Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast, Monday morning moments with John O'Leary.

I record these so that you and I can begin our days and our weeks in awe

and on fire with a burst of inspiration. So let's talk about a little bit of inspiration today.

I was sideline watching a few children's games over the weekend. And from several dear friends

heard about how negative the news cycle has been recently.

The news cycle, whether it's in our region, our cities, our towns, our country, or our countries.

As you know by now, we have more than 75 different nations tuning in to the Live Inspired podcast.

And one thing they have consistently holding them together is the fact that media can be so negative.

So, my friends, today on this Monday morning, we thought we would read to you an excerpt from, yeah, that's right, the number one national bestselling book.

It is called In Aux. Turn with me right now to page 21.

It's going to be a short little read, just a couple paragraphs, but it might challenge us to make sure we're paying attention to whose voice we're listening to and what that really means to us going forward.

So here's where the story begins.

Are you ready?

This is directly from the book in A, page 21.

Whose voice are you listening to?

And who says they are right?

If the news as presented by the media is bringing you down, stop watching.

If your friends and coworkers are too often naysayers, challenge them to change,

or find new friends. And if the voice in your head is whispering negativity all the time,

my friends, it is high time to replace it with a new song. What would happen?

If when you are told you can't do things or you can't handle a certain task, you dared

to disagree, to engage your sense of wonder and to say, says who?

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