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Gonna hit you with something here that you, I hope you like it, this idea about serving people.

Sometimes we think of serving people and if you're in a church context, it's like, yeah, I'll serve people on a mission trip or I'll serve people at this thing, this ministry, get together, whatever.

Try this. Serving people is when you do something that's not duty. You don't have to.

How about serving your boss who doesn't deserve it? Or maybe somebody who is at your workplace who's

tough to deal with. Like serving that person. Now we're talking.

And it'll do so much good for your own self, like who you are, your own heart, where you're

going, like your life.

But I know it's like, but I'm already on the hook to have to serve these people.

Yeah, but you take it to a new level beyond what they even expect.

Medical report here says people who drink three to five cups of coffee a day are more alert

and have better memory. It's good for you. Quick boost, but also sustains your memory long term.

Now, this is just a report. I haven't done any research whatsoever into...

To verify it. Yeah, the veracity of it or where it came from or anything. But it feels good because that's what you drink, the... Yeah, if you were like, how much coffee you drink, I would say three to five cups today. Yeah, so this is affirming. And it says that's optimal. Any article that refers to you as optimal. I accept it as face value. Of course. It affirms me, ergo, this is true. Oh, so we were just talking about serving people in ways you can do it. Somebody pointed this out to me, and you do this, Sherry, you bring your cheerfulness. That can be like a cup of cold water to people. I hope so. It is. But that's a way,

that's actually a way of serving people. Thank you. Or a calm presence.

Can be a way of serving people in this culture. Yes, yes, yes. Somebody who's not angry,

who's at peace, who's not anxious. You can be that presence. That's a way of bringing a cup of cold

water to people and it's

do not underestimate that in your own work life your own student life wherever you're going

whoever you're hanging out with your family this is very much a way of service

and i say for the podcast that you have to be able to in this culture, accept sometimes when people will

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