CorkNBottle group in Cleveland, OH

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Powerless over alcohol and that our lives have become unlikely too. Can you believe that power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity? 3 Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood it. Four. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. 5 Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our life. Six. We're entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of characters,
so humbly ask them to remove our shortcomings. They made a list of all persons we have earned and became willing to make a lunch to them. All nine made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except for me. To do so would injure them or others.
10 continue to take personal inventory and when we were wrong currently admitted. 11 sought a prayer meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of Israel for us and the power to carry that out.
12 Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to message Alcoholics into practices, principles, and all of our players.
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So my name is alcoholic.
These are the 12 traditions of Alcoholics Anatomist
number one our comment welfare should come first personal recovery depends upon a a unity #2 for our group purpose. There's one ultimate authority loving God as he may express himself in our group of conscious our leaders, our blood trusted servants. They do not govern agree. The only requirement for a a membership is desired desire to stop drinking and before each group should be
autonomous. I accept that that is the other groups or a A as a whole
#5 each group has about one primary purpose, carrying specials to the alcoholic who still suffers.
Six in a A groups never endorsed finance or lenders related facility or outside enterprise.
Less problems with money, property and prestige. Divers from our primary purpose #7. Every eighty group ought to be fully sold according landing outside the country institutions #8. Alcoholics and average should remain forever. Not professional, but I certainly employ special workers and #9
a as such ought ever be organized, but we may bring service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve #10AA has no opinion on outside issues, hence the A a name a lot never be drawn into public controversy.
11 A public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion. We always maintain personal
virtual foundation of our traditions, and we're reminding us the place principles before personalities
remember that are perfect. That's why we're here. And yeah, especially me. Thank you very much Scott and Mike
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doing the reading now. OK, I think I got the street now. I'll introduce the speaker and his this man is wonderfully I heard sleep and his name is Todd Marriage and he gave a wonderful presentation
when I heard him over at Parma Saturday about a month and 1/2 or so. It's going to be your home.
Newberg Newburgh Newberg Newburgh Newberg. This is homeproof. Now without any further ado for me, I'd like to introduce.
Thank you. Hi everybody. My name is Todd Marriage. I'm an alcoholic.
Join me in the serenity prayer. Please God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
God, let me be useful. Amen.
Thank you very much for having me.
I, I got to tell you everything good in my life comes because of Alcoholics Anonymous, advanced grace, the presidents and a relationship because of God and with God. And it didn't used to be like that.
Alcoholics Anonymous has provided me the opportunity to get to know a God, to get me to understand an opportunity and to have a relationship with God.
And I understand, understand and to believe in and to have faith in
gratitude. And gratitude is an action word.
I've been doing this since 1993. My sobriety date is February 29th of 2000. You do the math. Obviously I'm not very good at it and I don't know much,
but I do know this this thing works. And one of the biggest things that I know about how this works is I don't do it alone.
And it took me an awful long time to figure that out. And I figured I figured that out by making mistakes.
Alcoholics Anonymous has provided me the opportunity to see an awful lot and
it's been an awful lot of opportunities from my Home group Newburgh to meet some amazing people
who have provided me some great examples
to learn to listen with my eyes.
There is a gentleman in my Home group who we used to always say, listen with your eyes.
And I used to think, what's he talking about?
You know, and Alcoholics Anonymous is full of all those kinds of sayings. You know, you go to a meeting and you see all those fancy little sayings on the wall. Think, think, think. One day at a time, this too shall pass. And I'm like, what are they talking about? And I didn't get it. And I, I didn't understand it. And I had a buddy of mine in my life back then, and I used to go, what's that mean?
You know, And he'd say listen with your eyes and,
you know, and he used to say if you stayed around long enough, you'd meet people who were genuinely concerned with your well-being. And that person was Lee Perkins. And Lee Perkins was my sponsor. And Lee Perkins was the most genuinely kind gentleman I had ever known in my entire life.
One of the sweetest, kindest men I, I, I have ever known.
He died with such dignity. He lived with such dignity.
He had the steps in every part of his life. He was married for a very long time and
I had the privilege of being in his home very many times and he died on my birthday in December of 99. And I always say that Lee died on my birthday on purpose.
