to create the greatest version of
yourself and what I mean by that that as
we look at ourselves and look at our
goals and our dreams there are certain
things that we just cannot allow to go
without having our attention I’ve
mastered the art of working on my mind
on my emotions own on creating wealth on
motivating and inspiring people on my
speaking skills on my level of
spirituality but the one thing that I
have neglected and allowed to slip
through the cracks
was educating myself continuously on my
health as you know that this is the 21st
year that I have defeated cancer that
has been in my body according to what
the medical establishment says and you
know I strongly believe that doctors
determined the diagnosis but God
determines the prognosis and so when I
received medical care to prevent the
cancer for metastasizing the chemical
that I was injected with put 55 pounds
on me and as a result of that extra 55
pounds I became diabetic and Ezra pump
as a result of becoming diabetic I was
put on insulin while I’m very
knowledgeable about how to deal with
cancer and pain from sciatica I did not
educate myself I did not master the
information on how to deal with diabetes
I just took it for granted that I knew
and this past week I went to Vegas and
had to speak in and my insulin was
frozen in the refrigerator
which made an impotent call my doctor
and didn’t get a response that went for
a week without my insulin and I ran the
risk of going into a diabetic coma when
I came home I was immediately rushed to
Hillcrest hospital and was in intensive
care for six days I had no idea how
serious diabetes is it’s more than just
taking insulin it’s more than just
taking the time to put together a
schedule on a regular basis at the same
time to take your medication and and
eating properly it’s more than that
diabetes is a treacherous disease it can
take your sight it can leave you with
being a victim of amputations it can
cause a heart attack I didn’t know these
things I had no idea while in the
hospital I remember something my
daughter ona Brown said she said gaps
are from God and so while I was there
and the nurse is coming in and out and
the doctors I started reading I start to
study to learn about diabetes type 2
out of ignorance I had no respect for it
out of ignorance I thought I knew but I
didn’t know master everything that deals
with you that affects you particularly
your health the other thing is master
the distractions in the incoming of
things that life throws at you master
your distractions look at your telephone
there was a special on 60 minutes they
talked about how the programmers on the
telephones they program these phones
with commercials and interruptions to
create a mental emotional and physical
addiction in order to achieve your goals
in order to have peace of mind in order
to max your life out in order to develop
and to fortify your health minimize the
distractions and the interruptions of
your telephone I now make it a habit to
turn my phone off
I wanted to let everybody know who if
you have my phone don’t be surprised if
you call and my mailbox is full
my phone is full I’m minimizing the
intake I’m minimizing the phone calls
I’m minimizing the interruptions so I
can think so that I deliberately can
create some space to be still to be calm
to hear my own voice to be able to clear
my head see at the end of the day I
don’t need to know what’s going on in
the world if there’s a nuclear explosion
I’ll find out I will no I don’t need to
watch the news I don’t need to be
reading every email and and Twitter and
all the other things that’s out there
there is nothing like peace of mind I
believe the reason that only 40% of
Americans can get a good night’s sleep
is because of the constant interruptions
I’m able to sleep better because I start
very early turning my phone off not
checking emails or Twitter or anything
else and just preparing myself to be
still and as they speak Lord thy servant
here at thee minimize the distractions
not only from the phone but from your
family members children your friends go
in the closet and shut the door
seek ye first the kingdom of God and His
righteousness that kingdom is within you
find this special place it’s sanctuary
within yourself to be still and to step
back and look at yourself and ask
yourself the question what’s the purpose
of my life what is it that’s driving me
what is it that’s stressing me out what
is it that I need to let go of and that
brings me to my next point yama von Thun
has many very brilliant quotes but the
one that I love the most particularly
now after being released from Hill
Hillcrest Hospital in Cleveland as I
said here
in my dad in Columbus Ohio
preparing to see some of my
grandchildren and journaling writing
some thoughts about this day that I
spent with a good friend Pat funder Berg
this day that I spent majority with
