What to do when life stinks
Zen Pop
Todd and Cathy Adams
4.9 • 637 Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2015
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
You’ve been let down, put down, you’ve failed, and you’ve had your heart broken. Once we reach a certain age, it’s a given that we will have dealt with lots of life’s challenges. But then what do we do? Do we move forward with bitterness, or do we choose to use our experiences for good? We discuss Elizabeth Gilbert’s Facebook post about “innocent happiness” and “weathering happiness” – one we are given at birth, and one we fight for. A listener’s son gives her a hard time because she didn’t “make him” play piano when he was young, and she feels bad. We offer her a different way to look at it.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Do do do do do do do do all righty here we go my name is Todd Adams this is Kathy Adams |
| 0:09.3 | Welcome back to Zen parenting radio this is episode number I don't know 21 222 whatever it takes |
| 0:16.8 | That was an accident that is so funny |
| 0:20.6 | 222 whatever it takes for those of you who don't know That was an accident. That is so funny. |
| 0:23.4 | 221, 222, whatever it takes. For those of you who don't know what that's from, it's from an amazing film called Mr. Mom that was probably from 1981. |
| 0:32.0 | Yeah, it was when we were young. |
| 0:33.6 | I'm going to try to find out on YouTube. |
| 0:35.2 | That's like an old school Michael Keaton, which is why we wanted Michael Keaton to win the Academy Award this year. |
| 0:41.5 | Because when I think of him... |
| 0:42.7 | I'm sorry, pal. |
| 0:44.5 | No problem. |
| 0:45.7 | Come on over here, Ron. |
| 0:46.5 | Let me show you what I'm doing. |
| 0:47.5 | Taking advantage of some of the time off to add a whole new wing on here. |
| 0:51.6 | I'm going to rip these walls out and, of course, rewire it. |
| 0:54.8 | Yeah, you're going to make it all 220? |
| 0:57.7 | Yeah, 220, 221, whatever it takes. |
| 1:01.9 | Oh, that's so good. |
| 1:04.2 | That's so good. |
| 1:04.8 | That's so funny. |
| 1:05.8 | The universe, I'm in alignment. |
| 1:07.4 | It's actually 221. |
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