The Keys To Life

Keys To Life - Rose Coleman

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In this heartfelt episode of The Keys to Life, host Algie Mosley sits down with his beloved mother-in-law, Rose Coleman—affectionately known to family and friends as "GMom"—for a deeply personal conversation about the quiet strength, unwavering faith, and unconditional love that have defined her life.

Raised in the close-knit town of Boley, Oklahoma, under the guidance of strict, God-fearing parents, Rose shares the lessons that shaped her character long before life began testing it. She reflects on leaving home at a young age, becoming a single mother of two, and courageously rebuilding her life from the ground up. Whether riding buses across town to balance work and childcare, putting herself through nursing school, or trusting God when the future seemed uncertain, Rose never allowed hardship to harden her heart.

What shines throughout this conversation is not simply her resilience, but the extraordinary love she poured into her children despite poverty, divorce, exhaustion, and countless sacrifices. Her life reminds us that true greatness is often found not in public recognition, but in the unseen moments of choosing faith over fear, hope over despair, and love over bitterness.

With warmth, humility, and grace, Rose offers timeless wisdom on perseverance, family, forgiveness, and Trusting God's plan even when the path ahead is unclear. The conversation concludes with a heartfelt rapid-fire round and a beautiful message for the next generation: stay focused, trust God wholeheartedly, never be afraid to ask for help, and always cherish the people who love you—because they are among life's greatest blessings.

This is more than an interview. It is a tribute to the quiet heroes whose love changes generations, one sacrifice at a time.

Her Three Keys to Life

  • God — The anchor of her life; the One she trusted through every trial, believing that even when prayers aren't answered the way she hoped, God is working toward something better.
  • Family — Her true support system, extending beyond blood to anyone who shows up with love — the people she leaned on and now shows up for in return.
  • Love — The thread tying it all together; loving without judgment, especially the younger generation, because trust and change only come through love, not criticism.

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Keys To Life - Rose Coleman

SPEAKER_01

My name is LG Mosley. You know, there's a treasure walking around on this planet Earth right now. And it isn't money, it isn't fame, it isn't status, it's wisdom. Wisdom carried by people who've lived 60, 70, 80 years carrying stories, guards, victories, prayers, and truth. But every day, we lose a little more of it. So I made a decision. Before that wisdom disappears, I'm gonna capture every episode. I'll ask one simple question. What are your three keys to life? And then we'll go E5 if you could travel back and place those three treasures into the hands of your 15-year-old self. What would they be? Because somewhere, someone is standing at life's crossroads, searching for exactly the wisdom you're about to hear. Welcome to the keys to life. Unlocking life's greatest treasures. One key at a time.

SPEAKER_02

And on this show, we sit down with people 60 years or older to capture life lessons. The younger generation needs to hear.

Rose's Background & Upbringing

SPEAKER_02

Today I'm honored to be joined by Rose Coleman. Some would give her that title of a mother-in-law, but for me, she's my mom. And for my sons, they call her G Mom, right? So, mom, thank you for so many things. But more importantly, thank you for being here today. Thank you for being the seed to my beautiful wife, my next generation, Isaiah and Caleb. I am just honored to have you here on the show. Obviously, for so many reasons. I told you before, when I met Ramona, I thought she was beautiful inside and out. But when I met you, you confirmed it. And I want you to know I had never intended ever getting married in my life. I didn't want nobody just kind of telling me when I can go, where I can go, and how I can go. But when I met your daughter, she showed me nothing but love as a friend and as a husband and as a father to young African American men. So welcome. Uh thank you. Tell the listeners. Just remember when I when I got married, I said I do, I do. That's right. Right. And then you were one of those reasons why I do, or as I would say, one of the three keys. And just like on this podcast, we're talking about those three keys. But tell the listeners where you're from and a little bit about who you are.

SPEAKER_00

Originally born in Oklahoma, born and raised in Oklahoma. Actually, I lived in the country. My mom and dad, I was raised in the country where they taught morals and principles, and taught my mom taught us about God. We went to church all the time.

SPEAKER_02

You mean when you hit age 12?

SPEAKER_00

Hey. No, that was still under their root parents. They were very strict parents. They taught us the right things to be respectful. Yes, ma'am, no, ma'am. And nowadays I notice kids don't do that. They're just not respectful to their parents and stuff. But we had to do that else. We knew we would get knocked down.

