Stay tuned to meet a
woman who has overcome adversity
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and teaches others to do so too.
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My name is Yvonne Lewis
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and you're
watching Urban Report.
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Hello and
welcome to Urban Report.
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My guest today
is Camille McKenzie,
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Lifestyle Coach and Author of
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"Long Journey to Freedom:
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Seven Steps to
Confidence and Joy. "
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Welcome to Urban Report Camille.
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Thank you Yvonne for
having me, it's a pleasure.
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Oh, it's so great
to have you, you know,
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first I met you at the
event that "True Health TV" had
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which is a wonderful...
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it is an
affiliate of Dare to Dream,
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in Atlanta and
you and your husband
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sat at our table
with Jason and me,
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and you told me
you had written a book
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but then you sent the book to me
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and you sent the
Trailer about the book
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and before we really
get into our interview,
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I really would
like for our Viewers
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to see the Trailer, so
they can kind of have a sense
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of what the book is about
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and then we'll
talk about your journey.
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Let's take a
look at the Trailer.
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Okay, Yvonne.
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Music playing...
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Locked Behind Bars
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Locked Behind Bars
of Mental Imprisonment
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for 27 years.
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But then the Son
came and changed her life.
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She has never been the same!
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The Son took her out of prison.
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By showing her
the way to freedom.
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He can do the same for you.
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Are you locked
behind bars of insecurity,
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self-doubt and shame?
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Are you living the
life of your dreams?
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Or is fear stopping you?
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Do you want
more joy, peace, love
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and confidence in your life?
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The power of choice.
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The power of truth.
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The power of thoughts.
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The power of words.
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The power of gratitude.
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The power of contentment.
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the Power of love.
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Join Camille
Mckenzie on a journey...
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A journey to freedom.
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Long Journey to Freedom.
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She will show you
the way to freedom.
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www. longjourneytofreedom. com
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music
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Available at Amazon. com
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What a lovely Promo...
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Thank you Yvonne.
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Lovely, and I...
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as I read your book,
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and I got a
sense of your journey,
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I thought,
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"Well, this is
so good" this is...
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you have some
very interesting things
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that have happened to you,
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let's talk a little
bit about your journey.
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So, as a child, what
was going on in your life?
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You start... you
talk in the book about
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drinking a poison and how
the poison was... you know...
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your father drank, and
your grandfather drank,
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what poison are
you talking about?
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The terminology of "poison"
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is to really
indicate to the reader that
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what I am about to talk about
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is something
that can cause death,
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it's lethal and the
death that I'm talking
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about is psychological
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but sometimes takes a
form of where it's physical
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and what happened to me
is that from ten years old,
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I started to experience
extreme bullying at school.
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I think the skies of inferiority
had already started to
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wash over me,
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I already started to sense
that within my little young mind
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I think, just growing up
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and looking at other people,
comparing myself to them,
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and just... not
feeling that I was good enough,
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but the poison
ultimately was in school,
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in school I was teased
mercilessly about who I was
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and thinking about that
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and reflecting upon that
each day that it was happening
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just made me feel like
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I was just this
"complete nothing"
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that God had
created an absolute loser,
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and I didn't
deserve to be on earth
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and so, at a young age I
really wanted to take my life,
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I didn't have
the courage to do so,
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but I wanted to,
because the poison was
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"you're not good
enough, how God created you,
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is absolutely wrong,
and you need to know that"
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and so I believed it.
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You know, the whole
situation with bullying
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is so intense, I
think that as adults,
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and if we don't
have young children,
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we can minimize
the impact of bullying,
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but bullying is so
prevalent and it's so damaging
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and it's so impactful,
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it can impact you for
the rest of your life.
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Amen... amen...
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So, how did you
navigate through that,
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Camille, what did you do during
those years to deal with that?
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Great question, I did nothing,
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I internalized it,
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I sat silently each
day as it was happening,
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and I just assumed that
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this was the way
it was supposed to be.
