Well, hello, my friends and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast Monday morning moments with John O'Leary.

I record these even the Monday after Thanksgiving to get our days and our weeks off in awe and on fire with a burst of inspiration. Here's what

you need to know. Regardless of where the event is, how large the group is, or what the makeup of the

crowd is, I love the audiences

we get to serve.

By the end of our brief time together, there is always a connection, always a bond.

That shared experience and that exchange of energy is what makes this work truly life-giving.

It's also why I leave the room with more friends than when

I walked in. That's always a good thing. So to describe the feeling I had this weekend,

taking the stage at our on fire for good experience, looking out at an audience that I already knew

and that I already love as friends.

And knowing that thousands more were watching from their homes, it's difficult to even put into words.

But I'm going to try today.

I glimpsed looking out the audience, siblings that traveled to support me, even though I told them specifically, don't do it.

I saw dear friends that I've known for decades.

I saw families I bonded with by raising our kids together and the neighbors that will never

truly know how much they've mattered to me.

Past audience members who have become true friends and even clients who have become confidants.

It was emotional, it was humbling, and it was validation. Validation of what I've talked about

from the stage and the message I've written about, podcasted about, and that will soon be an

emotional center of a full-length feature film that we can,

all of us, every single one of us, be used for good.

...