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.

Lo, we break it down, down, down, down, down, down.

Lots to get to today.

And, of course, because we recognize that, frankly, our brains can only hold so much stress, right?

And life be lifeing.

Outside of us even having to figure out what's happening in the world today, life just be life. And because of that, we also have a segment of the show that we use to really help set an energetic tone. And the reason we have to set this energetic tone is quite frankly, as I said, life be life. And this, the show is difficult. It's not easy to sit in the new, in the space of analyzing all of this every day. I was talking, I did a brief live this morning in my online platform, Sancofa Connections, and I was letting folks know, this is a time where we got to, we got to dream big, right? We really have to tap into what it is that we are striving for. There are some things we have to let go. And part of the moment of gratitude segment is doing that. It's letting go of our fears. It's letting go of the concerns that we have about the failings that we feel we may have in our personal lives or the stressors we feel when we think about the bigger world and reminding ourselves that we have power, reminding ourselves that we don't need to be trapped by fear, loneliness, and depression. And one of the best ways to avoid being trapped by fear, loneliness, and depression, either in your personal life or when it comes to your collective responsibility for our people, is to be rooted in joy, gratitude, and appreciation. So we have a ritual on this show. It is called a moment of gratitude and it's very very simple it is designed

however to do everything i just explained so simple in fact it goes a little something like this

in just a minute y'all going to hear music the music is going to be an invitation to you to join the rest

of us because when we hear the music we are going to collectively begin taking the slowest deepest

most lung capacity expanding joyful heart and vigor rate and troubled and weary, so uplifting, we are going to

take 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.

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