myself and just writing my thoughts and
one of the things that she said give to
yourself until your cup runneth over
and then give to the rest from your
overflow give to yourself until your cup
runneth over and then give to the rest
from your overflow and I realize as I’ve
been thinking as I’ve taken some hits
from cancer from high blood pressure
that the emotional and psychological
hits that are taken that I’ve been
giving out and giving out and giving out
and I haven’t taken the time to give to
myself I decided I’m going to force
myself to take a bath I’ve been taking
showers for a long time I can’t remember
the last time that I fed a filled a tub
of water and let a candle like I used to
do and had some epsom salt and some
aromatherapy and some soft music and
just
in the tub to chill out I can’t remember
it’s been so long I used to do it a lot
and somewhere along the line I stopped
doing it I became so caught up in life
that’s rushing to do everything and we
have to I think decide to become mindful
of doing things that nurture our spirits
I used to have 43 plants and flowers
that I used to grow I remember talking
to them and watering them and somewhere
along the line I became so busy I
stopped taking care of my plants I used
to love to do that I used to have a
garden I don’t have that anymore began I
began to get so caught up in life and
the things that I used to do to nurture
myself to pamper myself to go in and sit
by the water
quite often Nelson Road there’s a little
bridge they used to go there and sit by
the water hole in tangi road I stopped I
go to hotels all over the world and very
seldom take time to go down to the steam
room or to order a massage get in the
steam bath somebody else has paid for me
to stay in a five-star hotel
unfortunately travelling with my son
Patrick he enjoys all the amenities of a
hotel and I’ve never taken the time to
do that
I used as an excuse I’m preparing for my
speech here right
no no because at the end of the day all
the interruptions all the calls that
people throw on you all the crises that
are going on at the end of the day all
the things that you feel that you have
to do all the meetings that you feel
that you have to attend all the people
that need to be rescued
only by you when you stop when you draw
trust me on this your replacement is
standing in the corridor they’ll find
somebody else to deal with their
problems or their deal with it
themselves yeah
you’re not irreplaceable you owe it to
yourself Leslie Calvin Brown mrs. Mamie
Brown’s baby boy
I felt like my mama was talking to me
because I remember today when I was
thinking and journaling that my mother
at five o’clock she was stopping
everything to watch Animal Kingdom and
her favorite programs I remember no
matter what I was doing in the world
even when I had my talk show ten years
ago my mother didn’t even watch me she
what’s the price is right
that was her time I said mama did you
watch me fool I told you who my husband
is
what the price is right and she did she
didn’t let me interrupt that she that
was her time for herself I used to go
fishing with my mother and I decided to
I call my sister I say let’s go fishing
together where we used to go with Mama
Mimi Braun carved out time for herself I
was a good thing mama lived to be 89 and
I believe the reason and I’m so grateful
to be 72 so many people I know never
make 70 they leave here early because
they’re burnt out they’re stressed out
of their minds and they probably allow
too much in coming became consumed by
too many distractions that they didn’t
take the time to nurture themselves and
less here prematurely and so as you look
at yourself and look at your goals and
look at your dreams
don’t try and master every dimension of
your life but make your health and your
peace of mind first because your health
is truly your wealth your mind affects
your body and and look at your
relationships and decide not to make
somebody a priority who’s made you an
option and don’t allow yourself to be
thrown off and have your energy drained
by critics I did a radio interview this
morning in Houston that I do every
Monday at nine o’clock Central Time and
a guest name is akia she said something
that was profound about critics she said
be aware of critics without credentials
as worth writing down be aware of
critics without credentials I was
talking to one of my children trying to
give them some advice and and he turned
on me
and I said to myself whoa wait a minute
I don’t need this I just backed up and
said okay because I knew it within
myself he will need me before I would
need him and when he comes and he’s
coming I’m gonna say I don’t I don’t
invest money in bad thinking you know so
much co-created yourself I decided I
resign from allowing myself to be
stressed out or be put on a guilt trip
you grown person I don’t owe you nothing
you mother never had to drag me into
