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Speaker 1: When it comes to podcasts listening. If you value the

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power of choice, you're gonna love Arrow dot net. It's

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not just one podcast where you throw everything, including the

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kitchen sink into it. It's all broken up to fit

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your lifestyle. Arrow dot net, Arre dot net. Enjoy your exploration.

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My boy boy, Ernie, he's a Blue Crown conyer. For

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over thirty two years, he and I have overlooked this

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forest right here in South Charlotte, North Carolina. I mean,

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every day, Ernie and I sit in this very beautiful home,

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overlooking the trees, the nearby lake, and every bit of

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the wildlife strolling so peacefully on the earth below. Ernie

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and I share the same vision. It's this forest. We

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both look into these trees and study the earth below.

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I mean, there is something extremely spiritual going on here.

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The lyrics to Ernie's Forest, we both receive an amazing

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amount of energy. I put all of my trust and

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skills as a student into what he is willing to

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share with me. Me These are not my words, These

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are the lyrics from Ernie's Forest, chapter number four hundred

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thirty three, June twenty second, twenty twenty four. This forest

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today feels darker than most days, very few clouds in

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the sky, and yet the identity of the moment reminds

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a person of the effects of an eclipse. Maybe it's

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this year's squirrel population explosion. Anyone with bird feeders are

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going broke because these fuzzy tailed trapeze artists are going

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to do whatever they can to get those seeds inside

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those eighty bitty tummies. Squirrels are actually pretty powerful animal totems.

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As pesky as they are, their spiritual connection to humans

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is very special. They remind us to clear things out,

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get rid of things that no longer serve us, be

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vigilant and cautious at the same time. Rule number one,

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be willing to escape any threatening situation. Squirrels teach us

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to prepare for the future. Although you have your eye

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on the reachable goals, the squirrel reminds us its balance

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and the pursuit of socializing as well as including play. Wow,

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how tough is that for you to find your balance

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while being social and allowing yourself to play in a

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world where there's constantly so much change. Your guard's got

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to be up. You got to be on your best behavior,

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and if you're not, then people either look at you

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as a freak or they go I don't know about

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that one. I like the chances they take, but in

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doing so, what's it doing to the image of the

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rest of us? You see what I mean. It's not

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one of those easy things to jump into. Balance with

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pursuit as well as play. And we can learn this

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from the squirrel, because look at how a squirrel will

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climb a tree and jump to another without any hesitation

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in the world. But yet if it were you, or

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if it were me, we would get about two and

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a half feet up into that tree and start looking down,

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because that's what we do. We tend to look down.

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Balancing our life is oh making that comparison, when in

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fact what you should do is learn how to trust

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even more, trust yourself, trust your environment, trust the skills

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of one thing, accepting failure. I don't believe in failure.

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I see whoe another opportunity, another chance. And I didn't

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get that lesson in that last book. I was studying

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this in where this is a great day. Balance, pursuit, play,

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study the squirrel. I don't care where you are in

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the world. That squirrel is connected to your path more

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than you could ever imagine I'm Meryl. These are not

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my words, these are the lyrics from Ernie's Forest