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We're Pouring From Empty Cups and Dragging Everyone Along
Common Sense Girl and Noah explore the challenges of pouring ourselves into relationships without receiving the same energy in return and discuss the Stoic concept of following the Logos as a guide through life's difficult moments.
• The Stoic concept of Logos as the universal force that determines our path
• Biblical wisdom about our "cup runneth over" versus depleting ourselves for others
• How narcissistic relationships drain empathetic people of their energy and self-worth
• The importance of feeling comfortable enough to be your authentic self in relationships
• What we hold dear can heal the world when shared with others at the right time
• Finding the balance between protecting people with secrets and honesty
• Recognizing your value as the go-to person in your family and social circles
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Hello, welcome to the Green Onions Podcast. I am Common Sense Girl and this is.
Speaker 2:What am I, noah?
Speaker 1:Yeah, you're, noah, okay cool. This is the podcast where we throw out a little nonsense.
Speaker 2:A whole lot of sense.
Speaker 1:And a little bit of laughter, yeah. So let's get into it. We have a little food for thought because we know we have left out starving and thoughts yes, food and thoughts on that note. Happy, belated thanksgiving to all of you. 2024 is just coming to an end, very quickly, I hope you have food.
Speaker 2:I hope you were surrounded by people you loved and had some dry turkey if you were part of the white households.
Speaker 1:Wow, you know, I want you to know, I have been to white households and I did not have no dry turkey.
Speaker 2:They don't know how to season, though.
Speaker 1:I don't know which white people you've been around, but I've had some pretty good ones, you know the white people. Well, yeah, that's true, I do.
Speaker 2:Jesus. Welcome to the Thanksgiving episode of the Green Onions Podcast, where we talk about sipping, we talk about dripping and we talk about Anna. How was?
Speaker 1:your Thanksgiving? Sipping, dripping and ripping. Okay, I think it was good. It was the kids' first Thanksgiving with us and I think it went good. I you know, it was the kids' first Thanksgiving with us and I think it went well. You know it's not our norm to have little people, but hey, it is what it is and we'll figure it out next year how to make it normal. Anna, what's your favorite dessert At this?
Speaker 2:current moment it is cheesecake.
Speaker 1:What flavor Plain, just plain cheesecake, just plain cheesecake, and I don't really like New York cheesecake all the time, but Publix has a very good.
Speaker 2:New York cheesecake yeah, yeah so whatever you just said doesn't make any sense to me. My favorite dessert is I have drumsticks in the fridge.
Speaker 1:What's your favorite drumstick?
Speaker 2:I got the classic one. The chocolate One was good. The.
Speaker 1:Like the caramel one.
Speaker 2:That's my favorite Vanilla with caramel in the middle On the top, and then you eat low.
Speaker 1:Yep.
Speaker 2:And it's chocolate.
Speaker 1:Those are really good.
Speaker 2:That's my favorite.
Speaker 1:Especially when it gets melty at the bottom. I have not tried.
Speaker 2:whatever the third one is, I should probably look and see what the third one is.
Speaker 1:It's probably just a plain one, Like it's nothing exciting.
Speaker 2:We won't acknowledge that. As a person, it's like the they-thems you just don't acknowledge those. As a person, it's like the they thems you just don't acknowledge those as people, not the they thems.
Speaker 1:Okay, wow, wow, noah.
Speaker 2:Yeah, what's next? What is the Daily Stoic for today?
Speaker 1:So the Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hasselman for November 30th is Follow the Logos. The person who follows reason in all things will have both leisure and a readiness to act. They are at once both cheerful and self-composed. Marcus Aurelius, marcus.
Speaker 2:Aurelius.
Speaker 1:Aurelius Meditations 10.12b. Ai told me Aurelius.
