Take the Elevator
This podcast is purely about elevating people through individual life stories and experiences in the Elevator. In the Elevator, what's key is maybe changing your perspective; having self-actualization; embracing your purpose; and acting on it as we grow from one another. There is a whole different point of view when you look up to elevate.
Take the Elevator
340th Floor: Making Connections After Losing a Loved One through Synchronicity
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Can the memories of a family meal become treasures that soothe the soul? Join Gen and Kory as they share cherished food traditions that have shaped their lives and connected them to loved ones, both near and far. Their podcasting journey has opened up joy and surprise, spurred by a listener's suggestion, leading to memories of unconventional and unforgettable dinners.
The kitchen table is more than just a dining space; it’s where bonds are formed and memories preserved. Sharing personal stories, including the heartache of a father's passing, highlights that letting go doesn’t mean forgetting. The concept of synchronicity connects us to our loved ones in spirit.
Excitement builds with the upcoming "Sheriff Slinky Snake" release, symbolizing loss and achievement. This project reminds us that growth and success know no age limits. As they conclude, a poignant poem by F. Scott Fitzgerald reinforces the message of living authentically and having the courage to start anew.
Look up, and let's elevate!
hey, it's jen the builder and cory and I am either really loud or the volume. Let me pull back. How about now?
Speaker 2Oh yeah, you was hot.
Speaker 1I was on fire. Hey, how's it going, Corey?
Speaker 2It is going well, I must say. You know, someone asked me last week why do we podcast? Because obviously we've been doing this for a while and it wasn't a sarcastic thing like why are you podcasting. It was like what made you start podcasting. So if you've been listening for a while, you know the story behind how I got involved. Jen had this desire to put her thoughts out and communicate during covid. That made a lot of sense at the time. Um, for her and for me to be a part of it. But while we still do it, it brings us a lot of joy. Number one. Number two we feel like we're able to communicate with people on a level that doesn't have to have a phone call or an in-person conversation with everybody, and we're pretty much having it once and then it's done. So it's just a really cool thing to be able to do and I encourage anyone that wants to try podcasting to hop on out there and get your feet wet.
Speaker 1I love that. In fact, that reminds me that we have a consulting session going on that I need to schedule, so that's something else we love to do is share knowledge and give some best tips based on things that we do. So if you're interested, you can always DM me at JenTheBuilder. That's on Instagram, and we'd love to hook up.
Speaker 2Yeah, yeah On.
Speaker 1Instagram and we'd love to hook up, yeah, yeah. So, speaking of Instagram, I put something on the update Because you know we weren't busy enough this weekend.
Speaker 2Yeah, we just didn't have enough to do. It was just so boring.
Speaker 1Yeah. So I said, oh, let me just try this. So I asked people to take the stage and give us some things they'd like to talk about or like us to talk about. So that's what we're going to do today. We're just going to talk about the things that have been brought our way. So I love this um suggestion from gloria, and she wanted to talk about our favorite meal or memory that has to do with food and family, and I think that's so appropriate for this time. We just had Thanksgiving, got together with our loved ones for that four-day weekend, and then the holiday is coming up again. So, man you go first.
Speaker 2oh, okay, um, so I have. Well, I actually had two, but I don't want to lean into my childhood on this one. Uh, something happened with our family you and I and the kids uh, probably about 15 years ago, and I'd never done it before and always wanted to do it Because my family my mom, dad and sister were very traditional in the way that we always ate at home on the holiday and at minimum we would have to eat at a family member's house. But going out to eat, eating at a restaurant or something like that, was just unheard of, that was sacrilege. So we went to a restaurant called Claim Jumpers one year for Thanksgiving.
Speaker 1Yeah, we did. I remember that.
Speaker 2And that was one of the most memorable moments that I could ever imagine thinking of. I could ever imagine thinking of. What made it so fun was that nobody had to cook, nobody had to clean. Everybody got exactly what they wanted. They had holiday food although I didn't partake in any of that, but I did enjoy this huge I say ginormous baked potato, and what they did was they put all the vegetables, the grilled onion, grilled bell pepper, and then the butter and cheese and all this good stuff, and so it was just one of those moments that I timestamped in my mind like man. I would love to do this again. Just to say I did it at a different restaurant, but yeah, that was one of my most memorable family food moments.