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Actually, I deserved
it, you know, I was ugly,
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I didn't look good and
God created me to be a loser
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so why not just accept
what was happening to me,
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so it continued to happen
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because I didn't
do anything about it
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and at the end
of the day, Yvonne,
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I think, one of
the messages that God
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wants to really get through
to those who read the book is
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this, "Bullying
is not a small issue,
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it is a serious
issue because as you said,
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it has an impact that can
last for long years to come. "
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It is that
studies have been done
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in which people
who have been studied,
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they realize until
50-years old or older,
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they are still dealing with
the mental and emotional scars
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of bullying and
physical scars as well,
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because your body starts to
experience different stresses
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because of what
they're experiencing
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so bullying is
not a small issue,
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and I think the two things
I want to highlight about it
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is this... the first
is the psychological death
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that's the poison
that I alluded to earlier,
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the psychological death
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of not feeling
that you're good enough,
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psychological
death of being in a sense
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someone who's
living but really dead,
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I don't want to live my life,
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I'm here but I'm kind of
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taking up space,
that's where I was,
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I'm just going
through life every single day
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doing what it is
that I'm "supposed" to do
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but I don't deserve to be here,
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that was the
mental space that I was in
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and so, the psychological death
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for someone who's
bullied, that is really real,
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you're not living your life,
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the second thing as well is
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that suicide is
often very prevalent
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for those who are bullied,
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the other day I saw
a startling statistic,
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you're talking about,
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it is the fourth leading cause
of death, suicide that is...
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among people who are...
from the ages of ten to fourteen
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and then also,
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it is the third
leading cause of death
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for those who are in the age
group from 15- to 24-years old
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so this is serious,
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God is seeing people who
are precious in His sight,
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created in His image,
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but are not
understanding who they are
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and, therefore, are living
lives that are really "dead. "
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Oh, there are so many things
that I can ask you from that.
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How did your family
deal with this whole thing,
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did they know what was going on
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how did you... was it
being reinforced at home?
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How did you deal
with that at home?
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Good question, I
didn't say anything.
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Is that often the case with
kids that are being bullied?
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Yeah, you're silent and
parents don't know about it
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until...
sometimes it's too late.
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In my case, I hardly
said anything about anything
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much less
bullying, I was very quiet
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and just introverted
and so with the bullying,
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that was no
different, I said nothing
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and the only way
that my parents found out
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about it particularly my mom,
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was she found the
letter that I wrote,
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and she saw in that
letter details in which...
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I indicated that she
wanted to take my life,
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she saw a knife in the
picture, and she realized,
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"Oh my gosh, this is happening"
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she spoke to me about it, I
told her what I was thinking
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and she just assured me
that "Camille, you're beautiful,
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you don't need to
think about ending your life"
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but I still felt the
way that I felt inside,
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the healing wasn't there.
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You know, when you think about
the passages that we go through,
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in childhood,
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going on into
adulthood, and you think about
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all of the natural
feelings of inferiority,
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lack of self-confidence,
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that a teenager kind
of automatically feels,
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and then you compound
that with the bullying,
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that has got to
be it's, as you said,
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it's leading to suicide, Right.
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and often we hear on the
News about this young person
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was bullied
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and they committed suicide
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Right, right,
right, hmmm... hmmm...
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and you wanted...
you know, you think,
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"Wow! is it that
bad, can it be that bad?"
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And obviously it
is, obviously it is...
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day after day after day,
being told that you're nothing
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that has got to be so painful.
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It is Yvonne, you know, the
thing with bullying is this,
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when we think
about what the Bible says
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that death and life is
in the power of the tongue,
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that is a pretty
powerful statement
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we often think with words...
that words are just "words"
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and so when we
think of bullying,
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"Stick and stones
may break my bones
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but words will never hurt me"
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so when we hear about bullying,
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and we say,
"that's a side issue,
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come on now, get over that,
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were talking about that,
it's just a little thing"
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but God doesn't
recognize it as that,
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when He sees the impact that
that is having on young lives
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and that, not just the
lives of a young person
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but ultimately they are going
into adulthood with these issues
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that the dreams and the passion
that He has for their lives,
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the purpose that He
has for their lives,
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that ultimately can be aborted
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because of how
they see themselves,
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God says, "You know what,
I want this to be an issue
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that is recognized as serious"
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and ultimately,
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I believe that part of
the calling of God in life,
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is to take that
particular message to the world,
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it's to say, at
the end of the day
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whether you are a young child,
or whether you are an adult,
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your words have
incredible power,
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you have the power to
be able to speak life...
