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Welcome to PressLaunch .VIP, the story behind
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the press release. I'm Adrienne Barker, and this
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is a place where we look beyond the headlines,
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the announcements, and the carefully written
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quote to find the real story. Every press release
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a problem worth solving, a milestone that mattered,
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or an idea ready to move beyond the room where
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it started. And on this show, we'll talk with
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founders, authors, industry voices, creators,
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and community leaders about what happened before
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We'll explore the decisions, the challenges,
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the lessons, and people behind the news. Because
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visibility is not just about being seen, it's
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about sharing something worth understanding.
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This is PressLaunch .VIP, the story behind the
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press release. Let's see the story and let's
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share what that is. We are live with Corey Hamilton.
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You may have some trouble hearing me, so I'm
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going to talk a little louder. But I'm not screaming,
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right? So all right, first let me introduce you.
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So first of all, welcome to the story behind
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the press release where announcements tell us
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what happened, but we uncover the story behind
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it. So. Today's guest is Corey L. Hamilton, a
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Charleston author and the creator of Dirty Hands,
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But a Clean Heart. I love that. His faith -centered
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book explores struggle, forgiveness, personal
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transformation, and the belief that our past
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may shape us, but it does not have to define
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our future. Corey is now expanding that message
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beyond the book. into a broader movement supporting
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hope, healing, and awareness surrounding cancer,
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diabetes, and mental health. Corey, this conversation
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needs to happen with everyone. So by the way,
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if you're listening and you're a podcast host,
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have Corey on your podcast. So Corey, your press
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release announces the continued growth of Dirty
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Hands but a Clean Heart. But what is the personal
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story behind that headline? Well, you know, it's
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real struggles and mistakes, lessons that have
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been learned. And, you know, by God grace, you
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know, you can turn your experience into something
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to try to help somebody else. You know, basically
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your past does not have to define your future.
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So that's the purpose of dirty hands by the clean
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heart. part of why I wrote the book. I think
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that's great. So tell me a little bit about what
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prompted you to write your book. What prompted
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me to write it? Exactly. Okay. Just like I said,
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you know, you turn something from the experience
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into something that somebody else can relate
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to what you've been through and that can help
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make a difference in their life. You'll be able
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to show show that no matter what your hands been
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through no matter what your struggle was your
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ups and downs You can you still can be yourself.
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You still can make a difference. You still can
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overcome the obstacle, you know It's just you
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know was God God did not It would be empty heaven
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would be empty if God did not forgive sin God
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forgive sinner No matter what No matter how hard
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life that would life throw that to you, you know,
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you still can be forgiven That's so true. Oh,
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I love you cory hamilton. So wait, so Can you
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so when you say dirty hands? I want to be clear
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Are you talking about the mistakes of survival
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the difficult choices? The hard work is that
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a combination of all four? Yes. Yes The growth,
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you know god, you know the growth, you know the
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turning points So what was your turning point?
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Well, part of my turning point was when I realized
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that I can overcome things. I can change. I can
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make a difference. I can help someone. I can
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help do better in my community. I can do better
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in the neighborhood. I can do better just all
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in all with anybody. there's a turning point
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you know you can mentor others too right you
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can mentor others and and people younger see
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you and you you can give them hope right right
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right younger generations people that just just
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all walk of life you know all i love that i always
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feel that people should give other people second
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chances Mm -hmm right second chances exactly
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and Exactly, you know, so when I was I I'm just
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gonna share this I don't show this off it but
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I ran away at 17 and it's like my parents still
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brought it up at my 40th birthday like they just
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would not let it go and I was like that I feel
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like that's all they saw me was that 17 year
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old girl that ran away and Here I am 40 and it's
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still brought up and I'm like let it go like
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Right? Like, because we're not the same. Do you
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think we change in every decade? Right. Well,
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you know, the book is the book is only the beginning,
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you know, but the mission is bigger. Tell me
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about the mission, the mission. We're trying
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to help diabetes, mental health, cancer society,
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things like that. We're trying to do we're doing
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a video. We want to be doing different things
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like that in community. You're doing the videos,
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uh, screenplay. Um, I have a trailer. You can
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learn more about us through the link tree. Corey
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Hamilton, uh, six or two at link tree. And that's
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everything's right there. You know, you can see
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the mission right there. I love that. I'm so
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glad that you use a press launch that VIP, uh,
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for your press. So what part in the book was
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most difficult to put on paper? Say that again
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to me. What part of the book you were writing
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you wrote is was the most difficult for you The
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most difficult part of the book I Won't really
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say it was a difficult part but I would say the
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part that That that that got me was the pain
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paint chapter 3 you are paying as a teacher Using
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pain as a teacher that's in chapter 3 because
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You know, we have pain in all types of ways.
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You know, sometimes you get pain mentally, you
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may get pain physically, you get pain spiritually.
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So that part was very deep and it hit home. You
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know, it hit home. I had to put a lot of work
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into it. A pain as a teacher, either you learn
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a lesson or it's a blessing. Either way, it's
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good. We just said, say it again, say it again.
