'm Mack, your host.

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And I got with me, my buds, man.

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I got coach Stu here.

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Hey, how's it

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Rev: going, Mac?

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Hey, Rev.

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Good to see you.

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I'm ready to get out of the box.

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Let's do it.

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Got

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Mac: the Rev.

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Everybody's grinding at it, man.

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We're just jumping at it.

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We want to go rogue.

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That's right.

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Yeah.

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And tonight's going to

be a really fun one.

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Before I intro, before I intro this

session, This episode and kind of some

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of the stuff we're going to talk about.

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Uh, but Mac,

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Stu: before we get started, first

of all, let me say hello to all of

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you, exotic cocktails out there.

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I love that.

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Yeah.

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So I have some news to share.

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All right.

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What is it?

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Man, so we launched recently, right?

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Yes.

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And we are now being listened

to in the United States, right?

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That's expected.

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That's where we are, right?

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I would hope we'd have a

couple of listeners here.

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My mom's listening.

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Check this out.

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We have two other countries that

are listening to us, Canada and

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Rev: Mexico.

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Hey, so welcome.

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Stu: All of you people

from Canada and Mexico.

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Yes.

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We appreciate you all being

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Mac: here.

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And go tell all

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Rev: your friends.

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How do you say going rogue in Spanish?

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Oh my gosh,

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Stu: I should have prepared.

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Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,

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Mac: ha, ha, ha, ha.

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Andale, andale.

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Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

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Let's go fast.

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Rev: ha.

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We should

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Stu: just stop, because we're not going

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Rev: to get it.

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No, we're not about to lose

our audience in Mexico.

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Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,

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Mac: ha, ha, ha.

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Okay, I'm done right there.

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You're right.

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Okay, good.

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Enough said there.

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All right.

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Yeah,

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Rev: that's

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Stu: really cool.

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I'm really excited that we've reached

people outside of our own country.

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That's amazing.

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We're all one.

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We're all

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Rev: thinking about the same

things and ready to go to places

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where no one's gone before.

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Mac: Well, it's going to get amazing.

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It will become amazing.

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It's already amazing at how

much there's a common resonance.

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It doesn't matter where.

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You live in another country,

live in or whatever.

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Okay.

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We're of the human, we have the human

condition no matter where we are and, and

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we're going to resonate with one another.

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So it's, it's really exciting to

hear these stories that come from

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not necessarily our home culture.

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So, uh, thanks for listening.

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Really, really want to hear your voice

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Rev: too.

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Absolutely.

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Get on that blog and get on that.

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Get in the cafe, definitely,

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Mac: and let us know how this is

running through your grid, your

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cultural grid, your, you know, faith

grid, your whatever grid, okay?

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Um, it's, it's a lot, it's fun,

and that's what this is all about.

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So here we are, and

again, I'm gonna update.

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Uh, guys, okay, here, gonna run

a little bit of a rabbit trail,

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a little bit of a rabbit trail.

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I know I kind of prepped you a little

bit for this already, but, uh, before

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we again get into this episode, we

just did an episode on, uh, and we

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called it on the unthinkable God.

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Right.

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We just, we just did that episode.

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And so in that episode, we gave

some perspectives that were a

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little bit different maybe than

the mainstream, you know, how we

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tend to look at God, if you will.

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And we did mention, we're

going to do a followup on that

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too, which is going to be fun.

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But in that same vein, as we're

thinking about God, right.

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And you know, the character

of God, I couldn't help this.

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I just want to throw it out.

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So here's a really good example of

how Some look at God and this is what

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we were talking about last episode.

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So here was a headline that I saw

this week and you know, Lakewood

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church out in Houston, Joel Osteen's

church, huge, big mega church, right?

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Oh yeah.

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And they had a shooting there.

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Tragically, I mean, a little

guy, little guy got shot.

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Um, and you know, those

kinds of things are tragic.

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I don't care where, where it happens.

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And we've seen this before and it's

not like it's unique to a church

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unfortunately, but here's the headline.

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That followed, you know, not, not from the

church, but from a publication out there.

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And here's what the headline

said Why did God allow the

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Lakewood Church shooting Why?

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Why did God allow that?

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And this, you know, this speaks to

the bigger, why does God let bad

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stuff happen to good people or what

has God let bad stuff happen, period.

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Did

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Stu: the article answer that question?

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Well, yeah.

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Mac: here's the thing about that.

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You know, when you pose a question

like that, then you expect that the

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article is going to have an answer.

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Wouldn't you think?

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I mean, you know, hello.

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All right.

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Um, and of course there is no answer

to that, all right, that just isn't.

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And yet I would propose that that's just

totally asking the wrong question, right?

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That for us to even ponder how

to answer that question is an

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adventure in missing the point.

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And it has absolutely, it skews the

whole scenario into, again, a capricious

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God that, why didn't he stop that

shooting and stop, but stopped that

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one or that one over there or what's

different about, and I don't mean just

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church, I mean anything, you know,

or any calamity or any catastrophe.

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So You know, again, the, when you

read these kinds of things, the

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reason I'm bringing this up, we're

not going to spend that episode on it.

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I just wanted to tie it

back to the last episode.

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When you read something like this,

I encourage you, my encouragement is

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just discount it, discount it on down.

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And if you want to read the article,

that's fine because really the

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article talked about pain and

suffering and how do you deal with

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the unknowns and stuff like that.

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And again, you don't come up with an

answer, but maybe it makes you feel good.

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You know, you're not alone and

struggling with that kind of stuff.

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But, um, what do you guys think, you know?

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Rev: Well, sometimes

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Stu: it, it, like, the way I think about

this is like, Uh, stop sign and a lot

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of times I don't stop for the stop sign.

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I keep going because I want to, I don't

want to be stopped in my thinking, you

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know, like a phrase comes up or some

trigger point, maybe a trigger phrase,

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trigger word, something that might stop

me from continuing and I might be able

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to get something out of this article.

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You know, you never know at

a minimum I can relate to

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maybe the person who wrote it.

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Here's the thing that I, that

I, that I think about with this.

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God was there, of

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Mac: course, we said in

the episode, didn't we?

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Stu: Right.

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That's what we, when we were

talking about that and unthinkable

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God, I mean, God, God was there

and that's, and that's comforting.

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What happened isn't, doesn't feel good.

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It isn't comforting, but you can

at least find some comfort in

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knowing that God was there with you.

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Rev: Yeah.

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Agreed.

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Well, I'd like to look at that article.

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You know, I don't want

to discount anything.

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I want to get into the skin and the mind

and the heart of the person who put that

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title out there and begin to seek to

understand before I go ahead and judge

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that it's an old concept, an old idea

of God that has to die at some point.

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So let me just try to crawl

into that guy's heart and

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see where he's coming from.

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Why is a really dangerous question.

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Why would God allow?

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I think a better question is who am I

meant to be with what has happened here.

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And so I will be more kind and

try to understand this guy's

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mindset and maybe make a brother.