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in the life of other people,
or you have the opportunity
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to also speak
something else which is that,
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God says, "Choose life,
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speak life in
those in whom you meet"
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and the world
will begin to blossom
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into a place in which all of us
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can feel a greater sense
of hope, resiliency and love.
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Come on now, I
love that, I love that,
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you know, as I
listen to you Camille,
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you have taken this
adversity, this pain,
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and God has allowed you to
transform that into a purpose
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from pain to purpose, Amen.
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so now, you are on
fire about delivering
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this message of wholeness
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and is that what
inspired you to write this book?
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How did you get
inspired to write the book?
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Great question,
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the inspiration came from
the One who gives, ultimately...
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inspiration and calling,
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my God and great
Savior, Jesus Christ,
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when I felt the impression
of the Spirit to write the book,
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I'm like, "Oh God, I could write
but not necessarily about me"
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you know, but, I understood,
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when the impression
came to write the book, "why"
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I understood that
lives needed to be saved,
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I understood that calling...
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some people's
lives needed to be lived,
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I understood that
there are many people
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who are going to their graves,
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in a way in
which they are dying,
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and... they are dying empty,
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and some of them are dying full,
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but in the end their
grave is the wealthiest place
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on the planet,
because so many people,
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who found themselves in a place
where they're limited within,
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they do not
know their own power,
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they do not understand the
power which God has given them,
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and so they go through lives
as I said, "dead men walking"
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not living the lives that
God has called them to live,
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so the inspiration
ultimately came from God,
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and from that,
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I decided that I wanted to
see young girls around the world
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rise up and see
themselves as how God sees them.
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Yes, and it's so important
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to have a different
picture of ourselves
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than the one the enemy
tries to plant within our heads,
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Amen. and in this Society,
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there is such an
emphasis on how you look
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and what color you are
and all of these things,
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that should not
play into it but they do
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and we internalize that Right.
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and then we're just kind of
stuck in this morass of pain
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so, the Holy Spirit
inspired you to take your pain
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and make it your purpose,
and that's what you're doing
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how would you...
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if you were talking to
the "Camille" of fifteen,
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what would you say to her?
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I would have so
much to say to her
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the book ultimately...
is what I would say to "me"
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and that's why,
"Long Journey to Freedom"
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was ultimately written,
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I believe God wanted me to use
the pain that I had experienced,
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to help someone else,
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so if there is one
young girl out there
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that would pick
up that book and say,
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"My gosh, I don't
want to go where she was
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27 years for life,
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I want that shortcut, I'm
going to read that book. "
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Talk to her, talk
to her in that camera,
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"Young lady, young girl,
wherever you are in the world,
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what I say to you is,
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first and foremost
understand who you are,
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that your Creator
has called you beautiful
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that your Creator
has called you blessed
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and that He wants
you to pick up a mirror,
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a mirror that is
not found on earth
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but a mirror that
has been built in heaven
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it's called the 'Word of God,'
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and He wants you
to search it daily
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to understand who you
are and whose you are,
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once you do that
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you'll no longer
struggle with who you are. "
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That is so good, and
if young men and women
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could just internalize
"whose" they are as well,
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that they belong to the Lord
and that God has a plan for them
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often on this Program, Camille,
we talk about Jeremiah 29:11
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that's like my favorite, my
new favorite verse, I think,
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because I allude
to it all the time
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about God's thoughts toward us,
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thoughts of peace and
not of evil to give us...