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That was beautiful. Yeah, I say pain as a teacher
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in other words It's like it becomes painful all
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types of ways, but either it's a lesson our blessing
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either way It's good because you learn something
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you got something from it. I Wish everyone That
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is such a huge lesson and I totally totally agree
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with you, but you have to have your mind set
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to say Okay, what lesson am I learning during
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this difficult time? Exactly Exactly. You know,
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you get something from every, every, every time
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you do something, you need to, you say supposed
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to get something from it. You know, you're supposed
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to learn something from your mistakes, from your
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setbacks. You know, you should learn something
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from those. People need someone like you to draw
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it out of them. Don't you think like, like if
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I was telling, if I was, if I'm alone thinking
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about my pain, it's going to be different than
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telling you and you're helping me to see. that
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there's a lesson in it. Do you think? Wait, so
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let me say that differently. Do you think people
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can see their own pain and feel and understand
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it? Or is that why you're needed is to be the
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mentor to share and explain to them the lesson
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and the blessing in their own pain? Exactly.
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Yeah, you get something from it, you know, either
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way you get something from it. I totally, totally
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agree with you. Wow. I love this. Did you ever
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consider removing a story or softening the truth
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because you were worried about how people would
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judge you? No. Well, you know, I never worry
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about people judging me because people does not
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define me. You know, I mean they they everyone
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has an opinion You know, you know, everyone has
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their own opinion. So Stating that everyone has
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an opinion. I work with facts. I work with what
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I know who I am and what God created me to be
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So that's that's why I never worry about opinions
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They're gonna have opinions. No, it doesn't mean
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they're right or wrong, you know You have to
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stand over God a lot. God gave you the the ability
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to be who you want to be and to do what you want
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to do. That's what you got. That's what that's
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what keeps you grounded. That's what keeps you
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motivated, you know. I don't think you could
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share that lesson enough. I'm sorry to interrupt
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you. I don't think you could share that lesson
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enough. I don't think you could share that lesson
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enough. That's such a big lesson. Oh, yeah, it's
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definitely a big lesson. It's definitely. Like
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I said, that's not a blessing. Either way you
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go, either way you go with it, it's good. It's
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solid, you know. It's solid. So, Corey, forgiveness,
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forgiveness is a central theme in your message.
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And I want to know which was harder for you,
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forgiving other people or forgiving yourself?
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I think that's it. Both forgiving other people
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and forgiving myself. I work with both of those.
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I work with both. I forgive people because I
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don't hold grudges. I don't hold things inside
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of me. I let go, I let God. So that's who I am.
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I let go and I let God. And you forgive yourself?
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He's the wheel. God is the wheel. Go deeper in
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this because I heard... Lobby is the greatest
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thing in the world. I heard if when you hold
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anger, it's like holding poison. There you go.
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There you go. Toxic. It's no good for none of
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us. You know, and it does start with forgiveness.
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That's right. That's right. So we have to always
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know that that's that's a true forgiveness and
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and and we can't live in this world by ourself,
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but we have to love people. Just like we would
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love ourselves. That's what the Bible says Exactly
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Exactly. I I love that. Okay, so people frequently
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speak about redemption But the real work is very
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rarely neat or immediate What did redemption
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require from you and like practical terms? The
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redemption for me in practical terms is you know,
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you turn around, you get that turning point,
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you know, to have that turning point, to turn
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around and forgive and go, you know, and go move
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on, you know, from that, the purpose, the struggle,
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the hope, you know, the faith. You're pretty
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processed too. I find working with you, you're
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very structured. Is that how your mind goes?
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Are you organized? Organized? Yeah, are you an
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organized person? I try to be. I try to be much
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as I can, you know. I try to be much as much
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when I can, you know, much as I can. I'm not
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perfect. I'm not perfect. You know, we're not
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perfect. None of us. But we can always try to
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strive to do better day to day basis. Okay, then
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we're going to talk about mental health because
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my daughter has a trouble with perfection. And
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that can create mental health issues. What do
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you think about that? Because we're not perfect,
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but that may not stop someone from thinking we're
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perfect. So your daughter? Yeah, so she is like
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she's a perfectionist. She's slowly understanding
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that It's very difficult, you can't be perfect,
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but that is part of mental health too, right?
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Is the desire to be perfect when we're not perfect,
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none of us are. Exactly. Well, as for mental
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health, I feel as though mental health patients,
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they have a lot of challenges, but day by day,
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if you can just... share one page, one page from
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out the Bible, from what God has put out there
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in the words of the Bible. Just one page can
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change somebody's life. Just one word can change
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somebody's life. You know, year long. Just one
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word. I'm here for you. I care for you. I'll
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listen to you. I love you. I need you. I'll support
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you. Just one word can change that person's mindset.
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It's just a mindset. Wait, wait, wait a less
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what if you don't have empathy? What if you literally
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are like a sociopath a sociopath and you have
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no empathy at all? I'm having trouble hearing
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you again. Did you say repeat it? Yeah, what
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if one word like what if what about for people
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who don't have any empathy? One word you don't
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have One word I would say to them Well, there's
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hope. There's always hope. There's always hope
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there. There's always hope. Trust and believe.
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I would always encourage people to say that Psalm
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23, you know, Psalm 23. Tell me, tell me. It
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does have to be word for word, but what is Psalm
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23? Psalm 23, the Lord is my shepherd. I shall
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not mourn. Are you in a restaurant? Yes, I am.
