Look, we break it down, down, down, down, down.

She break it down, down, down, down, down, down.

She got to message for the people, a brilliant mind and a clean soul.

She's standing up to the evil in making sure that we all grow strong enough

To break these change we're in

They keep us in this painful condition

She gave us truth and division

That's why we listen

She break it down, down, down, down, down

Down, down

She break it down, down, down, down she break it down down down down down down down

down down down down down because we recognize that life do be lifen and it's difficult out here

it's hard out here for a human and we also realize that because this show does black Talklandia conversations every single day, we also have grappled with the fact that we need to be intentional about making sure that before we get started with these conversations, that we are energetically properly positioned. And by that, I mean, not depressed to how we can be trapped by fear, loneliness, and depression. I'm not saying

you can't feel depression. We just don't want to be trapped by it. And it's really easy to be

trapped by depression when life is life and when you're dealing with the heavy news all day. So

we've created a ritual on this show, a ritual that is intentionally designed to allow us to

cultivate a sense of joy, gratitude, and appreciation. And those emotions

are important because we have learned from lived experience and from the science that when we are

rooted in those three things, joy, gratitude, and appreciation, we cannot also be trapped by

fear, loneliness, and depression. So the ritual is called a moment of gratitude. It is very,

very simple. And it goes a little something like

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

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