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in NIV it says,
"a future and a hope"
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and in the King James, it
is, "to give us an expected end"
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and so, that
says, there is a plan
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and no one can
fulfill that plan for you,
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you were created to do
that, and once you find that,
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you have found...
your divine purpose.
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Tell us what it feels like now
as compared to where you were.
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Words can't express it,
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it is the most powerful
place on earth to be in.
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I wish this for every
single person on the planet,
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that whatever it is that
God has called them to do,
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that they would find themselves
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right in the
middle of that purpose
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because once you
live in that purpose,
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there is a peace that
surpasses all understanding,
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there is a joy
that grips your soul,
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that allows you to
live life with passion
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and just with a sense of just...
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"Thank God I am here I
can't wait for the next day"
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I want that for others,
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I want them to dream a
bigger dream for themselves
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because ultimately God
has dreamed it for them.
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I like the way you
said, "God's dream for us"
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because God has
His own plan for us,
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and Satan has a
plan, and God has a plan,
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Satan's plan is
to take you from here
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and spiral you
downward and destroy you
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but God's plan is to lift us up
00:17:09.66\00:17:12.69
and to give us the abundant
life through Jesus Christ
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and what a difference,
Satan kind of lured you
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with different
things just to bait you,
00:17:19.43\00:17:21.94
get you into the trap
and then... take you down.
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It's amazing,
but God has this way
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of taking the darkest times
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and bringing
something out of that
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and you know... you
know that... first hand
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because you went
through another very dark time
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after the
bullying, tell us about that.
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Yeah, oh yeah,
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wow! two times that I
never would have expected,
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was that, my young
husband at 34-years old,
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one morning got up
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and just started to complain
that he wasn't feeling too well
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that was not normal
so I took that to be
00:17:56.60\00:17:59.17
something very
serious, long story short,
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what ended up happening, Yvonne,
at 7:38 on November 14, 2009,
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I was told that my
husband, at that time, was dead,
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and that was
00:18:10.59\00:18:12.69
one of the most devastating
experiences of my entire life
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because I loved him so much,
00:18:15.66\00:18:17.63
we were college sweethearts
and he meant the world to me
00:18:17.66\00:18:22.40
and I honestly did not believe
that I could live without him,
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I thought that
I would ultimately
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not be able to
survive it, but God...
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Yvonne: But
God... Camille: But God.
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And it just
happened all of a sudden?
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All of a sudden, no
warning... nothing...
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what he died of was
something that is considered
00:18:37.91\00:18:41.22
a silent part of a heart attack
00:18:41.25\00:18:44.39
when you have a
silent coronary disease,
00:18:44.42\00:18:47.22
and it was just...
one time it happened...
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and that was it,
00:18:49.92\00:18:51.26
and the time that it
happened, it took his life.
00:18:51.29\00:18:53.46
Other people may
get other opportunities
00:18:53.50\00:18:56.13
to live through it, he did not,
00:18:56.16\00:18:57.80
and so, my world was
devastated by that completely
00:18:57.83\00:19:02.64
without hope as to how I
was going to get through it,
00:19:02.67\00:19:07.64
but God stepped in,
and reminded me who He was
00:19:07.68\00:19:11.25
and His ability to
help me, and so I remember
00:19:11.28\00:19:14.38
just praying in my
living room and telling God,
00:19:14.42\00:19:18.02
"God, I don't know,
I see nothing around me
00:19:18.05\00:19:21.59
but a complete darkness,
00:19:21.62\00:19:22.96
but, I know that you
can take this broken heart
00:19:22.99\00:19:25.99
and continue, you
can take this broken life
00:19:26.03\00:19:29.06
and you can make
something out of it"
00:19:29.10\00:19:31.67
and He has.
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Amen, amen, so, your
response to the dark time
00:19:33.34\00:19:38.94
was not to draw away from God,
00:19:38.97\00:19:41.51
but it was to
draw closer to Him.
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Did you find comfort
and peace during that time?
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How did it manifest?