Speaker 1That's cool because we were talking to our kids over the weekend about how important it is that we try different things, new things, and so where it really stemmed from is we were talking about aging and how it's so important that we create new neuropaths right to just keep us fresh and alert cognitively. So that would be one that would constitute there like create a new experience, and although tradition's amazing and valid excuse me, I'm like I don't know what's happening right now, but that's okay. So what was I saying, corey?
Speaker 2Um neurons and neutrons and protons.
Speaker 1Yes, and traditions.
Speaker 2And traditions.
Speaker 1So I think I like staying loose on traditions. I think the tradition is is you have a special meal with family and you're able to explore it. So this isn't my favorite memory, but I wanted to touch on this because it's something fun that we did so. For those who know me, I'm Filipino and I'll talk about my food and culture and holidays in just a second. But we had a dinner at the house and there was no Filipino food on that table, that table, number one that's very strange when that happens.
Speaker 1Number two I got excited because I'm like, oh my goodness, I'm hosting a semi-traditional um dinner with american food. Now we didn't do turkey ham, all that, so it wasn't that kind of tradition, it was just american, or I should say non-filipino food, right. So I said you know what we're gonna do? Like the americans do, I'm gonna serve the appetizers first, we're gonna share that and then we're gonna go into the main entree, cut that out and go into dessert, right, like it Like it's a restaurant, and that was so fun. And then what I ended up doing was my daughter and I got a new recipe that I found and it was for lasagna soup.
Speaker 1And, corey, I just got so giddy over the whole experience. Because then Me too, giddy over the whole experience, because then me too, if y'all know me, I've got to connect and talk about it and do the most I'm very sentimental, so you can imagine me, cory. Our kids, our moms, and you know, through time and with aging, I think these memories become more and more precious as you age. And I said, okay, we're going to start the meal off with a lasagna soup, and I think this is so apropos because it's inviting new things in our lives and new experiences. And so this is something new that we're trying, and so we welcome the new.
Speaker 2That's almost how it happened. I actually jumped the gun and was like, oh, I'm about to go get this. And Jen said, no, we're going to serve the next meal or next entree, and then we'll move forward.
Speaker 1And I was like okay, yeah, we've never done that.
Speaker 2Yeah, I felt like a little kid. It was so. Yeah, we've never done that. Yeah, I felt like a little kid and my mom just told me slow down, you're eating too fast and wait for the next course to come out. Yeah, that was fun.
Speaker 1But it was really cool because what I experienced with that Corey is that everyone at the same time was enjoying the same food, absolutely.
Speaker 2And that's what made it so, and so I got it immediately. As soon as that happened, I said oh, okay, so we can all enjoy the exact same thing at the exact same time. And if we wanted to talk about it, which we did, uh-huh, and that was another highlight. I don't usually talk about food while I'm eating food, you don't?
Speaker 1I just eat.
Speaker 2You just listen. Listen, everybody else talk about food, right, but I felt like if I don't talk I'm gonna be left out.
Speaker 1So oh yeah so, yeah, there was that and that was just, uh, a week or so ago. And then we ate the salad and, uh, the way we brought that into that space with family and just people that we love and adore, is that we're starting our meal welcoming all that is healthy, fresh, right, just bringing that forward and so. But I have to tell you guys, after that one, everyone's like, oh heck, no, we're doing main entree and we're just digging in. Right, it was a free for all yeah so filipino food in in.
Speaker 1Uh, filipino and food in our culture is huge and, corey, you've experienced it. We just have the hugest spread of all sorts of different food and everyone just kind of at. It's almost like the count of three. Right, you say the prayer and then everyone just digging in and there's a lot of laughter, a lot of. You see, I love this. I see all the different hands in the family just like reaching out, getting more food, and we're enjoying all the conversations, whether it be around food or memories, but we're always complimenting each other on how good this is right. So food is such a big part of the filipino culture so I have many memories regarding food.
Speaker 2And it's key to note that in the Filipino culture there's always some finger food, something that you gotta use your hands to eat and dip, and dip it's about using your hands.
Speaker 1In fact, filipinos, there's a special meal we prepare and it's called kamayan, which means kamay is your hands, so people actually eat the rice, everything with their hands, and it's so enjoyable.
Speaker 2Yeah, I was really introduced to something that was so foreign to me. With sauces, yeah, and of course they're called sao-sao. Ah, to me, with sauces, yeah, and and of course they're called sow, sow, ah, but um I just didn't know what I was getting myself into when I got these sow sows and I just love them now, you know, because they're my kind of thing, you know yeah, it's a whole experience.
