Hello, welcome to Teen Pathways
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My name is Doris Morris and
today we will be talking about
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responsibility. We are
joined by students from
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Laurelbrook Academy, a boarding
school in Dayton, Tennessee.
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Introduce yourselves and
I would like to hear your
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definition of responsibility.
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My name is Ashley Berger and my
definition of responsibility is
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"To realize the
importance of the task ahead. "
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My name is Rachael Williamson
and to me responsibility means
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"Taking the
initiative to do the duties that
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you are supposed to do. "
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I'm Honiko Abrams and to
me responsibility means "Being
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accountable for your actions. "
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I'm Vyn Gordon, and
responsibility to me means
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"Being on time. "
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My name is Shamarri King and
my definition for responsibility
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is "Doing my best. "
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The reason why I wanted
you to give your definition of
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responsibility, is
because I've watched you
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and you guys have a busy
schedule. What is a typical day
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like for you Rachael?
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Usually I get up at about 5:45,
and have personal devotions
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then we have dorm worship,
then I go to breakfast and that
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lasts until around usually 7:30,
then I have school from 7:45
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to 12:00 in the afternoon and
then we go to lunch, and usually
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around 12:30 or 12:45 I have
an extra curricular activity
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like Choir, Band, or Yearbook,
so we go to that, and then from
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2 to 6 we have vocational
training, and I am working
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in the office now, so I
am helping get everything
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organized and typing things up
and things like that. Then at 6
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we have supper, and usually
after that we have recreation
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or some sort of social activity
kind of thing. Then we have
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study hall and then
about 9:30 I go to bed.
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That's a day. Shimmer you
are a Junior is that the same
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schedule you keep? No,
mine is slightly different.
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I usually start my day
around 5:30 in the morning, and
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my vocational training is in
the morning, and so right now
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I am being trained at the
academy kitchen and I go there
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at 8:00, but before all
of that I have breakfast.
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8:00 I go there and stay
until 12:30, and then from there
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I go to a class usually Band
or Choir or Chorale. Then school
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1:45 till 6:00, and then
from 6:00 is supper until about
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6:30, and then usually around
7:30 either we will have a girls
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club night or some sort of
recreation, and then I guess
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until 9, and then basically
after that I start winding down
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and go to bed
around 9:30- 10:00.
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How do you handle a day?
It seems really busy, you're
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balancing academic program with
a vocational training program,
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and I heard you said you,
Where do you work? In the..
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Academy kitchen
Academy kitchen and you're in
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the office and, where are you
Honiko, you're in the office?
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I'm the Academy kitchen
supervisor actually in the
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evenings, I'm in charge of
the girls to make sure that they
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get their work done and
then also I fix the supper.
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Ok so you have a supervisory
role, what about you?
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Almost everyday I work as
a CNA which is a certified
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nursing assistant, in
the Nursing home where I do
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the normal activities of
daily living for the residents.
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Also on Sundays I do the
supervising in Academy kitchen.
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Handling all that and wanting
to do it because I know that
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you're pretty driven, wanting
to do all things well, the Bible
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says whatsoever your hand
findeth to do, do it with all
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your might.
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How in the world can you do
all that with all your might?
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A day from 5:30 or 5:00 in the
morning till 9:30-10:00 at night
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How does that happen? -
I find a lot of times I get
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very very tired, and I'm
sitting there saying God please
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give me the strength to go
through. I don't know when I'll
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have time to get my homework
done, to find the time for a
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short little nap, print off my
essay paper. To get everything
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accomplished, but God
please help me find a way.
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Yes, every morning before I get
up I think its very important
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that we have personal devotion
time. To ask God to be with you
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throughout the day and
in everything that you do,
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to give you the strength, like
Ashley said to make it through
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that day. Because you don't
know what life's going to throw
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at you. So is it a
pleasure to fulfill
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responsibility? Because people
are counting on you apparently,
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you're supervising in
the kitchen, you're directing
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young ladies such as yourself,
so that you can get a meal
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prepared and feed everybody
on campus, staff, students.
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Are you begrudgingly doing
this? Or is it a joy to fulfill
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this responsibility?
