You have something special.

You have greatness in you.

Hello, this is Les Brown.

And I've been reflecting on something.

It's something that George Wallace, the comedian, says.

He said, I'd be thinking.

And I've been thinking about some stuff.

And one of the things I've been thinking about,

don't try and control people because you don't have the power to do that and the decisions

that they make, even if they're your children or relatives or someone you care about.

Have you ever thought about the fact that many times we see someone we love or someone we care about deeply or someone we want the best for?

And they seem to be mesmerized and caught up and intrigued by doing things that does not represent the best in them

in terms of their behavior or relationship that that's just not them and they can't see it

and they're doing everything they can to stay up in there, you know?

In fact, if we look at our own lives, I'm sure we can look back at relationships

where at some point we thought it was really hot.

And then you got out.

You ever saw somebody you had seen for a while that you used to be involved with and you

ask yourself, what state of mind was I in when I was up in there?

It's called delayed enlightenment. But I want to focus on when you want to help somebody,

you care about them and and you give them some advice and they go against the advice and they find themselves coming back again and again and

again here's a quote that I want to share with you and is the quote that it's short, but every time I say it, and I've been thinking

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