SPEAKER_02

What do you mean, knocked down? Yeah. What happens?

SPEAKER_00

You would get whatever they had. You would get knocked kids called abuse. No, they were just disciplined. They have they could look at you and you know what you need to do. But anyway, good raising. You don't think that as you're going through it and being raised as a child, and as my mom, we were going to church all the time. She wanted us to go. Of course, we were teenagers and young kids. That's something we didn't want all to do, but we had to. If we played or went out and did things, we had to make sure that we were in church on Sunday morning, Sunday school on Sunday morning. I don't care what time you got in. But anyway, she taught us that, even whether you like it or not, she instilled God in us. She instilled that in us. And no matter what we did, and I understood that once I left home. Left home at a young age because I wanted to get away from home, all the strictness and that kind of stuff. When you're young, you just do things like that because you think that was the worst thing. Actually, you didn't understand it until you got in it. I didn't know a lot of things. I was so naive. I got married to get out of it. I married my high school sweetheart, got married, plan on going to school. My parents always taught us about my dad, education was important too. But somehow it was hard for them to guide me there. It was like, okay, I'm gonna do this. I did well in high school. I did well in school, period. Once I got married, I did start school. I went to Central State University.

SPEAKER_02

Can I interrupt you for just one moment?

SPEAKER_00

Yes.

SPEAKER_02

This show is about the keys to life, and you had mentioned your mom, right? So can we talk just a little bit about your mom? What was her name? Rosalie. Rosalie Kiki. Right. So the keys of life concept came to me many years ago, right? It was when I first met your mom.

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Yeah.

SPEAKER_02

I said, What are the three keys to life? Right. And I don't know if you remember this conversation, but she says, She says, Well, number one gotta be Jesus. You know, and I gotta be Jesus. And I said, Why Jesus? She said, Because if you ain't got Jesus, you ain't got no life at all. Exactly. And I said, Okay, all right. And we went through this conversation and she got into it. And I said, Well, what's number two? And she kind of thought for a little bit, and she said, Well, well, I said, Well, number one was Jesus. So what's what's number two? And she says, Well, it's gotta be Jesus. No, it's it's just gotta be Jesus. Ain't it can't be nothing else but Jesus. And I said, I hate to ask you, but number three, but go ahead and tell me number three. And she said, It's Jesus. So those were her three keys to life. All three were Jesus.

SPEAKER_00

That's who she was. My three keys. You want to know my three keys? I'm still listening to you. Absolutely.

SPEAKER_02

Let me ask you this: before we get to God, family, and love. Before we get to that, what's one thing people should know about your life journey?

SPEAKER_00

My life journey has been very rough, and when I was in a situation that perhaps no one could help me, whatever the situation was, I had to look to God. It was the Lord who brought me out in my journey with my two kids. I was single, I had to raise two kids by myself, and we struggled. It was always about the Lord. The Lord brought me through it, He brought us through it, He protected us. I will always give Him the praise because at the end of the day, that would always come back, no matter what I went through on that road.

SPEAKER_02

And for the people out there, you said there was nothing but God, and you give them all the glory and all the praise, right? That led you, right? And for people out there that are visuals, how would you explain that to them who might have? Well, how did God help you? Is God this physical person that helped move you here or shape you there and move the kids? Give them a help them understand your journey and who God is.

SPEAKER_00

My journey was again, I go back to my mother where she taught us about Lord. She believed and she trust. So she instilled that with us. But we have to get that relationship with ourselves. That's who you believe in, and it's in the word. My journey was I was married, and I'm just gonna give you a few situations. And uh no, it was nobody but the Lord, which would be part of my journey.

SPEAKER_02

Some would call those testimonies.

SPEAKER_00

Totally, but it's still part of my journey.

SPEAKER_02

Yes.

SPEAKER_00

Testimonies, I will give a few. Okay, I was married at a young age, very naive, didn't know what was going on, got pregnant, had to quit school, struggled, had married to someone that really didn't help. I struggled, I had to go to work, I had a baby. It was very difficult. I had to pray to the Lord because you never had enough money, no one helping. My mom taught us, you get on your knees and you help. And whatever you trust and you believe in that, once you trust and you believe in that, he will protect you, he will come through, but I had to believe and trust. That's the difference. You can call on him, he will give you what you need, he will provide you with what you need. Other situations, once I divorced my first husband, me and my two kids, I had a second child. At nine months old and four months old. I end up moving to Colorado, just us. I knew my ex-husband's sister lived there. We lived here for a short period, but I moved out, I got a job, and it was me and my two kids that was there. I didn't make a lot of money, but what I did know that I had to be the mother and I had to be the father, and I had to be there for those two babies, no matter what. We had to take the bus to take her to school. Then I get back on the bus, I would take my son to the babysitter. I get back on the bus that morning and I go to work. The same thing coming home, picking him up, getting on the bus, going pick up my daughter, meaning walking home.

