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

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

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

She's standing up to the evil.

And 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, down. Now before we get to any of this, we have a ritual that we use on this show. And the ritual is one that

centers us. It allows us to really intentionally curate a set of

emotions that empower us to navigate all the other news I'm going dump on you after the ritual is over.

It is called a moment of gratitude and it's a very simple ritual. But it is designed to allow us to

curate again a set of joy, gratitude and appreciation. What we have learned and what the science has confirmed is that when we have intentionally rooted ourselves in joy, gratitude, and appreciation, cannot also be trapped by fear, loneliness, and depression. And when you're in the work of Black Talklandia and making our world better, you really don't have time to be trapped by fear, loneliness, and depression. I ain't going to suggest that you ain't never going to feel it, but we just ain't got time to be trapped by it. So, this ritual is fairly simple. So simple, in fact, it goes a little something like this. In just a minute you're going to hear music. And it 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,

the deepest, the most lung capacity expanding, joyful heart invigorate, and troubled mind

cleansing, and weary soul uplifting, the most amazingly juicy breath.

As we kick off our most important segment of every single day, it is time for our moment

of gratitude.

Thank you. single day. It is time for our moment of gratitude. everyday folks we got to do it and every day folks we got to do it and every day it matters and it feels good

too let's just be honest it does those slow deep breaths baby

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