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As a CNA, it's very rewarding
because you will come up and
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have a long day, have
some falls, which will make you
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really emotional because they're
old and could have seriously
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gotten hurt or something like
that. Then later on in the day
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right before you leave you
have a resident come up and say
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"You are so sweet, so helpful,
I'm glad to have you as my CNA
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to sit there and take care of
me every time I need somebody. "
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"You're always there. "
And that makes you feel good,
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when you're finished.
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But getting tired that's
normal you get exhausted, you're
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saying I've got
this to do, that to do,
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and you look for like Honiko
said, to spend the time that
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you need with the Lord, so
that you can get the strength,
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to take care of your duties,
to finish a job, and to say that
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it's done well. But when I think
about young people, I don't
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think of young people working in
a nursing home or young people
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cooking meals for people,
young people balancing so much
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academics effort, yea you go
to school and then after that I
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might work two hours at home
with my chores, but you guys
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really do it a
little differently, why?
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I think one of the reasons
is because we're learning how to
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already work, but one of
the biggest things is because
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when we get out into more of
the real world, I guess if you
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want to say, then we're kind
of just going to be thrown out
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there. And now we actually have
training to look back on, and
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as we're having that training
we're already learning that
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there are going to be times
when you are going to be so
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incredibly stressed out,
and that's when you have to turn
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to God. So as we're here
and we're learning this, then it
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will easily carry over
into whatever we choose to do
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afterwards. You
know what I've read
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recently? I've read an article,
an interview done with a
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corporate executive and they
were talking about the talent
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that came out of Colleges,
Universities, and High School,
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entering the work force,
and one of the number one of the
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number one complains that
these executives have is that
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we have all these talented
individuals coming into the
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work world, yes they're
engineers, yes they know how,
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but they don't have a basic
work ethic. They can't keep a
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schedule, they can't juggle
tasks, they're not on time,
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and they just don't have what
it takes to actually make an
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operation run smoothly.
Do you think what you're
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learning, what you're being
trained for will help change
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that tide? Vyn?
Definitely, because when I
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first got to Laurelbrook,
to handle the schedule and
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everything that we had to
do, it's a lot more from my
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previous school, at first I
thought this is a lot, this is
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really a lot of stuff to do.
I really didn't like it at first
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but as you get used to it,
and not only that you get used
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to it, if you see how it's
helping you be more responsible,
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to get things done, to be
on time, to attack something or
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try to do something and get
it done when you're supposed to
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the right way the first try,
it's just incredible because
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if I learn to be more
responsible while I'm young,
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then I know I won't
have to do it when I'm older.
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Seems like you need a
class in time management, you
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juggle all that. Do you keep
a diary? Do you keep a day timer
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or anything to make sure you're
where you're supposed to be at
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any given time? Well
it's hard because when you
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have to pull a 5:30 shift, you
have to go over there and help
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make breakfast, or work in
the nursing home, or prepare the
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meals for the residents, it's
hard because you have to get up
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at 5:00 in the morning and
be awake enough to be able to
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perform your duties, and then
when exams come you're trying
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to study for those, and it's
very hard but you have to learn
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how to adapt with it and I think
all this will help when we get
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out into the working world and
we do have to go into early, go
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into work early, or we
have deadlines to meet there. I
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think it will
help. What about balance?
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It's important because as
Christians, sometimes you can
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go overboard, as non-Christians
you hear about burnout.
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Stress, and stress-related
illnesses, but the importance
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of balance, you cannot
ever discount that fact.
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Where do you find the
balance between work and school,
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your personal life, your family
life, and friendships as well?
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For me during the school year,
I look forward to the weekends,
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Sabbath, every third week I
work so I have 2 Sabbath's off.
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Then on Sunday I only work 4
hours and we don't go to school
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so I have the rest of the day
off. So that is the time I find
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for personal, and during
the rest of the week I have my
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school work, and my work, so
I have my days of rest but yet
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I still have my days that
I'm pushing to get what I need
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to do done. What
about you Honiko?
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Kind of like Ashley was saying,
on Sundays we only have our
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vocational training for 4 hours
and then we're off the rest of
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the day so if I don't have
any major homework or anything
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I try to take that time to
relax and kind of unwind from
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week, I like to take a nap or
read a book, go horseback riding
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or something like that, just
to relieve stress and have fun.