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Maybe reach out to him and say hey if

you thought a different way see sometimes

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being a rogue isn't about discounting the

other It's about opening up a field and a

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bridge to connect with the other And maybe

you know a lot of people are standing

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on the top of the mountain yelling down

at the people that are in the valley I'm

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saying I'm gonna come down to the valley

I'm gonna grab the guy's hand and let's

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walk up the mountain together and get

to a higher reality and a higher concept

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so discounting the article it may be

very foreign to me and alien, but Hey,

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maybe there's something for me to learn

here and, uh, where the two minds come

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together, something greater can emerge.

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True.

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Mac: love that.

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I do

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Rev: too.

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That's great.

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Stu: And I, and I know what we can do.

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We can send him a link to the unthinkable

God episode and see if we can inspire

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him maybe to see things a tiny

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Rev: bit differently.

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You know, some people

put things out there.

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Maybe this guy's just a rogue

and he's putting it out there to

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poke the whole religious world a

little bit just to get a reaction.

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That could be.

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Mac: Probably not, not where the article

came from, I don't think, but anyway.

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It's all possible.

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Uh, but you, you know, you bring

up a good point that, um, you know,

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if, if you're willing, and sometimes

I'm not, I have to admit, sometimes

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I'm not, sometimes I read stuff like

that and I go, here we go again.

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Right.

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Same old stuff.

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You're already filtering.

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I'm

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Rev: already, yeah.

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I'm already filtering.

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That's not where you start, Mac.

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It's where you end up.

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So go ahead.

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Be human.

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And then move to a higher perspective.

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Stu: As long as you keep

moving forward, that's what's

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Rev: important, right?

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What are we,

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Mac: what we're talking about?

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One of the memes tonight

about falling forward.

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Stu: Failing.

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Rev: Failing forward.

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Failed with

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Mac: purpose.

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Let's talk about the memes.

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Come on, let's get into the memes.

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So anyway, that's that.

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So we'll just bring it in.

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Thanks guys.

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Those, that's great.

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Those are great perspectives.

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So, all right.

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Memes.

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Tonight's episode is, is entitled

The Wisdom Nuggets, right?

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That.

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We really try, whether it's in our

conversation here on, you know, in

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the episode on the podcast or in

the other things that we might do,

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whether it's a blog post, whether

it's a commentary or whether it's a

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mean that will put out very regularly.

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And we have a it's really

fun how we collaborate on.

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on those little memes.

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And if you're following us at all,

you're going to see them out there

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on our, our, our Facebook page.

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We push them out to Instagram.

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We push them out to, uh,

X, you know, Twitter.

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Um, and, and they're just.

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You know, we don't sit down

with a purposeful intent.

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Let's see, I gotta do a meme today.

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Okay, let's see.

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What's on, you know,

what am I going to do?

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No, it's, it's, it's whatever strikes us.

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If something comes along that just

moves our heart, something we're

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reading or something we heard or a

conversation that we had with somebody.

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If there's a poignant little message in

there, um, you know, we'll try to push

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a meme out by because maybe we're hoping

that as you look at it, as you read it, as

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you ponder it, maybe something will click.

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Maybe just meet you right where

you're at at that moment and

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whatever's going on in your life.

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or somebody else that you can,

that you can pass it on to.

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I'm not going through that right now,

but you know, my sister is, my brother

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is, my friend is my, you know, whatever.

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Okay.

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And it's just one of

those little reminders.

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We like to think that they're wisdom

nuggets that, that if you do ponder

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them enough and they get a little

pithy and we try to do that on purpose.

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Uh, that's okay.

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Um, But, but there's, there's

really a lot of depth there.

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And what we want to do tonight, we just

thought we'd have some fun with this, that

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we sort of pick some of our favorite ones.

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If we could even do that.

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I don't even know that I can

call them our favorite ones.

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We just had to limit it somehow

because the episode is only so long.

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So we're just going to share, you

know, some of these memes that we've,

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um, that we've done, uh, with you

and, uh, You know, we'll go from,

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you know, we'll go from there.

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Let's see what we got.

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If I can find,

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Rev: you know, we live in a

soundbite society and people are

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looking for something simple,

short, sweet to remind them.

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It's just like a jolt to the

heart, like a paddle going on.

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They're giving you an electric shock.

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Oh.

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I forgot!

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Now I remember!

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And this little meme, this little

idea, which seems meaningless on the

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surface, when you dig it down and you

drill it down, oh, there's great meat.

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There's great water and sustenance

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Mac: there.

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And we hope so.

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We really do.

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And if there isn't, that's

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Rev: okay.

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We do it for somebody else.

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That water's

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Mac: for somebody else.

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So, let's, uh, Stu, you want

to start with one of these?

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Yeah, how about that

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Stu: one right there?

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Go for it.

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Celebrate the differences.

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Covet the

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That's the headline, right?

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That's the tagline.

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It's up there.

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And the tagline is?

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Yeah, give up the comparisons.

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Give up the comparisons.

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So, celebrate the differences.

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Covet the sameness.

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Give up the comparisons.

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Stu: love this one because the way

I would love for everyone to, to

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be in relationship with one another

is to look for ways to connect.

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That's the, the covet,

the sameness, right?

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You're going to, no matter

how different you are and the

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differences are beautiful, right?

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Cause it'd be a very boring

world if we all were the same.

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But unless we were all stew, right.

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That would be awesome.

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Rev: kidding.

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Mac: Let's ask your wife about that.

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Stu: Let's not do that.

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But covet, covet the sameness to me

is, is it, the way I read that is I'm

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looking for a way I can connect with you.

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Yes.

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And I'm going to find it because

I'm looking for it, right?

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Right.

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And when I see things that are different,

I'm going to celebrate those, you know,

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cause it, cause I think that's amazing,

but I'm going to, you know, when I find

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that connection, that's what that's,

that's how I can really feel comfortable

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with anybody that comes my way.

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Rev: This world is full of bridge

builders, like you, like me, like

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the three of us sitting here.

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And there's more people out there.

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And when your mindset, people

who are looking to build a bridge

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will find other bridge builders.

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People who are looking to judge

will find reasons to be judgmental.

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And I'm saying, what

makes heaven on earth?

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It's, it's building the bridge.

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It's finding my brother or my sister

who, uh, wants to play in the playground

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with me, with the three of us at a

place that it certainly works a hell

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of a lot better than the judgment.

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We've got to suspend our judgments.

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We're going around judging

everybody as bad or as wrong.

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Stu: You know, what I see too much

of is if you flip this, what I see

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too much of is covet the differences,

celebrate the sameness, right?

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Isn't that what you're, you

see too much of that again?

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I don't want to leave it at that.

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We want to celebrate the

differences, covet the sameness.

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Mac: Yeah.

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And I ran into this in my personal

life here just this week with a little

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bit of a conflict with an individual.

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You know, there's also this expectation

that we, whether it's society that places

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it on us, whether it may be our religion

or our faith walk or our tribe or even

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ourself, and really what we're told,

and it's the struggle that says Wow,

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you know, that just isn't working right

that and and I have to make it right.

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Sometimes you can't and sometimes

it just doesn't get right.

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Now, how do you deal with that and

how do you not feel guilty about it?

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It is an interesting walk.

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It's an interesting contemplation

about how when you do have a conflict

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with somebody and they're just so

dang hard to love that you just.

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You just can't get there, you know,

and we like to maybe default to where

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we want to, you know, point fingers

or demean or that kind of stuff.

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And I'm not talking about that.

