Hey guys, my name is John Kim. I'm a licensed therapist and life coach putting

self betterment into a shot class because let's face it who's got that much time

these days?

I come unpolished, unrehearsed, on purpose.

If you're looking for more of a wine glass,

you've come to the wrong place.

So I was in my parking garage this morning getting on my motorcycle and I was approached by a gentleman who

appeared to be around, I don't know, late 40s, African American, seemed like a sweet guy and he started chatting me up about motorcycles.

And we started talking and turns out he was 58 and he has a story where he used to ride back in the day but doesn't anymore

but drives from Corona to Los Angeles which is an hour and a half-ish.

So he, to prevent traffic, he sometimes will leave at 4.30 in the morning,

and then he, there's no point in going home until after 8 p.m. so that means that he's getting

home like it I don't know nineish and I was just thinking about this and he was

like he was the the kind this and he was like he was the kind this guy

which just like shot the shit for a while he told me that he's gonna buy my exact bike

next week I gave him a fist bump and I left and I was thinking wow this guy he was actually he was a plumber he was working on the pipes in the garage and of my building and I was thinking 58 you know doing still do you still a plumber

working hard driving an hour and 10 15 minutes each way every day and I had this moment where I was just

a wave of gratitude and you know whatever you're going through there's always someone

else that is going through something more difficult or whatever you have there's always someone else who has

less even if you feel that feel that you are in a place where you don't have much and then it got me thinking

about my mom and my mom you know started working at 14 she comes from a very like a poor

village Korea is was not what it is now. This is before the corporations and Hyundai and all that.

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