00:19:49.42\00:19:50.95
I certainly did, my
message to people everywhere
00:19:50.99\00:19:54.62
is ultimately this...
that if you are not connected
00:19:54.66\00:19:58.29
to the God of the universe,
00:19:58.33\00:19:59.66
I pray that you will
become connected to Him
00:19:59.69\00:20:02.26
because, if you're not
going through a storm now,
00:20:02.30\00:20:05.50
you ultimately will,
00:20:05.53\00:20:06.87
and there is no way
that you can endure that
00:20:06.90\00:20:09.44
without the power of God,
because He brought me through it
00:20:09.50\00:20:14.21
and He knew ten months later
00:20:14.24\00:20:16.44
I was going to be
dealing with something else,
00:20:16.51\00:20:18.61
and that was the loss of my dad,
00:20:18.68\00:20:20.82
ten months later, my dad
died of Pancreatic Cancer
00:20:20.85\00:20:24.25
and two months prior to
that when I got the diagnosis,
00:20:24.29\00:20:27.62
I was just
completely just not here...
00:20:27.66\00:20:31.26
it was like, "How
is this happening God,
00:20:31.29\00:20:34.86
I lost my
husband, and now my dad?"
00:20:34.90\00:20:37.00
But the reality was
that God stepped in again
00:20:37.03\00:20:40.64
and His ability,
through particularly His words
00:20:40.67\00:20:44.24
to just reassures you
that you can get through this,
00:20:44.27\00:20:47.48
is amazing, so,
at the end of the day
00:20:47.51\00:20:50.71
what I would say
to people is this...
00:20:50.75\00:20:52.08
God makes it clear in His Word
00:20:52.11\00:20:54.38
that "My power is made
perfect in your weakness"
00:20:54.42\00:20:58.42
so I will boast of my weakness
00:20:58.45\00:21:00.39
so that the power
of Christ rests on me.
00:21:00.42\00:21:04.23
Yes, yes, and look at
God, look at how God...
00:21:04.26\00:21:08.96
in spite of the dark
time, and He always does this,
00:21:09.00\00:21:13.13
in the
wilderness period, you know,
00:21:13.17\00:21:16.04
we wouldn't... when
you look back on it,
00:21:16.07\00:21:18.44
you wouldn't trade the
closeness with God for anything,
00:21:18.47\00:21:21.88
you don't want to go through
the wilderness, obviously,
00:21:21.94\00:21:25.55
but when you're there,
once you've gone through it,
00:21:25.58\00:21:28.92
you look back and you
say, "Wow! God held me up,
00:21:28.98\00:21:32.29
He held me up
through that dark time"
00:21:32.32\00:21:35.32
and then you lost your
husband, you lost your dad,
00:21:35.39\00:21:39.16
but when your dad
was being cared for,
00:21:39.19\00:21:42.36
tell us about the young man
who was caring for your dad.
00:21:42.40\00:21:46.53
Oh, God is great, He is good,
00:21:46.57\00:21:50.27
this is ultimately
the story of my life,
00:21:50.31\00:21:52.57
is His greatness, to
bring you through anything
00:21:52.61\00:21:55.21
but also to bring some
powerful, positive great things
00:21:55.24\00:21:58.45
along with it, Yes, yes.
00:21:58.48\00:22:00.32
and so, throughout my experience
with taking care of my dad,
00:22:00.35\00:22:02.95
they talked about bringing
in an Alternative Healer
00:22:02.98\00:22:07.19
to work on him, He
was at this point, Yvonne,
00:22:07.22\00:22:10.09
where literally it
was... there was no hope,
00:22:10.13\00:22:12.99
he was going to die.
00:22:13.03\00:22:14.36
Pancreatic
Cancer is very serious
00:22:14.40\00:22:16.46
and it works very quickly.