I would go to the hospital every single day and I would sit with him and
I would cry and cry and cry. And
Lee would look at me and he was dying of emphysema and he couldn't talk. And he would just look at me with those sober eyes and
he would just tell me that it was going to be okay. And the morning of my birthday, December 6th of 1999, I had a phone call from a very good friend who said it's your birthday, happy birthday, let me take you out for breakfast. And I said, no, I've got to get to the hospital. You know, I know Lee's not going to last much longer. And she said
it's an hour, let me buy you breakfast.
And, you know, to this very day, I don't pass up free food.
I don't, I love to eat. And you know, food for me is not just free food, but breaking bread with somebody, you know, in my life is really important. And Domingo is here tonight with me. And I thank you for being here and thank you for being my friend. And Alcoholics Anonymous taught me that, taught me how to be a friend and taught me what friendship is all about. And, you know, I'm honored to have the few friends that I have. And we had the chance tonight to break bread together. And, and that's really special to me.
And, and so this person, person took me out to breakfast and I got a call when I got home, there was a voicemail on my phone that said don't go to the hospital, call me before you get to the hospital. And I called Alice and Alice said Lee passed away 40 minutes ago.
And I knew with every fiber of my being that he did it on purpose because the day before I knew he was dying.
And I say he did it on purpose because I knew that if I was at the hospital when he died, I wouldn't be here today.
And he did it unselfishly, not that he did it on purpose, like to hurt me. He did it because he knew I couldn't handle it if I was there. And that's Alcoholics Anonymous, man. That's the 12 steps in action.
You know, John Barrenza was a guy who was in my life for a very long time and another guy that if you didn't know John, you'd think he was an ogre. He was one of those old grumpy a as and and, you know, during this time in my life, I wasn't working. You know, I, I own my own company and you know, I had a business card that said president
and he called me up one day. He said, what are you doing? I said nothing. He said, of course not, you don't have a job. And people were scared of John, including me.
And he said, I want you here tomorrow morning, 9:00 with a suit and tie on. I said, why? He said because I said so. I said, well, where are we going? He said, what do you care? You got nothing going on in your life. I said, you got it. And, you know, I thought about it and I said I'll be there.
And there's so many people who have taught me just to show up.
And I showed up that morning and John Barrenza took me to a funeral
for the wife of an alcoholic synonymous member. And I had the privilege of being a pallbearer
for somebody who I didn't even know.
But there was four people at that funeral, and I was one of them. And I carried this woman's casket and we buried her.
And I know the privilege and opportunities and honor that it's been in my life to be useful.
And, you know, that's what Alcoholics Anonymous is to me. Dick Zublik always used to tell me, be useful. And when you got an opportunity to be useful, do it and do the little things, Todd, you know, And today, one of the things that I love doing is picking up a piece of paper as I'm walking along, picking up a piece of trash and going, God have mercy on those most in need, and then throwing it out.
And that's what I believe is Alcoholics Anonymous in action.
And I could spend 47 billion days standing before you tonight and telling you story after story after story about drink trouble, drink trouble, drink trouble.
And my favorite drink was 151 in Tangaray gin mixed together and
and I do not know anything about social drinking.
I I was telling the story to my sons yesterday. Domingo, Matthew Ryder and I were out.
I took the boys to a skate park. They're real into skateboarding once 13 ones 11. And we went to what is that Lakewood Park I think it is. And the boys wanted to go skateboarding and we all went to lunch before they went to the park. And I had the opportunity and privilege to meet President Reagan. And it wasn't because I was doing something right.
I got detained in China.
I got escorted out of the country.
You know, I hear people stand behind the podium saying I got thrown out of a bar,
thrown out of a country
in 1986. It was
because I was carrying top secret information and 2.2 lbs of heroin. So I know drink trouble
and my wife being a lovely woman that she is, When Ryder a year or so ago was talking about how interested he was in presidents, we were sitting and having dinner and Rider was going, yeah, you know the president. They must have been studying it in school and Ryder said we were learning about presidents. And you know, my wife being the woman she is, she says, honey, why don't you tell them the story about how you met President Reagan?
And I kind of slouched in my chair and went,
do I have to? And I do.