Speaker 1:Let me continue. The guiding reason of the world, the Stoics called this the Logos Works in mysterious ways. Sometimes the Logos gives us what we want. Other times it gives us precisely what we do not want. In either case, they believed that the Logos was an all-powerful force that governed the universe, force that governs the universe. There is a helpful analogy to explain the logos we are like a dog leash to a moving cart. The direction of the cart will determine where we go, depending on the length of the leash. We also have a fair amount of room to explore and determine the pace, but ultimately, what each of us must choose is whether we will go willfully or painfully dragged. Which will it be? Cheerful acceptance or ignorant refusal? In the end, they amount to the same.
Speaker 2:Drag me in the infinite refusal.
Speaker 1:So you're going to be the drag me okay.
Speaker 2:No, can you reread it?
Speaker 1:You want me to reread?
Speaker 2:it. No, I'm just kidding.
Speaker 1:He is not paying attention.
Speaker 2:I've had a lot happen.
Speaker 1:I know you have, but it's all good can you sum it up?
Speaker 2:not really, but so there's logos, so there's logos. I feel like we should just re-read it.
Speaker 1:There's logos, and the logos are what determines, you know, gives us what we want or, other times, what we do not want, and this is what is the force of the universe. So, as we're all over here thinking, oh, the universe will provide, there's something else behind the universe Universe.
Speaker 2:Universe.
Speaker 1:Universe Called logos, called logos else behind the universe universe. Universe universe called logos, called logos, which I, you know, I never heard of this whole logos thing before. Um, but it just basically says we are like dogs on a leash to a moving cart.
Speaker 2:so I feel like everybody else is.
Speaker 1:Everybody else is Not you. Yeah, I feel like I'm the car.
Speaker 2:You're the car, no the car. I feel like I'm dragging everybody else. That's good and it's how I feel, sometimes like it's too much.
Speaker 1:Funny that you say something like that. So I can't remember the exact verse in the bible, but you know how like we think and I'm not saying like you and me specifically, but people in general believe that we are to fill other people's cups. And the way the guy explained it he's like but think about it, you're always drained, you're always tired. He's like no, he's like cup runneth over. They're supposed to get your drippings. Your cup is supposed to be running over. They're supposed to get your drippings because you're not supposed to be drained and tired from you know, feeding into people, especially people who give two craps about you and that's kind of what this is reminding me of this conversation right now is you're like man. I feel like I'm dragging other people because you're you're feeding into them. They're not feeding into you and clearly your cup is running over and they're taking, taking, taking plus. You're feeding into them Cause I know I can definitely say at work you definitely do that.
Speaker 2:you definitely put a lot into people no, and that's something that's semi hard for me to understand, is it's? I will not even just at work, like you said, I will pour myself into. Even if myself needs a top off, like, even if, like, mentally, physically, I need a top off and to like fill up as a human, I will still take the fluid that was supposed to top myself off, pause and pour it into everybody else. I really will.
Speaker 1:You do, you do, and I think that's why you get mentally drained a lot.
Speaker 2:I do Even with the situation today. It's sitting there being like were you just? Looking for something.
Speaker 1:Right.
Speaker 2:Because you being around me and saying what you just said, all you do is give to everybody else X, y, z. I know I do that and for somebody that I'm supposed to care about to not see that, it makes me feel like a piece of shit. It makes me feel very minute. And then when you make somebody that's giving themselves is probably a narcissist, and then you make that person feel that way, it makes them feel so tiny and I don't think the narcissist understands that.
Speaker 1:No, they don't, no, absolutely. They don't. Think the narcissist understands that. No, they don't, no, absolutely they don't. And that's why, when people get out of those situations with a narcissist and there are several different narcissists, but when they do, they do they feel like emotionally drained, they feel mentally drained. It's almost like you hit them over and over. I mean they, they feel like really defeated and a lot of them come out of their relationships, um, like they have been abused. They, they have low self-esteem, um, so not me what happy.