00:22:16.50\00:22:18.13
You got it, you
absolutely got it right
00:22:18.17\00:22:20.44
and it did in his case,
so we saw that happening
00:22:20.47\00:22:23.04
but my dad still had hope,
00:22:23.07\00:22:24.67
he was a man of
faith and he said,
00:22:24.71\00:22:26.04
"You know what, I
want to try whatever
00:22:26.07\00:22:28.04
there still is out there"
00:22:28.08\00:22:29.84
so, my parents called around
00:22:29.88\00:22:31.61
and found that there was
this "Alternative Healer"
00:22:31.65\00:22:35.55
that he was a
Medical Missionary,
00:22:35.58\00:22:37.32
I had no idea what that was
00:22:37.35\00:22:38.99
because I wasn't an
Adventist so I was clueless.
00:22:39.02\00:22:41.72
Oh you weren't an
Adventist at this point?
00:22:41.76\00:22:43.73
No, I was a Methodist at
that point so, I'm just like,
00:22:43.76\00:22:46.59
"Okay, let's see
what this turns out to be"
00:22:46.63\00:22:48.70
very skeptical and ultimately
God did something amazing
00:22:48.73\00:22:53.23
I found myself working with
him and taking care of my dad,
00:22:53.27\00:22:57.71
and starting to feel
feelings... could it be love?
00:22:57.74\00:23:03.61
And so, I started
falling in love with him
00:23:03.65\00:23:06.72
and he was as well, and
ultimately we got married.
00:23:06.75\00:23:09.78
Now, look at God, and
even in the midst of the
00:23:09.82\00:23:13.66
hardest times, He stepped in
00:23:13.72\00:23:16.22
and showed His love for you
00:23:16.29\00:23:18.73
by providing a
"Houseband" for you.
00:23:18.76\00:23:22.30
Yes, yes, He provided
sunshine in the midst of storm
00:23:22.33\00:23:25.93
and I think that's
what I love about God
00:23:25.97\00:23:28.30
is that He is so redemptive,
00:23:28.34\00:23:30.27
He has a power to be able
to take the things of life
00:23:30.31\00:23:33.17
that aren't too pleasant
and make lemonade out of it.
00:23:33.21\00:23:35.98
Yes. So I love Him for that,
00:23:36.01\00:23:37.41
and I love His
ability to bring us through
00:23:37.45\00:23:39.48
to help us to know
that, "You know what,
00:23:39.51\00:23:41.15
there are always
sunny days ahead. "
00:23:41.18\00:23:42.75
Absolutely, and another
thing is so great about God
00:23:42.78\00:23:45.55
since we're just
praising Him right now
00:23:45.59\00:23:48.12
another thing is,
He can make one move
00:23:48.16\00:23:50.63
and accomplish
several things with one move.
00:23:50.69\00:23:53.83
Like your dad... was
getting somewhat better,
00:23:53.86\00:23:56.97
during that time, and then,
00:23:57.00\00:23:59.30
He also... God
brought you a husband,
00:23:59.33\00:24:01.94
He knew what you needed, Yes.
00:24:01.97\00:24:03.81
you know the two
main men in your life,
00:24:03.84\00:24:06.51
had been
removed, and God sent you
00:24:06.54\00:24:09.54
another husband
and what a blessing,
00:24:09.58\00:24:12.51
what a blessing.
00:24:12.55\00:24:14.15
Amen, and you know Yvonne,
00:24:14.18\00:24:16.08
I wouldn't have
chosen that path for myself
00:24:16.12\00:24:18.12
because after my first husband,
I was going to remain a widow,
00:24:18.15\00:24:21.12
I just believed that there
was no other man on the earth
00:24:21.16\00:24:24.09
that could eclipse him...
that could surpass who he was
00:24:24.13\00:24:27.03
but God ended up
proving me wrong.
00:24:27.06\00:24:30.27
Amen. I'm glad He did.
00:24:30.30\00:24:32.17
God is good, so,
let's just get back
00:24:32.20\00:24:36.97
to the seven steps in that
long journey toward freedom.