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But I don't see students walking
around the campus shuffling
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along or exhausted, you
seem like you're having a good
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time, I don't want to give
anyone the opinion that you're
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not having a good
time. Are you, or?
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I think most of the time
everyone learns to adapt to the
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way the schedule works, nobody
has ever just absolutely given
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out or just fallen down from
just dead exhaustion, that's
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never happened, and I
don't think it's going to happen
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because our bodies were made
to work, we weren't made to just
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sit around and be
lazy, and so I think we just
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what more you learn its just
how you can see what you can do,
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you actually learn more about
yourself, saying I can handle
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this, I didn't think I
could before but I actually can.
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During the week even though
your so busy, there is still
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little times, that you take
out for yourself. Meals, you can
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just sort of sit around and
a lot of times during meals we
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don't discuss the day, we
discuss other things. So it just
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sort of gives your mind a
break from thinking about "Oh
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I have to do this,
I have to do that. "
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No that's when you can
just sit around, you can talk to
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friends, and do all those
kind of things. So there's still
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small times during the day
where you can relax and recoup.
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I have a question, I ask myself
Why I have to be responsible,
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I mean I'm young I could have
all the fun I want to but you
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know to ask yourself why
do we need to be responsible,
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as young people? Why?
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I think the reason we need to
be responsible is because that's
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what we have to do throughout
our whole lives, it's kind of
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what gives life meaning, is
responsibility, the things that
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we're going to have to do.
Not just learning for the future
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oh you will end up being
responsible when you're older,
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but for now just let them be
kids, just let them have fun.
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But if they're not learning
then they're not going to have
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a foundation and that's
the reason the corporate world
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is saying that people aren't
coming on time, they're not
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doing their jobs, they're
not doing what they're supposed
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to be doing. That's because
they haven't laid a foundation.
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But even now we learn
how to be responsible.
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I think what's sad about
this generation right now is
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parents are sitting there
their kids "Well it's ok. "
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They don't need to do chores
like I used to have to do.
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They can go play their computer
games, they can go watch T.V.
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and have fun, and they think
that overnight they're going
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to change and all of a
sudden be responsible when they
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hit 21. But that's not
going to happen. It needs to be
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cultivated from the time their
little by "Pick up your toys,"
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and progress on,
until you get older.
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It starts when
you're young doesn't it?
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Shamarri? To go
off of what Ashley said
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if you start habits when you're
younger it's easier when you're
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older because if you try to
just snap like she said and just
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become an adult in one day,
it would never happen you have
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to plan yourself, and
see, plan your schedule and be
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responsible and stick
to it. When I think about
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responsibility I would think
back to the very beginning in
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the Garden of Eden. God could
have created Adam and Eve and
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said "Oh just go and have fun.
" But he knew that wasn't what
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they needed. They needed
to work, they needed to be in
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there, He gave them the job
of naming the animals, he gave
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them the job of taking
care of the garden, make sure
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everything stays nice, and
so he gave them responsibilities
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when they were there,
He just didn't say "Oh, go
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have a good time. "
But He also, and I'm glad
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you brought that up, when I
think about the responsibility
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that he gave Adam, to tend
the Garden, and he gave them
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jobs to do. It talks
about when God, He walked
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and talked with Adam
in the cool of the day.
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I would think that He's
instructing Adam, He's spending
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time with him, He's helping to
shape his character, and giving
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him the tools that he needed
in order to do a job well.
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Do you have some times,
you know there are adults,
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in your environment, your
parents, how do you get the
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help that you need?
Some times it does get to be
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a bit much for
everybody. Do you have support?
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Oh definitely, when I
have a rough day, and I'm just
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about ready to fall apart,
I'll call home and I'll talk to
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either my mom or dad,
even sometimes my older sister,
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and they will listen, they're
all great listeners, and then
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they try to get me encouragement
and support, but even the staff
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at Laurelbrook. I look up to
and really respect a lot of the
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staff there, because I know
if I need to call them at 2:00
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in the morning,
they'll be there for me.
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How much support do you
get from your friends Shamarri?
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For me, I get lot's of support
because all of my friends were
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striving to go on the upper
path and do the same things.
