Episode 24

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8th Jul 2024

Laughter

Maybe you've heard of the equation: E+R=O

The EVENT added to your RESPONSE equals the OUTCOME! todays small step is how to add laughter into the response to create a joyful outcome.

How many times have you laughed today?

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Speaker:

Sonny.

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Bonanni my friends.

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Thanks for joining me on the creative,

spiritual journey podcast, where I

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share with you, the things I'm learning

here on our mission in South Africa.

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I'm Judy also known as sister Cooley.

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I am your host for this

week's episode, small steps.

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Where.

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We share small steps that move us forward

and upward with the savior this week.

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Small step.

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Laughter.

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First, let me.

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We share with you an equation.

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I was taught by our young missionaries.

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E plus R.

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Equals.

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Oh.

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The event.

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Plus.

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Your response.

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Equals the outcome.

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So the event.

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The.

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Event was.

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Saturday.

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I was to teach how to watercolor.

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Gift cards.

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The activity.

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Is to start at.

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At 10:00 AM.

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And I'm there.

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Other Cooley's there.

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With me to help set up and it's nine 30.

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We're unable I get the tables out,

cause they're locked away in a.

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Closet and we can't get the key cause

we can't get ahold of the branch

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president to come and open the door.

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And.

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Finally at 10.

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other.

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People start showing up to Help set.

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Up at 10.

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And.

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, the sister.

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Who I work with in.

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Really Sandy kept.

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Telling me, this is a bond to this.

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The people.

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This is a bond two time, which means.

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Zulu.

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For the people time.

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And around 11.

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We were starting to.

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I get things a little set up.

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Up and.

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And if my sister's in charge of

the refreshments, Show up and.

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What I see.

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C is.

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Ahead of.

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Cabbage.

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Big head of cabbage in a bowl.

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And.

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They start chopping.

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Being away in the kitchen.

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Kitchen.

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So now it's 1130 and I suggest

maybe we get started and there's

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a few people trickling in to the.

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Chapel that we have

set up as the activity.

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And.

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We get started two hours late.

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And we actually end up having.

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A great I'm painting.

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And this lunch.

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Ginormous.

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And.

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And they have.

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Chicken and cold SLA and rolls.

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Kohl's and.

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Cake and fruit salad.

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Salad.

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And I'm in the kitchen, cleaning up.

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Now the activity's been going.

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On for five.

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Ours.

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And I walk into.

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To the chapel.

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And this is, I have just a recording.

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Unfortunately, you can't see the

video, but here is the recording.

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Of what was going on.

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I'm I'm I'm I'm

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Yes, that was Zulu dancing and war cries.

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And they moved away the tables and where.

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Shaking it.

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And I, all I could do was record.

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I just.

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I was done.

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I was so done.

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Eric.

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And I went.

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At home.

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And.

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And.

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we had bought.

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some.

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goofy.

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Glasses.

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With the intention of calling.

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Our family.

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The members and.

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Okay.

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I heard this.

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A long time ago.

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Maybe you've already heard it,

but it's worth another chuckle.

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So a lady goes into her psychiatrist

and the doctor says, well, Mrs.

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Olson, We've talked about your high

blood pressure and your medications.

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You were experiencing any

particular stress in your life.

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And she says, oh yes, it's a Sunbeam.

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They're driving me crazy.

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Oh, the doctor says very

surprised the sun beams.

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Yes.

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I've never had trouble with them

before, but this group wants hit steel.

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They bounce all over the room and they

run out the door and down the hall.

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Ah, the doctor says have

you told anyone about this?

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Of course I've told the president.

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Oh, really?

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What did the president tell you?

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send me into like that.

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I'm just going to have to

learn to deal with them.

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The doctor's now more concerned.

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What is he missing something?

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I know people who are sensitive to

sun beams, does it cause you a rash?

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Uh, rash.

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No.

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The doctor says, what's the

biggest problem they're creating.

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The noise.

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I just won't quit talking.

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The doctor's astonished.

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The sun beams are talking to you.

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Well, yes.

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But mostly they talk to each other.

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Uh, Dr.

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Scribbling on his chart.

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I see.

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Can anyone else hear them talking?

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Oh, You're not LDS.

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Are you?

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I thought that was cute.

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Creative Spiritual Journey
one small, deliberate step at a time
We are all on a journey—a journey home to our heavenly parents. Any experienced traveler knows there are days you laugh and days you cry.

We aren’t here to tell you how to live—we are here to share how we live—how we survive, thrive, and even find joy!

The journey gets messy with rainstorms and sleepless flights but the hard times—the miserable times—those make the best stories.

And the vistas, the sunsets, the little birds outside the window—those are the reminders that God is in the details, he is aware of us, he has trod the path before.

The Creative Spiritual Journey Podcast is hosted by Judy and Ghia Cooley—two sisters in their wisdom years—who love the savior and are dedicated to making this journey one small, deliberate step at a time.

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