00:24:37.01\00:24:41.48
What are those seven steps,
just give us a little hint
00:24:41.51\00:24:45.95
of each one and whoa,
our time is running out
00:24:45.98\00:24:48.22
I can't believe it,
our time is running out,
00:24:48.25\00:24:50.42
so just give us a little taste
of what are those seven steps.
00:24:50.45\00:24:53.99
All right, the seven steps
are pretty much proven to work.
00:24:54.02\00:24:57.53
The first is thinking
about the power of choice.
00:24:57.56\00:25:01.06
When we talk about choice,
we often don't realize that
00:25:01.13\00:25:04.50
this is something
that's often taken for granted
00:25:04.53\00:25:07.07
but in every situation in life,
you have the power to choose
00:25:07.10\00:25:10.04
whether or not you
will make that situation
00:25:10.07\00:25:12.17
a great one or whether or
not you're going to deteriorate
00:25:12.21\00:25:14.34
that experience
into a negative one.
00:25:14.38\00:25:16.48
Then there's
the power of thought
00:25:16.51\00:25:18.45
where... how do you think about
00:25:18.48\00:25:20.32
whatever events are
happening in your life,
00:25:20.35\00:25:22.22
is it in a way that
is going to lead to life
00:25:22.25\00:25:24.65
or is it in a way that
is going to lead to death.
00:25:24.69\00:25:26.52
Then you have
the power of words.
00:25:26.55\00:25:28.56
The words in which we
speak, I talk about that...
00:25:28.62\00:25:30.93
obviously my
experience with bullying,
00:25:30.96\00:25:32.96
that that has incredible power,
not only just who you're like
00:25:32.99\00:25:36.33
but the lives of other people,
00:25:36.36\00:25:37.70
and then we have
the power of gratitude.
00:25:37.73\00:25:40.57
Gratitude can cure
a multitude of ills,
00:25:40.60\00:25:43.10
it can make you sing
in times of great darkness
00:25:43.14\00:25:46.01
it is one of the most
powerful forces on the planet
00:25:46.04\00:25:49.31
and there are many others,
I don't know if we have time
00:25:49.34\00:25:52.58
to talk about the others, We do.
00:25:52.61\00:25:54.25
Okay, all right, and in
regards to the other ones,
00:25:54.28\00:25:57.39
the power of contentment,
00:25:57.42\00:25:59.19
being able to
realize at the end of the day
00:25:59.22\00:26:01.72
that what is... is what is...
00:26:01.76\00:26:03.12
I can still soar, I can
still look for other ways
00:26:03.16\00:26:05.69
in which my life can be better,
00:26:05.73\00:26:07.06
but in the meantime,
I can be able to say,
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"God, thank you
for where I am today. "
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So, the power of love,
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that is one of the
powers that is the most purest
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and fondest to my
heart, because I believe that
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as Dionne Warwick said,
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"What the world
needs is love sweet love"
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when we have that love,
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we can be able to
bring people and ourselves
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to a place that is just higher,
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we live life
higher, we're encouraged
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and we are the ones who
bring healing to the world.
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So that is my message,
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my message is that
we have these powers,
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these seven powers,
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that can cure a
multitude of ills.
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Oh, that's incredible,
and you are taking that...
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that message to churches
and wherever you're invited.
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Right, right, right.
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You want people
to invite you to come
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and share this
message with their churches,
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how can they reach you?
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if you want to
reach me, just go to:
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www.
longjourneytofreedom. com or
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info@longjourneytofreedom. com
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and I would love
for you to go there
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because I have a
free offer for you,
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so those of you
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who would like
to be coached by me
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in terms of weight loss
and just mind, body and spirit,
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I would love to work
with you, so contact me.
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Oh great, so
there's a free offer,
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they can consult with you?
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Absolutely, they will have that,
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I would love to have the
privilege of working with them.
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Praise the Lord,
well, thank you so much,
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thank you so much for
sharing your journey with us,
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and for being transparent
and just letting us know
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what God has
brought you through.
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God bless you.
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Thank you, Yvonne. Thank you.
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much for joining us.
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