SPEAKER_02

Wow.

SPEAKER_00

I only had one job. We struggled. I needed another job. But my decision, I needed to be there for my kids. And you know what? I will never I will make that decision over and over again because the one thing that happened, making that decision, being there for your kids, knowing that you were struggling and you needed more money, but I knew I had to do that. But the Lord helped me to provide, He protected us. It was just the three of us. And I had to always pray. So in return, I also introduced my kids to God to take them to church so that they could learn about him as well, so that they will know who he is.

SPEAKER_01

That's right.

SPEAKER_00

They will know who he is individually for themselves, not for me. They're grown now. So that happened, but it was a struggle. I, you know, we went through a lot. And nowadays I see these kids, they have everything offered to them. And they still complain. They can't do it. And I wasn't on welfare. I wasn't on welfare. That's something I was not going to get on. There was no child support because their dad, the sperm donor, wouldn't offer. There was nothing going on. I had to do everything, provide for them, be there for them. That's, and I know the Lord brought me through that.

SPEAKER_02

You didn't have child support, you had God support.

SPEAKER_00

I didn't have child support, I had God support. Me and God and my two babies, basically.

SPEAKER_02

Amen.

SPEAKER_00

Basically, yes. And I had to stay focused.

SPEAKER_02

And so, in that, staying focused, you also mentioned you went to college.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02

And while you were raising these two kids, I went to college.

SPEAKER_00

At first, I started when I was before I got pregnant, but it's almost once I left that marriage, and me and my two kids moved to Colorado. I had felt like I had to relearn life. I had to relearn life, what it's life, what it's about, because there's a lot of things I didn't get taught as growing up. And that's okay because they did the best they can with what they knew.

SPEAKER_03

Yes.

SPEAKER_00

A lot of things, and I learned that. I was like, why they didn't teach me this? But it's because they just didn't knew. But it's like I had to learn everything. Learn everything and raise two kids the same time. But you know what? God was good. He did do that. I did go back to school once my kids were a certain age. I decided to go back to school. I wanted to offer help someone. I wanted to do a job that I made a difference in. So I went back to school to become a nurse. In middle school and high school, and I was in school. But you know what? That was very difficult. To be in a nursing school was very difficult. But my kids were still a priority for me, still a priority. A situation happened while I was in nursing school. My son got sick, didn't know what was going on with him. I thought it was his heart. He was he's an athlete. He wasn't at he's still an athlete, actually.

SPEAKER_02

You mean coach, you mean Coach Walker?

SPEAKER_00

Yes, Coach Walker is still an athlete.

SPEAKER_02

Oh, he's such a beautiful human being, too.

SPEAKER_00

One situation happened while I was in nursing school and I had to take a test. And usually, if you don't take the test, you get the points deducted. And that's okay. But my son was admitted to the hospital cardiac unit. I knew the doctor there. So they did all kinds of tests and stuff. I called in our school told them what was going on, and they said that that's fine. But if I missed a test, I would have to points will be deducted. And when I do take it, I said this something should change in this rule because this is something I can't avoid. This is my child, and I'm going to be there with my child. This is what nursing school is about. I don't want to be in it. So what I did, I went to the school, took the test, and went back to the hospital. I aced it, of course. I was shocked. Back to the hospital to be with him, and everything was all right with him. He just had, I think, a gastric type situation. Wasn't anything wrong with his heart. So that was the most important thing. But again, that's something I can avoid. And I choose my kids first. But yes.

SPEAKER_02

And that's the next question. You choose your kids and God help shape your journey and all three of you on that journey. You grew up in Oklahoma, you said?

SPEAKER_00

Oklahoma.

SPEAKER_02

Bowley, Oklahoma. I heard a lot of good things about Bowley, Oklahoma. Back in the day, they used to have what they call the original cowboys.