Speaker 1So I want to answer gloria's question specifically is, uh, years and years, my grandmother before she passed away actually, a week or so before she passed away, it was the holidays and she had her own garden in the backyard and for some reason she intuitively stayed up to cook. She just felt the need to cook a lot of food and I'm not exaggerating that. The intuition is strong in my family. Um and we're going to talk about that later but she made a meal and, um, she and actually I gave some wrong information. So two weeks she had been thinking about the meal, she made the meal and then the next day she passed away.
Speaker 2Oh, wow.
Embracing Loss and Success
Speaker 1So that was the most sad, surreal special meal that me, my cousins, my aunts and uncles had the thought of. She prepared this with family in mind, and that's how much she loved us. And she always said I don't have a lot of money, but what I do have are the vegetables I grow and the fruit and the fact that I cook them for you. I love that, and so we're a noisy family and it was quiet. We all sat with our plates and just ate the food and I'm sure at that point we all were thanking her. We all had our memories of her. You know, that is the most special special meal in my life.
Speaker 2Wow, yeah, incredible. Yeah, I appreciate that. I definitely appreciate the childhood stories that I've cherished and held on to. My father has passed away and he brought such a family environment and made sure that we held on to that Eating at the table together and spending that kind of time with one another, yeah. So, yeah, I know exactly what you're talking about and I know that feeling of when he was gone and we're all at the table trying to figure out how to move forward and just reminiscing and thinking about all the great things that he, you know, added to the family.
Speaker 1Yeah.
Speaker 2Good times, man. Great times Actually.
Speaker 1I love yes yes, I love that and, um, that was a great question, gloria, so thanks for sharing that. By the way, I'm going to be putting prompts on my instagram and genco is giving away a holiday prize or, yeah, holiday giveaway so everyone who engaged with us is going to be put in this raffle. Anyways, on to the next thing. This is amazing because I don't think these people got together and said let's ask this and ask this, and it's going to create this great show right but so it just connects into this.
Speaker 1So anna sent me a dm and said talk about a favorite event that happened in the past week. So I'm gonna say last week, you know, um, and I can start, unless you have something.
Speaker 2No, no, go ahead.
Speaker 1So at the beginning of the week, last Tuesday, I was asked to speak for five minutes and I thought five minutes, how does one do that? I don't even know how to get to what I want to share in five minutes, but I trusted the process. And so we had an event at work, um, just to hold space, to remember, um, loved ones that have passed away, right. So it was heavy on my heart but not burdensome, if that makes any sense. I just knew how serious it was and I wanted to make sure that what I was intuitively because there's the intuition again that I feel comes from my grandma in a major way is, um, I wanted to pick it up and it be the thing that was going to touch a lot of people, or it was maybe something that someone needed to hear. So, when I'm going to share real quick, two things, but I'm going to share one and I don't want to take up all the time, and then, corey, if you could share and they'll come after you, but I shared a total of three words and actually two concepts, and so it's letting go and love, right. And I've met a lot of people and I've had a lot of deaths in my life. I've met a lot of people and I've had a lot of deaths in my life and you all know the most precious one was my dad. Second to that, and are equal to that, was my daughter, who passed away, my best friend and cousin, grace, another very close cousin, alan, and and the list goes on and I know, Corey, you've got your list too goes on and I know, corey, you've got your list too. So people I feel don't get to the healing process or full healing doesn't happen because of that phrase of letting go.
Speaker 1When you love someone, you don't want to let let him go, especially if it's like not a bad breakup or anything right. It's just it's hard to imagine loving someone so hard and so much that now you're asking me to let go so I can heal. So here's how I process letting go. It's letting go of the way that you're used to experiencing that person. That's what we need to let go of, so we can see and start to build new memories. And you're probably asking, like build new memories? The person's passed away.
Speaker 1Yes, I acknowledge that, and I'm not talking about anything weird and, you know, conjuring them up or anything like that. What I'm saying is is. You experience their love in different ways through memories, through story sharing, through saying their names. And I love this because I think, once you let go, here's this word synchronicity. That's when things happen, and some people who don't believe call it coincidence, but things happen so amazing and so right on time that there's no way it's coincidental, and so I'm going to share a story in a little bit about that synchronicity but that was my concept on letting go is let go of the fact that this person used to call me every morning, or we shared a conversation every night to talk about how our day went, or we shared books, you know, or whatever that was, I went out with him, or the weekends.