Speaker 1:You better, not everybody. You better not. Yes, yes, happy Thanksgiving On that note. Well, actually, on a different note, we're going to come off that note. But you know, if everybody kind of think about that, you know, about the logos, the universe Think about that Because the goal is to be a better person.
Speaker 2:Was there anything that anybody heard from me? I don't think so. I'm getting over a sickness currently.
Speaker 1:What's the fastest way to your heart, Noah.
Speaker 2:Me.
Speaker 1:You're the fastest way to your own heart.
Speaker 2:Oh Jesus, no, no. Fastest way to my heart, it's probably comfortability.
Speaker 1:Explain.
Speaker 2:You make me feel like I don't have to put on or attempt to be more than I just naturally am.
Speaker 1:Gotcha.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's the fastest way to remember. I don't care about any of the lovelings, I don't care about gifts, I don't care about quality time, I don't care about any of them. They're all so stupid and they're all so materialistic. Even if it's just like quality time when that's not something you can hold, it's just all very easy to put people in a box and, no, my shit is like like, if you make me feel comfortable and I like being around that situation and you an extension of that situation, then, um, that's the way to move on I think I gotta kind of bite that now that you explained it, because I guess for me, like that, that's kind of like the thing, like if I can't tell you or be honest with you, then we have no reason to even have any kind of relationship.
Speaker 1:We don't need a friendship, I don't need, you know, like I've got to be comfortable because you never know. Sometimes people just have to just say what they have to say and be done. It doesn't have to drag on.
Speaker 2:But also like. The best friendships are where you feel comfortable with somebody to say what you need to say yeah and then understand that, despite how hurtful what you need to say that person is, it's not going to blow up in an argument and they're not going to yell at you for 45 minutes. Hence what I just went through earlier today.
Speaker 1:So Amen, hallelujah.
Speaker 2:Oh, I'm sorry. You fuck somebody else and then I'm dealing with the insecurity of that Wee and yet you're able to yell at me that I downloaded Tinder at some point. I hate you, dumbass broad. Shut the fuck up, get out of my house, honestly.
Speaker 1:Noah's had a rough day today unnecessarily literally, unnecessarily rough day that just doesn't make sense.
Speaker 2:Just, oh wow, I let you sleep in my house. You were comfortable. I didn't understand that stuff that didn't exist over clicks of thumbs was the thing that made you feel like I don't deserve this. Oh, you didn't deserve to sleep comfortably somewhere. You didn't deserve for me to get you glasses of water. You didn't deserve for me to provide everything for you that night. Yeah, go to the next Jeffrey Dahmer-ass motherfucker that's gonna fucking do whatever the fuck they want to you and then realize how good you fucking had it with me.
Speaker 1:He's not Jeffrey.
Speaker 2:Dahmer no, not me.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:They leave me and go to somebody. That's a bum. I'm a cockroach. I will always survive and it's frustrating that these bitches just pick the littlest thing of me because they expect the highest standard of me. The highest standard of me comparatively the next guy they're gonna fuck is what's the lowest standard for the other guys comparatively to my top standard? They probably need like a solid crystal chandelier to be my lowest standard, but they don't have that. And that's how high quality my lowest standard, but they don't have that. And that's how high quality value man I am.
Speaker 1:Okay, that's going to be on someone's t-shirt Part of it, not all of it. It's a really long t-shirt. Well, feel sorry for the person.
Speaker 2:I feel sorry for the person I feel sorry for these bitches that are going to wake up in 10 years and understand that they married a crack whore and their baby has learning disabilities.
Speaker 1:Oh my gosh, we bind him and beat that in the name of Jesus? Let's hope not.
Speaker 2:It's just going to happen.
Speaker 1:Okay, hope not, it's just gonna happen. Okay, anything new happening besides that? Like oh my god, that was a lot everybody that was definitely a lot of vent right there was that too much to put on a podcast? There's a great chance there was, but here we are. We're going to keep it rolling. Okay, what is one thing you wish people would stop bragging about? Because I know for me, I hate when people.