SPEAKER_00

Yes. And rodeos. They still have the rodeos, but nice popular. When I was growing up, they had people from all over the country that come to the rodeos. It was the big thing in Boley. And at that time it was a very small black town, but they did the rodeos were huge.

SPEAKER_02

So you grew up in an environment where you didn't have all the modern luxuries, the the running water with faucets and dishwasher and microwaves. And you didn't we didn't have so all of that, and then you became went through this journey and kids, and you become a registered nurse, and then you became a nurse manager, too, right? Is that correct? Wow. Sounds like you had to have a lot of knowledge and skills and experience, like this great big octopus, and you're just navigating almost what do they call in the hotel? Concierge.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah. Yes. You have to manage all parts to make sure uh all is okay for this patient to go home aware of this patient has been discharged too. Yes.

SPEAKER_02

I remember going to to be honored to be at your retirement and so taking pictures of people and people's love for you. And it sounds like you were taking care of more than just patients, right? Because and then again we interacted with a few other ones here recently, and they were just begging you to come back, right? Yes, probably like the impact that you had was more than just to the patients, but to your co-workers. And it was like that love you got from God just got a chance to spread everywhere. And that was a beautiful time for me to experience that. And then as I think about all your journey, the question comes up that says, What's a season of life that shaped you the most?

SPEAKER_00

The season of life that shaped me the most was me becoming a single parent, taking care of two kids, and struggling and having to be the mother and the father and everything else that included and inteled in that being a single parent.

SPEAKER_02

Why was that inspirational inspirational for you or a transformative time or period?

SPEAKER_00

It's like that experience that shaked me because I knew that I had to take care of these two, no matter what happened, or matter no matter what's going on, I had to do what I have to do there. But I also had to take care of these precious two kids that I would do over again if I had to, no matter what. These are my babies, and that the struggles and all that they didn't even know about what was happening. But making sure I showed them love and how they need to love because growing up, my parents didn't so much show that. But I knew they loved me. It's like sometimes you don't know how. And so I just took it that maybe they didn't know how because they didn't have it. But me, I needed that and learned that. And I wanted my kids to do that, to learn to love. And they do love beautiful two children. Yes, I can definitely say that they love, they are kind.

SPEAKER_01

Yes.

SPEAKER_00

I just thank the Lord because you having to teach them that and raise them. And it's not easy because there's a fine line between how far can you go, how far you let them do things, should I let them do this? Should I let them do it? It's not easy being a parent. And I'm sure you guys, it's not easy to be a parent. You have to make decision-based, are you always perfect? Absolutely not. But that's where you have to look to the Lord and do the best you can. And that is life shaping and experience, along with going back to school after they got old enough, being there with them, seeing me go out and get a career.

SPEAKER_02

Speaking of that side question, not necessarily in the script, but how does that feel? That love that you got from God and through church and your upbringing and being able to forge through everything. Because I remember being at Coach Walker, alias Danny Walker, your son, and one of his players had passed away. And then seeing him get up and speak, and it almost bringed tears to my eyes right now. It was very emotional. I'm sorry. But how does that feel to see that love being spread to so many other people, right? The impact of that was just right now, it's impacting me, right? Just the memory of it and how eloquent he spoke and with his heart, right? It was just like, man, beautiful, beautiful, bruh. How does that feel seeing it spread like that?

SPEAKER_00

Oh, it's awesome. It's beyond amazing. I'm telling you, it's beyond that. And knowing that you have God in your life because to be able to do that and have that true love and actually show it and be for real, you know that you have God in your life and you trust Him. So that love, you learn to love. Same with my daughter. Like I say, that made me feel that was awesome. Beyond amazing, beyond that. It just warmed my heart where I was in tears. It warned my heart. And both of them can do that. Don't do that with me. Both of them can do. She does the same thing. I taught them to do the right thing. You always have to do the right thing, no matter what.

SPEAKER_02

And with that said, so I can wipe my little tears that I have on my little face here. But based on all that you live through, let's just get right

Key One: God

SPEAKER_02

into it. What are the three keys to life? God, family, and love. And let's just start with God, right? Why is that important? Why is God important?

