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The Michael Berry Show.

Welcome to the weekend podcast.

Just a quick note before we get into it, I really enjoy hearing from you, and a lot of

you have taken me to heart with that.

Sent me an email, and some of you were very surprised when I have responded on the weekend,

saying, you should be off.

You know, I should, but I don't view this as a job, and that's what's important to understand.

You know, a lot of people, my dad had a job as a maintenance worker at DuPont in Orange,

Texas, and he hated his job, and he'd tell you he hated his job. And it was a job.

It was performing tasks for somebody else on their schedule,

often that he didn't want to do for a lot less money than he wanted,

under conditions that he didn't think were fair, proper, or pleasant.

So you can understand, right?

And so, but he had to give the man some time of his, most of his time, in order for us to have a house to live in and air conditioning to cool it and cars to get around and food to eat. So he did it. And that's for many people what they do. And I understand that. I don't look down on that. I don't think any less of people.

In fact, I admire people who do that. I quote unquote work very long hours, but realistically,

my work is my life. It's what I enjoy doing. I love it. And interacting with you, answering your questions,

reading references that you send, helping you find one of our show sponsors because you need

something they're offering. That's fun to me. And I can put my phone down when I'm eating or

when I'm watching a movie with my wife.

But a lot of the time, my hobby, my free time, and maybe this makes me a dork, is I enjoy picking up the phone and reading through the emails.

And I don't view it as a chore.

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