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I'm just talking about being okay with the

fact that just, just ain't working, man.

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Rev: You know?

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All roads are gonna lead to you.

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You know, Alan Cohen once said, uh,

something to the effect of, It's

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not the insult that bothers us.

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It's the part of ourselves

that agrees with the insult.

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So if somebody's pushing my buttons,

I got some healing work to do.

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I got some introspection to do

to go, Why am I so angry or upset

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or judgmental about this person?

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Quick, turn the judgment inside as

opposed to outside of you and then grow,

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heal, actually heal from some deep, deep

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Mac: wound.

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That

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Rev: person just was the actor that you,

you hired to play a role to tick you off.

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Mac: That is a very

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Stu: healthy way

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Rev: to look at things.

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I'm going to go through

the hiring process.

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I'd love to say I live there all the time,

but I may get an hour a day out of it.

417

:

Mac: Oh boy.

418

:

So love it.

419

:

So celebrate the differences.

420

:

Cover the sameness.

421

:

Give up the comparisons.

422

:

And, you know, these are

out there on the site.

423

:

Not all of them are yet, but they will.

424

:

Before you

425

:

Rev: go, you know, the, the Buddhist teach

that comparison is a state of argument.

426

:

An argument is a state of suffering.

427

:

So if you peel that onion back and

get to the roots, our own suffering

428

:

is caused because we are not able to

do what this meme is actually saying.

429

:

I'm comparing your outsides to

my insides and I'm gonna suffer.

430

:

Mac: Wow.

431

:

Oh, yeah.

432

:

A doggone riff.

433

:

I think

434

:

Stu: my mind's blown on the first one.

435

:

Okay, yeah.

436

:

I'm

437

:

Rev: already convicted.

438

:

I can do any more.

439

:

You know, if I compared my outsides to the

coach there, I better get back in the gym.

440

:

Let's do it.

441

:

I'm ready.

442

:

Oh,

443

:

Mac: let's see.

444

:

I'm going to find one in here.

445

:

Okay.

446

:

Uh, this is one of my, uh, Yeah,

this is one I kind of like.

447

:

I mean, we just did it recently,

so that's why it's maybe a little

448

:

bit top of mind, but, and I wish

I could take credit for this.

449

:

I can't.

450

:

Um, Brian McLaren, um, coined this.

451

:

So I won't go into the details about

where I read it from and stuff like

452

:

that, but I'm giving him credit.

453

:

Okay, Brian McLaren, if you

haven't ever heard of him or

454

:

you don't know him, Google him.

455

:

All right.

456

:

He's a great guy.

457

:

And here's the meme.

458

:

Try being a thermostat

instead of a thermometer.

459

:

And then the tagline is

control your energy efficiency.

460

:

Try being a thermostat

instead of a thermometer.

461

:

And when I first read that, I

was like, Oh, that's brilliant.

462

:

Because most of us are thermometers.

463

:

We just take the temperature of

whatever's going on around us, right?

464

:

And react.

465

:

In whatever way, you know, that we do.

466

:

Our

467

:

Rev: lives have become

effect rather than cause.

468

:

And so we give all the power

away to what's going on in the

469

:

external world and the way somebody

behaves, the thing that they said,

470

:

and now the effect is I'm upset.

471

:

What this meme is saying is be

the cause of your own reality.

472

:

Mac: Yes.

473

:

Be

474

:

Rev: the one that creates

the greater expression.

475

:

Turns the heat up if you want,

or turns it down if you want.

476

:

But quit giving all the

power away, be cause not

477

:

Mac: effect.

478

:

Yes.

479

:

Yes.

480

:

That's brilliant.

481

:

You

482

:

Stu: like that?

483

:

Yeah.

484

:

I don't even want to comment.

485

:

I want to leave it with that.

486

:

That is so, cause that is

487

:

Mac: brilliant.

488

:

And one of the reasons why I did this

meme, um, and picked up on what Brian was

489

:

saying is because here we come into a very

contentious political year in America.

490

:

I don't know.

491

:

Again, you may be Canada and Mexico.

492

:

You guys got your own thing going

on, but I'm sure you can relate.

493

:

Right.

494

:

But you know, we're, We're coming

into a season here of, of, of a

495

:

lot of anxiety, a lot of media, you

know, stuff that's, I mean, a lot

496

:

of this stuff, and we, if we're not

careful, we're going to end up being.

497

:

We're going to end up just reacting

to the heat as it gets turned up.

498

:

And that's, that's not the way to have

the poise to be able to navigate it well.

499

:

Right?

500

:

Stu: Well, there's one thing I know

for sure, because the tagline says

501

:

control your energy efficiency.

502

:

It's much harder.

503

:

It takes a lot more

energy to be angry, right?

504

:

And mad.

505

:

And to have those feelings than to just.

506

:

Yeah.

507

:

Loving and kind and I

mean it's so much easier.

508

:

So why not just choose the, yeah,

509

:

Rev: here's the catch that whole thing.

510

:

We are the cause whether we like it or

not, whether we're conscious or not.

511

:

And so if angry people are showing

up in our field, guess what?

512

:

We got an anger problem on the inside

that we're attracting those people.

513

:

You know, the world is living a whole

bunch like a piece of driftwood.

514

:

We're a piece of driftwood subject to

the wind and the waves of the ocean

515

:

tossing us to and fro and we need to

find something to anchor to, something

516

:

to ground to, to keep our center when the

angry people show up, when the frustrated

517

:

people, when the mean people show up,

I'm so connected to something greater

518

:

that I'm not going to go with the wind

and the waves of the external reality.

519

:

I'm going to be of the

veritable presence of the Christ

520

:

Stu: is what I would say.

521

:

And here's where you elevate yourself.

522

:

When you're able to,

despite being who you are.

523

:

To change the mood.

524

:

The area you're in, which

we'll have those people there.

525

:

And you might just be able to

bring the temperature down just by

526

:

being you, which leads us to our

527

:

Mac: next meme.

528

:

That's the coach with the practice

529

:

Stu: plan.

530

:

Rev: No seconds, no seconds

531

:

Stu: are wasted.

532

:

Here we go.

533

:

You ready?

534

:

So here's the next one.

535

:

The world constantly

tries to make you not you.

536

:

Sometimes you just have to

throw down the gauntlet, right?

537

:

So think about this, that the

world right now, especially.

538

:

Is trying to make us be other people.

539

:

Right.

540

:

But this is going to sound like

a cliche, but, but it's so true.

541

:

You are the only you that will ever exist.

542

:

Right.

543

:

And why hold that?

544

:

Like, why hold that back from people?

545

:

Like people need to experience you as you

546

:

Rev: are the gospel of Thomas.

547

:

Uh, which is one of those Gnostic

Gospels that got kicked out

548

:

because it didn't fit an agenda.

549

:

But it says basically, bring

forth that which is within

550

:

you and it will give you life.

551

:

And if you don't bring it forth,

it's going to destroy you.

552

:

Mac: Hmm.

553

:

Harbor?

554

:

Harbor some stuff?

555

:

Yeah.

556

:

It's

557

:

Rev: saying take control.

558

:

Be yourself.

559

:

Be fully you.

560

:

Be the God essence that's

chosen to express at the

561

:

point of view or you're dying.

