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Hi, my name is Barb Bruno and I want to welcome you to my faith and healing tip today. And I record these tips to hopefully help any of you that have experienced any type of loss or grief or major life event rediscover joy. And I think that sometimes healing requires more than just prayer and reflection and time. Sometimes I think healing requires us to move. It requires movement because after you've experienced loss. Or disappointment or grief or frustration, or any major event that has taken you back. It's so easy to stay in your comfort zone because that's where you're familiar, that's where you feel safe. But I can tell you that rediscovering joy and growth doesn't necessarily happen within your comfort zone. There are so many new experiences, new people, new opportunities, and just just new adventures that you can discover when you get out of your comfort zone. And so you don't want the fact that you haven't done something before to stop you. And So what I would encourage all of you to do is join that group, attend that function, volunteer your time. Acquire a new skill, turn one of your hobbies into an organization that you belong to with people of like minds or like interests. And if you join a group, I want to give you a couple of hints because I've joined groups my whole life. And the first thing I do is I volunteer to be on the membership committee of any group that I join. And the reason I do that is the best way to meet people because they have you calling prospective members. You're interacting with the current membership. And so if you want to join a group, you want to get active. You don't just want your name. On the list, just sign up for the membership list or you can volunteer to work at the registration table. That way you're going to meet every single person that that walks in the room. If you have a problem working a room or networking, and I want to give you one more hint. If you attend a function and you're not comfortable, either position yourself by the food or by the bar or by the bathrooms because those are three areas that have the most traffic and people are going to go to those three areas and it's very easy when you're in line, you know? I can tell you the number of clients I've, I've gotten been in line for food or been in a line at the bar for a drink. And you're just automatically gonna talk with people. And so you don't have to be fearless to do these things. You know, accepting an invitation to to walk into a room takes courage. It takes courage to do something when you're uncertain. But you don't want to wait till you're fearless. You don't want to wait till there is No Fear because when you try something new, of course there's going to be a knot in your stomach. Are all up in your throat that's just part of it that's part of doing something new but I can tell you that some of the greatest experiences you're going to have some of the greatest joy some of the heartiest laughter are going to be when you say one thing to yourself you know what I've never done that before but I think I'm going to give it a try you know you never know what door is going to open you never know what people you're going to meet you never know the joy that that these experiences can bring into your life and I truly believe. That God did not create you and I to merely survive. God created us to live our life. And so all I want to do is encourage you to do things you've never done before. And who knows, maybe your greatest breakthrough, maybe your greatest joy, maybe your your greatest experiences are on that other side of your comfort zone. And all it takes is for you to put one step in front of another and try some new things. So I'm hoping before my next tip, my next faith in healing tip is next Friday. I would love for every single one of you listening to me right now to do something in this next week. Which I've never done before and just stand back and realize the fun you've had adding something new to your life. So until my next tip, keep the faith and have a great day. Thanks.