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Tell everyone that Corey Hamilton is doing an
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interview. Say shh. I'm doing an interview and
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it's important. I'm kidding around, Corey. It's
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real life. I have a question for you. Yes, ma
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'am. Have you ever questioned God during the
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most difficult seasons of your life? I ever questioned
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God? Questioned? Questioned God? In a difficult
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part of your life, in a difficult season? I questioned,
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I really can't say that I questioned God, I can
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say that I trusted God. I won't say I questioned
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him. I would say I trusted him. Because I cannot
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lean not only on my own understanding, but he
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said, trust him with all wholeheartedly and he
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will lead your path. So I said, I won't say I
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questioned him, but I would say I trust him.
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I love that. Yes. I got to take a second. That
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was beautiful. I would say I trusted him. Trust
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him wholeheartedly. You don't question him. You
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trust him. And if you trust him, he will lead
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the way. He will open up a door that no man,
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woman, boy or girl can close. If you just trust
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him. He's not like a microwave that we use every
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day that just happened right now. You just have
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to hold on to his unchanging hand. If you hold
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on to that unchanging hand, he will make a way
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out of the low wave. Because his timing is always
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on time. He may not come when you want him, but
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he will come on time. I'm just staring at you.
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I love what you're saying. I just I think you're
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amazing. All right. Your message says that a
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person's past does not have to define their future.
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But what responsibility must that person accept
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before genuine change can begin? Well, You don't
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have to give yourself a life sentence, you know?
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Your past, your past, you know, your past, you
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know, we get caught up in trying to give ourselves
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a life sentence because we made a mistake or
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we did something wrong. You know, we can always
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change. We can always ask for forgiveness. You
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know, and we don't have to give ourselves a life
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sentence. We're only human beings. We make mistakes.
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We're gonna make mistakes. It don't matter. We're
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gonna make mistakes. But the mistakes, when we
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do make the mistakes, we can always come back
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and ask for forgiveness and repentance for the
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mistakes. Hold hotly and move on. Don't give
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yourself a life sentence for nothing. You only
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heal me. God will forgive you. Sometimes if he
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forgive you one time and if you like anything
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like me, he'll forgive you two time and then
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three time and four time and five time. He'll
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give me chances after chances. He will give us
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chances. That's why he is God. That's why he's
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the creator of the universe. He will give you
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what you need. What were you like as a little
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boy? What was little Corey Hamilton like? Well,
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little Corey Hamilton was as a little boy coming
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up in childhood. It was always, you choose one
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or the other. You try to make it, and if you
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don't make it, you get knocked down, you get
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back up. You keep fighting. Corey Hamilton is
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a fighter. Corey Hamilton is a man that, no matter
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what life throws at him, I'm not quitting. I'm
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getting back up each and every time. That's what
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Dirty Hands is about, and having a clean heart.
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I never intend to do anybody wrong in my lifetime,
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and if I did, I always ask for forgiveness and
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not to do that again. Move on. don't give yourself
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a life sentence for nothing move on you know
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life is too precious and it's short and it's
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serious it's real you know sorry i'm staring
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at you yes i feel i i everyone i'm staring at
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him because these words are so beautiful it's
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so powerful and i just want you to just talk
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so i'm sorry i'm like literally just staring
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yes yes i'm i'm happy to be here And I'm hoping
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that you all get something, everybody, everyone
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get something from this message. And I'll put
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a minute video here and just, I want everybody
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to keep going and keep on keeping on going. Get
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the book, get the message, like I say, get the
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understanding. And this book is a tool we can
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change your life. You can find what I haven't
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found, you know me. Books are me. Oh, I'll have
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all your links up. Don't worry about that. I'm
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going to be promoting you. But wait, so I have
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a question for you. Where is the line between
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extending grace to someone and allowing that
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person to just avoid accountability? I heard
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the grace and responsibility part, but I didn't
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catch the other part. No, no problem. We're is
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a line between extending grace to someone. But
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then again, you may be allowing them to avoid
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being accountable for what they did. Extending
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grace to someone. But but they're not. But then
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don't you want them to be accountable for what
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they did accountable for what they did? Well,
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you know, We extend grace and mercy, you know
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Allah, He does by grace, mercy, favor and forgiveness.
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He does all of that for us. We got to thank Him.
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We have to trust Him. We have to obey Him. We
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have to love Him. We have to serve Him. So my
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life And our life should not always just be about
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us. It should be about the service to someone
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else. The service that we provide. That we give
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to someone else. Because each time we help someone
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else, we just nurture another seed. So that seed
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could grow and learn and love and follow. Well,
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she, I might forgot what you did. I might forgot
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what you say, but I'll never forget how you made
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me feel. See, we have feelings. So being a service
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helps us to help with the feelings when we give
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our service to someone else. When we apply service,
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someone else get to have that feeling and love
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and understanding. about what we just did for
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them. I may forgot what you did. See, I forgot
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what you did, but I will never forget how you
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made me feel. Exactly. Go service. Make people
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feel good. Uplift them. Share things with them.
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Share resources. Some people won't tell you anything.
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And that's a shame because life, you can't live
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in the world by yourself. Life is not about that.
