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, because we are here in Black Talk Landian, and because this work is not easy, we have a ritual on this show.

And the ritual is one that allows us to proactively tap into a set of emotions that are a lot more optimistically and positively primed than our emotions of, say, fear, loneliness, and depression.

And the reason we highlight those emotions is because while fear, loneliness, and depression can certainly give us insight as to what it is our people are navigating or what it is we, I should say, are navigating the life that we're experiencing. It can also be very easy to be trapped by these emotions, fear, loneliness, and depression. And so when you're trying to do the work of learning how to be a good Black Talklandia resident and you're trying to do the work of making the world a better place nobody has time to be

trapped by fear loneliness and depression and they don't feel really good they don't you know what feels

really good joy gratitude and appreciation and one of the things we know about joy gratitude and

appreciation is that when we are rooted in those emotions we are not able to be trapped by fear

loneliness and depression and quite frankly we are a lot more prepared to do the work of making this world a better place. So in order to make sure that the news we talk about every day doesn't get too heavy and weighty on the soul, we have this ritual called a moment of gratitude. It is a very simple ritual. It gives 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 we, when we hear it,

are going to collectively begin taking the slowest, deepest, most lung capacity expanding,

most joyful heart, invigorating, troubled mind cleansing and weary, soul, uplifting. We are going to

take the most amazingly juicy breath as we kick off our most important segment of every single day.

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