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Kevin Lowe: The most powerful tool any of us can carry with us is the power of hope.

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Kevin Lowe: For it is with hope that we can survive the struggles of life.

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Kevin Lowe: We can find the courage to get through the storms of life.

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Kevin Lowe: And we can feel equipped to conquer even the impossible.

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Kevin Lowe: But if you've come today because you feel like hope is slipping through your

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Kevin Lowe: fingers, well then my friend, today's episode was made specifically for you.

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Kevin Lowe: Because today I bring you something real, not fluffy inspiration.

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Kevin Lowe: No, real life, tactical, applicable, daily habits that you can begin adopting.

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Kevin Lowe: And in return, you will find hope returning to your life.

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Kevin Lowe: So if you have been looking for a sign to keep going, if you've been looking

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Kevin Lowe: for hope in all the wrong places, well, my friend, I have to believe that you

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Kevin Lowe: finally found the right place.

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Kevin Lowe: And it's all inside of today's 385th episode of Grit, Grace, and Inspiration.

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Kevin Lowe: I got grit, grace.

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Kevin Lowe: What's happening, my friend, and welcome back to the podcast.

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Kevin Lowe: I'm your host, Kevin Lowe, and today, my whole aim is to be your coach,

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Kevin Lowe: your counselor, your cheerleader.

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Kevin Lowe: The person sitting next to you at the coffee shop reminding you that it's going to be okay.

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Kevin Lowe: That life might be difficult, things might not be looking up in life,

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Kevin Lowe: but I promise each day is a new opportunity.

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Kevin Lowe: Every morning when you wake up, you hold the pen.

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Kevin Lowe: You get to write the story how you want it.

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Kevin Lowe: Now, I understand sometimes it doesn't feel like that, but in the big picture

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Kevin Lowe: of life, it's truly that simple.

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Kevin Lowe: You get to make the choice.

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Kevin Lowe: Today, we're going to help you by restoring hope in your day.

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Kevin Lowe: Because without hope, then my friend, I feel like all is lost.

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Kevin Lowe: And now, if you haven't met me before, if you've not heard my story,

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Kevin Lowe: I've been blind for now over 21 years.

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Kevin Lowe: This October, October 28, 2025, will be my 22nd anniversary of when I became blind.

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Kevin Lowe: And I can tell you that even in the darkest of times, there's been one thing

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Kevin Lowe: that has pulled me through, and that is hope.

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Kevin Lowe: Hope in something bigger. Hope in something better. hope in just a brighter tomorrow.

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Kevin Lowe: So whatever you're going through in life, and I understand in the world today,

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Kevin Lowe: the struggles are many. There is way too many people hurting.

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Kevin Lowe: It's something that honestly, it tears me apart. I hate to think of anybody struggling or hurting.

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Kevin Lowe: My goodness, that's part of the reason why I do this podcast is hoping that I can reach the person,

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Kevin Lowe: reach you, who maybe needs to hear what I have to say, what I have to share,

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Kevin Lowe: Some lessons that I've learned along the way to hopefully give you a helping hand.

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Kevin Lowe: Today, we're talking about the power of hope. And more specifically,

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Kevin Lowe: we're about to dive in to three daily habits that I believe,

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Kevin Lowe: if you can begin to adopt these as part of your daily routine,

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Kevin Lowe: or better said, simply just part of living, that you will find yourself having

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Kevin Lowe: hope in life more than you ever have before.

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Kevin Lowe: Our first of our three habits that I want you to begin to adopt into your life

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Kevin Lowe: is winning the small things, the little battles, the little victories.

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Kevin Lowe: I want you to take advantage of them because when life feels overwhelming,

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Kevin Lowe: I don't want you to think about or focus on fixing everything.

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Kevin Lowe: I want you to break it down one little thing at a time.

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Kevin Lowe: If we want to use the battle analogy, if you think about a war,

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Kevin Lowe: a soldier, a general leading his troop into battle, he doesn't think about winning the war.

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Kevin Lowe: He thinks about winning that individual battle.

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Kevin Lowe: For you in life, I get it. Sometimes life feels like a war.

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Kevin Lowe: Every day feels like a battle. So just take it battle by battle.

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Kevin Lowe: And now when I say simple, when I say small, I mean small.

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Kevin Lowe: Seemingly insignificant. When

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Kevin Lowe: you wake up in the morning, maybe it's as simple as you making your bed.

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Kevin Lowe: If that's on your game plan, then make your bed in the morning.

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Kevin Lowe: It's simple. Takes you less than a minute to do. And you already start the day with a win.

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Kevin Lowe: Maybe it's you being sure that you get that first full glass of water.

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Kevin Lowe: Drink right when you wake up. Again, starting the day fresh and renewed.

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Kevin Lowe: Maybe it looks like you starting off the day with a quick walk,

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Kevin Lowe: just five minutes out of your day, five minutes first thing in the morning,

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Kevin Lowe: just to get outside and let loose and just go for a walk.

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Kevin Lowe: Whatever it is, I encourage you to let it count. Don't think of it as insignificant.