court for non-support you have three
times ten make it happen
like I did smart one you know sometimes
we get so caught up in this thing called
life and we take on other people’s stuff
if we are not mindful and if we
we’re not God my prayer is for you and
for myself Lord grant me the serenity to
accept the things that I cannot change
the courage to change the things that I
can and the wisdom to know the
difference that’s my story and I’m
sticking to it
[Laughter]
this almost fell over my seat be aware
the critics without credential mm-hmm
at a stroller that a freak baby that
preach let the record show the care be
she said it I said Oh slashes blood
didn’t reveal that to you but by
Heavenly Father which art in heaven I
tell you what else aqui I’m going to
give her credit the first three times
I’m kicked out that’s a keeper baby
that’s a keeper
is a keeper and I’m just so grateful for
you pushing through going you’ve been
through so much and you will not be
stopped no matter what try no I’m back
baby I’m back and I’m better let the
record show yes I eat my spinach about
Cheerios and everything else you know I
tell you I’ve been beaten up so badly
you know that’s why that’s when I came
up with that that quote with life knocks
you down try landed your back because
they’re good look up you can get up well
I’ve been looking up I’ve been rolling
over I been crawling up and tried to
rush and see like life grabbed me by the
deck and say come back here you get away
from me and I’ve been praying I sleep
with the Bible and the Holy Quran and
the Kabbalah
I’ve been calling oh Jesus Yahweh Allah
Melchizedek okay I think can you give a
brother a break oh my god but you know
I’m still here and I’m so grateful and I
know people have been praying for me and
I’m so grateful please so stop your
keyboard don’t like that don’t like
though
oh my goodness Oh at first I said you
know maybe I need to conserve my energy
and not do this call tonight but I said
you know this is what I’m supposed to do
I still got my voice I’m out of the
hospital I’m doing the things I need to
do this might be the last call I will
ever make I don’t know and so I must
answer the call next week I want to talk
about the best of your life versus the
rest of your life hmm
friend of mine named Melvin has written
a book on that and it’s powerful so I
encourage you all to join me next week I
like to listen to the comments of everybody
yourself and what I mean by that that as
we look at ourselves and look at our
goals and our dreams there are certain
things that we just cannot allow to go
without having our attention I’ve
mastered the art of working on my mind
on my emotions own on creating wealth on
motivating and inspiring people on my
speaking skills on my level of
spirituality but the one thing that I
have neglected and allowed to slip
through the cracks
was educating myself continuously on my
health as you know that this is the 21st
year that I have defeated cancer that
has been in my body according to what
the medical establishment says and you
know I strongly believe that doctors
determined the diagnosis but God
determines the prognosis and so when I
received medical care to prevent the
cancer for metastasizing the chemical
that I was injected with put 55 pounds
on me and as a result of that extra 55
pounds I became diabetic and Ezra pump
as a result of becoming diabetic I was
put on insulin while I’m very
knowledgeable about how to deal with
cancer and pain from sciatica I did not
educate myself I did not master the
information on how to deal with diabetes
I just took it for granted that I knew
and this past week I went to Vegas and
had to speak in and my insulin was
frozen in the refrigerator
which made an impotent call my doctor
and didn’t get a response that went for
a week without my insulin and I ran the
risk of going into a diabetic coma when
I came home I was immediately rushed to
Hillcrest hospital and was in intensive
care for six days I had no idea how
serious diabetes is it’s more than just
taking insulin it’s more than just
taking the time to put together a
schedule on a regular basis at the same
time to take your medication and and
eating properly it’s more than that
diabetes is a treacherous disease it can
take your sight it can leave you with
being a victim of amputations it can
cause a heart attack I didn’t know these
things I had no idea while in the
hospital I remember something my
daughter ona Brown said she said gaps
are from God and so while I was there
and the nurse is coming in and out and
the doctors I started reading I start to
study to learn about diabetes type 2
out of ignorance I had no respect for it
out of ignorance I thought I knew but I
didn’t know master everything that deals
with you that affects you particularly
your health the other thing is master
the distractions in the incoming of