Speaker 2:I wish people would stop bragging about how they think they're cool. Oh, yep, that's what I was going for, like, because I'm like, if you are just think they're the reason that like like oh, I fucked you, oh, your pussy's revolutionary that I'll just keep coming back. No, I've had more shit than you, it's not. Honestly, it was smellier than the past one, so can we understand?
Speaker 1:What was the question? What do you wish people would stop bragging about?
Speaker 2:Yeah, I wish people would like get off their own fucking high hours.
Speaker 1:Yeah, my thing is, you don't need to tell me you're cool, like, if you're telling me you're cool, you're probably not cool.
Speaker 2:Have I told you.
Speaker 1:Well, no, I'm just saying, have I been telling you Well?
Speaker 2:no.
Speaker 1:No.
Speaker 2:No, you just come over here because you know I'm cool.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's totally what it is, not that we have to, you know, pay this high ass rent in Cali, not that we're contractually obligated. Just to this mortgage. But yeah, that's my. I don't like that. I hate when people tell me they're cool.
Speaker 2:I'm like, let me determine if you're cool, Let me determine if this is worth my time, yeah also, just be like content in yourself.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but I think people who brag Like people ask me like what my body count is and shit.
Speaker 2:And I'm like, oh, you keep track of that. It's like when people ask me how many tattoos I have. It's like when people ask me how many tattoos I have, it's like the same shit. It's like you keep track of that. Like no, I set out when I got tattoos to just get them. I don't think you can track when you probably have a million.
Speaker 1:Mm-hmm.
Speaker 2:Like you don't set out to like go home and journal and tally oh well, I got this dot, I got this smiley face, I got this. No, you don't do that. It's the same with body count. Nobody fucking gives a fuck about body count. If you're asking me about body count, that automatically makes me put you in the bracket of stupid.
Speaker 1:Damn just stupid.
Speaker 2:Yeah, just dumb, you've automatically lost like mental points to me. You've automatically lost like mental points to me Because it's like oh, that's how simplistic you view being somebody, like with somebody. Yeah, like, you view it that dumbly.
Speaker 1:It's the same with tattoos. Maybe they should be asking when was the last time you got tested?
Speaker 2:No, they all need to be tested.
Speaker 1:Well, I mean.
Speaker 2:And they all look like they should be working on the goddamn street.
Speaker 1:Oh my gosh, oh boy, no, he's definitely been, y'all, he's definitely been. He's had a night even that cunt oh, no. So, noah, noah, tell me more, tell me what would you keep a secret if you knew it would hurt somebody? What would you keep a secret if you knew it would hurt somebody? What?
Speaker 2:Would you keep a secret if you knew it would hurt someone? Hurt or protect? Depends on the, or protect for a time period. And then if they figured, out hurt.
Speaker 1:The latter, let's go with that one?
Speaker 2:I don't know what that means.
Speaker 1:You would keep it.
Speaker 2:Yes, because my whole life a lot of secrets have been kept from me to make me feel like safe and comfortable. And even if two years went by where I felt secure and safe based on those secrets being kept from me, those two years actually like solidified me understanding what like a family was supposed to be, even if apparently it was all lies.
Speaker 1:Okay, I can see how that could.
Speaker 2:Fuck that kid up.
Speaker 1:How that could be.
Speaker 2:How that can fuck a kid up.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I can see how it can fuck a kid, but also I can see how it could easily protect him You're fucking a kid.
Speaker 2:No, never Okay no Diddy, no Oprah, no Diddy List.
Speaker 1:Literally, it's so many you can name any celebrity hit them with a rock and boom, they're on it. But that's a whole other subject, y'all. I guess if I knew that there was a secret that could hurt someone, depending on the secret, I probably would have to tell them, depending on the secret, and hope for the best. Because sometimes when you tell people, you can end relationships Because they don't believe you or they just think you're jealous of them, especially when women tell other women's secrets. But I think when it comes to, let's say, a kid, you do have to protect them Because you want them to be as innocent as possible. And so, yeah, there's secrets. Now, does it suck when you know the truth? If you find out the truth, yeah, sometimes, and sometimes, hopefully, you're mature enough to kind of realize, like, I see how this is.
