Still Some Good Left

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So that was my guitar, as you may have guessed. Hi. Hi there.

Hi. I hope you're doing well. I hope you're having a good day.

I thought maybe in a similar style to how a band on a stage would sort of banter between their songs, I thought I might just come here and strum a couple of chords and just have a conversation. Just chat. You and I can chat for a minute.

What do you think about that? And I'll play my guitar and you'll hear some soothing sounds in the background. I'll tell you what, I'll even turn my voice up.

There are a lot of people going through it right now. The world can be kind of a scary place. There's a lot of not very good things happening right now.

And I think we all know what they are. So we're not going to talk about that. We're going to take a deep breath in.

And take a nice slow exhale. I don't need to tell anybody that there are bad things going on. Let's talk about some of the good things that are going on.

Because there are. I promise. I promise there are.

It doesn't seem like it. There is resilience. There is strength.

There is compassion in this world. Still. I've got mine.

Are you holding on to yours? Keep that compassion, that mercy. All the breaks, all the breaks we don't catch.

We should be passing on. Because I truly believe, if you're on this world and you're not making it an easier place for somebody else to be, then you're not really doing a whole lot at all. And there are so many people out there, like you, who stand up and do the right thing when it's hard.

Who keep pushing, not only for themselves, but for other people. Those are the people I want to talk about. The people that you and I strive to be every single day.

We're going to leave this place a little better than we found it. And maybe do a little good along the way. In every frustrating moment you have during the day, I want you to think of how many of those you've gotten through.

Sometimes it can be a familiar feeling. Like we're stuck there. Stuck frustrated.

We're stuck somewhere. But the truth is, these things come and go. And you're not stuck anywhere.

All it takes is a move. And that's not always easy, or terribly possible. But you've made it through so much.

In a world full of people who really just don't seem to be looking out for each other. It's nice that there are people like you here. People who are kind.

People who think about others. People who may even put others in front of them. And you don't have to be a human carpet to do that.

You can stand up for yourself and the people around you at the same time. And I would say that we're almost better prepared to stand up for those around us when we stand up for ourselves. Because the people around us are likely in the same boat we are.

And that's not always a good one when it comes time to defend yourself. Defend your peace. Your voice.

Your name. But those are the times we need to look at the people around us and say, How can I do for more than just me?