Speaker 1That's the part, unfortunately, that we do have to let go of. But when you have those memories and you share those stories, they keep going right, and so you think about the love and the love that we give each other. Like my dad died over four decades ago, that's 40 years ago, and I remember him vividly. There hasn't been a day where I felt like I don't even remember what he smelled like. I don't remember his laugh, I don't remember his voice. I very much remember it. And so to think of my dad, who had nine years with me, love me the way he did, to where over 40 years would pass and he'd still be like my dad. You know what I mean.
Speaker 2Absolutely. Yeah, wow, wow. I don't know if I can top that, and what I mean by that is I'm not going to tell a story about death, or yeah, no, it was just our favorite moment.
Speaker 1That was. My favorite moment is being with the people and getting to share that in five minutes, right um, so I'm gonna go, you know, a different direction.
Speaker 2But what's happening right now in real time is we are getting ready for the release of our third book, sheriff Slinky Snake. Yes, really powerful thing for me, because we didn't know we were going to get to the stage where Jen was writing and just as much is involved in this process as I am. And so last week it just really came like full circle and it's in your face, like this is happening. Circle and it's in your face like this is happening. The, the book is done, we're we're uploading it.
Speaker 2We're seeing written by yes and genevieve um, it's, it's just in your face, so you can't say you know, this is not, it's happening, it's it's, it's a wrap. I have a release date on the website on KDP. It's just, it's real now. And so that was one of those moments that I just needed to be alone for a second.
Speaker 2I like to go in my little closet and just hone in on all the greatness that's about to come from what we're doing. And I did that and it just overwhelmed me, but it was a joyful overwhelming and so, yeah, that was my moment. And then I'm looking at the book and I'm just in awe over how far we've come with this process, with writing and putting it together and getting the illustrations, and and then seeing it, you know, grow and develop Just amazing.
Speaker 1Yeah, yeah, corey, what is being in your corner, in the closet, in your own space, do for you.
Speaker 2Um, it just brings it all together and it allows me to focus. I mean, I get that intense, high-level focus when I'm able to just get by myself and start to really drill down on what's about to happen and then I can start projecting outwardly those thoughts and feelings that are coming from the inside out. It's a real powerful thing for me and when I hit that peak I'm able to start, as I said, projecting. But all the things that I need to be doing I'm firing on all cylinders and that's just from that moment of being, you know, isolated, that moment of being, you know isolated.
Speaker 1Yeah, I love that and that is a huge event. You know, when you just mentioned it, I'm thinking why wasn't that my biggest moment this week? And here's why. Well, obviously, the share with the people on letting go and loving was huge and synchronicity I think that was one I was really carrying. And then, um, the thing cory is, can I share this? Because I want to get back to the book, because I want to express my joy on that and just like pump it up a little bit here. But after, um, the event, here's a trip and you guys, I promise I am not exaggerating, I'm not exaggerating.
Speaker 1So I read this poem that my friend sent me and I think I'm going to share this on the podcast, so I don't want to kill it. Here's the thing it's a poster and it it's a poem by f scott fitzgerald, and this poem my friend sent me said if your dad was still alive and he could talk to you, I believe this is what he he would say to you. And so I read it and it was just powerful because on my chalkboard, when I was supposed to be brainstorming, I just got stuck on one word and it says start. And I circled it and that's something I look at every day. It's like start and so in this poem, at the end of the poem it talks about, I hope you have the courage to start over again. So in case plans fall through or it's not what you thought it was going to be, the message here is to start over again, right? So I loved that message. And the thing is is, on this poster is the number 51. Here's synchronicity my dad was born in 1951. I'm 51 years old. Okay, all right. Everyone, okay, all right. Everyone, all those who are, um, skeptical are like oh, that's a coincidence, get this. I was born in 1973 and if my dad were still alive today, he'd be 73 years old. And that's when you know like, okay, yeah, this, this message is pretty powerful and just the right timing. So there's that Now, after the event, corey, someone came up to me and asked me about the poem and I introduced myself to her.
Speaker 1She introduced herself and her name was Grace. Grace is the name of my cousin, slash, one of my bestest friends in the whole world that passed away and I just held that. I was like, wow, isn't that something? You and I go to dinner and I love this because Corey was so proud of me and he was just celebrating with me. He took me to one of our favorite restaurants and our server's name was Alan and Alan was my closest guy cousin who passed away. In fact, my daughter who passed away, her name is alana and she was named after alan, and that was that day that was that day and and guys, I'm gonna chime in here because be my witness.
