Glennon
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Yeah. Going to the Andrea thing, it's like they said, Megan said that Megan had spent so much time hating her body and worrying about the shape of her body and then One day Andrea said, because Andrea had been diagnosed with cancer and Andrea said, I just so badly want to have a body. And it's like on our birthdays, we're like, I want this different kind of life. I want a different life.
I want it to be different. And instead of being like, I'm just so grateful to have a life. Yeah. Yeah. And I like what you said about the blessing versus luck thing. I just so reject every time someone says I'm so blessed because of this or that. I know everyone's saying it with good intentions, but it's confusing because it's like, oh, so then the other person's unblessed.
I want it to be different. And instead of being like, I'm just so grateful to have a life. Yeah. Yeah. And I like what you said about the blessing versus luck thing. I just so reject every time someone says I'm so blessed because of this or that. I know everyone's saying it with good intentions, but it's confusing because it's like, oh, so then the other person's unblessed.
I want it to be different. And instead of being like, I'm just so grateful to have a life. Yeah. Yeah. And I like what you said about the blessing versus luck thing. I just so reject every time someone says I'm so blessed because of this or that. I know everyone's saying it with good intentions, but it's confusing because it's like, oh, so then the other person's unblessed.
Like if you're blessed to have your health, then what is my neighbor doing? like God was less excited to bless them. I like, I'm grateful.
Like if you're blessed to have your health, then what is my neighbor doing? like God was less excited to bless them. I like, I'm grateful.
Like if you're blessed to have your health, then what is my neighbor doing? like God was less excited to bless them. I like, I'm grateful.
Well, let's look at the list that we were talking about of the things that make us miserable on our birthdays. Expectations, the opposite of that is gratitude for whatever's here. Comparison, the opposite of that is gratitude. Existential dread, fear of what will be. Opposite of that is gratitude for what is now.
Well, let's look at the list that we were talking about of the things that make us miserable on our birthdays. Expectations, the opposite of that is gratitude for whatever's here. Comparison, the opposite of that is gratitude. Existential dread, fear of what will be. Opposite of that is gratitude for what is now.
Well, let's look at the list that we were talking about of the things that make us miserable on our birthdays. Expectations, the opposite of that is gratitude for whatever's here. Comparison, the opposite of that is gratitude. Existential dread, fear of what will be. Opposite of that is gratitude for what is now.
So it looks like everything that makes us miserable on our birthday could be fixed, undone, if we focused completely on gratitude for whatever is.
So it looks like everything that makes us miserable on our birthday could be fixed, undone, if we focused completely on gratitude for whatever is.
So it looks like everything that makes us miserable on our birthday could be fixed, undone, if we focused completely on gratitude for whatever is.
Mm-hmm. Is it just because everyone's birthday is everyone else's just normal hard day of life? Mm-hmm. Do you know what I mean? Like, it's hard to figure that system out. Like, we don't all get to stop on everyone else's day and tell our kids and our job and our family and our sickness and our whatever that this is Jodi's day. It's just a bad system.
Mm-hmm. Is it just because everyone's birthday is everyone else's just normal hard day of life? Mm-hmm. Do you know what I mean? Like, it's hard to figure that system out. Like, we don't all get to stop on everyone else's day and tell our kids and our job and our family and our sickness and our whatever that this is Jodi's day. It's just a bad system.
Mm-hmm. Is it just because everyone's birthday is everyone else's just normal hard day of life? Mm-hmm. Do you know what I mean? Like, it's hard to figure that system out. Like, we don't all get to stop on everyone else's day and tell our kids and our job and our family and our sickness and our whatever that this is Jodi's day. It's just a bad system.
You know, instead of everyone having an individual birthday, if we had like an international holiday, which was like gratitude of people you love day. And we all on that day agreed that we were going to stop and tell each other whatever. But this June 2nd being her birthday and being everyone else's June 2nd is a tricky situation.
You know, instead of everyone having an individual birthday, if we had like an international holiday, which was like gratitude of people you love day. And we all on that day agreed that we were going to stop and tell each other whatever. But this June 2nd being her birthday and being everyone else's June 2nd is a tricky situation.
You know, instead of everyone having an individual birthday, if we had like an international holiday, which was like gratitude of people you love day. And we all on that day agreed that we were going to stop and tell each other whatever. But this June 2nd being her birthday and being everyone else's June 2nd is a tricky situation.
Yeah. And maybe we don't get it. All year. Maybe most people feel unseen and unloved all year. And then on their birthday, they're like, at least this day, please.