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.

So we got a lot to get to today.

And, of course, before we get to any of it, we also have a ritual on this show.

And the ritual is pretty significant because it, the work of Black Talklandia is kind of heavy. Ain't going to hold you. It's not the lightest and airiest of shows. I never promised you light and airy, except, you know, I try on Friday. Whatever. But we are going to recognize, or we do, I should say, recognize on this show that having these conversations every day can weigh on the spirit. You know, it's a lot. And then you just add to that the fact that we are in a time where quite frankly,

you know, just day-to-day personal lives. Also very, very difficult. People are navigating a whole

lot. And we realize that we have to be intentional about the emotions that we sit in, the emotions

that we allow to sort of be our baseline,

emotional sense of resonance.

And so because of that, we who also don't have time to be trapped by fear, loneliness,

and depression are very intentional about curating a sense of joy, gratitude, and appreciation

as not necessarily a cure, but as the way of navigating being trapped by fear, loneliness, and

depression. And we do that through a ritual that we call the moment of gratitude. And the moment

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