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So it's very easy for me because
I can sit down and talk to
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somebody and they can
understand, they're doing the
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same thing I am, and they
can understand where I'm coming
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from. Building
off of what Honiko
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said about the staff always
being there, what helps a lot
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is we have, in the past years
that I've been at Laurelbrook
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and also now, we have some
staff that also graduated from
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Laurelbrook themselves.
So therefore they really do
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know what I went through
because they actually went to
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the same school, they had
the same rules as I did, and
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when I call them up, I can ask
them "How did you do this when
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you were a student?"
Then they can tell me, because
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they did it, it's not like
another staff that came as a
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staff member and never
knew Laurelbrook before, they
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were here as a student.
So you think about the level
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of responsibility that you
guys have daily. Is it in any
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way hindering your teenage
years, typical teenage years?
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Of course, it does hinder me
being a teen, some might think
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that the only thing that
I want to do is to have fun
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sometimes, and I don't want
to take on the responsibility.
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But I realized that, if I
take it on now, I won't have to
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do it later. Laurelbrook
has provided a good opportunity
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for me to do that, because since
I've been there, the program
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that they've had and the
things that we just do in day to
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day life. In every step of
it, it just prepares me for,
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and I look at that way, it
just prepares me for having
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to do it sometime later. So
I'll be way ahead of my peers
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maybe sometime, because of
attacking it when I was young,
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and it's a good thing
for me to do right now.
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Also kind of going along
with what Vyn was saying,
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when you show that your
responsible, it also means that
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you're dependable. So
if you're put in charge of
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babysitting, or watching your
brother or sister or something,
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your parents expect you to
do that, instead of after they
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leave you sneak out and go out
with your friends or something
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like that. They expect you
to stay there and take care of
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your little brother and
sister, and I think that's what
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you get that from. Going
after what Vyn and Honiko
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said, it makes me think
about Daniel in the Bible.
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If his mother hadn't
trained him when he was younger,
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to be responsible, to go
through with your duties that
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people have given to
you or asked you to do,
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then later on as he was
taken captive, he would've never
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been able to fulfill
through with the small things he
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had to go and study in school,
before he was able to go up
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higher in the king's
court. He had to be responsible
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and follow through in the
simple duties to make the king
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look and say "There is
something different about him. "
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He was taken captive with
several other people that were
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with him, but the king noticed
something different about him.
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He noticed that he was
responsible in the things
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that he did, and
same with us we have to be
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responsible with the small
things, because if we're not
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responsible with the small
things, then there's no way we
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can be responsible
with bigger things.
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Often you're alone,
nobody's watching you,
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make sure that you do this
correctly or you not do this
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duty all the way or do half,
nobody's watching you I mean
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what's the big deal? I
think it's very important
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when you think of our journey
as through our lives which are
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goal is to go to heaven,
God is watching everything we do
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every small thing,
that's done in secret, and He's
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recording it, and if we can't
do a small thing, how is He
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going to entrust us with
the precious gift of bringing a
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soul to Christ. How can He
entrust that to us if we don't
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take the responsibility
to just take out the trash.
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I agree with what Ashley said
about our biggest responsibility
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is going to be bringing souls
into the kingdom and so if we
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can learn how to be responsible
in small things like she said,
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but also to have that kind of
responsibility, and to be able
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to get everything done that we
have to do whether it's really
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really big and a whole lot
we have to do or even just a
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little. We just have to give
every day, every hour, every
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minute even over to God,
and just say listen this is
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what I have to do and I don't
think I can handle all this
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right now. But you've given
it to me so you obviously know
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I can so please help
me carry through with it.
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Everything is a stepping stone
to something greater isn't it?
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The Bible says in Zachariah,
"Not by power, nor by might,
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but by my spirit sayeth
the Lord. " He means everything
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you take everything, He
said cast all your cares upon
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me, because I care for you.
There is nothing, that we have
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to concern ourselves with
that we say "Uhh, it's me I'm
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doing it alone. " Is it hard
to get puffed up? Especially
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supervising. You know you
have a whole staff and you're
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only what, 17? So
you can kind of get
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the big head about
that. How do you handle that?
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These are your peers,
do they listen to you?
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Yes, the girls do really well.
I just let them know that I
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want to be their friend, but
that also I expect them to do
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their work well. But also
I'm still their classmate, I'm
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still their friend, I'm
still the same girl outside of
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supervising as I am inside.
