There Is Always Hope

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Welcome to The Overflow Podcast. My name
is Craig Booker. The title of this episode

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is There Is Always Hope. The material in this
episode is inspired by Seen by Will Hutcherson

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and Chinwé Williams. I will talk a lot about
mental health, but please note that this is not

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a substitute for therapy or mental health care.
Will opens with a story about Hannah. Will had

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just finished speaking to 900 students at a middle
school assembly. A boy named John approached Will

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asking him if he would speak with his friend
Hannah. Hannah was feeling down dealing with

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insecurities. In his conversation with Hannah will
assured her that she would not always feel this

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way. He allowed Hannah to emotionally exhale by
sharing the hurt feelings she was experiencing,

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Will encouraged Hannah by telling her that she
had a purpose. Using a few connection tools, Will

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spoke life into Hannah. Will acknowledged that
his interaction with with Hannah didn’t solve

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all of our problems, but it did give her the
encouragement that she needed that day. Each

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of us can play a small part in helping others
along their Journey. Each of us can help. Every

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caring adult, coach, parent, mentor, pastor, teacher or
counselor can offer hope to others in need. Please

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understand that you matter. We must fight to help
kids, teens, and adults. Because we each matter. The

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need for kids kids and adults to show up for
one another has never been greater. Kids, teens,

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and adults are struggling with despair like
never before. Hope is our greatest weapon in

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the battle against despair. The important thing to
remember is that we don’t need to be perfect. We

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need to show up, see them, just listen, speak life,
and help them develop grit. It is important that

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we have the right tools, but we also need to know
that there is grace. When when we mess up or say

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the wrong thing the good news is that there is
grace. Reading or listening to this may have you

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feeling a bit overwhelmed or unsure where to start.
Will encourage as readers to just start with one.

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Start with one kid, one tool, one moment. Just start
with one. Whether that’s helping one kid. Whether

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that’s learning a new tool for connection or
if that is just embracing and being present in

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one moment to help that individual that
you are are present with. Just start with one.

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We can all be that thing that we are needing in
this world. We can meet the needs of other people

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if we just show up and start with one thing.
That’s all for this episode. If you like the

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