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You know, you can't live it by yourself. So why
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don't be a service? No Not trying to help someone
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huh Was there a response from a reader that you
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hold to your heart something that a reader said
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to you that Made a difference in you The readers
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well I have them Quite a bit of good readers,
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a few readers that didn't purchase the book and
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they say something. Most of them said, you know,
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they were shocked. They were, oh, that's a great
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subject, Dirty Hands by the Clean Heart. They
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love it, you know, they love the book, they love
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the chapters, you know, they love the story.
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And, you know, they say things like that to me.
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Well, that's a good chapter. I can relate to
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that. I feel like it felt like them. The title,
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it felt like what they've been through. I said,
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well, that's what it's for. The title, Dirty
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Hands by the Clean Heart. We've all had dirty
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hands one way or another. Whether it was through
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thought, deed, idea, we all have done something
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we shouldn't have done. But we still tried to
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keep a clean heart. So, by them hearing that
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title, they relate that title to their life or
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to some other person's life that touched it.
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What's it like to change lives? What's it like
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to help people? What is it like to help people
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and to change their lives? What does that give
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you? It gives me, to me, it gives me the world
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of beauty, the world of love. God so loved the
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world, he gave us only begotten son. And that's
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God. He so loved the world, he gave up his only
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begotten son. So whosoever believe in him so
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much perished. Dirty hands, for me, I get a thrill.
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Knowing that, I'm trying to make a difference.
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Knowing that I'm making a difference. Knowing
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that I'm trying. And this is the book I got right
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here in front of me. I usually keep one with
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me every day. Oh, I love it. Oh, Corey, I can't
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wait to put my hands on it. I have ordered one.
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I just can't wait. It's real. It's real. It's
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really real. And it's really you. You are such
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a lovely human. I am so blessed that you. How
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did you even find PressLaunch .VIP? I heard a
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little piece and I just got away from you. Can
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you repeat that? No worries. Sure. How did you
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find PressLaunch .VIP? How did I find you? Yes.
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How did you find me? Well, Press Lunch. I think
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I found you online. Online. And I looked and
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I stopped and I said, well, I'm going to try
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fresh, fresh lunch and see where they take me.
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I did find out. I, I love the saying God winks,
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God wink. Like I love, like I feel like God put
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us together, right? Like I always feel that way.
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You know, I didn't know that I would have you
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on the show or I would get to know you and that
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I would be like blown away by you and. That that's
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that's God's doing right Right, right, it's a
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good feeling it's a good feeling Yes, ma 'am
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You're a nice guy. Are you do you teach it? Do
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you do are you do do sermons pastor? Like what
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does that look like for you? Are you out there
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speaking? No, I would like to not yet, but I
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would like to I Would like to I would like to
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I would like to i'll give it all i got you know
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i'll give it all i got yeah is there anything
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i didn't ask you you want to share is there anything
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i didn't ask you that you want to share um not
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really i think you probably i think we covered
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a good bit of bases um um not really i think
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we covered a good base upon a basis um in our
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interview Talking and stuff that um, if it ain't
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there if you think though, okay come come back
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cross I'll be glad to answer. That's it best
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that I can I Want to thank all your sponsors,
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I want to thank everyone that helped you to get
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your book out there I want to thank everyone
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that's helping you with your trailer I want to
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thank everyone that's going to get this into
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the movies Like I want to just thank all the
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people around you that are helping you to do
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God's work Right. Thank you. Thank you very much.
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I really appreciate that. You know, really do.
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I really have to say, I am so glad that we met.
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Thank you so much for being here. You are wonderful.
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You are worth the wait. You are worth the wait,
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Corey Hamilton. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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So have a good rest of the day. Have a good rest
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of the weekend, and I'll send you the report
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on your distribution. And you guys follow this
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man. Follow Corey Hamilton. I'll have everything
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in the show notes. And you're amazing. I literally
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fell in love with you. Thank you, Corey Hamilton.
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I really appreciate it. Wait. Now, did you get
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your dessert? Did you order dessert? Say that
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again? Did you order dessert? No, I didn't order
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dessert, no. Well, not this time. Do they have
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good dessert there? Not this time. What do you
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normally order at the restaurant? Let's give
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a shout out to the restaurant. Well, what happened
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with our time, since we weren't working one time,
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I had to stop. And I was like, well, I had to
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stop and use the restroom. Got in here and I
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said well I'll wait but you had to go walk your
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dog and I was like, oh All of that came and so
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it kind of I said well I don't I don't like to
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give a promise that I don't keep you know, so
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I made that promise that you're gonna You see
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see you at 2 30, but it happened at at 3 and
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I was like, ah, man I couldn't get this kid move.
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So I was kind of locked where I was at So I said
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well it going down wherever I'm at, you know,
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we're gonna do we got to do I love that. Thank
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you so much. I wasn't feeling good, but you made
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me, I feel so much better. That's crazy. I'm
00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:20.140
glad you feeling better because I was praying
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for you too. Thank you. Yeah. Candy stones are
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no fun. All right, get some dessert. Get some
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dessert. Let me know things. I love that. Thank
00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:36.160
you. Thank you for helping me tonight. You are
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wonderful. Have a great rest of the day. Enjoy.