It's just that the position is a
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little different.
And those of you who are
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in the medical field, medical
aspect of the work, that's a
00:21:04.91\00:21:08.52
tough one too because,
people's lives are depending
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on you. They really are,
so if you can't be responsible
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in that area, then you gave
somebody the wrong medicine,
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or the wrong exercise, or
take them out at the wrong
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time of day, lift and dip, in
the wrong way, they can really
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break a bone, when I
think about the elderly. So
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responsibility, and
understanding what the task
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entails, and doing it to
the best of your ability, that
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really is nothing to just point
a stick at you really need to
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know what you're
doing and to pay attention.
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Don't you think? I
think when we go in the
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contrast of when
Jesus was at Gethsemane.
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Our responsibility wouldn't
seem that great, and that burns
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and when you think that Jesus
carried the weight of the world
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upon him. It was so great, He
was asking the Father to take it
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away, and if He had to,
then let me keep it. And if He
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can carry the
weight of every one of us,
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we should be able to,
with his help, carry just ours.
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That's right, but also at
every stage of Jesus' life it
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says He was perfect and
we're asked to be perfect in our
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sphere. So he had every
stage of His life, and He
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had it down a path, so
you're at the teen age,
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phase of your life so we don't
expect a big Gethsemane yet,
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but what you're doing it says
you do it with all your might.
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Because as time goes on and
we know that you guys will have
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some things that need to be
taken care of as you get older
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especially in these days.
So how do you really understand
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that what you're doing now is
most important, especially when
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what you're doing now is just
pouring juice, or writing an
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essay, or taking a math test.
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It's helpful, you
know, that I am a CNA
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and I eventually
want to be an OBGYN
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and knowing that
being in the medical health
00:22:55.79\00:22:59.21
we prepare
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to be when I'm going to
be eventually is a doctor
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and I am starting at
the bottom of the scale
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and eventually I'm
going to work to the top.
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So everything that we
do all the responsibility
00:23:08.64\00:23:11.15
that you are taking,
now, and you are finding great
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pleasure great joy and
fulfilling responsibility.
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But we know that not a
moment is being wasted, right?
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Because you are in preparation.
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The Lord needs
responsible young people.
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He needs
responsible young people now.
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He needs
responsible young people to
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fulfill a great job in
these last days, right?
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The... that's right, the
Lord does need responsible
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young people, and
even more than that
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There is a quote
that I've learned earlier
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and I might paraphrase it
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referring to how much
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the world needs
people that are responsible.
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And it says "The
greatest want of the world
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is the want of men. "
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Men who are in their inmost
souls are true and honest.
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And men who will
not be bought or sold.
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And it also went on to say that
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the world wants men
00:24:02.61\00:24:03.80
who will stand to duty
as a needle to the pole
00:24:03.84\00:24:07.71
and men who will
stand for the right
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though the heavens fall.
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And, you know, if
you are not responsible
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and you are not brave
enough and you are not
00:24:12.37\00:24:14.13
courageous enough,
00:24:14.16\00:24:15.13
then there is no way you
could fulfill that purpose
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you could fulfill that slot.
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And to go with what Vyn said
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we don't have to be afraid
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to be responsible because
God will not put on us more than
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we can bear. He
has promised to us that
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He will be there by our
side to walk us through it
00:24:33.88\00:24:36.23
and He will not put more
upon us than we can bear.
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So we think about
living in the present
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not wishing or
hoping that you could
00:24:42.57\00:24:44.99
you know, have
fewer responsibilities
00:24:45.03\00:24:47.42
and not wanting
more than you have
00:24:47.45\00:24:50.51
just knowing it says that "what
ever state you find yourself at
00:24:50.55\00:24:53.20
there with to be content"
00:24:53.23\00:24:54.70
to know that there is a perfect
plan for each of our lives
00:24:54.73\00:24:57.82
and what we're doing
now today is fulfilling
00:24:57.85\00:25:01.28
that plan through taking
care of the responsibilities
00:25:01.32\00:25:03.99
that you have for
the moment. Don't you?
00:25:04.02\00:25:06.20
Also I think,
everything is not going to be
00:25:07.62\00:25:09.90
something that we like doing.
