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What's going on, Faith-Based Family? So glad that you guys tuned in. Listen, I wanna talk to you guys real quickly about health. Over the next three days, I'm going to do a series on health. Mind, body, and spirit, our souls. And see, when we talk about our health, sometimes there's this stigma about being able to be open and transparent about what's going on in our lives. And so today, I wanna tackle our mental health. You see, mental health is one of those things in our communities that is shunned or looked down upon. And I don't think there should be a reason. If your car is having an issue and the brakes are scrubbing, do you not take it to a mechanic? Because if you don't, you can get into an accident. Your mind is the same way. You see, we have to stop and think, how can we make our mind healthy? How can we release and let go of the things in our life that has plagued us, or things that we may be stressed out about? You see, God wants us to have a good and healthy mind. He says it when he talks in the Bible, when he says, don't worry about tomorrow, for I have given you what you need to worry about or focus on today. Tomorrow will worry about itself. He wants us to be able to rest in him in that time. Sometimes we can only do that by getting a little bit of help, whether it's talking to a psychologist, whether it's talking to a pastor. You see, for me, as a Christian leader, sometimes we have this thing around us that we can't be open and vulnerable, but I wanna let that go today. I go and I talk to one of my pastor friends and I can confide in him and he can give me spiritual guidance. And then I have another friend that does the same thing for me. They can hold me accountable. They can help encourage and steer me in the right direction and help me to be able to clear and release the clutter that we sometimes build up by adding on more things. And when we talk about mental space, I wanna give you the approval, I guess, to be able to say no. Sometimes we need to be able to say no, not because we don't wanna help or that we don't wanna go and do something. We have to say no because our plate may be full. And so taking on that responsibility because of who we are, sometimes we have to say no, not right now, because I need to be able to clear out. Years ago, I worked for a company and we had this thing called the bucket theory. And so that bucket theory for us meant that, if somebody gave you a compliment or encouraged or helped you, they were adding to your bucket. But then there's things that, it's so many things to happen in our life that's taken out of our bucket, right? And so it keeps pulling, it keeps pulling. At some point in time, if we don't fill our bucket, there will be nothing for us to be able to grab. And so we start to feel the pressure. We start to feel the weight of the world, of our situations and the things that we go through. And what I wanna encourage you today is get the help that you may need. Don't hold this thing or worry about what society may say. Truth be told, there are more people in this world that need to go and get a little bit of mental help so that way they can be healthy. Because the things that we see on social media, that is a lot of times a facade to cover up the things of the broken heart or the weight and pressures that people may be facing. So be excited about going to get help. I can't tell you that after I've gone and got my brakes done on the car and the car is stopping correctly and I don't hear scrubbing and it's just working and operating at the capacity that it's supposed to, I feel excited about that. Likewise, when I'm able to go and speak to one of the leaders that I am connected to, I feel a release. I feel empty. And when I can empty myself out of, and not empty in a bad way, I mean empty that I'm not carrying all of these things. And so when I can empty out all of the things that's weighting me down, I can fill it with God's love. I hope this message blesses you. And I hope that you will tune in for physical and spiritual health. And if this is a time and you're feeling that nudge that you need to connect, please, please shoot me a message. Let me be able to come in and be able to help be that for you. And maybe it's for now, maybe it's for a longer period of time so that way you can have a good, healthy mind and heart. I love you guys. Can't wait to connect with you. Talk to you soon.