And I did. And, and the kids tease me about that. But, you know, I, I stood in the Oval Office and went, wow,
I mean, the Oval Office, I went whoops, oh, yeah, not for anything good. And so I did. I got the opportunity to meet President Reagan. And, you know, as I said, I could tell you story after story after story about bad things and lots of trouble.
But since, you know, February 29th of 2000, I had amazingly wonderful things happen, like sharing the stage with Zig Ziglar. And, you know, I travel all over the country doing a job that I'm amazed that I get to do. I, I've sat at a table with Zig Ziglar and Rudy Giuliani and Colin Powell, who I worked for in the military, who came to China to get me. And I've been able to make amends. And,
you know, it's just amazing that I do what I do and I'm I'm able to do it because of Alcoholic's Anonymous.
Gratitude is action. And my life is amazing today. And, you know, so I'm not going to spend a lot of time doing a drunk log.
Drinking caused an amazing amount of trouble. And we were talking on the way here about how much stuff I gave away and we were talking about the choices that we make
and the priorities and, and, and the mindset that we as Alcoholics can have.
And I have a funny little mind and it's little, it's very little sometimes. And, you know, I choose to stay positive and I wake up every morning and say, God let me be useful. And the idea is that I, I get up and I heard it in a lead one time from somewhere. And I don't remember where it was, but somebody said God wants to see your prayers, not hear him.
And I could be a great a, A for an hour, throw a book, a buck in the basket and walk out
and then go home and beat my dog, you know, and I don't even have a dog. But you know, the point is, what do I do for 23 1/2 hours or 22 1/2 hours? And, you know, for me, Alcoholics Anonymous is between when I leave here and when I come back.
And Alcoholics Anonymous and the people that I've, you know, know and have seen
have taught me how to live. And when I got to Alcoholics Anonymous, I didn't know anything about spiritual principles or values. I had nothing,
you know, I mean, at the age of 15, I slept in a dumpster for two years and and called it a condominium.
I, I felt comfortable enough in my own stuff that I had people over, you know, hey, come on over to my place. You know, I lived in Harlem, New York in a dumpster and it was OK with me. Today, I happen to live in Westlake and you know, I have a home and it's a home.
When I was growing up, I didn't have a home.
I lived in foster homes or houses, and I never invited anybody over my house because I was always afraid of what was going to happen. I never knew what was going to happen. And there was no stability in my life. And I was always, you know, a scared little kid
and I don't live in fear of anything anymore. I do get afraid. I, I remember when I sat with all of those people, I was in Dallas, TX and I, I was introduced to Zig Ziglar, who one of my heroes and I went wow.
And this little thing inside of me went, oh, I'm this little kid. What am I doing here? Like I didn't deserve it. And God wants us to have all of the wonderful things in our life that we want. And that scared little kid started to come out
and I went, oh, I don't belong here. And I went, yeah, I do. Wait a minute, yes I do. If God wants me to be here, I have to find a reason to be here and to be useful here. And it was Ziggs 80th birthday
and I turned to my one of my mentors
and I see Jim, what am I doing here? He said you belong here just like everybody else cuz Jim knows me very well and knows my story. And I went, what do I have to offer?
And he said, Todd, you're just like the rest of us. Quit giving yourself a hard time for that man. Let that stuff go. I said, I struggle with that. He said, you know what, God's forgiven you. You've changed the way you live and you got to learn to let that go.
And Zig came over and he said. Why are you beating yourself up?
And I went, you know, I guess there's just times where I feel like I don't fit in still.
But you're just one of us. We're all God's children. And it was really cool because
here I am amongst all these people that I don't feel like I fit in, and yet I'm just like the rest.
And so even a few years sober,
it's human nature for us to find ourselves in situations where we get to that place where we don't feel like we fit in. And Jim, who's not in a A said, you know what, Todd? The very first time I met Zig Ziglar, I didn't feel like I fit in
and I went, oh, he said. It's human nature,
and that was interesting because I thought it was just an alcoholic kind of thing.
And I think it isn't.
And I used to always think it was and it kept me different. And my, my grand sponsor
told me one time he said, you know, we have to find ways to fit in. We have to find ways to identify. And if we can go to a meeting and we can sit there and we can look at all those things that are different, or we can choose to find all those things that are the same.