things that life throws at you master
your distractions look at your telephone
there was a special on 60 minutes they
talked about how the programmers on the
telephones they program these phones
with commercials and interruptions to
create a mental emotional and physical
addiction in order to achieve your goals
in order to have peace of mind in order
to max your life out in order to develop
and to fortify your health minimize the
distractions and the interruptions of
your telephone I now make it a habit to
turn my phone off
I wanted to let everybody know who if
you have my phone don’t be surprised if
you call and my mailbox is full
my phone is full I’m minimizing the
intake I’m minimizing the phone calls
I’m minimizing the interruptions so I
can think so that I deliberately can
create some space to be still to be calm
to hear my own voice to be able to clear
my head see at the end of the day I
don’t need to know what’s going on in
the world if there’s a nuclear explosion
I’ll find out I will no I don’t need to
watch the news I don’t need to be
reading every email and and Twitter and
all the other things that’s out there
there is nothing like peace of mind I
believe the reason that only 40% of
Americans can get a good night’s sleep
is because of the constant interruptions
I’m able to sleep better because I start
very early turning my phone off not
checking emails or Twitter or anything
else and just preparing myself to be
still and as they speak Lord thy servant
here at thee minimize the distractions
not only from the phone but from your
family members children your friends go
in the closet and shut the door
seek ye first the kingdom of God and His
righteousness that kingdom is within you
find this special place it’s sanctuary
within yourself to be still and to step
back and look at yourself and ask
yourself the question what’s the purpose
of my life what is it that’s driving me
what is it that’s stressing me out what
is it that I need to let go of and that
brings me to my next point yama von Thun
has many very brilliant quotes but the
one that I love the most particularly
now after being released from Hill
Hillcrest Hospital in Cleveland as I
said here
in my dad in Columbus Ohio
preparing to see some of my
grandchildren and journaling writing
some thoughts about this day that I
spent with a good friend Pat funder Berg
this day that I spent majority with
myself and just writing my thoughts and
one of the things that she said give to
yourself until your cup runneth over
and then give to the rest from your
overflow give to yourself until your cup
runneth over and then give to the rest
from your overflow and I realize as I’ve
been thinking as I’ve taken some hits
from cancer from high blood pressure
that the emotional and psychological
hits that are taken that I’ve been
giving out and giving out and giving out
and I haven’t taken the time to give to
myself I decided I’m going to force
myself to take a bath I’ve been taking
showers for a long time I can’t remember
the last time that I fed a filled a tub
of water and let a candle like I used to
do and had some epsom salt and some
aromatherapy and some soft music and
just
in the tub to chill out I can’t remember
it’s been so long I used to do it a lot
and somewhere along the line I stopped
doing it I became so caught up in life
that’s rushing to do everything and we
have to I think decide to become mindful
of doing things that nurture our spirits
I used to have 43 plants and flowers
that I used to grow I remember talking
to them and watering them and somewhere
along the line I became so busy I
stopped taking care of my plants I used
to love to do that I used to have a
garden I don’t have that anymore began I
began to get so caught up in life and
the things that I used to do to nurture
myself to pamper myself to go in and sit
by the water
quite often Nelson Road there’s a little
bridge they used to go there and sit by
the water hole in tangi road I stopped I
go to hotels all over the world and very
seldom take time to go down to the steam
room or to order a massage get in the
steam bath somebody else has paid for me
to stay in a five-star hotel
unfortunately travelling with my son
Patrick he enjoys all the amenities of a
hotel and I’ve never taken the time to
do that
I used as an excuse I’m preparing for my
speech here right
no no because at the end of the day all
the interruptions all the calls that
people throw on you all the crises that
are going on at the end of the day all
the things that you feel that you have
to do all the meetings that you feel
that you have to attend all the people
that need to be rescued
only by you when you stop when you draw
trust me on this your replacement is
standing in the corridor they’ll find
somebody else to deal with their
problems or their deal with it
themselves yeah
you’re not irreplaceable you owe it to