Speaker 2:This is why no, there's inner workings of every relationship. It doesn't matter if you're a kid, it doesn't matter if you're uninformed, it doesn't matter if X, y, z and the really scary thing to me in stepping into a further stage of relationships because I've always cut them off All my examples of relationships have been terrible, it's just all bad. You have to understand that the very young relationship you're getting into, that person you're getting into that young relationship with, has a relationship with four other people that if you do one thing wrong she will ditch you to go to the relationship that has never been beneficial to her. But it's just a cyclical nature of liking to be hurt, so you can't. You just got to understand that, like my relationship-wise, based on my family, me and you have talked about it, anna I've had a very weird growth and that's why I talk the way I do, that's why I understand about people the way I do, that's why I have the empathy the way that I do, because you come into this world alone, you die alone and I don't think other people understand that.
Speaker 2:I've lived majority of my life mentally alone, majority of my life mentally alone, and it's hard when people say they care like, try to put their foot forward or try to actually matter in my life. It's like, okay, okay, but you grew up in fucking Spring Hill, to where you had everything given to you. You didn't grow up like I fucking grew up, so don't sit there and look at me like that. And then when they look at me, when I tell people that it's like, oh, it's just puppy dog. Oh, I'm so sorry. Do you need a home? Do you need Sarah McLachlan to sing and give you a warm hug? No, bitch, I'm fine. Just have some empathy. And then everybody just thinks their story is the saddest. I don't give a fuck if your mom died. Oh, I'm sorry that now your new parents are funding you to live in one of the richest fucking places. Just shut the fuck up, okay.
Speaker 2:Okay, that was how long.
Speaker 1:How long did I just?
Speaker 2:talk. I'm sorry.
Speaker 1:I don't know, but what is our um, our uh sit on this. No, I feel like we need.
Speaker 2:I have one question okay, okay, my bad, is that okay, yeah, yeah, I mean, we haven't also, it hasn't even hit an hour yet, so no it has not. We also didn't Green Onions listeners prep for this podcast at all.
Speaker 1:No, Because it's been quite some time since we recorded Busy, busy. We've both been busy.
Speaker 2:No, anna's been busy Okay yes, I've been busy. She's rescheduled, she's felt bad, she's had migraines.
Speaker 1:I'm sorry, I'm old, her period cramps? No, no, period cramps, but I've been old, I'm old, you know, I'm a particular age.
Speaker 2:So, with that being said, I probably just need to start driving to her. He would probably cry.
Speaker 1:He'd probably be like why am I lost? It's far.
Speaker 2:No, it's not.
Speaker 1:You don't know the places.
Speaker 2:I've driven.
Speaker 1:It's the country.
Speaker 2:One time when I was 16, just got my driver's license, I drove to Atlanta because this girl promised me some pussy.
Speaker 1:And there was none here in Tennessee, none.
Speaker 2:Nope, drove four hours. I had basketball practice that morning at 9 am. We fucked Her dad, walked in. I ran out of that house in Atlanta in the suburbs, naked with my clothes in my hands, drove back, balled out, all right. The question I have for you, anna, is to be young what are you the go-to person for in your family or social circle?
Speaker 1:what am I the go-to person for?
Speaker 1:in your family and or social circle well, let me start with my family, because I was in arizona, spent time with my brother and sister-in-law, which is very lovely. Um, we don't get an opportunity to do that very often, but one thing we did joke about, and then I thought about it afterwards my home has become an orphanage a little bit. People can definitely depend on me when it comes to providing a home for people who need a home. Now, it's not always kids Sometimes. Sometimes it's adults, but that's been the thing for a while now quite some time, I guess, ever since my dad had passed, but that's been the thing. As far as my friends go, they can always expect me to be there, no matter what Good, bad, they're, wrong or right. I'm going to show up, and nine times out of ten I'm going to participate.