And since that, the paradigm shift for me has become everywhere I go, I look for things that are the same and look for similarities instead of things that are different. And I'm comfortable anywhere I go. I find things that make me comfortable or similar instead of being there going, oh, I'm not like you. Oh, we're not the same. Yes, we are.
You know, I'm not a woman alcoholic, but yet we feel the same. We've been through the same stuff
and and I remember from 93 to 2000, everywhere I went I was like, oh, that's not me, that's not me. Oh, I never did that. And no wonder. I was always uncomfortable
and my life is completely different
and the biggest thing that happened for me that made it different was that
in 99 when Lee died,
right around that time I was going through bankruptcy. I had started buying houses and investing in real estate without really knowing what I was doing
and I turned to my sponsor, my Co sponsor, who's my sponsor now? And Paul Geddick, a member of new, the Newburgh Group, his stories in the 4th edition of the big book, they named it Gutter Bravado, which I love. You know, here I am laying in the gutter. But man, I'm good, I'm okay. I get that, you know, I get that. And Paul is just an absolutely amazing guy.
He turned to me and he said, you know what?
And you're gonna have to risk it,
I said. Paul. I'm scared to death, man. And I know that I'm gonna die. If I drink anymore, I'm gonna die.
He said, you're gonna have to risk trust in somebody, and if you don't, you're gonna die. I said, well, I'm sitting here talking to you, and I know that if I don't trust you, I'm gonna die. And he said, Todd, I had to do it with Tim. You're gonna have to do it with me. And if you don't do it, you're gonna die. And I said, well, OK, I'm willing to do it, but if you hurt me, I'll kill you because that's just how scared I was,
He said. Don't you think I felt like you? I said, that's easy for you to say. You're 10 years sober,
you know, and you get, you guys always do that to the new guy. I know that trick, he said. It's not a trick. Tim reached out for me. I'm reaching out for you.
I said OK, I'll risk it, but if you hurt me, I'll kill you. And I, you know, I don't. I couldn't hurt anybody probably, but I was scared enough
and I risked it. And he turned to me and he, he said it so sincerely. It just kind of reached right through all that fear.
And he said true
trust is a must.
And I don't know how many times I've heard those little funny sayings,
but that one night it just walked right through all the fear, right through all those, you know, pride or false pride and all of those things right to my soul.
And it was like he just reached his hand out and he said we do this together.
And from that day that it is, I've allowed him to get to know the real me.
Because up to that point, it was if you find out who I am, you'll kick me out.
I've been kicked out of some amazing places and I've always been afraid deep inside myself. It was always about you were gonna kick me out. If you get to know who I really am, you're not gonna like me. And I want you to like me. I want you to accept me
and I'm scared.
It's that scared little kid who grew up to be a scared little kid
and my life's become an amazing
and an amazing
journey. And the fact that I can stand here and be honest with you is an amazing result of God's grace. The fact that I've been able to work steps into my life on a daily basis and be able to live according to spiritual principles and have values in my life is an amazing result of somebody's willingness to look me in the eye and say you're safe.
The fact that somebody's been able to share values with me and show me values and say you can have these two
is a gift.
I was listening to Bill Wilson's leave earlier today and it was the day that Doctor Bob died.
And the fact that 2 drunks
gave us this and the opportunity for one drunk to help another and say you don't have to do this alone and that we can do this together and we never have to be alone. And that
the message that they share with us is,
if you trust me enough to place your heart in my hands,
I will never violate that trust. And we can walk together and get well
and grow and have an amazing life because it's so much more than don't drink and go to meetings.
And we can do an amazing thing by sharing that with others.
I mean, there's millions of people that are sober. I've had the privilege of traveling all over the world sober and see amazing things and hear amazing stories,
and every time I get to do that, I get more grateful and then I have more responsibility to do more.
You know, I heard it. Newburgh, IO.
I owe big time
and the more I get, the more I have to give. And Lee always used to say the harder I work, the luckier I get.
And I am a pretty lucky guy.
It's been hard work
and I've worked pretty hard to get where I am and I, I understand that every day it starts over.
I have a wonderful family and I never had a family, You know, I'm, I'm Mother, Mother Teresa is one of my idols because
she worked with throwaways, man. She worked with the dredges of society. And I really identify with that, I guess. And
she said in one of her quotes. And I love quotes because they're like one liners and that's about as good as I get in regards to remembrance stuff.
