“LET GO” – Motivational Speech 2020 (T.D. Jakes, Jim John, Les Brown)
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the situation is not the problem in the
boat because the boat is designed to
float as long as the situation on the
outside doesn’t get on the inside
boats only safe when the situation on
the outside has gotten on the inside do
you understand what I’m saying you can
walk through Hell’s Kitchen and then him
bother you at all but the moment it
starts to get in you you are only
drowning because the life around you has
now gotten in you it’s in your
conversation it’s in your speech it’s in
your thought life is in your attitude
and that’s the first side of going down
to get on the inside because they begin
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you don’t want to associate become
Tanith become intricately involved with
people who penetrate your pits
you wanna be with people that bill you
up so you can go without what are you
going through right now that’s getting
in
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if you want to know who’s hit men you
listen to what you talk about
the baton sent out of the abundance of
the heart the mouth speaketh so if you
want to know what your heart is filled
with listening what your mouths are
talking about because whatever your
mouth is talking about that’s what your
heart is still with it was yesterday
he’s got five children he’s gone on with
his life and he’s still mad with Roger
the circumstance on the outside to get
down on the inside
Roger is going on with a couple what is
getting
the heart is full of that’s why with
heart is full of the Holy Ghost the
mouth speaks out in the language of the
spirit because whatever the heart is so
love that’s what
we’ll speak out
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what is getting too
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I used to be a state legislator in
Columbus Ohio during the break we used
to go out on the front lawn of the Ohio
Legislature the Capitol there and
observe people as they came by that was
one particular person that all of us
knew the children adults everybody used
to pick at him when he came by
we called him chicken man he had a toy
chicken on top of this car that he would
drive around the area in downtown
blinking his lights and occasionally
blowing his horn when he got out of his
car he would dry he would walk down town
with a baby carriage with two little
baby dolls in there and a picture of a
chicken all of us just a chicken morning
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he couldn’t he was desperate Vladek
pretty soon the cry stopped they perish
in the fire Dodd and his nieces in the
fire grab chicken man and start beating
up your chicken when the people pulled
it off chicken man they picked him up
and said are you all right
and chicken man look at him and he
started making the sounds of the chicken
he never ever overcame that tragedy he
will stop
from that experience none of us knew
what you can man would rob with this
picture and these little dolls I
remember when I was stuck in anger for a
long time when I made a commitment to my
adopted mother that I was going to
purchase her home I’ll never forget the
experience of working real hard to get
the money for the down payment so when
it told me of a beautiful home and
exclusive area of Miami went to see it
took my mother there and she said yes I
want it there’s on the water we went to
the closing my attorney said alas have
you had a title search I said what’s a
title search well we just take a couple
of days and check it out and make sure
there are no liens against the property
that you might have to pay if you buy
this home and a guy who was there
selling me the house and said listen he
said the only reason that I’m selling
you this house and selling it at a loss
is because I admire the fact that you
want to purchase this house for your
mother
I have another guy who will give me
substantially more money but I like you
and I’ve got to get back to Philadelphia
now we cannot consummate this deal now
then the deal is off there are no leads
against the property since Moe of course
not I looked at my attorney I said I
believe him
she said mr. Braun I’m not questioning
his honesty she said but business is
business
I signed that contract
and we had a big celebration everybody
in the neighborhood was talking about
Lesley coming home one of the twins that
Mamie adopted to buy her a home child
isn’t that nice God is going to bless
them a few weeks later I received a
registered letter indicating that the
house was going up for sheriff sale man
it found a $12,000 lien against the
property because the previous owner all
him that money did not come up with
$12,000 in 30 days he was going to sell
the house to the highest bidder
I called this man and said mister my
name is Lester I purchased this house I
had nothing to do with your prior to
build product deal bill he said that’s
not my problem
he said you should have had a title
search I said can you give me time I
said my mother is an older lady she has
a bad heart
and I said please that’s if you just
give me the time I don’t know how I’m
gonna do it with a house note and
everything else but I think I can pay
you at least $2,000 a month and within
six months okay your money he said no I
wanted all in 30 days so you get out how
I could get $12,000 because I took
everything I could to get the money just
for the down payment and the closing
reality that I wasn’t going to be able
to do it I was up two o’clock in the
morning walking back and forth thank you
how was I going to tell my mother this
my children were there in the room
sleeping long agonizing over this I lost
over 23 pounds pretty soon I went in the
room where my mother was sleeping
and I said mama I got down on my knees
by the bed I said mom I gotta talk to
you and she said what’s wrong I said
mama I said we got to get out the house
I said in my haste to buy the house I
made a mistake
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she said you not have arthritis in my
knees and I don’t like going up the
steps but I knew it made you happy you
loved it so much 23 pounds well we had
to pack up and go back to the old house
down the street from Northwestern High
School in Liberty City all those
neighbors who came out and saw us leave
those neighbors were there as we were
coming back
we went in the house the roaches the
playing cards saying come on in and take
a hand
I was wiped out I was embarrassed and
humiliated watch cannot encompass the
symbolism what opting the furniture now
I began to cry my sister came by you
know mama got a bad hot night y’all back
where you belong as I was taking
furniture and my momma said hold your
head up I said mama I said I just feel
so bad about this moment she said hold
your head up and dry your tears you have
nothing to be Shaima
and I did as we unloaded that furniture
in that house for several weeks I was
numb
I was immobilized with anger getting
would been too good for him I just want
to just grab ever just bite him
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what happened did to me and how bad it
was focus on what I should have done
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conscious deliberate let it go and I say
to you you’re gonna have people to do
things to you things are going to happen
to you and the most important thing to
do is to let it go move so you can go so
you can get on with your life
it doesn’t matter about what happens to
you what matters is what do you want to
do about it
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anybody who would listen to you keep the
same thing over and over and over again
how many times do we have to hear that
telling people what your story is
everybody has a story all of us got
stories to tell
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allow this tragedy to destroy his life
all of us have experienced some tragedy
and if we have it we will or you can
build upon it you can permit it to let
you let it hold you down or you can
decide I’m not going to let that happen
to me to yourself I don’t care how much
you work on yourself there’s sometimes
and things I’ve got to go right
they just I’m not going to go right time
will happen Murphy’s Law will be
knocking at your door sometimes your
life will being a slut
just like sports some of the best
shooters can’t hit baskets different
times and games they get in a slump
don’t they sit on the sidelines yeah I
just did hit a basket today
no they continue to execute I suggest to
you that if you are facing a challenge
don’t stop stay busy work your plan
continue to do those things that you
know that work for you after you have
evaluated yourself in the situation
continue to move stay busy stay busy
stay busy repeat out to be help somebody
help yourself because what you give is
what you get
throwing somebody that you can help so
you can forget about you for a moment
sometimes the best thing to do is to be
sometimes you have to just back up and
go within yourself a bow and arrow you
you can’t take a boat and just push it
out and out you just can’t push them out
you have to pull it back and then
release it sometimes you have to back up
and go in and try and meditate and
recharge your batteries go away come
back and look at it from a different
vantage point
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