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Have a good weekend. You too. Bye bye. Thank
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Welcome to PressLaunch .VIP, the story behind
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the press release. I'm Adrienne Barker, and this
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is a place where we look beyond the headlines,
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the announcements, and the carefully written
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quote to find the real story. Every press release
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begins somewhere, with a person who took a chance,
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a problem worth solving, a milestone that mattered,
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or an idea ready to move beyond the room where
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it started. And on this show, we'll talk with
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founders, authors, industry voices, creators,
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and community leaders about what happened before
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the announcement and what they hope happens next.
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We'll explore the decisions, the challenges,
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the lessons, and people behind the news. Because
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visibility is not just about being seen, it's
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about sharing something worth understanding.
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This is PressLaunch .VIP, the story behind the
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press release. Let's see the story and let's
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share what that is. We are live with Corey Hamilton.
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You may have some trouble hearing me, so I'm
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going to talk a little louder. But I'm not screaming,
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right? So all right, first let me introduce you.
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So first of all, welcome to the story behind
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the press release where announcements tell us
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what happened, but we uncover the story behind
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it. So. Today's guest is Corey L. Hamilton, a
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Charleston author and the creator of Dirty Hands,
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But a Clean Heart. I love that. His faith -centered
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book explores struggle, forgiveness, personal
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transformation, and the belief that our past
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may shape us, but it does not have to define
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our future. Corey is now expanding that message
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beyond the book. into a broader movement supporting
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hope, healing, and awareness surrounding cancer,
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diabetes, and mental health. Corey, this conversation
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needs to happen with everyone. So by the way,
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if you're listening and you're a podcast host,
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have Corey on your podcast. So Corey, your press
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release announces the continued growth of Dirty
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Hands but a Clean Heart. But what is the personal
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story behind that headline? Well, you know, it's
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real struggles and mistakes, lessons that have
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been learned. And, you know, by God grace, you
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know, you can turn your experience into something
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to try to help somebody else. You know, basically
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your past does not have to define your future.
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So that's the purpose of dirty hands by the clean
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heart. part of why I wrote the book. I think
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that's great. So tell me a little bit about what
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prompted you to write your book. What prompted
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me to write it? Exactly. Okay. Just like I said,
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you know, you turn something from the experience
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into something that somebody else can relate
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to what you've been through and that can help
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make a difference in their life. You'll be able
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to show show that no matter what your hands been
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through no matter what your struggle was your
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ups and downs You can you still can be yourself.
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You still can make a difference. You still can
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overcome the obstacle, you know It's just you
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know was God God did not It would be empty heaven
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would be empty if God did not forgive sin God
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forgive sinner No matter what No matter how hard
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life that would life throw that to you, you know,
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you still can be forgiven That's so true. Oh,
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I love you cory hamilton. So wait, so Can you
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so when you say dirty hands? I want to be clear
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Are you talking about the mistakes of survival
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the difficult choices? The hard work is that
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a combination of all four? Yes. Yes The growth,
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you know god, you know the growth, you know the
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turning points So what was your turning point?
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Well, part of my turning point was when I realized
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that I can overcome things. I can change. I can
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make a difference. I can help someone. I can
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help do better in my community. I can do better
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in the neighborhood. I can do better just all
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in all with anybody. there's a turning point
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you know you can mentor others too right you
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can mentor others and and people younger see
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you and you you can give them hope right right
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right younger generations people that just just
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all walk of life you know all i love that i always
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feel that people should give other people second
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chances Mm -hmm right second chances exactly
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and Exactly, you know, so when I was I I'm just
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gonna share this I don't show this off it but
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I ran away at 17 and it's like my parents still
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brought it up at my 40th birthday like they just
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would not let it go and I was like that I feel
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like that's all they saw me was that 17 year
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old girl that ran away and Here I am 40 and it's
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still brought up and I'm like let it go like
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Right? Like, because we're not the same. Do you
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think we change in every decade? Right. Well,
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you know, the book is the book is only the beginning,
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you know, but the mission is bigger. Tell me
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about the mission, the mission. We're trying
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to help diabetes, mental health, cancer society,
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things like that. We're trying to do we're doing
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a video. We want to be doing different things
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like that in community. You're doing the videos,
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uh, screenplay. Um, I have a trailer. You can
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learn more about us through the link tree. Corey
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Hamilton, uh, six or two at link tree. And that's
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everything's right there. You know, you can see
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the mission right there. I love that. I'm so
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glad that you use a press launch that VIP, uh,
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for your press. So what part in the book was
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most difficult to put on paper? Say that again
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to me. What part of the book you were writing
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you wrote is was the most difficult for you The
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most difficult part of the book I Won't really
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say it was a difficult part but I would say the
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part that That that that got me was the pain
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paint chapter 3 you are paying as a teacher Using
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pain as a teacher that's in chapter 3 because
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You know, we have pain in all types of ways.
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You know, sometimes you get pain mentally, you
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may get pain physically, you get pain spiritually.
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So that part was very deep and it hit home. You
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know, it hit home. I had to put a lot of work
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into it. A pain as a teacher, either you learn
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a lesson or it's a blessing. Either way, it's
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good. We just said, say it again, say it again.