You know, I got a little brain and she said I can't do what you can do. You can't do what I can do. But together we can do great things. And that's a A to me.
And the greatest joy in my life is being able to help another drunk
and to work with somebody and build a relationship and a friendship. And
the greatest joy I have is the fact that my greatest weakness has become my greatest strength. The fact that I'm an alcoholic has become the greatest strength I have.
When I was a little kid, I wanted to grow up to be Howard Hughes.
And the reason I wanted to be Howard Hughes was because he was wealthy enough to hide,
and I was a scared little kid who wanted to be a recluse.
And today, I stand before you, completely unafraid of letting you in.
You know, completely comfortable in my own skin
and completely unashamed of who I am or where I've been or what I've done.
And that's because of Alcoholics Anonymous in the 12 steps that are active in my life.
You know, if you want to know if I'm a good a, a ask my friends, call my wife. And today would be a good day to call her. You know, today was a pretty good day. You know, and that's just me being able to be honest because, you know, yesterday wasn't really a great day. And then, you know, today wasn't a great day either. I had to make amends right? At dinner. I snapped at her because she put some papers away. I was looking for a poem that I wanted to share with you. And, you know, she has a habit of putting things
for me. And it's like, why did you touch my stuff? Well, you left it out. No, I left it out so I could find it because I never remember where I put stuff,
you know? And
I was thinking about my lead, as I always do, which is silly. But
biggest message I have for anybody that I ever want to share anything with is love,
you know, and gratitude.
I used to stand up and talk about all my escapades and all I did.
It's just so unnecessary for me today. Not that I haven't. Believe me boy, you know
my heart is so full
and my life is so full.
I love Alcoholics Anonymous
and and I love the fact that they gave a guy like me an opportunity.
You guys kept the doors open for a guy like me to come here and get a shot.
And you know, I told you the math isn't great. I've been coming here since 93 and I'm only 7 years sober. So when I came back in here, I sat in rooms like this loaded. You guys just said keep coming back, it's OK.
I, I remember sitting at the straight up group with Stella Maris throwing up on myself in the middle of the meeting and people just looked at me. I I-11 lady, I remember she, she spent the whole meeting shooting spitballs at me while I was throwing up on myself.
And then I stood up at the end of the meeting like I had something really profound to say, like I didn't say enough just by sitting there throwing up A
and she don't end up like me.
You know what a great example that it was already. But you know, I had a, you know, be profound and say don't end up like me.
I heard a leave
by a guy by the name of Lloyd E from right outside of Schenectady, NY. He and they called him Indian Joe Great lead tape I heard and he used to say for true, for true beyond your wildest dreams. The best is yet to come.
And I'm a professional mentor and speaker by trade.
And I was in Atlanta just a couple weeks ago
teaching a pastor and his wife about real estate.
And I went to church on a Sunday with them,
and the pastor's wife sang this song
about beyond your wildest dreams. The best is young yes to come. And it's a hymn.
And I stood in that Mass and I cried like a baby
and I just felt the presence of God in my life. And that song just moved me to tears.
And all I could think about was Alcoholics Anonymous and God in my life. And the fact that as good as I have it, I know that sobriety is the most important thing in my life and that you people gave me the opportunity to be standing in that church in Atlanta sober, helping a man of God better his life.
And that Roy D's message is in my ear as she's singing. And it was funny because we had talked about that song and that saying before the mass and she was singing and she pointed at me and, and I'd never been in a church where somebody sang and pointed at me like she was saying, this is for you and, and just how God worked that day. And I'm thinking, thank you, Alcoholics Anonymous, Thank you, God,
and thank you guys.
I have it so good.
My life is really full
and there have been so many people like Tommy Cusick. When I relapsed and I came back to Alcoholics Anonymous, I came back to Newburgh. Tommy Cusick was a guy who had a a great ponytail down to his waist in wore leather jacket and hung out with new new kids. You know, he was sixty or seven years old, a hippie and he had these crystal clear blue eyes. Joy go, but grabbed me and brought me right to Tommy and said he can't stay sober.
I was like, oh great. Thanks a lot. You know, I like, I need this.
And I thought I was going to get a lecture and get kicked out.
