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This is gonna be so good of all the lessons I've learned in my entire life. This may be at

the very, very, very top of the list. I first had this lesson, probably it was in my 20s.

It was in my 20s. When I first started to learn this lesson and over time I got it and

now I really got it. I was visiting my Angelou and having a conversation with her about life

and so many other things. And we were in the midst of a book club selection actually, her

book for her book Heart of a Woman. And we ended the evening in our pajamas having this

little discussion. So this is just very brief. One of my favorite life lessons.

The other most important lesson. Well, it's hard for me to number them, but let's say

one of the most important lessons I ever learned from you. And I still am, you know, I think

I know the lesson and then I'll walk into a situation and think that's that same lesson.

That is when people show you who they are, believe them.

Yes. Absolutely. A person says to you, I'm selfish or I'm mean. I'm selfish. I'm mean.

Or I am unkind. Or I'm crazy. Or I believe them. They know themselves much better than

you do. But no, more often than not, those of us who don't trust life say don't say

a thing like that. You're not really crazy. You're not really unkind. You're not really

mean. And soon as you say that, the person shows you, I told you, I told you I was unkind.

So now why are you angry? When she first told me this story, I was

talking about some bad relationship or relationship gone bad because of my own choices. And she

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