Speaker 2I don't usually subscribe to this kind of thinking and thought process, but when she, when she started telling me about the poem, the number 51 and all that and her being 51, 1973, it was just like, okay, what a coincidence. But you know, not going to get caught up on all that, not my thing.
Speaker 1Yeah.
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Speaker 2Not my jam, but then the grace lady. I was like wait a minute, what's this really about? Because you got to really plan something like that for that to happen. And then, sure as the sky is blue, go to our favorite restaurant and before the server even came over, the hostess said your server, Alan, will be right over. And I just threw my head back like, oh my God, this is not real.
Speaker 1I didn't even hear her say that.
Speaker 2Yeah, I heard it. I said this is not real. And when I sat down I said I hope she said Alex and not Alan. And then he came to the table and he said hi, my name is Alan, I was like, ah, here we go again, right said hi, my name is alex.
Speaker 1I was like, ah, here we go again, right. I just I just want to say that in those moments, like man, I feel so loved. Yeah, I feel so loved, and this is thank you for the reminders of some of the most amazing people that have ever walked on the face of planet earth and that I had the pleasure of loving.
Speaker 1And they love me back, and wow so I want to share that someone shared with me because she listened to it. Um, it was live streamed and I'm not going to go into detail because it's her story. But Corey, that day she was driving home, got caught on a red light. At a red light, the car in front of her had a nickname, so it was a personalized plate and it had the nickname odd, different, nowhere common, and it was the name that they called her grandmother, who just passed away wow on top of that, she had another relative that passed away whose birthday was in may, and she noticed that the tags on that car was for the month of May.
Speaker 2Yeah, and I'm just going to yeah, you can't make this stuff up.
Speaker 1Yeah.
Speaker 2It is what it is.
Speaker 1Yeah, and so you know people ask me but doesn't that go against your spiritual beliefs? Here's what I'm going to say. I'm going to say it real quick and short. I think my beliefs is in a being that is the almighty. He's in all places at one time. He's the creator and he can do whatever he wants, and if that's how he shows me love in that moment and anyone else, encouragement and uplifting, why not? You know, I mean, he cares about the small things that people care about, you know. So that's that. I just spent the whole time about my favorite event it's all good it's all good.
Speaker 2Um, I did want to say this. I got got a couple of plugs to make before we get back to the book. The band is going to be performing like crazy. We did some really good stuff.
Speaker 1Yeah.
Speaker 2Over the last three weeks where we were performing at some restaurants, and I don't even know what to call it. It's an eatery, restaurant, bar, brewery.
Speaker 1Brewery eatery yeah.
Speaker 2And they loved us, they liked us a lot and they've invited us back and we have the situation going on. Back and back, and back and back and back. Yes, and so you know, I'm just looking forward to that. We will be in Wrightwood on the 21st at the Yodeler, that's a different restaurant. That's a different restaurant. But At the Yodeler that's a different restaurant, that's a different restaurant. But I love saying that word, isn't that fun Yodeler, the Yodeler.
Speaker 1If you get a chance, say Yodeler, I'm going to the Yodeler in Wrightwood.
Speaker 2There you go.
Speaker 1And I hope y'all will be there.
Speaker 2I don't think.
Speaker 1At the Yodeler.
Speaker 2I don't think they're country though.
Speaker 1Well, that's how I say it. You don't say it with an accent.
Speaker 2I just like to say yodeler.
Speaker 1Now yodel yodeler.
Speaker 2Yeah. I mean, I don't know what to say no-transcript At September's, on New Year's Eve, which is going to be a blast If you can make it. Please check out my page the Shameless Band. Shameless Band 095 on Instagram. Which one?
Speaker 1on New Year's Eve.
Speaker 2I'll have it on Instagram. Okay, back to the book Jen, where you at oh my, gosh, you guys, where you at, jen, you guys, you guys.
Speaker 1I am so celebrating with you because, come on, like I, at 51 years old, that this is another message I want to give. Don't let the okie doke and all those people that tell you oh, you need to figure yourself out at 30 or whatever 40. I say, just let it be whenever it's supposed to be. So anyways, yes, I'm an author. I'm just so excited about being part of the Fuzzy Furry Forest and I am uber, uber proud of Sheriff Slinky Snake. It has been one of the best creative moments of my life and I've had a lot of them. And let me tell you so.