562

:

Mac: Period.

563

:

Well, you know, there's a lot of stuff

going on out there about, you know, you,

564

:

you are enough and you know, love yourself

and all of those are good concepts.

565

:

Don't get me wrong.

566

:

I'm, you know, a lot of people out there

are helping people in those realms, but

567

:

I think what, what, you know, what you

just heard the Rebs say, what you heard

568

:

coach Stu say that we have the ability.

569

:

innately to control this, all right, that,

you know, there is a beautiful essence

570

:

within each one of us that we can't afford

to let get tamped down, that we can't let

571

:

get, afford to get conformed to the norm

or to the tribe or to whatever culture.

572

:

I mean, it's okay to be part of all

those things, but the minute that's

573

:

your identity and that's who you are,

then you're really not you anymore.

574

:

That's true.

575

:

You know, your individuality

576

:

Rev: is necessary, not just for your

own expression, but for the planet.

577

:

You're not an accident.

578

:

And when you shut it down,

you're saying God doing business

579

:

as me is not good enough.

580

:

Right.

581

:

So let me just fit somebody else's

mold and fit into their box.

582

:

And you're just actually telling

the universe you create junk.

583

:

No, no, no.

584

:

God doesn't create junk.

585

:

God creates necessary components

to make the world fantastic.

586

:

Stu: And I know that I, when I

was younger, I was trying to be

587

:

the me that other, I felt other

people wanted me to be right.

588

:

And I thought that was just something.

589

:

That was true when I was

younger, but guess what?

590

:

Like this happens with adults too.

591

:

It doesn't matter the age or the decade.

592

:

But I have to end with something fun.

593

:

Then we can go to the next meme, right?

594

:

So you can't talk about

this meme without a Dr.

595

:

Seuss quote.

596

:

Okay, you ready?

597

:

Today you are you.

598

:

That is truer than true.

599

:

There is no one alive

who is you er than you.

600

:

I love Dr.

601

:

Seuss.

602

:

Mac: You er than you.

603

:

So I think that might be a

good place right there to

604

:

just sort of Exhale into that.

605

:

You er than you.

606

:

Nobody, nobody's you are than you and

you are a beautiful what it's to say

607

:

in the very beginning of the podcast,

beautiful, exotic cocktails, you and

608

:

we, and we can't, and we, we got to give

credit where credit's due there too.

609

:

Right.

610

:

We love that saying and we've said it

for years, but we heard him say it first.

611

:

Rob Bell.

612

:

Yeah.

613

:

Rob Bell said it first, right?

614

:

We've seen him several times.

615

:

Rev: I'm thinking of

that scene from the help.

616

:

So we got the movie guy across

from me here, but there's that

617

:

scene when the woman is talking to

the kids saying you is beautiful.

618

:

You is necessary.

619

:

You is important.

620

:

You is intelligent.

621

:

Everybody needs to hear that.

622

:

Yes.

623

:

You, the you that God created is, is

necessary and worthy and full of, full

624

:

of light and love and absolutely don't

waste one ounce of your breath, your

625

:

Thought your hearts, your being, your

body to make this world an amazing place.

626

:

So

627

:

Stu: two quick thoughts with that, because

that, that is an amazing, that's amazing.

628

:

Right.

629

:

Is one, be that person that says that

to somebody, don't just keep it in your

630

:

head or in your mind, or I thought it

of somebody and I'm not going to say it.

631

:

I'm holding it back like

unintentionally probably, but don't.

632

:

Like say it.

633

:

And secondly, if you're not having

anybody say it to you, look in

634

:

the mirror and say it to yourself.

635

:

Mac: Right?

636

:

Why not?

637

:

Yeah.

638

:

Or replay this podcast

episode over and over again.

639

:

Because why are you looking in the mirror?

640

:

Right in front of

641

:

Rev: your mirror, stand there

naked with the three rogers.

642

:

Mac: I didn't say that.

643

:

I love you, man.

644

:

I love you, man.

645

:

Uses you.

646

:

All right.

647

:

We're going to leave you with that cause.

648

:

It's being

649

:

Rev: calm.

650

:

Sorry, Mac.

651

:

It's you gotta be the cause of

a new reality for the world and

652

:

not the effect of the world.

653

:

Oh, there you go.

654

:

Stu: There's a

655

:

Rev: new

656

:

Mac: meme.

657

:

It's all good.

658

:

It's all good.

659

:

We love this.

660

:

This is so fun.

661

:

So take that.

662

:

And, uh, we'll be right back.

663

:

Hang on a sec.

664

:

All right.

665

:

Welcome back, uh, to going rogue

and our walk through our memes

666

:

and hopefully you're getting some

wisdom nuggets out of all this.

667

:

Cause you know, we, we, we titled

entitled, you know, with wisdom in the

668

:

title because at the core of it, I think

you can find an attitude of the mind and

669

:

an attitude of the heart that helps you.

670

:

Become more wise if

you'll ponder something.

671

:

No, you're not going to

relate to every one of these.

672

:

We get that.

673

:

Okay.

674

:

I mean, you know, but at the same time,

if it's not these, then what medium

675

:

do you use to help you stimulate You

know, those kinds of perspectives that

676

:

help you make better decisions that

you become more wise over and able

677

:

to navigate life a little bit better.

678

:

So, hopefully we're adding

to that list for you.

679

:

Just little tools you keep in your

680

:

Rev: toolbox.

681

:

Right.

682

:

And they're at the edge of your mind,

the edge of your life, and you can

683

:

pull them out when you need them.

684

:

Sometimes you're not going to need

a screwdriver, you need a wrench.

685

:

Yep.

686

:

You know, just find the

tools and keep them close.

687

:

Mac: Absolutely.

688

:

And there's, I think I, I do have a

meme in there somewhere in the whole

689

:

mix of the hundreds that I've done

that said, no, the difference when

690

:

you need a wrench or a, you know, or

the sledgehammer, you know, also know

691

:

which right, the right tool to use.

692

:

But anyway, I digress.

693

:

Rev: If the only tool you've got is a

hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

694

:

That's exactly,

695

:

Mac: that's right.

696

:

So, uh, all right.

697

:

So here we go.

698

:

Here's, here's one of my favorites.

699

:

This is one of my favorites.

700

:

Here's what it says.

701

:

Unzip your fly, go ahead.

702

:

I'm waiting.

703

:

Go ahead.

704

:

Go to just follow me.

705

:

Go ahead.

706

:

Unzip your fly.

707

:

Now resist the temptation to zip it up.

708

:

Think with that for a little second.

709

:

Then here's the tagline.

710

:

Welcome to the other side.

711

:

Hmm.

712

:

Rev: Let it all hang out, baby.

713

:

Everything you've got, let it all hang

714

:

Mac: out.

715

:

There it is.

716

:

Okay.

717

:

Just, just think about the vulnerability,

especially guys more than girls.

718

:

I am a women and females.

719

:

I understand this.

720

:

Okay.

721

:

But you peel back the onion

here a little bit gang.

722

:

I think, you know, you're smart enough.

723

:

You get it.

724

:

All right.

725

:

I don't really have to walk you down

through with by the hand, but when

726

:

you unzip your, Norm, when you unzip

your covering, when you unzip that

727

:

thing that hides, you know, you,

um, you know, you're vulnerable.