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Kevin Lowe: Think of it as one small victory. One battle won.

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Kevin Lowe: You made your bed. Your bedroom looks nice. You got dressed.

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Kevin Lowe: You drank your water. You took your vitamins.

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Kevin Lowe: You went for a little morning stroll. You got your exercise in for the day.

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Kevin Lowe: You're done. Check, check, check.

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Kevin Lowe: You are winning all the way around.

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Kevin Lowe: Again, focusing on the little things.

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Kevin Lowe: We have a tendency, especially when life is tough, to focus on the big picture.

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Kevin Lowe: We get overwhelmed, and that is what leads us to remain stuck and overwhelmed.

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Kevin Lowe: But instead, we have to reset our mindset to just break it down into little

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Kevin Lowe: pieces throughout the day.

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Kevin Lowe: And with every small win, you will be reminded that this game ain't over.

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Kevin Lowe: That's right, my friend. And you are still in the game with every little win you accomplish.

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Kevin Lowe: Now that we're building momentum with habit number one, I want to focus on habit number two.

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Kevin Lowe: And that is you letting people into your life.

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Kevin Lowe: Isolation is the worst thing you can possibly do in life. We are not meant to do this life alone.

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Kevin Lowe: And yet, especially when times are tough, when we're struggling,

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Kevin Lowe: so many of us tend to keep to ourselves.

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Kevin Lowe: We don't want to let anyone else know what's going on. We don't want to worry them or stress them out.

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Kevin Lowe: So instead, we hold it all in.

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Kevin Lowe: My friend, that is the worst thing that you can do. And I think you already know that is the truth.

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Kevin Lowe: So for this, I want you to realize that,

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Kevin Lowe: I'm not telling you to go tell the world all of your problems.

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Kevin Lowe: I'm not telling you to go post it on Facebook.

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Kevin Lowe: No, I'm telling you to find one person that you trust, that you love.

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Kevin Lowe: One person who cares about you, who they want to know what you're going through.

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Kevin Lowe: And maybe you've not been sharing the stuff with them. Well,

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Kevin Lowe: today I want you to start.

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Kevin Lowe: I want you to figure out who that person is. And I want you to let them in on

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Kevin Lowe: what you're going through, on what you're struggling with.

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Kevin Lowe: Let them be a friend. No one can be a friend.

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Kevin Lowe: No one can be there for one another if we're not willing to let them in.

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Kevin Lowe: If we're not willing to be open and honest, how can we expect them to be there for us? We can't.

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Kevin Lowe: So my friend, I encourage you to put your guard down.

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Kevin Lowe: I know you try to be so strong, but my friend, sometimes the strongest thing

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Kevin Lowe: you can do is just to admit that you need help, that you need a hug from somebody,

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Kevin Lowe: and that can be as simple as a phone call to a friend.

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Kevin Lowe: Habit number three is something that I talk about a lot on this podcast,

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Kevin Lowe: and I feel it is so important in regards to today's topic, and that,

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Kevin Lowe: my friend, is gratitude.

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Kevin Lowe: And more specifically than just saying gratitude, I'm talking about you declaring

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Kevin Lowe: what you are thankful for, what you are grateful for each and every day.

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Kevin Lowe: Now, here's the thing. There's a lot of moments throughout our days when things

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Kevin Lowe: happen, when we are in situations that we can be grateful.

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Kevin Lowe: But I'm not asking you to maintain this grateful mindset all throughout the day.

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Kevin Lowe: No, I'm only asking you to think about it twice a day.

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Kevin Lowe: First thing when you wake up in the morning, I want you to think of at least

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Kevin Lowe: one thing, three things if you want extra credit, but one thing in particular

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Kevin Lowe: that you are grateful for.

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Kevin Lowe: Now, again, I'm speaking to you right now, thinking that you might be in a point

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Kevin Lowe: in your life where you're struggling, where you don't have hope,

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Kevin Lowe: where you want to feel better about the future, but you just don't.

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Kevin Lowe: And when you're in that type of mindset, it's hard to be grateful for much of anything.

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Kevin Lowe: But my friend, why this is so important, if you think of yourself as a cup of

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Kevin Lowe: water, the more water you pour into it, the fuller it gets.

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Kevin Lowe: Now, if you don't fill the cup full of water, well, then throughout the day,

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Kevin Lowe: throughout life, it's just going to get filled with all the other crap,

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Kevin Lowe: all the stuff, all the negativity.

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Kevin Lowe: But instead, you have an opportunity to fill the cup yourself.

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Kevin Lowe: First thing when you wake up in the morning, by immediately naming something

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Kevin Lowe: that you're grateful for.

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Kevin Lowe: Now, this can be simple. It can be big. Whatever it looks like to you.

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Kevin Lowe: It could be as simple as the bed that you just woke up in.

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Kevin Lowe: It could be your spouse who's on the other side of the bed.

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Kevin Lowe: It could be any number of things. For myself, one of the things that I am the

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Kevin Lowe: most grateful for in the morning is my little dog, Sophia.