Speaker 2:Excuse you.
Speaker 1:And I'm going to participate in whatever they got going on. So it is what it is. You know what about you?
Speaker 2:what was the question?
Speaker 1:you know, I had to relook at it too. That's why I didn't react you said what about you?
Speaker 2:um, what are you? The go-to person in your family, uh.
Speaker 1:I don't know.
Speaker 2:I feel like it develops with age. I think when I was growing up, I was always the person that tried to make everybody laugh and was having existential crisis, even as a kid. But if you're an empath like I am, you understand that everybody in your orbit is probably having an existential crisis, so you just want to like fuck yours, yours doesn't matter. How do I just make the other people in my life feel like comfort? And that was probably the initial experience of that, and now I'm probably the pariah of that. And now I'm probably the pariah. I'm probably the guy that people don't want to be around.
Speaker 1:What about your social circle?
Speaker 2:Probably the same.
Speaker 1:Are you?
Speaker 2:sure I beg to differ that. Inform me. Inform me about how.
Speaker 1:As far as our social circle no, you're the one we're like. What's Noah doing? What about Noah? What about Noah? What about Noah? We want you to be around and I think somewhere in your head, you do like being around too. I do like to be around as far as your family goes, I don't know, but I know you're no, my family.
Speaker 2:I've elevated my family to be too cool to where they think they don't need me, but they've just stayed at a baseline of coolness based on where I got them at the baseline of coolness. It's the same with all my exes too. They're just gonna stay at that same lame spot because they didn't ride it out with the guy that got them to that spot.
Speaker 1:That's very all depressing towards the end. Well, I could have elevated everybody Honestly.
Speaker 2:That was very all depressing towards the end. Well, I I kind of elevated everybody Honestly.
Speaker 1:Wow, what else is going on? Good god, besides the hoes.
Speaker 2:Not even hoes, or the young ladies, I don't know. Apparently I'm just depressed. Apparently this podcast brought out that I'm just. Was it just mostly? Should we start over?
Speaker 1:we're in it to win at this point yeah, you're right, I'm sorry audio listeners.
Speaker 2:you're right, I'm sorry audio listeners.
Speaker 1:If you're still there, they're probably like hold on, we are done with this one.
Speaker 2:No existential crisis-wise people need to listen to podcasts and have existential crises. I'm losing my shit because that dumbass broad, because that dumbass broad man, this whole podcast has been oh, I found the one, and then, nope, she's retarded. And then, oh, I found the next one, and then, nope, she's fucking dumb as hell. And then, oh, I found, and I don't. Is it me? It might be me.
Speaker 1:Do you watch any Disney movies? I don't Because, but no, no, no listen.
Speaker 2:Like Camp Frog.
Speaker 1:They all kiss something unusual, like a frog or something. Then it turns into a prince. You're going to kiss a whole lot of frogs before the one turns into a princess. You don't know me, but I've been fucking frogs I've kissed. You're kissing. I haven't even kissed. You're kissing frogs in this damn town. I haven't even kissed frogs.
Speaker 2:I've kissed pigs.
Speaker 1:Well, they might turn into Miss Piggy, damn it.
Speaker 2:No, they've all just been Miss Piggy.
Speaker 1:And FYI, you keep getting them here. Who cares? It does matter, it ain't working for you. You gotta change up the scenery.
Speaker 2:Man and these bitches are gonna be fine being with Morgan Wallen wannabe on a tractor trailer that doesn't even run with a faulty transmission. They're gonna be fine with that guy.
Speaker 1:Don't we have a friend like that?
Speaker 2:That's what I mean. And girls are just content being around like a copy paste motherfucker.
Speaker 1:Yeah, they are.