SPEAKER_00

To me, God is important because I know that's who I can look to and trust. That's who and what I believe in. You have to believe it. No matter what you're going through in life, you can be down, you can be wherever, but he will never leave you, he will never forsake you. The word says that. And I truly believe that because you know why? I've been through it, I've seen it, he's done it for me in my life. If he's done it for me in my life, he can do it for you. That's a strong thing for me. That's always looking to him. He will make it right. I'm not saying every time you go to him, it will he will say this because sometimes God is like parents. We pretend. Protect our kids. God protects us. Sometimes if He says no or it doesn't happen, that's not what He wants for us. He wants something better. So you have to learn that. And I'm one that will because I know and I'm in tears because the things that me and my kids went through, and even me as an adult going through things, I know that it was nobody but the Lord that brought me through and protect me. You got a burden on you, he will take care of that burden. He will relieve that from you.

SPEAKER_02

It's okay. Where I grew up, we used to say express yourself right on, express yourself right on. Yeah. You know, here I am crying too. So we in the same boat. We just might overflow the boat, but overflood it, but so God, but how did you learn it? How did you learn it?

SPEAKER_00

I learned through prayer. Like to say, my mom took us to church through the word. You go, you have to go through the word and through prayer. Prayer is a powerful thing. And each individual is different for them. It's I trust and believe, I truly trust and believe in the Lord. I have to.

SPEAKER_02

But you said something very important, and I want to back up just a little bit, just to touch on that. You talked about prayer, right? And that prayer is important, the benefit of prayer. Can you elaborate?

SPEAKER_00

Yes. Prayer is very important. It's like me talking to a friend, talking to you. I just go to the Lord and talk to him. You're talking to him, telling you what you need, although he knows what you need before you even ask. But he wants you to talk to him. He wants you to come to him. He wants you to have you. So that's where that is. Just talk to him. Like you're talking to a friend or someone. That's what I do. I just talk to him.

SPEAKER_02

Amen. And then what happens when people ignore God?

SPEAKER_00

If you ignore God and we all do it, even though you trust him and you are trying to live your life, and we all fall and we all get up. None of us are perfect.

SPEAKER_02

Amen.

SPEAKER_00

I am not perfect. I'm trying to get there. What happens if I don't listen to God? There are consequences. You may not get what you need, but still, God is a good God. He's there with you, he takes care of you no matter what you do. I can't say God loves everybody. He just doesn't love our sin. But he loves us all. So no matter what we do, he's gonna still take care of you. But there may be consequences, and we learn that after the fact. Once we do whatever we're okay, we're saying this, and then a lot of us may say, okay, God told me this, God told me that. God don't always tell that you gotta listen. I saw the Lord and heard and he answered. Come on now. I sought the Lord and He heard and He answered, and who didn't mean, you know, what you want to hear, but He will answer.

SPEAKER_02

That's right. That's right. So that first key, God, very good. Thank you, Mom. And so let's move down to number two.

Key Two: Family

SPEAKER_02

You said God, and then number two was family. So why is family that key important?

SPEAKER_00

Family is very important to me because that is your support system. Family is who you say they are. I have my immediate family, my children, my grandchildren, my son, and my sibling. I have that immediate family, but I also have other families. When you show that love, family is who it is. I have some friends that I call family. Family. But family is important because you know that you're gonna have that support for most of your family. But for me, I just love my family. I love my kids. I still do my grandchildren, I'm there for them if they need anything. It's just important.

SPEAKER_02

So, what do you say to those people that don't have that what you say is family, that connection, right? Some people say when we get together, uh, there goes Uncle Joe, those types of things. How did your family just love on each other like that?

SPEAKER_00

There's immediate family, and then you have your other family like your cousins and your uncle stuff. And everybody's family could be a hot mess in some areas. They can be a hot mess, families can, but you still have to love them. You show love by you may want to hug them and you may just talking them, being kind to them. And the one thing that I noticed, God will use you to show them love and kindness, and that's important. And people can see that in you, they will see that in you. But for me, my family, you guys know how much I love you, and you know how important you are, and I know you're always my support if nobody else is there for me.

SPEAKER_02

That's right. So, yeah, with that said, you're right. I remember what we grew up in the backwoods of Mississippi, right? And then we moved to this small little community called Fort Dodge, Iowa, right? And of course, we came from the backwoods, we just had flesh and blood as family, right? That was our only family because we were in the backwoods. And then when we moved to Fort Dodge, then the community became our family, and then now we're on to number three. What is number three?

Key Three: Love

SPEAKER_02

So we had God, we had family, and yeah.