And Tommy grabbed me and he looked me right in the eye
and he said, Todd, what's the matter? And I was like, shocked that he even knew my name.
And I said, Tommy, I can't stay sober. I don't know what's wrong.
And he held me by the hand and he looked me right in the eye. And he had those eyes that you knew he loved you and he cared. And that's kind of different in my life. And
I said, I don't know,
he should pray for clarity.
And I went home that night and I got on my knees and I said, God, Tommy Cusick, and you were tight. And he told me to pray for clarity. I don't know what it means. I don't know what it's supposed to do. But if if he's got it and he got it from you, I want it and I want it now. And you better give it to me because I want what he has.
And I went right back to him the next week and I said he didn't give it to me and I want it and I gotta have it. I gotta stay sober. He's did you stay sober this week? And I said, Yep. He said, well then you got it. And,
and you know, I had people in my life regularly giving me little things like that.
And I continue to have people in my life like that.
And the best thing in my life today is the first word in the first step,
and that's we. And I had it before I even understood what it was.
And the biggest responsibility in my life today is to do that for somebody else.
And I, I pray every day that I live up to that responsibility.
That is the most important thing in my life today is to be available and to be useful just a little bit every day,
because I
I want to read a couple of things to you.
One opens the inner doors of ones heart to the infinite silences of the spirit out of whose abyss is love wells up without fail and gives itself to all. And that's why Thomas Merton. And if you're not familiar with Thomas Merton, you should be
wonderful writers who Doctor Bob and Bill Wilson were very familiar with.
Direct your eyes right inward and you'll find 1000 regions in your mind yet undiscovered. Travel them
and be expert in home cosmography and that's Henry Henry David Thoreau.
The life we want is not merely the one we have chosen and made.
It is the one we must choose, must be choosing and making. It's one of my favorite quotes and that's Wendell Berry
because this is a daily thing and every day we need to be making right choices and right decisions. And it's something that I constantly take a look at
my sobriety and my recovery is based on good choices. And it's something that I look at the 10th step every day.
You know, my inventory is, is based on taking a look at what I did, you know, 86 and 87. Who did I hurt today?
And if I'm blessed enough to be looking at that on a regular basis and I need to,
am I making good choices? And if I make good choices, I get good results. If I make bad choices, I get consequences. Consequences are really painful. You know, I got here because my best thinking at that point got me here.
I my thinking has changed
because I was able to trust someone enough to help me understand that my thinking was not good. And today, with the input of others, my thinking is changing.
This is another one that I really enjoy. Know your limits. Not so that you can honor them, but so that you can smash them to pieces and reach for magnificence.
And this is Tony Robbins. You've probably seen him on TV.
I've had the privilege of meeting him and he's a guy who talks about
growing and his personal achievement and those kinds of things. And I, and it's part of what I do in my life today, is work. Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity and responsibility to give back
by becoming more. It's Anthony Robbins.
And then finally, I'm going to close with this.
I am a seeker of truth on a spiritual journey. I have deep things to learn.
May I learn them honorably. I have good things to offer. May Ioffer them generously. I am where I need to be. I am doing what I need to be doing. May I be a simple, humble, kind presence on the earth today.
May my actions today reflect my deepest beliefs. May I be grateful to those who came before me and may I make the road smoother
for those who will try to travel them after me.
My life is what it is because of those who have come before me and open the doors and I'm they provided me the opportunity to stand before you. I would not be here if it was not for those of you that have been here before me and allowed me the opportunity to reach up and have somebody reach into the gutter and offer me a hand. I cannot thank you enough except to reach back, reach down, grab somebody and offer them a hand.
Gratitude is an action and I pray everyday that I do what I am responsible to do and that's all for a hand to somebody else.
I am so grateful that you guys have allowed me the opportunity and privilege to stand before you and be myself. And I am,
and I thank God and I thank you for allowing me the privilege to share who I am openly and honestly. And I thank you for that. Let's close with the words.
Our Father.
Hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom comes, Thy will be done.
I'm very pleasure. Give us a day, Our Daily Bread, and forgive us our trespasses. So we forgive those to trespass against us, and lead us not to temptations, but deliver us from evil. The Thy who's the Kingdom, the power and the glory forever
and got it. I'll wait for you
breakdown all that, I'm sorry.