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Kevin Lowe: When she comes downstairs, I mean, my gosh, she's just full of life and energy.

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Kevin Lowe: It doesn't matter what day of the week it is. It doesn't matter what's going on.

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Kevin Lowe: My gosh, if I need some hope restored in my day, if I need some joy, I just turn to her.

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Kevin Lowe: I encourage you to find something, and I want you to declare it.

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Kevin Lowe: First thing when you wake up in the morning, I don't want you to do anything else but this.

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Kevin Lowe: First thing when you wake up, name at least one thing that you are grateful for.

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Kevin Lowe: Now, I told you there's two times throughout the day. The second time is when you go to bed at night.

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Kevin Lowe: Before you close your eyes and you go to sleep, I want you to immediately change

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Kevin Lowe: your mindset from all the stresses of the day, all the anxiety and the worry,

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Kevin Lowe: and I want you to focus on one thing that you're grateful for.

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Kevin Lowe: What was one thing that happened today that you were thankful for,

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Kevin Lowe: that you're grateful for?

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Kevin Lowe: Again, it doesn't mean that it has to be anything big. It could simply be your family.

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Kevin Lowe: That one friend that you got to talk to today about what's going on in life.

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Kevin Lowe: It's the little things that mean the most here. What I want you to do is just

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Kevin Lowe: to begin to focus on them, to bring them to light.

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Kevin Lowe: I promise you it's going to make an impact on your day.

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Kevin Lowe: So now, before you leave today, I just gave you the three habits,

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Kevin Lowe: but I want you to go ahead and I want you to make this podcast mean something right now.

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Kevin Lowe: So I encourage you, no matter what you're doing,

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Kevin Lowe: whether you're doing the dishes, you're out for a walk, maybe you're on your morning drive to work,

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Kevin Lowe: I want you to take half a second and entertain me by going ahead and taking

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Kevin Lowe: action and getting in the mindset of implementing these habits.

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Kevin Lowe: Because, my friend, if you need hope in your life, then I want to be sure that

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Kevin Lowe: you get hope restored as fast as you possibly can.

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Kevin Lowe: So my first question to you is who is one person that you can let into your life?

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Kevin Lowe: Who is that one person that you need to reach out to?

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Kevin Lowe: That one person who you know wants to be there for you, but you have to be willing

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Kevin Lowe: to let them in on what's going on.

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Kevin Lowe: I want you to think of who that person is, and I want you to reach out to them today.

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Kevin Lowe: Our second habit, what is one thing that you are thankful for?

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Kevin Lowe: Right now here while I'm speaking to you, while you're listening to me,

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Kevin Lowe: I want you to think of one thing that you're grateful for.

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Kevin Lowe: Name it. Declare it. Let it be yours. Let it fill your heart with gratitude.

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Kevin Lowe: And then, of course, circling back around to our first habit that we talked

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Kevin Lowe: about, what is one little win that you can do today?

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Kevin Lowe: What is one thing that when you get out of the car at work today that you can

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Kevin Lowe: do that wins one little battle, or maybe it's until you get home tonight.

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Kevin Lowe: I want you to think about it. I want you to go ahead and decide what it is.

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Kevin Lowe: And I want you to focus on being sure that you will conquer that one little win.

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Kevin Lowe: Again, I'm not talking about big things. I'm just talking about little micro

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Kevin Lowe: wins throughout the day.

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Kevin Lowe: My friend, as I've said, this life isn't easy.

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Kevin Lowe: Sometimes it's downright overwhelming, but there is one tool that you can harness

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Kevin Lowe: when nothing else is working that I promise you can get you through the darkest of days.

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Kevin Lowe: That is harnessing the power of hope.

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Kevin Lowe: So with today's episode, my own hope is that something I said today resonated.

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Kevin Lowe: I hope that these three daily habits become part of your daily routine,

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Kevin Lowe: but more so, I hope that something said, something that you implement,

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Kevin Lowe: that it brings hope back to you in your day.

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Kevin Lowe: And to end, I will remind you that if you're on a journey of becoming the best

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Kevin Lowe: version of you, but you would love a shortcut, a cheat code,

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Kevin Lowe: something to make you focusing on your own personal growth and development a

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Kevin Lowe: little bit easier, Well, take advantage of my free resource called the AI Advantage.

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Kevin Lowe: Basically, it's a shortcut, a cheat code to the person who's not so familiar

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Kevin Lowe: with AI, still a little bit overwhelmed, maybe freaked out by it,

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Kevin Lowe: but would love to see how in the world it could actually help you.

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Kevin Lowe: Well, it's all inside of the free resource called the AI Advantage.

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Kevin Lowe: There is a link at the top of today's show notes where you can download the

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Kevin Lowe: free ebook that will have you on your way to understanding the AI.

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Kevin Lowe: It's not nearly as difficult or scary as you may think.

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Kevin Lowe: So again, find a link at the top of today's show notes where you can access that.

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Kevin Lowe: And until next time, I'm of course your host, Kevin Lowe. And this was another

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Kevin Lowe: episode of Grit, Grace and Inspiration.

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