SPEAKER_00

Could I say just one more thing about family? Yes, my uncle Raymond, who passed away, before he passed away, all he wanted to do was go down. He lived in Oklahoma City, mom was still in Boley, where we grew up. All he wanted to do was go down to see his sister, which was my mom. He wanted to be there with her. He went down there, spent the night with her, and he passed away in his sleep in my mom's house. He just wanted to be with family sister. Yes.

SPEAKER_02

Wow.

SPEAKER_00

He wanted to be with his big sister, is what he said.

SPEAKER_02

Wow.

SPEAKER_00

Yes.

SPEAKER_02

Wow.

SPEAKER_00

He wanted to be with her.

SPEAKER_02

My last wish is to be with family.

SPEAKER_00

And he was.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, I guess that on a person's deathbed, they don't really want to know what's in their bank account, right? Oh, and hopefully you paid in the family and in the relationship and built that so that people want to come to your bedside.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, he that's what he wanted to do, and that she didn't expect that. He just wanted to be with her.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah. Now, if you could go back to yourself all the way back there to Oklahoma, to that little girl, Rose Coleman, alias, mom, g mom, right, at age 15. What three key three keys would you just embrace wholeheartedly and why? Would it be the same things at age 15? No. What would you tell yourself? Would it be those same three keys? Tell yourself that you need to know God, love family, and what was that last one?

SPEAKER_00

Love.

SPEAKER_02

And love.

SPEAKER_00

Yes, I would tell this 15-year-old, continue to keep God with you. Because no matter what happens in life, you can always call on Him.

SPEAKER_02

Okay. And what mistakes would you help your younger self avoid?

SPEAKER_00

The mistakes I would help myself avoid would maybe listen to my parents as being young, they knew what they were talking about, though I was ready just to leave the house, which was not a good decision on my part at a young age because I was so naive. And therefore, it brings me to say stay focused because I was already accepted to a university. That was one of the things that my dad wanted me to do too. But there wasn't that support the way it should have been for me going to college, though.

SPEAKER_02

Makes sense.

SPEAKER_00

Purpose, I mean, stay in focus. Yes, definitely stay in focus and connect it. You gotta stay connected as well to get to your purpose. What is my purpose? That's what I would be asking. So, what is your purpose? What are you trying to do? I'm trying to get through life, do the things that's needed in life so that I can be there for others and do what I need to do, get my career, and then do the other things that I need to do in life.

SPEAKER_02

Pour into you so that you can get to a point you can pour into others, right? Absolutely. Very good. And why do you think the younger people today are struggling?

SPEAKER_00

Younger struggling. Younger people today, we've gotten away from a lot of the thing where we're disciplined the younger kids the way they should be. Nowadays, the kids can holler. And it's because of our environment and our life today. They have changed where parents, they're wanting kids to actually overcome the parents instead of parents being parents. Our laws have made it where it doesn't help our kids. The law has made it where is given our kids so much, too much freedom to do what they want to do versus obey the parents.

SPEAKER_02

I remember talking to my dad and my dad from the South, right? So he had the old school wisdom, right? So I remember talking to my dad one time, and I said, Dad, if they had the laws today, like they did back in the day, they would have you locked underneath the jail. And he looked at me and he says, No, they wouldn't. And I said, Real right, Dad. And he says, No, they wouldn't. And I said, Why, how, why not? And he says, Well, first thing I say, hey, look here, Yana. These are my kids. And I brought them here in the world. And when they get out of line at home, I whoop that ass. Because I know if they get out of line when they get out in that street, you're gonna whoop that ass. And if you don't believe me, look at Rodney King. And we fell out laughing. But the reality of that was kind of true, right? And I spent a little time working in Folsom prison. And from some of these people, brothers that had been in there for years, that's the thing they talked about the most was accountability.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, lots of factors now in this world that kids are they just get out there and do whatever drugs and everything else that we have offered them that they have gotten caught up in.

SPEAKER_02

Which is the next question. What are young people up against that older people didn't face?

SPEAKER_00

And they may have had it, but not this. You have drugs. This is huge out there for our kids. The drinking, the games, the and then our kids seem to not want to work, even though that's something that our father taught us as we were growing up. But there's just so many things out in the world today, Al, it's not just one thing, it's a lot of factors that taken our kids away, and we have to teach them and learn them. And they may get out there, but again, you teach them about that Lord, so you can come back in.

SPEAKER_02

That's right.

