Welcome to another episode of Lurie Breaks It Down, a podcast where we dig deeply to connect the dots on the issues that shape our world.

I'm Lurie Daniel Favors, author, activist, attorney, and the host of the Lurie Daniel Favors show on Sirius X-X-M's Urban View, Channel 126. If you like what you're about to hear, go ahead and give us five stars and then tell everybody that you know. And if you don't like it, just, child, keep it to yourself and pray our strength. Okay? Thank you so much.

Also, don't forget to check out my YouTube page, Lurie Daniel Favor's Media, where you should subscribe, like, and share, because then you'll get notified when I post videos from my show, which I do just about every single day and when I go live with my YouTube audience. We got a lot to get to. and of course before we get to any of it any of the news any of the heartbreaking analysis or you know

calls with all of you amazing people or audience. We got a lot to get to. And of course, before we get to any of it, any of the news,

any of the hard-breaking analysis or, you know, calls with all of you amazing people or troll calls, before we get to any of that, we have a ritual on this show because, frankly, this show is kind of hard. It's hard to do on a regular basis, particularly if you are an empathic person, you are sensitive and a lot of news can weigh heavy on your spirit.

I get it.

I understand it.

I respect that.

But at the same time,

we got to be. person, you are sensitive and a lot of news can weigh heavy on your spirit. I get it. I

understand it. I respect that. But at the same time, we got to know what's going on. So we got to

gird up our loins so we can be ready for the moment. Now, girding up your loins for this show also

means that we have to do the work of making sure that we have intentionally curate a set of

curated, excuse me, a set of emotions

that are designed to allow us to tap into joy, gratitude, and appreciation.

And the reason we want to intentionally tap into joy, gratitude, and appreciation is because

we cannot be trapped by fear, loneliness, and depression.

So the ritual is very simple.

It is so simple, in fact, it goes a little something

like a little. In just a minute you're going to hear music. That music is going to be an invitation

to you to join the rest of us because when we hear it, we are going to collectively begin taking

the slowest, deepest, most lung capacity expanding, joyful heart invigorating, troubled mind

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