Dr. Jeff Spencer
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I was 58. I was at the height of my career at that time. And I was called to make the decision that I was going to raise our daughter. And our daughter, number one, she didn't speak English. We didn't speak Spanish. We had no language. She had no school. She had PTSD and ADHD from getting beaten up and worse for the first 10 years of her life. It's your freaking nightmare.
I was 58. I was at the height of my career at that time. And I was called to make the decision that I was going to raise our daughter. And our daughter, number one, she didn't speak English. We didn't speak Spanish. We had no language. She had no school. She had PTSD and ADHD from getting beaten up and worse for the first 10 years of her life. It's your freaking nightmare.
I was 58. I was at the height of my career at that time. And I was called to make the decision that I was going to raise our daughter. And our daughter, number one, she didn't speak English. We didn't speak Spanish. We had no language. She had no school. She had PTSD and ADHD from getting beaten up and worse for the first 10 years of her life. It's your freaking nightmare.
more worth anything that I've ever previously done at all because I learned that you can love anybody. You don't need a special reason. You just show up and you do it. It isn't a two-way street. Make it a one-way street. You give without any reciprocation or reciprocal expectation whatsoever. I also learned to trust the process.
Every second of her life was your worst nightmare. And I chose to raise my daughter at the height of my career. And it's like, I don't feel like I gave anything up. People say, well, look what you gave up. No, I didn't give up anything. Our job was to manifest our human potential, not just to save a life. And what I did...
Every second of her life was your worst nightmare. And I chose to raise my daughter at the height of my career. And it's like, I don't feel like I gave anything up. People say, well, look what you gave up. No, I didn't give up anything. Our job was to manifest our human potential, not just to save a life. And what I did...
Every second of her life was your worst nightmare. And I chose to raise my daughter at the height of my career. And it's like, I don't feel like I gave anything up. People say, well, look what you gave up. No, I didn't give up anything. Our job was to manifest our human potential, not just to save a life. And what I did...
Every second of her life was your worst nightmare. And I chose to raise my daughter at the height of my career. And it's like, I don't feel like I gave anything up. People say, well, look what you gave up. No, I didn't give up anything. Our job was to manifest our human potential, not just to save a life. And what I did...
Every second of her life was your worst nightmare. And I chose to raise my daughter at the height of my career. And it's like, I don't feel like I gave anything up. People say, well, look what you gave up. No, I didn't give up anything. Our job was to manifest our human potential, not just to save a life. And what I did...
I'm basically fearless because when we adopted her, it took everything that we had to be able to provide for the extraordinary needs that she had to give her a chance to get herself back into the game of life. And I didn't save anything from my retirement for 10 years between 58 and 68, because my commitment was to raising our daughter and do whatever was necessary.
and what I learned from this was more worth anything that I've ever previously done at all because I learned that you can love anybody. You don't need a special reason. You just show up and you do it. It isn't a two-way street. Make it a one-way street. You give without any reciprocation or reciprocal expectation whatsoever. I also learned to trust the process.
and what I learned from this was more worth anything that I've ever previously done at all because I learned that you can love anybody. You don't need a special reason. You just show up and you do it. It isn't a two-way street. Make it a one-way street. You give without any reciprocation or reciprocal expectation whatsoever. I also learned to trust the process.
and what I learned from this was more worth anything that I've ever previously done at all because I learned that you can love anybody. You don't need a special reason. You just show up and you do it. It isn't a two-way street. Make it a one-way street. You give without any reciprocation or reciprocal expectation whatsoever. I also learned to trust the process.
and what I learned from this was more worth anything that I've ever previously done at all because I learned that you can love anybody. You don't need a special reason. You just show up and you do it. It isn't a two-way street. Make it a one-way street. You give without any reciprocation or reciprocal expectation whatsoever. I also learned to trust the process.
and what I learned from this was more worth anything that I've ever previously done at all because I learned that you can love anybody. You don't need a special reason. You just show up and you do it. It isn't a two-way street. Make it a one-way street. You give without any reciprocation or reciprocal expectation whatsoever. I also learned to trust the process.
And I also realize that you always have enough energy to do anything on behalf of others, or if you're called into service, there's always gonna be enough energy. Where the energy gets sparse is where we're doing everything in our own self-interest, or we're in such fear of loss that we kind of worry our life and our energy away. And the other thing that I will say is that if you think
I'm basically fearless because when we adopted her, it took everything that we had to be able to provide for the extraordinary needs that she had to give her a chance to get herself back into the game of life. And I didn't save anything for my retirement for 10 years between 58 and 68 because my commitment was to raising our daughter and do whatever was necessary.
I'm basically fearless because when we adopted her, it took everything that we had to be able to provide for the extraordinary needs that she had to give her a chance to get herself back into the game of life. And I didn't save anything for my retirement for 10 years between 58 and 68 because my commitment was to raising our daughter and do whatever was necessary.
I'm basically fearless because when we adopted her, it took everything that we had to be able to provide for the extraordinary needs that she had to give her a chance to get herself back into the game of life. And I didn't save anything for my retirement for 10 years between 58 and 68 because my commitment was to raising our daughter and do whatever was necessary.
I'm basically fearless because when we adopted her, it took everything that we had to be able to provide for the extraordinary needs that she had to give her a chance to get herself back into the game of life. And I didn't save anything for my retirement for 10 years between 58 and 68 because my commitment was to raising our daughter and do whatever was necessary.