Hey, and welcome to Mindful Mondays.

On Mondays, I stopped by for a few minutes to give you actionable advice to start the week,

which you can apply to your life immediately, or you can at least ponder upon to use in the near future.

Now, every Monday, join me, Carlo O'Maris, and let's get our minds ready to tackle what this week has in store near future. Now, every Monday, join me, Carlo O'Mears, and let's get our minds ready to tackle what this

week has in store for us.

Now, this week, I want to talk about a small portion of something that stuck with me in church

yesterday.

And I've been talking about this new church that I found at the end of last

year. And the pastor is absolutely amazing. And I think it's because he's so relatable to me.

I'm sure everybody that goes there feels that way. And it's probably why they also come to the

church. But I just know that when we're there, he's talking to me. Everyone comes to church and

Pastor JJ is talking to Carla and they just listen because that's what it feels like. So we're in

the middle of a series in February called Love, Sex, and Marriage, but he told a story about his

kid. And to summarize it, he explained how one of his sons has a hitting problem.

And again, this is why I tell you he's always talking to me.

I'm thinking, you know, Pastor JJ, I've been working on myself.

I stopped putting hands on people, but no, he wants to tell a story about me and my past.

Well, this particular son of his hits his brother constantly, and this specific time he asked, like,

most of us parents do a rhetorical question.

He's like, why did you hit your brother?

So baby boy actually answered and said, because the Bible said so.

Now, this is the pastor's son. Tell him the pastor about the Bible. He said to his

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