00:25:09.93\00:25:11.85
We might have to start
like you might hate sweeping
00:25:11.89\00:25:14.89
but you might have to start
actually sweeping the floor
00:25:14.92\00:25:17.89
or doing something like that.
00:25:17.92\00:25:18.89
Washing dishes.
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You know when I was younger
I hated washing dishes but now
00:25:20.14\00:25:23.03
I am working in the academy
kitchen and I need to have the
00:25:23.07\00:25:25.89
dishes clean and presentable for
those who are going to use them.
00:25:25.93\00:25:30.46
and the thing is it will build
us up to bigger and greater
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things It's humble
responsibilities too that
sometimes make a person
00:25:36.89\00:25:40.62
who they are.
00:25:40.65\00:25:41.62
You think of famous
people that we know and
00:25:41.63\00:25:43.62
and they didn't
start off that way
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they had very humble positions,
00:25:45.47\00:25:47.18
but they did those
jobs, they did them well.
00:25:47.22\00:25:49.75
you know to the
best of their abilities.
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And that's all we can ask for.
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Help me to do it to
the best of my ability.
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The other people
that you associate with
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every single day.
Do they understand
00:26:00.04\00:26:03.81
what happens when a person
comes into an environment?
00:26:03.84\00:26:06.41
Maybe they don't understand
the level of responsibility
00:26:06.44\00:26:09.00
that you have, or the
jobs that you have to do.
00:26:09.03\00:26:10.84
How do you get
them to do it well?
00:26:10.87\00:26:13.48
You take them and you
show them how to do it.
00:26:13.52\00:26:16.63
A lot of times they
need to know how to do it
00:26:16.67\00:26:18.87
because they have
never done that before.
00:26:18.91\00:26:21.04
I've seen people come in and
not know how to slice a tomato.
00:26:21.08\00:26:23.65
and you just show them how
00:26:23.68\00:26:26.34
to do the work
that's ahead of them
00:26:26.38\00:26:28.32
and also
encourage them and tell them
00:26:28.35\00:26:30.22
that yeah when you
start out it's really hard,
00:26:30.26\00:26:33.32
but the more you do
it the easier it becomes
00:26:33.35\00:26:35.92
and soon it seems
like an easy task.
00:26:35.95\00:26:38.33
So where do you go
from here with that,
00:26:39.81\00:26:41.52
what you've learned so far?
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You know just before we
look at all that we've learned
00:26:43.16\00:26:46.32
you know being responsible
is not always the easiest thing.
00:26:46.36\00:26:50.66
Sometimes you might be
called up and beyond, you know
00:26:50.69\00:26:53.51
that you might be
00:26:53.54\00:26:54.51
you think you're
incapable of doing
00:26:54.54\00:26:56.51
or something
that's really discouraging
00:26:56.54\00:26:58.46
and you know, it seems
like you can't get through it.
00:26:58.50\00:27:02.08
and you know, it just
takes prayer and perseverance
00:27:02.11\00:27:05.66
to do it because you
know it's good for you
00:27:05.69\00:27:08.30
you know it's something
that's going to build you up
00:27:08.34\00:27:11.52
and help others that
are around you that are
00:27:11.55\00:27:13.39
going to benefit from you
00:27:13.42\00:27:15.95
just being
responsible enough to do it.
00:27:15.99\00:27:19.01
Fulfilling all those
character traits out:
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Perseverance, What else?
00:27:21.68\00:27:23.48
Prayer
00:27:23.51\00:27:24.48
Being able to
stick to something.
00:27:24.49\00:27:26.66
That's very, very important
00:27:26.69\00:27:29.06
and all those things
make you who you are.
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Well, I'd hope that
00:27:30.81\00:27:33.15
you guys will continue to
take joy and take pleasure
00:27:33.19\00:27:36.37
in being
responsible young people
00:27:36.40\00:27:39.27
so that you can
effect change not only here
00:27:39.31\00:27:41.77
at your school, but
everywhere that you go.
00:27:41.80\00:27:44.75
Because God needs
responsible people.
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He needs people who will
go out there and take control
00:27:46.93\00:27:50.74
and get a job done and
get that job done well.
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Remember, "Not by power,
nor by might, but by My Spirit"
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sayeth the Lord.
Thank you for joining us.
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