728

:

You open yourself up in a

way that five seconds before.

729

:

When you're, when it was

zipped up that you weren't.

730

:

So what does that do for you?

731

:

A again, do you have an immediate thing

that says, Oh my gosh, my flies open zip?

732

:

Or are you willing to set with that a

little bit and go to the, what we'll call

733

:

the other side of your thinking, the other

side of the norm, the other side of the

734

:

tracks, the other side, that's a journey

that We encourage everybody to take what

735

:

Stu: I think about and where the growth

occurs for me is when somebody else points

736

:

it out Oh, I may see it and think, okay,

yeah, this is what I want right now.

737

:

I'm here.

738

:

And then someone points

it out and like, Oh.

739

:

I've been noticed, right?

740

:

We see you.

741

:

We see you.

742

:

Like, what do you do then?

743

:

That's, that's where the real growth

744

:

Rev: occurs.

745

:

And the zip up isn't

because somebody saw me.

746

:

It's because I'm afraid of

what they're going to see.

747

:

So it's my own fear.

748

:

You know, there's, there are tribes

in the African continent that

749

:

greet each other with the greeting.

750

:

They don't say hello, how you doing?

751

:

How are you?

752

:

They say, I am here to be seen and the

response is I see you and I am here.

753

:

Wow.

754

:

This

755

:

Stu: sounds just like Avatar, the movie.

756

:

That's right.

757

:

I see you.

758

:

That's how they greet

each other in that movie.

759

:

And I always love that.

760

:

Cause it's exactly what

you're talking about.

761

:

I

762

:

Rev: see it's a world that's authentic.

763

:

We kind of live in a fallacy world.

764

:

It's a fake world.

765

:

It's this, this movie that we've created

of what we think other people can handle

766

:

Mac: about us.

767

:

There's insight right there.

768

:

That's beautiful.

769

:

Yeah, I like it.

770

:

So that's awesome.

771

:

We're challenging you gang.

772

:

Go ahead.

773

:

Yeah, even if you want to just

do it in the comfort of your own

774

:

bedroom Or your own living room just

775

:

Stu: well, you gotta

get you got to get out

776

:

Mac: there.

777

:

Well, that's true.

778

:

That's true, too I agree.

779

:

You could start there.

780

:

Yes

781

:

Stu: Just look in a mirror again.

782

:

We're back to the mirror.

783

:

Look back in the mirror

and make sure you're okay.

784

:

And then walk outside the room and strut

785

:

Mac: it.

786

:

I gotta be me.

787

:

I

788

:

Rev: gotta be me.

789

:

Mac: I mean, think about it.

790

:

One

791

:

Stu: thing I've learned over the

years is if you look like you know

792

:

what you're doing and you're supposed

to be doing it and you're supposed

793

:

to be there, nobody questions you.

794

:

Yep.

795

:

Rev: Right.

796

:

Right.

797

:

Confidence in yourself exudes.

798

:

Stu: I've walked into so many

places I wasn't supposed to be,

799

:

but I looked like I was supposed

to be there and acted like it.

800

:

And they just let me go.

801

:

Rev: Wedding crasher.

802

:

Here

803

:

Stu: we go.

804

:

I am the ultimate wedding crasher.

805

:

I used to crash weddings with my mom.

806

:

Story for another

episode, but funny enough.

807

:

Okay.

808

:

Oh,

809

:

Rev: you're going to pull up a stew meme.

810

:

How about a stew meme?

811

:

A toad stew meme.

812

:

stew ever?

813

:

Oh my

814

:

Mac: gosh.

815

:

Here it is.

816

:

Go ahead, Stu.

817

:

Read

818

:

Rev: it, man.

819

:

Stu: I'm going to read my own meme.

820

:

All right, here we go.

821

:

All right, if we, if we learn

from our mistakes, why are we

822

:

always so afraid of making them?

823

:

Mac: There's a mic drop.

824

:

I don't want

825

:

Rev: to learn anymore.

826

:

I've learned enough.

827

:

Mac: You know, this reminds

me of what you just said.

828

:

What do you think this reminds me of?

829

:

What's that?

830

:

Your mom.

831

:

Oh, yeah.

832

:

Right.

833

:

Yeah.

834

:

You got to tell

835

:

Rev: that

836

:

Stu: story.

837

:

Okay.

838

:

So my, my, okay.

839

:

Quick story.

840

:

My mom is a Sicilian Italian, right?

841

:

Youngest of nine, huge family, right?

842

:

Um, does a lot of reading.

843

:

There was a friend of

mine that wrote a book.

844

:

Uh, and my wife and myself and

my daughter were in the book.

845

:

It was a personal growth book.

846

:

So I thought, my mom's a big reader.

847

:

I'm going to send her this

book, you know, how awesome.

848

:

And so I sent her the book.

849

:

She calls me up and says, what is this?

850

:

I said, this is the book

that I told you about.

851

:

My friend wrote it, I

helped her and we're in it.

852

:

Like read it.

853

:

I'm chapter five, you know, and she's

like, well, what's this book about?

854

:

I'm like, you know, it's just

kind of like personal growth.

855

:

And she's like, Johnny.

856

:

Cause I'm not just coach Stu,

I'm Johnny, Johnny, I like my

857

:

issues just the way they are.

858

:

And I sat

859

:

Mac: there and I was like, huh?

860

:

Rev: Like, what?

861

:

Stu: I don't have any response to

862

:

Rev: that.

863

:

Like,

864

:

Mac: that's just, that's

just who my mom is.

865

:

She

866

:

Rev: likes her issues

just the way they are.

867

:

And how authentic of her?

868

:

Mac: So anyway, I know, that

just made me think of that

869

:

Rev: just in a moment, right there.

870

:

Yeah, that was,

871

:

Stu: that was cool.

872

:

But yeah, so, if we learn

from our mistakes, Mac.

873

:

Why are, if you learn from your mistakes,

why are you so afraid to make them?

874

:

Come on, man.

875

:

Mac: Cause a lot of, most of the time

they're painful in the beginning.

876

:

Okay.

877

:

Go

878

:

Stu: back to the beginning.

879

:

Yeah.

880

:

Learn,

881

:

Mac: learn.

882

:

Yeah.

883

:

That means I have to learn

to react to it better.

884

:

All right.

885

:

It challenges me.

886

:

It calls me out when I don't react.

887

:

Here's what I thought this week.

888

:

I'll kind of.

889

:

Give you some framework.

890

:

You know, when I told you earlier that

I was kind of having this challenge

891

:

this week with a particular individual

and one of my first reactions.

892

:

Now, I didn't do this.

893

:

I didn't do it.

894

:

Okay, so I'm just telling you

right now that's progress.

895

:

That's right.

896

:

I didn't do this.

897

:

But here was what I thought.

898

:

Really?

899

:

Well, why did you let

me affect you that way?

900

:

It was kind of my internal mind going.

901

:

Well, If you have a problem with that,

it's really kind of your problem, not my

902

:

problem, you know, I mean, now I didn't,

I wasn't about to pull away from all

903

:

responsibility in the, in the, in the

conversation, but at the same time, it

904

:

was really more about, again, what, you

know, what do we need to learn as Rev

905

:

was already talking about earlier in

order to grow through the experience,

906

:

I think that's really what we're,

907

:

Rev: you know, when I began to

really grow, cause I was pretty

908

:

stagnant for a lot of my life.