yourself Leslie Calvin Brown mrs. Mamie
Brown’s baby boy
I felt like my mama was talking to me
because I remember today when I was
thinking and journaling that my mother
at five o’clock she was stopping
everything to watch Animal Kingdom and
her favorite programs I remember no
matter what I was doing in the world
even when I had my talk show ten years
ago my mother didn’t even watch me she
what’s the price is right
that was her time I said mama did you
watch me fool I told you who my husband
is
what the price is right and she did she
didn’t let me interrupt that she that
was her time for herself I used to go
fishing with my mother and I decided to
I call my sister I say let’s go fishing
together where we used to go with Mama
Mimi Braun carved out time for herself I
was a good thing mama lived to be 89 and
I believe the reason and I’m so grateful
to be 72 so many people I know never
make 70 they leave here early because
they’re burnt out they’re stressed out
of their minds and they probably allow
too much in coming became consumed by
too many distractions that they didn’t
take the time to nurture themselves and
less here prematurely and so as you look
at yourself and look at your goals and
look at your dreams
don’t try and master every dimension of
your life but make your health and your
peace of mind first because your health
is truly your wealth your mind affects
your body and and look at your
relationships and decide not to make
somebody a priority who’s made you an
option and don’t allow yourself to be
thrown off and have your energy drained
by critics I did a radio interview this
morning in Houston that I do every
Monday at nine o’clock Central Time and
a guest name is akia she said something
that was profound about critics she said
be aware of critics without credentials
as worth writing down be aware of
critics without credentials I was
talking to one of my children trying to
give them some advice and and he turned
on me
and I said to myself whoa wait a minute
I don’t need this I just backed up and
said okay because I knew it within
myself he will need me before I would
need him and when he comes and he’s
coming I’m gonna say I don’t I don’t
invest money in bad thinking you know so
much co-created yourself I decided I
resign from allowing myself to be
stressed out or be put on a guilt trip
you grown person I don’t owe you nothing
you mother never had to drag me into
court for non-support you have three
times ten make it happen
like I did smart one you know sometimes
we get so caught up in this thing called
life and we take on other people’s stuff
if we are not mindful and if we
we’re not God my prayer is for you and
for myself Lord grant me the serenity to
accept the things that I cannot change
the courage to change the things that I
can and the wisdom to know the
difference that’s my story and I’m
sticking to it
[Laughter]
this almost fell over my seat be aware
the critics without credential mm-hmm
at a stroller that a freak baby that
preach let the record show the care be
she said it I said Oh slashes blood
didn’t reveal that to you but by
Heavenly Father which art in heaven I
tell you what else aqui I’m going to
give her credit the first three times
I’m kicked out that’s a keeper baby
that’s a keeper
is a keeper and I’m just so grateful for
you pushing through going you’ve been
through so much and you will not be
stopped no matter what try no I’m back
baby I’m back and I’m better let the
record show yes I eat my spinach about
Cheerios and everything else you know I
tell you I’ve been beaten up so badly
you know that’s why that’s when I came
up with that that quote with life knocks
you down try landed your back because
they’re good look up you can get up well
I’ve been looking up I’ve been rolling
over I been crawling up and tried to
rush and see like life grabbed me by the
deck and say come back here you get away
from me and I’ve been praying I sleep
with the Bible and the Holy Quran and
the Kabbalah
I’ve been calling oh Jesus Yahweh Allah
Melchizedek okay I think can you give a
brother a break oh my god but you know
I’m still here and I’m so grateful and I
know people have been praying for me and
I’m so grateful please so stop your
keyboard don’t like that don’t like
though
oh my goodness Oh at first I said you
know maybe I need to conserve my energy
and not do this call tonight but I said
you know this is what I’m supposed to do
I still got my voice I’m out of the
hospital I’m doing the things I need to
do this might be the last call I will
ever make I don’t know and so I must
answer the call next week I want to talk
about the best of your life versus the
rest of your life hmm
friend of mine named Melvin has written
a book on that and it’s powerful so I
encourage you all to join me next week I
like to listen to the comments of everybody
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