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Kevin Lowe: Inside of today's episode, you will discover the transformative power of one simple statement.

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Kevin Lowe: It's just three words. It doesn't matter.

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Kevin Lowe: This, my friend, is the episode that will set you free. This is episode 340.

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<v Speaker1>Yo, are you ready to flip the script on life? Because those bad days,

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<v Speaker1>they're just doors to better days.

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<v Speaker1>And that's exactly what we do here at Grit, Grace, and Inspiration.

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<v Speaker1>Your host, Kevin Lowe. He's been flipping the script on his own life,

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<v Speaker1>turning over 20 years of being completely blind into straight-up inspiration,

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<v Speaker1>motivation, and encouragement just for you.

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<v Speaker1>So, kick back, relax, and let me introduce you to your host, Kevin Lowe.

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Kevin Lowe: In my episode with Kara Wilson-Granite, that was in our previous episode,

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Kevin Lowe: episode 339, we learned about the story of Otto Frank, the father of Anne Frank.

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Kevin Lowe: And we got to hear in part of that interview about how he spent so much time

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Kevin Lowe: investigating, trying to figure out who it was who betrayed his family.

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Kevin Lowe: And yet, years later, when asked if he ever figured out who it was who betrayed

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Kevin Lowe: his family, this is what he said. It doesn't matter.

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Kevin Lowe: Let that sink in. It doesn't matter. from a man who lost everything,

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Kevin Lowe: and yet he has the power to let it go.

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Kevin Lowe: I don't know about you, but for me, it hit me like a ton of bricks.

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Kevin Lowe: Because how often do we all get so worked up over something that someone said

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Kevin Lowe: or something that someone posted on social media?

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Kevin Lowe: Or heck, maybe it's just somebody cutting us off in traffic or being so rude

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Kevin Lowe: as to not hold the door as we were trying to walk in the building,

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Kevin Lowe: getting out of the pouring down rain.

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Kevin Lowe: And we carry it with us. We hold a grudge. We get angry. We get upset.

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Kevin Lowe: And yet, here it is, this man who experienced unimaginable loss,

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Kevin Lowe: and he's telling us, it doesn't matter.

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Kevin Lowe: It's okay to let it go.

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Kevin Lowe: How much might your life look different if you were able to adopt this mindset

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Kevin Lowe: in your life, that it doesn't matter?

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Kevin Lowe: As we continue, I want you to think about, what is it that's holding you back in life?

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Kevin Lowe: What grudges are you carrying with you? What are the things that someone has

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Kevin Lowe: done or said that you carry with you like heavy luggage?

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Kevin Lowe: And the first thing that you think of, well, that's what I want you to continue

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Kevin Lowe: to think of as I continue to talk to you with today's episode.

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Kevin Lowe: Because my friend, we're going to work on figuring out how you can drop that

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Kevin Lowe: heavy suitcase and stop carrying around that luggage that no longer serves you.

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Kevin Lowe: Because I want you to just imagine what it would be like if whatever that feeling is, that grudge,

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Kevin Lowe: that thing that somebody did to you or to somebody you love,

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Kevin Lowe: imagine if you no longer had that on your shoulders.

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Kevin Lowe: You no longer had to carry that with you.

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Kevin Lowe: How would that make you feel? How different would your life look?

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Kevin Lowe: And you may be saying, but you don't understand What happened to me was really

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Kevin Lowe: bad How could I ever forgive that person?

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Kevin Lowe: Why would I ever want to forgive that person?

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Kevin Lowe: And therefore, I certainly can't forget

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Kevin Lowe: about it Pretend it never happened And trust me when I say that I understand

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Kevin Lowe: I get it Because I'm not saying that what happened to you wasn't awful That

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Kevin Lowe: it wasn't terrible But what I am saying is that holding on to it is only harming you.

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Kevin Lowe: The person who did this to you,

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Kevin Lowe: they're not suffering any of the consequences by you holding on to it.

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Kevin Lowe: It's only continuing to eat you alive, to ruin your life. Every single day,

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Kevin Lowe: you're carrying this burden with you when you don't have to.

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Kevin Lowe: Literally, it's like you drinking poison and expecting the other person to get sick.

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Kevin Lowe: So the question is, though, but how?

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Kevin Lowe: Because it's easy to say it, but how do we come to a point when we're ready to let it go?

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Kevin Lowe: When we're ready to say those powerful words?

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Kevin Lowe: That it doesn't matter. Because, well, wouldn't it be nice if it was as easy

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Kevin Lowe: as you taking in a big, deep breath, filling your lungs full of air.

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Kevin Lowe: And then, as you breathe out, along with all of that breath,

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Kevin Lowe: you say those three powerful words.

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Kevin Lowe: It doesn't matter. You let it free. You free yourself of that.

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Kevin Lowe: Now, it might not be that easy. I know for myself, my own situation,

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Kevin Lowe: it definitely wasn't that easy.

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Kevin Lowe: And besides, even if I ever did that little exercise, maybe I would say it,

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Kevin Lowe: but inside, I didn't believe it.

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Kevin Lowe: Because again, why would I ever want to forgive this person,

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Kevin Lowe: given what they did to me and my family?

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Kevin Lowe: And so if you're anything like me, then sometimes we have to work at it.

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Kevin Lowe: And my simple advice is for you to continue to just work on it.

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Kevin Lowe: Start praying every day for God to take this burden away from you.

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Kevin Lowe: Start journaling every day about letting it go, about how freeing your life

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Kevin Lowe: would be if you no longer had this weighing on you.

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Kevin Lowe: And the more you work at it, I promise the closer you'll be to finally being

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Kevin Lowe: able to let yourself be set free. free of that hardship, that burden,

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Kevin Lowe: that's only hurting you.

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Kevin Lowe: And the most important thing to remember with today's short episode,

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Kevin Lowe: with today's topic of letting it go, is that letting it go isn't about forgetting.

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Kevin Lowe: It's about you freeing yourself of the burden of the past.

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Kevin Lowe: It's about you focusing on you. Because, my friend, if we stay stuck dwelling on the past.

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Kevin Lowe: Then we never have an opportunity to truly embrace and love the present and

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Kevin Lowe: be excited about the future.

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Kevin Lowe: We have to be able to let the burdens of our past go.

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Kevin Lowe: We have to be able to say to ourself, it doesn't matter. It's okay for me to just let it go.

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Kevin Lowe: So just remember this at the end of the day, that you, my friend,

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Kevin Lowe: you hold the power to determine what you hold on to and what you let go.

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Kevin Lowe: If you enjoyed today's episode, well, just be reminded, every Tuesday and Thursday

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Kevin Lowe: morning, a new episode is released.

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Kevin Lowe: So my friend, again, I hope today's episode resonated.

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Kevin Lowe: I hope today's episode maybe has you thinking about whatever that thing is that's

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Kevin Lowe: been weighing you down, maybe in a little bit different light.

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Kevin Lowe: Because at the end of the day, I hope you're going to be thinking about it.

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