909

:

Yeah.

910

:

Is when I made peace with failure,

when I realized that failure was an

911

:

exciting, fun adventure, and that I was

never going to get better at playing the

912

:

piano, at singing, at sports, I was never

going to get better if I didn't fail.

913

:

So I could stay mediocre.

914

:

I could be a mediocre baseball

player, or I could fail, strike

915

:

out, and learn something.

916

:

And then the next time up the bat,

maybe I'll get it to first base,

917

:

maybe a home run is in my future.

918

:

There you go.

919

:

But I had to make peace with the failures.

920

:

They're not bad things.

921

:

They're not terrible things.

922

:

They're necessary

things, if we're growing.

923

:

Mac: So true.

924

:

What do you tell your, uh What do you tell

925

:

Rev: your wrestlers?

926

:

Stu: You know, it's interesting, when

you were just talking, Rev, we have

927

:

a sign in our room that reads, in our

wrestling room, that reads 10 80 10.

928

:

Have you ever seen this concept?

929

:

Okay, so, the 80, the 10 on the

left, are the people that just do

930

:

not care to do life or do wrestling

in our case, do sports any better.

931

:

They're like, good enough.

932

:

They're just good.

933

:

Yeah.

934

:

Good.

935

:

The 80 percent are mediocre.

936

:

They're like, okay, like

I'm happy with where I'm at.

937

:

I have some success.

938

:

The 10 percent on the right are the

ones that are like, they are pushing and

939

:

challenging themselves and they're failing

and growing and failing and growing.

940

:

So we typically have the

majority of our team in the 80.

941

:

And they're happy being there and it's

always a challenge to get them to move

942

:

into the 10 on the right Where they're

really challenging and growing because

943

:

they have to fail to your point Rev

They have to fail they have to go out

944

:

there and they have to lose They have

to lose a match to be able to get better

945

:

And of course, we're not trying to

do that But when it happens it allows

946

:

us to help them to learn and grow.

947

:

Absolutely.

948

:

Get to

949

:

Rev: the point where you celebrate the

failure, you celebrate the mistake.

950

:

And then not only do you grow,

but you, as you mentioned

951

:

earlier, everybody's watching

952

:

Mac: you, man,

953

:

Rev: they're getting better.

954

:

I'm going to go ahead and fail too.

955

:

And we're going to celebrate it and have

a wonderful party that we all messed

956

:

up and we're doing it better tomorrow.

957

:

Mac: There we are.

958

:

Cause it's the human condition.

959

:

For the most part, right?

960

:

Try going through life

thinking you're not.

961

:

Well,

962

:

Rev: all these memes tie together.

963

:

If I fail publicly, oh, I've had to unzip.

964

:

I have to be completely out

there for the world to see.

965

:

I didn't measure up.

966

:

Here's

967

:

Stu: the thing when you do that and

what I've learned in some of the

968

:

smaller groups that I've led is when

you share that, there is at minimum

969

:

three other people that are like, I.

970

:

Same thing.

971

:

I did the same thing.

972

:

I had the same thought, whatever it is.

973

:

And I didn't know anybody else

did the same thing and had the

974

:

same thought until you spoke up.

975

:

So by you having the courage to do that.

976

:

To unzip and to just

977

:

Rev: let it all hang out

permission to become more

978

:

Mac: of themselves.

979

:

Right.

980

:

Oh, you know, well, I think we're

speaking here to something we've

981

:

started a theme that we started in

the very beginning of the podcast.

982

:

And we're, you know, we don't have that

many episodes there, but it's really,

983

:

a lot of it is about, you're not alone.

984

:

You're not some of these thoughts

that you might have, or these

985

:

attitudes or these experiences.

986

:

You know, you're not going through life

all by yourself and we want to offer

987

:

whatever encouragement we can and support.

988

:

And just maybe it's just a been

there, done that too, gang.

989

:

Okay.

990

:

And just give you the sense

of comfort knowing that you're

991

:

Rev: not, thank God you're the

first one who had the guts to just

992

:

put it out there on the table.

993

:

Yeah, I can relate.

994

:

Mac: All right.

995

:

Unzip, just unzip.

996

:

Yeah.

997

:

Rev: Find

998

:

Stu: your people, find your tribe.

999

:

You know, when we talk about our tribe.

:

00:37:26,075 --> 00:37:26,275

Yeah.

:

00:37:26,305 --> 00:37:26,435

Oh,

:

00:37:26,435 --> 00:37:27,175

Mac: we got, here we go.

:

00:37:27,195 --> 00:37:28,365

Let's just do this last one.

:

00:37:28,365 --> 00:37:29,864

We have that.

:

00:37:29,865 --> 00:37:30,415

Let's try that one.

:

00:37:30,455 --> 00:37:30,735

Go ahead.

:

00:37:30,745 --> 00:37:30,965

Rev.

:

00:37:30,995 --> 00:37:32,055

What is, what do we got here?

:

00:37:32,405 --> 00:37:32,915

I got to put my

:

00:37:32,915 --> 00:37:33,485

Rev: glasses on.

:

00:37:33,865 --> 00:37:37,115

Your vibe will attract your tribe.

:

00:37:37,655 --> 00:37:39,094

Stu: Oh, I love that.

:

00:37:39,645 --> 00:37:39,965

Yeah.

:

00:37:40,165 --> 00:37:40,825

Yeah.

:

00:37:40,885 --> 00:37:43,845

Mostly because it rhymes,

but it's also cool phrase.

:

00:37:46,045 --> 00:37:49,135

Mac: So, so, so what do you, I

think the first thing that comes

:

00:37:49,135 --> 00:37:52,065

to me in this is what is your vibe?

:

00:37:53,355 --> 00:37:53,525

Right.

:

00:37:53,575 --> 00:37:54,415

What is.

:

00:37:54,745 --> 00:37:58,535

The vibe that you put out, you

know, uh, I remember here in Atlanta

:

00:37:58,535 --> 00:38:00,815

years and years and years ago, and

we've, we've, we've talked about

:

00:38:00,815 --> 00:38:02,015

this many times over the years.

:

00:38:02,015 --> 00:38:06,705

There's a big mega church here in Atlanta

and the guy that, that, that started

:

00:38:06,705 --> 00:38:08,115

it and that he's very well known here.

:

00:38:08,125 --> 00:38:09,085

His name's Andy Stanley.

:

00:38:09,605 --> 00:38:13,065

You know, years ago he was in

front of some middle schoolers.

:

00:38:13,065 --> 00:38:15,745

I think it was, um, or

young people anyway.

:

00:38:15,745 --> 00:38:15,985

Right.

:

00:38:16,565 --> 00:38:18,575

And this was what he posed to them.

:

00:38:18,575 --> 00:38:26,575

He said, Are you the kind of person

that you're looking for is looking for?

:

00:38:26,965 --> 00:38:28,005

Stu: Ha ha.

:

00:38:28,055 --> 00:38:28,515

I love that.