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That was beautiful. Yeah, I say pain as a teacher
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in other words It's like it becomes painful all
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types of ways, but either it's a lesson our blessing
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either way It's good because you learn something
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you got something from it. I Wish everyone That
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is such a huge lesson and I totally totally agree
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with you, but you have to have your mind set
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to say Okay, what lesson am I learning during
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this difficult time? Exactly Exactly. You know,
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you get something from every, every, every time
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you do something, you need to, you say supposed
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to get something from it. You know, you're supposed
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to learn something from your mistakes, from your
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setbacks. You know, you should learn something
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from those. People need someone like you to draw
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it out of them. Don't you think like, like if
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I was telling, if I was, if I'm alone thinking
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about my pain, it's going to be different than
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telling you and you're helping me to see. that
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there's a lesson in it. Do you think? Wait, so
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let me say that differently. Do you think people
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can see their own pain and feel and understand
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it? Or is that why you're needed is to be the
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mentor to share and explain to them the lesson
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and the blessing in their own pain? Exactly.
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Yeah, you get something from it, you know, either
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way you get something from it. I totally, totally
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agree with you. Wow. I love this. Did you ever
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consider removing a story or softening the truth
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because you were worried about how people would
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judge you? No. Well, you know, I never worry
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about people judging me because people does not
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define me. You know, I mean they they everyone
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has an opinion You know, you know, everyone has
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their own opinion. So Stating that everyone has
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an opinion. I work with facts. I work with what
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I know who I am and what God created me to be
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So that's that's why I never worry about opinions
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They're gonna have opinions. No, it doesn't mean
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they're right or wrong, you know You have to
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stand over God a lot. God gave you the the ability
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to be who you want to be and to do what you want
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to do. That's what you got. That's what that's
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what keeps you grounded. That's what keeps you
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motivated, you know. I don't think you could
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share that lesson enough. I'm sorry to interrupt
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you. I don't think you could share that lesson
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enough. I don't think you could share that lesson
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enough. That's such a big lesson. Oh, yeah, it's
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definitely a big lesson. It's definitely. Like
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I said, that's not a blessing. Either way you
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go, either way you go with it, it's good. It's
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solid, you know. It's solid. So, Corey, forgiveness,
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forgiveness is a central theme in your message.
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And I want to know which was harder for you,
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forgiving other people or forgiving yourself?
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I think that's it. Both forgiving other people
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and forgiving myself. I work with both of those.
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I work with both. I forgive people because I
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don't hold grudges. I don't hold things inside
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of me. I let go, I let God. So that's who I am.
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I let go and I let God. And you forgive yourself?
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He's the wheel. God is the wheel. Go deeper in
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this because I heard... Lobby is the greatest
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thing in the world. I heard if when you hold
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anger, it's like holding poison. There you go.
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There you go. Toxic. It's no good for none of
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us. You know, and it does start with forgiveness.
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That's right. That's right. So we have to always
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know that that's that's a true forgiveness and
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and and we can't live in this world by ourself,
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but we have to love people. Just like we would
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love ourselves. That's what the Bible says Exactly
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Exactly. I I love that. Okay, so people frequently
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speak about redemption But the real work is very
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rarely neat or immediate What did redemption
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require from you and like practical terms? The
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redemption for me in practical terms is you know,
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you turn around, you get that turning point,
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you know, to have that turning point, to turn
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around and forgive and go, you know, and go move
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on, you know, from that, the purpose, the struggle,
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the hope, you know, the faith. You're pretty
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processed too. I find working with you, you're
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very structured. Is that how your mind goes?
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Are you organized? Organized? Yeah, are you an
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organized person? I try to be. I try to be much
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as I can, you know. I try to be much as much
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when I can, you know, much as I can. I'm not
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perfect. I'm not perfect. You know, we're not
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perfect. None of us. But we can always try to
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strive to do better day to day basis. Okay, then
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we're going to talk about mental health because
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my daughter has a trouble with perfection. And
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that can create mental health issues. What do
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you think about that? Because we're not perfect,
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but that may not stop someone from thinking we're
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perfect. So your daughter? Yeah, so she is like
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she's a perfectionist. She's slowly understanding
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that It's very difficult, you can't be perfect,
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but that is part of mental health too, right?
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Is the desire to be perfect when we're not perfect,
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none of us are. Exactly. Well, as for mental
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health, I feel as though mental health patients,
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they have a lot of challenges, but day by day,
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if you can just... share one page, one page from
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out the Bible, from what God has put out there
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in the words of the Bible. Just one page can
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change somebody's life. Just one word can change
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somebody's life. You know, year long. Just one
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word. I'm here for you. I care for you. I'll
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listen to you. I love you. I need you. I'll support
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you. Just one word can change that person's mindset.
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It's just a mindset. Wait, wait, wait a less
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what if you don't have empathy? What if you literally
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are like a sociopath a sociopath and you have
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no empathy at all? I'm having trouble hearing
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you again. Did you say repeat it? Yeah, what
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if one word like what if what about for people
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who don't have any empathy? One word you don't
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have One word I would say to them Well, there's
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hope. There's always hope. There's always hope
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there. There's always hope. Trust and believe.
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I would always encourage people to say that Psalm
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23, you know, Psalm 23. Tell me, tell me. It
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does have to be word for word, but what is Psalm
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23? Psalm 23, the Lord is my shepherd. I shall
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not mourn. Are you in a restaurant? Yes, I am.
