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Hello, everyone.
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It's hard to believe, but thanksgiving
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is here. Time goes by so
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fast. I hope that as we head into
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the long weekend that you're able to take a little
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bit of time off and spend that
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time with those that you love. I
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just wanted to take a few minutes today
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to share a little bit of my own
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thanksgiving, reflections with you
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and to send my well wishes
1:30
to you and your families and loved ones.
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every year as Thanksgiving comes around,
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I really appreciate the opportunity to
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take a minute, to pause, and
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to reflect on what it means to give
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thanks and reflect on the
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things that that I'm thankful for.
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I think that's the opportunity that everyone of us
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has today that whatever our personal situation
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might be, that this is the opportunity
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for us to go within and to
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look at our own lives. And rather
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than allow
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ourselves to get stuck in focusing
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on all the things that we don't have or the worries
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or the challenges that exist
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in our lives. We can choose
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to reflect on the things that we
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are thankful for. All the things that
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we do have. And let's start
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with the most basic thing.
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It's life. If
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you're watching or listening to me right
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now, we're alive. That
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in and of itself is
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truly a blessing. to be grateful
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for every day that we
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get to wake up with a breath in
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our bodies is a precious
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gift. a gift
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that's more valuable than any amount
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of money, any fancy
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title, or car, any material
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thing. Now as each day, brings
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opportunity. It brings an opportunity for
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every one of us to learn and
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to grow
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and to love to
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choose to show kindness to a friend
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or even a stranger to respond
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to someone who may be angry
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or filled with hate. respond
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to them with love and patience
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and kindness. Bring some light
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into a world that's too often dark.
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divisiveness and fear and hatred,
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something that we can be grateful for,
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is our god given rights and
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freedoms and shrine in the constitution.
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Our founders fully understood
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how important these rights
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are. That's why they
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why they place them in the
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constitution solidifying the foundation
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for this country. and
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ensuring that these god given rights,
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these freedoms, freedom of speech, freedom
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of religion, freedom of expression that these are
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protected. they intended
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for our country to
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be a place with a robust
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marketplace of ideas where
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whether we're in we're online, whatever
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whatever the form of communication is
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that we're free to speak our minds. We're
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free to challenge and criticize our
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own government. Get them to
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do better. Get them to
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focus on serving the people. and
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that we can do so without fear of retaliation
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or being censored or punished. Unfortunately,
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this vision that our founders had for
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us A lot of our
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leaders have forgotten it, and we're living now in
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a time where those freedoms are
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directly being threatened by those in power.
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both those in government, those in
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big tech and social media. Civil
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discourse and debate has become rare
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being able to disagree without being agreeable,
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you almost don't see that anywhere
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in our politics today. Now
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for me as a soldier and a veteran like
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my brothers and sisters who wear the
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uniform or who've served, I
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really take to heart the
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old saying I made disapproval of
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what you say. but I will
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defend to the death your
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right to say it. His
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freedom
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is precious. It's
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unfortunate how far away we've gotten as
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a society and as a country from that vision
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that our founders had for us. We
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live in a time now where there's very little tolerance
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and respect for those who
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have a dissenting voice, who
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step outside, and color
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outside the lines. Today's
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cancel culture makes
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it so that those in power and permanent
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washing ten are increasingly
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intolerant of any view that's not
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perfectly aligned with their own.
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Reacting to opposing views are even
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people who just ask questions
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with hostility. If in the
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United States of America, a
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nation literally designed
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to be self governed. with
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the government of buy in for the
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people. If this nation is to survive,
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we must be free. We must exercise
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only as fellow Americans. More
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importantly, as children of God, we
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can have passionate debate. We can
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have strong arguments, advocate courageously
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for the things that we care about. Let's
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do so with a law. Do
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with respect, compassion, and love.
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I've had the privilege of serving alongside
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great Americans who love this country.
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These are special people who raise their
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right hand.
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enlisting and volunteering
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to put their lives on the line, willing
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to die to defend the security
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and freedom of the American people. There's
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a lot of them who can't be home today with
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their families. And so I just want
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to send my aloha to all of them and to
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their families, let them know we're thinking about
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them, we're praying for them, and we're so
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grateful for their continued service
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and sacrifice. I'm
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thinking of my friends too.
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who paid that ultimate price
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and who never came home. And
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the loved ones, they left
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behind. who never
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got to say their final goodbye.
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I'm grateful for so many
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things. I'm grateful
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for life. grateful
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to have experienced
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from a young age that no
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matter what, I was always
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happiest when I was trying to be
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pleasing to God and
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to be of service to others.
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I'm grateful to have
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had this understanding that
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no matter what I chose to do
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in life, If I was motivated
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by a desire to be of service
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and make a positive impact, then
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I would be happy no matter what the
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outcome might have been.
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or could be. Now if we
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just live our lives for
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ourselves no matter how
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hard we we try to find
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happiness in this world. If we're just driven
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by selfishness and
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how I can get more for me and
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mine, The reality is that no matter how
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much money or things or fame we
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might have or accumulate, we'll
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always feel a sense of
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emptiness in our hearts
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that something is truly
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missing. Now Saint
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Francis of ACC said,
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for it is in giving
9:59
that we receive. Mahatma
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Gandhi said the best way
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to find yourself is to
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lose yourself. in the service of others.
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And so no matter what
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you do, whether you're a doctor, you work in
10:13
business, you're a teacher, if
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you work in law
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enforcement, in the military, in
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politics, no matter what we
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do, we can work
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humbly. We can choose
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to be servant leaders. And
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we can think every day about
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what we can do for
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others. So on
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this Thanksgiving, as we reflect about all the
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things that we're grateful for, let's
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think about how we can how we
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can be of service in our own lives and make that
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positive impact on others and
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understand that despite
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all of our external differences, whether
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those differences be our
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politics or race or religion or
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all of the things that are are so
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easily used
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to divide us in in
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today's place and time. So
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remember that we're all god's children. we're
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all one family and we can
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find true happiness
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and true purpose in
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our lives. by living our
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life in that spirit of selfless
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service. I
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am so grateful to god for
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his unconditional love Anything
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that I do in my life that's worth
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anything is only
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possible because of his love
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and mercy. My
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prayer every day is that I may
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continue to be inspired by his
11:38
love, hear his guidance, and
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live my life in a way that's pleasing
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to him. I'm so
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grateful for each and every one of you,
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for the time that you've chosen to
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share with me today and I wanna
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send every
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one of you my warmest aloha and
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well wishes. Happy Thanksgiving.
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