:

00:38:29,460 --> 00:38:34,090

Mac: Because that's all about your

vibe, you know, if, if, if you want

:

00:38:34,100 --> 00:38:41,830

to attract a certain person or a

certain, you know, scenario or whatever

:

00:38:41,830 --> 00:38:44,540

it might be, do you even realize?

:

00:38:44,875 --> 00:38:49,355

How important the vibe that you're

putting out is in that equation.

:

00:38:49,765 --> 00:38:50,235

That's back

:

00:38:50,235 --> 00:38:51,555

Rev: to the first meme we did.

:

00:38:51,665 --> 00:38:53,945

You're the cause of your reality.

:

00:38:53,955 --> 00:38:55,725

You are the cause of your experience.

:

00:38:55,725 --> 00:38:57,875

So I always like to say

angry people are going

:

00:38:57,875 --> 00:38:59,295

Mac: to attract angry people.

:

00:38:59,675 --> 00:39:03,115

Rev: Happy, joyous people looking

for something positive are going to

:

00:39:03,115 --> 00:39:05,535

attract those same kinds of people.

:

00:39:05,575 --> 00:39:05,905

Right.

:

00:39:06,235 --> 00:39:07,195

Well, so that's their

:

00:39:07,195 --> 00:39:07,655

Stu: tribe.

:

00:39:07,855 --> 00:39:08,035

Yep.

:

00:39:08,065 --> 00:39:09,955

I mean, and if they're okay with that.

:

00:39:10,130 --> 00:39:11,070

They're okay with that.

:

00:39:11,170 --> 00:39:15,530

But what I always looked for was

this, there's been people I've

:

00:39:15,530 --> 00:39:20,470

met in my life that I didn't know

yet, but I met them or I saw them.

:

00:39:20,550 --> 00:39:22,980

And, and I would say to myself,

I don't know what it is, but

:

00:39:22,980 --> 00:39:24,430

I gotta be around that person.

:

00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:27,009

And I always aspire to try to.

:

00:39:27,170 --> 00:39:28,880

Be that person for others.

:

00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:30,240

Like, I don't know what it is.

:

00:39:30,240 --> 00:39:31,540

I don't know you yet.

:

00:39:31,540 --> 00:39:33,740

I don't even know your name,

but there's something about

:

00:39:33,740 --> 00:39:34,980

you that it's the vibe, right?

:

00:39:34,980 --> 00:39:36,040

It's like, I just gotta be

:

00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:36,610

Rev: around that.

:

00:39:37,060 --> 00:39:38,140

Back to the movie guy.

:

00:39:38,140 --> 00:39:40,390

It's the Harry Met Sally and

sitting at the table saying,

:

00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:41,380

I want what she's having.

:

00:39:45,035 --> 00:39:45,885

Mac: Absolutely.

:

00:39:47,105 --> 00:39:47,285

That's funny.

:

00:39:47,285 --> 00:39:48,454

Man,

:

00:39:48,455 --> 00:39:48,965

Rev: I like

:

00:39:48,965 --> 00:39:49,655

Mac: what I see.

:

00:39:49,655 --> 00:39:51,585

I want more of that than I like.

:

00:39:51,585 --> 00:39:52,474

Exactly.

:

00:39:52,475 --> 00:39:53,416

Oh, for sure.

:

00:39:53,416 --> 00:39:54,067

For sure.

:

00:39:54,067 --> 00:39:54,393

Yeah.

:

00:39:54,393 --> 00:39:57,625

So, um, you know, this, this

is the law of attraction.

:

00:39:57,625 --> 00:40:02,305

This is, there's all kinds of different

ways you can talk about this meme.

:

00:40:02,305 --> 00:40:03,464

Let me,

:

00:40:03,545 --> 00:40:07,825

Stu: let me bring it to, let me bring it

to, uh, like real life scenarios, right?

:

00:40:07,825 --> 00:40:11,325

You might be somebody who is in, is

looking for a relationship, right?

:

00:40:11,655 --> 00:40:15,235

And you might be somebody that

said, Man, I always, I always pick

:

00:40:15,255 --> 00:40:18,355

the wrong guy or girl or whomever.

:

00:40:18,535 --> 00:40:18,865

Right?

:

00:40:19,175 --> 00:40:20,515

Why, why is that?

:

00:40:21,385 --> 00:40:26,145

Maybe, maybe that's, I mean, you're

the one that's the consistent you

:

00:40:26,145 --> 00:40:28,035

know, entity in that relationship.

:

00:40:28,065 --> 00:40:28,235

Right?

:

00:40:28,295 --> 00:40:29,395

You're always the one there.

:

00:40:29,795 --> 00:40:34,975

So, maybe your vibe has to Change, if

you want something different, right?

:

00:40:34,975 --> 00:40:36,265

Rev: Be the kind of person you want to

:

00:40:36,265 --> 00:40:36,875

Mac: attract.

:

00:40:36,875 --> 00:40:37,165

Right.

:

00:40:37,205 --> 00:40:38,145

What was that you said?

:

00:40:39,205 --> 00:40:39,635

Yeah.

:

00:40:39,915 --> 00:40:40,605

Say that again.

:

00:40:40,945 --> 00:40:46,915

You know, are you the kind of person, the

person you're looking for, is looking for?

:

00:40:46,955 --> 00:40:47,315

Right.

:

00:40:47,345 --> 00:40:47,975

Rev: There you go.

:

00:40:48,965 --> 00:40:52,255

Groucho Marx once said, I wouldn't

belong to any club that would have me.

:

00:40:53,575 --> 00:40:56,495

You know, the reality is, yeah,

you've got to be that vibration.

:

00:40:56,495 --> 00:40:58,895

You got to be that,

that, that energy field.

:

00:40:58,935 --> 00:41:00,715

That's going to bring the person you want.

:

00:41:00,715 --> 00:41:01,855

If you want kindness, be

:

00:41:01,855 --> 00:41:02,445

Mac: kinder.

:

00:41:02,560 --> 00:41:03,160

Right.

:

00:41:03,250 --> 00:41:04,980

Well, and we can even, yes.

:

00:41:05,130 --> 00:41:10,460

And we can even take this beyond tribe

to just life in general, just like

:

00:41:10,460 --> 00:41:15,240

Rev said, you know, you want goodness,

you want love, you want, you know,

:

00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:17,190

comfort, you want, you know, joy.

:

00:41:17,650 --> 00:41:22,340

Um, you know, all of that gets, you

know, affected by your particular vibe.

:

00:41:22,590 --> 00:41:25,130

You know, are you embracing,

are you speaking it?

:

00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:26,740

Are you intending for it?

:

00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:28,730

Have you set yourself up?

:

00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:30,350

To be able to attract it.

:

00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:31,670

So, um, so are

:

00:41:31,670 --> 00:41:34,740

Rev: you saying that the three of

us, we were relative strangers 10

:

00:41:34,740 --> 00:41:38,340

years ago, we've attracted each other

or like mind, like consciousness,

:

00:41:38,340 --> 00:41:39,740

like heart, like intention.

:

00:41:39,780 --> 00:41:40,110

Yes.

:

00:41:41,150 --> 00:41:42,700

Mac: And I'm sure you

guys have got, yeah, so

:

00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:45,920

Rev: I'm here, you're responsible

for me being here at this table.