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Tell everyone that Corey Hamilton is doing an
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interview. Say shh. I'm doing an interview and
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it's important. I'm kidding around, Corey. It's
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real life. I have a question for you. Yes, ma
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'am. Have you ever questioned God during the
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most difficult seasons of your life? I ever questioned
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God? Questioned? Questioned God? In a difficult
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part of your life, in a difficult season? I questioned,
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I really can't say that I questioned God, I can
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say that I trusted God. I won't say I questioned
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him. I would say I trusted him. Because I cannot
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lean not only on my own understanding, but he
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said, trust him with all wholeheartedly and he
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will lead your path. So I said, I won't say I
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questioned him, but I would say I trust him.
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I love that. Yes. I got to take a second. That
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was beautiful. I would say I trusted him. Trust
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him wholeheartedly. You don't question him. You
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trust him. And if you trust him, he will lead
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the way. He will open up a door that no man,
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woman, boy or girl can close. If you just trust
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him. He's not like a microwave that we use every
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day that just happened right now. You just have
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to hold on to his unchanging hand. If you hold
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on to that unchanging hand, he will make a way
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out of the low wave. Because his timing is always
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on time. He may not come when you want him, but
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he will come on time. I'm just staring at you.
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I love what you're saying. I just I think you're
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amazing. All right. Your message says that a
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person's past does not have to define their future.
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But what responsibility must that person accept
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before genuine change can begin? Well, You don't
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have to give yourself a life sentence, you know?
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Your past, your past, you know, your past, you
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know, we get caught up in trying to give ourselves
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a life sentence because we made a mistake or
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we did something wrong. You know, we can always
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change. We can always ask for forgiveness. You
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know, and we don't have to give ourselves a life
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sentence. We're only human beings. We make mistakes.
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We're gonna make mistakes. It don't matter. We're
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gonna make mistakes. But the mistakes, when we
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do make the mistakes, we can always come back
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and ask for forgiveness and repentance for the
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mistakes. Hold hotly and move on. Don't give
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yourself a life sentence for nothing. You only
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heal me. God will forgive you. Sometimes if he
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forgive you one time and if you like anything
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like me, he'll forgive you two time and then
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three time and four time and five time. He'll
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give me chances after chances. He will give us
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chances. That's why he is God. That's why he's
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the creator of the universe. He will give you
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what you need. What were you like as a little
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boy? What was little Corey Hamilton like? Well,
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little Corey Hamilton was as a little boy coming
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up in childhood. It was always, you choose one
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or the other. You try to make it, and if you
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don't make it, you get knocked down, you get
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back up. You keep fighting. Corey Hamilton is
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a fighter. Corey Hamilton is a man that, no matter
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what life throws at him, I'm not quitting. I'm
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getting back up each and every time. That's what
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Dirty Hands is about, and having a clean heart.
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I never intend to do anybody wrong in my lifetime,
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and if I did, I always ask for forgiveness and
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not to do that again. Move on. don't give yourself
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a life sentence for nothing move on you know
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life is too precious and it's short and it's
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serious it's real you know sorry i'm staring
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at you yes i feel i i everyone i'm staring at
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him because these words are so beautiful it's
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so powerful and i just want you to just talk
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so i'm sorry i'm like literally just staring
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yes yes i'm i'm happy to be here And I'm hoping
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that you all get something, everybody, everyone
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get something from this message. And I'll put
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a minute video here and just, I want everybody
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to keep going and keep on keeping on going. Get
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the book, get the message, like I say, get the
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understanding. And this book is a tool we can
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change your life. You can find what I haven't
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found, you know me. Books are me. Oh, I'll have
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all your links up. Don't worry about that. I'm
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going to be promoting you. But wait, so I have
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a question for you. Where is the line between
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extending grace to someone and allowing that
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person to just avoid accountability? I heard
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the grace and responsibility part, but I didn't
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catch the other part. No, no problem. We're is
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a line between extending grace to someone. But
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then again, you may be allowing them to avoid
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being accountable for what they did. Extending
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grace to someone. But but they're not. But then
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don't you want them to be accountable for what
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they did accountable for what they did? Well,
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you know, We extend grace and mercy, you know
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Allah, He does by grace, mercy, favor and forgiveness.
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He does all of that for us. We got to thank Him.
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We have to trust Him. We have to obey Him. We
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have to love Him. We have to serve Him. So my
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life And our life should not always just be about
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us. It should be about the service to someone
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else. The service that we provide. That we give
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to someone else. Because each time we help someone
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else, we just nurture another seed. So that seed
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could grow and learn and love and follow. Well,
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she, I might forgot what you did. I might forgot
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what you say, but I'll never forget how you made
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me feel. See, we have feelings. So being a service
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helps us to help with the feelings when we give
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our service to someone else. When we apply service,
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someone else get to have that feeling and love
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and understanding. about what we just did for
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them. I may forgot what you did. See, I forgot
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what you did, but I will never forget how you
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made me feel. Exactly. Go service. Make people
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feel good. Uplift them. Share things with them.
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Share resources. Some people won't tell you anything.
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And that's a shame because life, you can't live
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in the world by yourself. Life is not about that.