SPEAKER_00

You can come back out and come back in, even as adults, the same thing. You're out there, but you come back out. I'm just so thankful that not knew about that my mom taught me about that. I thank her every day for that.

SPEAKER_02

Amen. So what do you think young people need more right now? Discipline, love, structure, guidance.

SPEAKER_00

I think that they need all of it. They need love. We have to love our kids. We have to love them into the church. We have to love them before you can start teaching kids about anything, even though they're going to church. You have to love them there. You can't judge them. Stop judging these young kids. Love them.

SPEAKER_02

That's what I tell people sometimes. I said, I bring love me, not judgment.

SPEAKER_00

You have to bring the love in, don't judge whatever you're doing. And then, yes, disciplinary, teach them because sometimes they don't know. Give them structure, give them responsibility. Give them responsibility.

SPEAKER_02

You're sounding like Whitney right now. I believe the children are future.

SPEAKER_00

They are. The children are I agree.

SPEAKER_02

I agree with you wholeheartedly. In more ways than none, right?

Rapid Wisdom Round

SPEAKER_02

So now we've reached to the part of the show where we're gonna get into what we call rapid wisdom, right? What's the first thing that comes to your mind? Okay, this is called rapid wisdom. One daily habit that saved you. Amen.

SPEAKER_00

One belief you have to let go of. I can't think of a belief I have to let go of. Okay.

SPEAKER_02

What truth you want to pass down?

SPEAKER_00

What truth I want to pass down is no matter what you're going through, there's always someone out there that can help you, but mostly that God can for sure. I do want to pass down that truth. That's always a truth for me.

SPEAKER_02

Okay. And what does success really mean to you today?

SPEAKER_00

Success means to me today how I came through life. It's not always about having this great job, which I did, or education. Success is how you're dealing with love, how you're treating people, do you love people? It could be, did I finish school? All that. Yes, I did all that. I became a professional, but I also learned to love, to be kind, to help. Those are all successes as far as I'm concerned.

SPEAKER_02

Now you think that those skills to love, to be kind, pay dividend in your working career?

SPEAKER_00

Yes. I think that was very important. But you have to have that inside of you to be able to give it.

SPEAKER_02

That's correct.

SPEAKER_00

You have to have it to give it.

SPEAKER_02

Go ahead. And to be sincere. Very good. Rose Coleman for the world. But mom to me. I love you in so many ways. I can't thank you enough. I told you day one when I had my first son. I was so amazed that Santa Claus didn't just come during December. Santa Claus showed up and showed out time and time again. And you continue to do that, mom, in so many different ways. And I just love to see it. I love to be part of it. I told you you were the beacon as to why I decided to say I do to your daughter. And I see it when you give it to kids that don't even belong to you.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02

You grab all the babies, you want them to know what love is. And it's just a blessing to see Kate and Ava and seeing you do it and putting it in it in what you did to my children, right? And I can't thank you.

SPEAKER_00

You're so welcome. Those are my babies. All you guys are so it's easy.

Closing Message

SPEAKER_02

So, any final message to the next generation?

SPEAKER_00

Final message to the next generation, which is Gen X, they are pretty much independent on that. They say what they want to say, then Gen X generation, but they are the future, the next generation. But to stay focused, stay focused on what you're doing and look to God. If there's something that's heavy on you, and these are young kids, and I've seen this, go down your knees and pray. And if you don't know how to join a church or go to a pastor, somebody that can help you. Because just because you may be into something or doing something or you need help, that help can come to you. Talk to your family, talk to your parents. Always talk to your parents too. And I know sometimes some kids it's not easy, but go to whoever you feel comfortable with, whoever you're comfortable with, whoever you trust. There's a lot of trust issue with our young people. They have to trust you, and they don't trust easily.

SPEAKER_02

But they will trust if you love them.

SPEAKER_00

If you love them. That's why they have to go to someone they trust and feel that's someone that loves them. You're not lost. You're not lost. Trust me.

SPEAKER_02

I can definitely see why your three keys are tied together eloquently. And I want to thank you for your wisdom. I want to thank you for your insight today. And I want to thank our audience. I want to thank you for listening to The Keys to Life. If today's episode blessed you, please subscribe, share, and leave a review. Remember, your daily decision determines your destiny. Until next time, keep learning, keep growing, keep living with purpose, and above all things, keep the faith.

SPEAKER_01

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