:

00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:47,290

Thanks for the invitation.

:

00:41:47,290 --> 00:41:47,870

I appreciate it.

:

00:41:49,220 --> 00:41:50,530

Mac: Well, yeah, it was the right thing.

:

00:41:50,530 --> 00:41:51,810

The universe, man.

:

00:41:51,870 --> 00:41:52,480

It was right.

:

00:41:52,970 --> 00:41:55,270

Rev: You know, I want to

get your mom on the podcast.

:

00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:56,060

Oh my gosh.

:

00:41:56,970 --> 00:41:58,290

Stu: That would have

been an awesome thing.

:

00:41:58,320 --> 00:41:58,780

Yeah.

:

00:41:58,840 --> 00:41:59,070

Yeah.

:

00:41:59,070 --> 00:41:59,560

Anymore.

:

00:41:59,600 --> 00:41:59,900

Yeah.

:

00:42:00,660 --> 00:42:01,960

That would have been an awesome thing.

:

00:42:02,030 --> 00:42:03,680

Mac: So, uh, I love this.

:

00:42:03,690 --> 00:42:04,610

This is a great one.

:

00:42:05,100 --> 00:42:05,200

Yeah.

:

00:42:05,420 --> 00:42:06,890

So, so fun today gang.

:

00:42:07,020 --> 00:42:09,220

Um, and you know, we've

got a bunch of them.

:

00:42:09,330 --> 00:42:09,910

Stu: Oh my gosh.

:

00:42:09,980 --> 00:42:11,180

We had so many out there.

:

00:42:11,190 --> 00:42:11,420

I mean,

:

00:42:11,420 --> 00:42:14,770

Mac: yeah, we, we, you know, we

put them out on a regular basis.

:

00:42:14,780 --> 00:42:15,800

So, so listen,

:

00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:16,810

Stu: check it out, Mack and Rev.

:

00:42:16,830 --> 00:42:17,300

So.

:

00:42:17,685 --> 00:42:21,405

I'm sure there's people out there

that are thinking of their own memes.

:

00:42:21,415 --> 00:42:21,955

Send them to us.

:

00:42:22,205 --> 00:42:22,825

We want to hear

:

00:42:22,825 --> 00:42:23,195

Rev: them.

:

00:42:23,195 --> 00:42:23,565

We'll

:

00:42:23,565 --> 00:42:26,355

Stu: put them together in a

really cool, Max is great at

:

00:42:26,355 --> 00:42:27,665

this, in a really cool format.

:

00:42:28,065 --> 00:42:29,055

We'll post them out there.

:

00:42:29,410 --> 00:42:29,760

Sure.

:

00:42:29,790 --> 00:42:30,670

Undergoing rogue.

:

00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:32,870

You know, we'll give you credit for it.

:

00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:33,710

Right.

:

00:42:33,770 --> 00:42:34,190

Absolutely.

:

00:42:34,540 --> 00:42:34,800

Great.

:

00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:35,030

Yeah.

:

00:42:35,030 --> 00:42:38,790

Send them, send them to us through social

media, Facebook, Instagram, wherever.

:

00:42:38,940 --> 00:42:39,090

Yeah.

:

00:42:39,090 --> 00:42:39,500

Comment.

:

00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:41,400

Our, our, uh, our website.

:

00:42:41,510 --> 00:42:41,760

Yeah.

:

00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:42,330

Comment on our

:

00:42:42,330 --> 00:42:42,880

Rev: website.

:

00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:43,520

Yeah.

:

00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:45,880

Can you give me permission to use

them in a sermon just in case?

:

00:42:45,940 --> 00:42:46,060

Of course.

:

00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:48,145

I might want to be those

good ones I know out there.

:

00:42:48,145 --> 00:42:48,410

We hope you

:

00:42:48,410 --> 00:42:48,740

Mac: do.

:

00:42:48,750 --> 00:42:49,080

Yeah.

:

00:42:49,350 --> 00:42:49,530

Yeah.

:

00:42:49,530 --> 00:42:51,750

We can take our, we can

take our logo off of there.

:

00:42:51,750 --> 00:42:52,900

You can use them if you want.

:

00:42:52,930 --> 00:42:53,600

No problem.

:

00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:54,060

Okay.

:

00:42:54,830 --> 00:42:58,030

So, you know, with that, uh,

we appreciate you listening.

:

00:42:58,415 --> 00:42:58,925

Yeah, we just

:

00:42:58,925 --> 00:43:01,475

Rev: want to thank you all for

joining us and being part of this

:

00:43:01,475 --> 00:43:04,915

Rogue Nation and letting us just go

outside the box, go to the inside

:

00:43:04,935 --> 00:43:07,185

edge, and just try some new ideas on.

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We welcome you to unzip as we unzip and

let it all hang out and know that together

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we're going to make this world a more

wonderful, beautiful place just because

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we're willing to be fully authentic.

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Thank you so much.

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I hope you'll, uh, you'll go to the cafe.

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and spend some time there.

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I hope you will keep listening

in and go tell a hundred thousand

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people about what's going on in

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Mac: the rogue nation.

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That's right.

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And so on and so on.

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And thanks a bunch gang.

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All right, guys enjoyed it tonight.

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It's always good.

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Thank you much.

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All right.

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Take care.

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About the Podcast

The WizeGuys
Stepping Over the Line
Do you ever find yourself feeling restless, dissatisfied, or curious about what lies beyond? Are you someone who questions established norms, strives to embrace your individuality, and craves an authentic existence? Welcome to The WizeGuys, a thought-provoking podcast hosted by Larry McDonald, a seasoned visionary, spiritual mentor, and unapologetic trailblazer. Join us as we explore the unconventional and challenge the conventional in religion, culture, philosophy and their impact on your everyday life.

Larry and a diverse team of free-thinkers and special guests, such as The Rev, Coach Stu, and the Fierce Mystic Sorceress, will unveil and dissect dogmas, doctrines, and divisions that often hinder or distort spirituality and society. Our perspective is that everything has a spiritual dimension, and we'll apply this perspective to a wide range of societal norms and practices, providing alternative viewpoints to the mainstream narrative.

Prepare to be inspired and encouraged to see the world differently as we venture to the frontier of the unconventional and beyond. Join us on this journey to expand your horizons and broaden your perspectives. Strap in and get ready to Step Over the Line!

About your hosts

Lary McDonald

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Mac is a seasoned visionary, spiritual mentor, and unapologetic maverick. His experience spans business, religion, academia, non-profit, and a host of foreign and domestic team-building and leadership development efforts. His favorite saying is, "Strap in!", as he loves to engage in thought-provoking conversations to evoke "ah-ha" moments that transcend the informational and welcome the inspirational. He's got four kids, five grandkids, four stepkids, loves boating, the Red Wings, and pierogies.

He'd love to hear from you at ljmcdonald19@gmail.com

John (Stu) Stulak

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Stu is a wrestling coach, competitive powerlifter, spiritual Jedi, movie-lover, avid book reader, proud husband/father, and passionate about healthy living & God. And let's not forget that he'll keep Mac and The Rev from straying too far afield as he applies a nuanced touch to the conversation. You'll love him...

Feel free to contact Stu at stu@insideedge.life