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You know, you can't live it by yourself. So why
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don't be a service? No Not trying to help someone
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huh Was there a response from a reader that you
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hold to your heart something that a reader said
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to you that Made a difference in you The readers
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well I have them Quite a bit of good readers,
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a few readers that didn't purchase the book and
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they say something. Most of them said, you know,
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they were shocked. They were, oh, that's a great
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subject, Dirty Hands by the Clean Heart. They
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love it, you know, they love the book, they love
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the chapters, you know, they love the story.
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And, you know, they say things like that to me.
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Well, that's a good chapter. I can relate to
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that. I feel like it felt like them. The title,
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it felt like what they've been through. I said,
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well, that's what it's for. The title, Dirty
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Hands by the Clean Heart. We've all had dirty
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hands one way or another. Whether it was through
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thought, deed, idea, we all have done something
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we shouldn't have done. But we still tried to
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keep a clean heart. So, by them hearing that
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title, they relate that title to their life or
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to some other person's life that touched it.
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What's it like to change lives? What's it like
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to help people? What is it like to help people
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and to change their lives? What does that give
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you? It gives me, to me, it gives me the world
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of beauty, the world of love. God so loved the
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world, he gave us only begotten son. And that's
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God. He so loved the world, he gave up his only
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begotten son. So whosoever believe in him so
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much perished. Dirty hands, for me, I get a thrill.
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Knowing that, I'm trying to make a difference.
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Knowing that I'm making a difference. Knowing
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that I'm trying. And this is the book I got right
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here in front of me. I usually keep one with
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me every day. Oh, I love it. Oh, Corey, I can't
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wait to put my hands on it. I have ordered one.
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I just can't wait. It's real. It's real. It's
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really real. And it's really you. You are such
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a lovely human. I am so blessed that you. How
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did you even find PressLaunch .VIP? I heard a
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little piece and I just got away from you. Can
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you repeat that? No worries. Sure. How did you
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find PressLaunch .VIP? How did I find you? Yes.
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How did you find me? Well, Press Lunch. I think
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I found you online. Online. And I looked and
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I stopped and I said, well, I'm going to try
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fresh, fresh lunch and see where they take me.
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I did find out. I, I love the saying God winks,
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God wink. Like I love, like I feel like God put
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us together, right? Like I always feel that way.
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You know, I didn't know that I would have you
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on the show or I would get to know you and that
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I would be like blown away by you and. That that's
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that's God's doing right Right, right, it's a
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good feeling it's a good feeling Yes, ma 'am
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You're a nice guy. Are you do you teach it? Do
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you do are you do do sermons pastor? Like what
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does that look like for you? Are you out there
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speaking? No, I would like to not yet, but I
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would like to I Would like to I would like to
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I would like to i'll give it all i got you know
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i'll give it all i got yeah is there anything
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i didn't ask you you want to share is there anything
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i didn't ask you that you want to share um not
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really i think you probably i think we covered
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a good bit of bases um um not really i think
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we covered a good base upon a basis um in our
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interview Talking and stuff that um, if it ain't
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there if you think though, okay come come back
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cross I'll be glad to answer. That's it best
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that I can I Want to thank all your sponsors,
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I want to thank everyone that helped you to get
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your book out there I want to thank everyone
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that's helping you with your trailer I want to
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thank everyone that's going to get this into
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the movies Like I want to just thank all the
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people around you that are helping you to do
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God's work Right. Thank you. Thank you very much.
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I really appreciate that. You know, really do.
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I really have to say, I am so glad that we met.
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Thank you so much for being here. You are wonderful.
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You are worth the wait. You are worth the wait,
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Corey Hamilton. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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So have a good rest of the day. Have a good rest
00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:49.740
of the weekend, and I'll send you the report
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on your distribution. And you guys follow this
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man. Follow Corey Hamilton. I'll have everything
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in the show notes. And you're amazing. I literally
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fell in love with you. Thank you, Corey Hamilton.
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I really appreciate it. Wait. Now, did you get
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your dessert? Did you order dessert? Say that
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again? Did you order dessert? No, I didn't order
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dessert, no. Well, not this time. Do they have
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good dessert there? Not this time. What do you
00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:24.559
normally order at the restaurant? Let's give
00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:28.960
a shout out to the restaurant. Well, what happened
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with our time, since we weren't working one time,
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I had to stop. And I was like, well, I had to
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stop and use the restroom. Got in here and I
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said well I'll wait but you had to go walk your
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dog and I was like, oh All of that came and so
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it kind of I said well I don't I don't like to
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give a promise that I don't keep you know, so
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I made that promise that you're gonna You see
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see you at 2 30, but it happened at at 3 and
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I was like, ah, man I couldn't get this kid move.
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So I was kind of locked where I was at So I said
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well it going down wherever I'm at, you know,
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we're gonna do we got to do I love that. Thank
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you so much. I wasn't feeling good, but you made
00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:18.460
me, I feel so much better. That's crazy. I'm
00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:20.140
glad you feeling better because I was praying
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for you too. Thank you. Yeah. Candy stones are
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no fun. All right, get some dessert. Get some
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dessert. Let me know things. I love that. Thank
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you. Thank you for helping me tonight. You are
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wonderful. Have a great rest of the day. Enjoy.
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Have a good weekend. You too. Bye bye. Thank
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