Speaker 1Someone asked me. So now you're writing books with Corey Like gosh, don't you guys just like get enough of each other? And I want to say this because some people think that you, man, you guys just always get along, always get along, and I'm thinking do you really think that that's possible? So Corey and I were decorating the house over the weekend for the winter and I love what you said to me, corey, because he says, uh, I really love what did you say? You didn't say I love doing. You said to me Corey, because he says I really love. What did you say? You didn't say I love doing this with you. What did you say exactly? Do you remember?
Speaker 2Yeah, I love how we work together.
Speaker 1Yes, I love how we work together and there are times there's a lot of times where I'm suggesting one thing and Corey's like not feeling it and he thinks we should go another way. Here's the beauty of this we don't ever attack each other, put each other down. In those moments we say our piece and we figure it out and we just start to what I love to call mirror each other in these spaces and no one's really taking the lead. It's just a matter of okay, we realize we've got to come together and what does that look like? So I love that. We have um, what did I call it on? Task conflict and not relationship conflict? So everybody out there yes, cory, I cory and I get into conflict. The beautiful thing is that it's task conflict and nine times out of ten it doesn't escalate into relationship.
Speaker 2Right, and I have to say this because you point out something that I've always been a proponent of, and that's understanding that we're not going to always see eye to eye, but the goal remains the same. The destination is always to be together at the end of the journey, the race, the run For life, baby, and so for you that are out there that have a significant other, just know this If you're on the journey, the goal is just to finish the journey, not to finish it so happy and joyful that you know you're kissing each other's faces off. Sometimes it'll happen that way, sometimes it won't, most of the time it won't. Any journey is going to add stress, is going to add tension and disagreement and difference of opinions, but that's a good thing. You're building bonds and building a strength that you would have never had before. So I don't want to fight, but I encourage the disagreements because it's just going to help the bond build stronger.
Speaker 1Yeah, and that growth has done a lot for me, as far as me being Filipino, and we'll share that in the next episode. Um, yeah, and how that shows up. So, anyhow, the book is coming out and I don't want to give the date because you know we're finishing up the January 11th, oh you gave it one, one, one.
Speaker 2Yes, there's the numbers again for me no, they gotta know and they gotta be looking for it. So we got to start now. Get ready, it's coming.
Speaker 1Yes, yes. And so the forest, or the fuzzy furry forest, has grown up. I feel it's just, it's taking, it's developing just as any life would. And so I love also guys, you know, know me I love that I'm in the third book, I love the number three. That's powerful. And I'm just so thankful, gory, that you said, yeah, come on, come on with me, let's do this adventure to go uh together come on in and here's.
Speaker 2Here's something even more cooler. If that's a word I can use, then then anything else that we've talked about, you're guaranteed to be in four and five and six, because we've already written. We've wrote, or? Written for all of it. Well, that's the plan.
Speaker 1But what I love is one of the books that the later books is one that you really wrote on your own and I kind of just, you know, gave a little bit here and there and um, well, you doubled back and got me uh, cause?
Speaker 2I mean I went a certain direction? Well, we'll talk about that.
Hope and Courage to Elevate
Speaker 1We'll talk about it later, yeah, so anyhow. Um, there were more questions and things brought up. Because of the time, I promise we're just going to add that to the next episodes. By the way, the poem is by F Scott Fitzgerald and I'm gonna end with this. But for those who listened to the last episode and share all of you every one of you have shared with me how much you loved cory's song if you have not listened to the last episode and you don't have time or you don't want to hear us talk, fine, I understand. But get to the end and listen to the song and I, oh, it's so relaxing, it's so sentimental and it's the kind of song, cory, where people get to pick the emotion that speaks to them.
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1Like. It's a song that's not just going to drive one emotion. I think it speaks to whatever that person needs in that moment.
Speaker 2Right, you know what I mean, yeah.
Speaker 1All right, you want to say anything before I read this poem?
Speaker 2Read that poem.
Speaker 1Okay, I have Scott Fitzgerald. For what it's worth, it's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit. Start whenever you want. You can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you've never felt before. I hope you meet people who have a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of and if you're not, I hope you have the courage to start over again and you know us to take the elevator. We say look up and let's elevate Every day, elevate Every day, elevate Every day, elevate Every day, elevate Every day.