Speaker 2:And honestly, it makes them feel comfortable because they don't have to actually like work on themselves to match the guy that they're with because he's just copy paste stupid that makes sense actually Anything else you want to get off your chest?
Speaker 2:Yep, I have the sit on this. The sit on this for today. It's from the Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo. It is what day is it? The 30th? November 30th. And by Mark Nepo. It says what we hold dear, and what we hold dear can heal the world November 30th.
Speaker 2:There is an ancient story of a group of pilgrims searching for the Holy Land. They wandered for days to the bank of a very wide river. It was too deep to cross and there was nothing to build with. One of the pilgrims prayed for guidance and a voice appeared, urging each to give up something they held dear. From this they could build a raft for only that which they held dear. From this they could build a raft for only that which they held dear would be strong enough to hold them up as they crossed into the Holy Land. There was immediate conflict and suspicion. The one who heard the voice was accused of trying to steal what mattered most to everyone. Finally, four of the stranded pilgrims agreed Each offered what seemed useless to the others A stone, a feather, a piece of driftwood, a page from a book. No one understood. Mysteriously, as they slept, the dearness they had placed In. These things flowed together and they woke up to find A magnificent raft. Once, on the other side the other who had gave up the feather heard another voice. It said that the Holy Land was right where they had landed. The four pilgrims settled on the far bank within view of the other who would not cross it. That night they burned the raft to cook their food and the voices told them that the holy land is wherever. What you hold dear holds you up and then turns to food.
Speaker 2:The wisdom carried in the ancient myth is what we fear is most private mysteriously belongs to everyone. That is once shared. The things we hold dear release a power that is healing. This is not to say that we should give up what is healing us in the midst of its becoming dear to us. Rather, the story urges us to relinquish personal icons, icons so that they may continue to heal others.
Speaker 2:It reminds me of the relic of the saint someone gave me when I was ill A cheap a chip of bone from someone centuries ago who began a religion I was not part of. But as I held this relic and prayed and worried and sweat through my tear, it became precious to me once. Well, it became a sacred charm for me, until one day the person who gave it to me felt terribly ill and needed it back. I was afraid to give up and felt naked without it, but giving it up made everything holy. I have since, when the time proved right, given away other precious things. I have lived with crystals and books and personal treasures I have long enshrined for. Only in use do they again become healing. It is the giving of what is dear that helps us cross the river. Deer that helps us cross the river.
Speaker 1:Alrighty With that, we'll leave you guys. You guys have a great week.
Speaker 2:Was that too much?
Speaker 1:That one was long.
Speaker 2:It was so long. It was, and I stumbled so much.
Speaker 1:And it's okay.
Speaker 2:I feel like I fell in the river.
Speaker 1:Ugh Well, I'll throw you a life jacket, unless you know how to swim real well.
Speaker 2:Simply breathe now, with a willingness to know if and when such a moment might come. Man, why does this book always want me to come?
Speaker 1:With that being said, you guys have a great and blessed rest of your week.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker 1:Noah and I are going to potentially eat some good food and have a drink, but you guys have a great week.
Speaker 2:I'm sober.
Speaker 1:Right now.
Speaker 2:And we're out. Okay, that was like 45 minutes. That was a short one.
Speaker 1:Yes.
Speaker 2:Was that that bad, though? Like are we?
Speaker 1:going to cut some of this. Are you gonna stop this video?
Speaker 2:no, it's fine, it was did. Was that too long? Should we cut that?
Speaker 1:that's fine, this was fine, but man, you, that little girl.
Speaker 2:Was that a lot?
Speaker 1:Every. I don't even know what I asked. It was something. I asked one of these damn questions. In some way, you found a way to tie it in and I was sitting here like this. I was like, wait, hold on.
Speaker 2:What the?
Speaker 1:hell are we talking about? I was like I'm getting confused. What's happening right now? I'm like I'm going to have to unroll. That was a lot. Yeah, that.