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00:01 The following program features real clients
00:03 discussing sensitive issues. 00:05 The views and opinions expressed in this program 00:07 don't necessarily reflect that of 3ABN's 00:10 Dare to Dream Network. 00:11 Viewer discretion is advised. 00:48 Hi, I'm Dr. Kim Logan-Nowlin, 00:51 and welcome to Live To Be Well. 00:54 What is Live To Be Well? 00:55 Mind, body and soul, feeling complete, first of all, 00:59 in Jesus Christ, 01:01 understanding your path with God 01:03 and having the faith to see it through. 01:06 Well, I'm excited about today's guest, 01:09 Dr. Charlotte Winston. 01:10 Welcome to Live To Be Well. Thank you. 01:12 Thank you for inviting me. Oh, you're very welcome. 01:15 I want to just get right into your testimony. 01:18 So share with our viewers, your testimony? 01:21 Well, always to start, God is good. 01:24 Yes, He is. 01:25 And so my story has many segments, 01:28 many chapters, starting off young. 01:30 I'm living with my parents 01:32 who divorced when I was a young girl. 01:35 I was an angry girl. I wasn't bad. 01:37 I didn't get into a lot of trouble, 01:39 but I was very angry. 01:41 And later on, 01:42 I went to live with my grandmother 01:44 and my grandmother showed me love. 01:46 She showed me love. 01:47 She taught me how to love. Amen. 01:50 And so from that point, you know, 01:52 years later I got married. 01:54 Yes. 01:55 Had children. Yes. 01:56 How many children? I have three children. 01:58 Yes. Yes. 01:59 And my story pretty much started to change 02:02 and began at that point. 02:05 I see. 02:06 Now, during that time, after marriage years later, 02:10 you moved to Japan? 02:12 Yes. 02:14 You were living in San Diego, California 02:16 then came back to Michigan? 02:18 Yes. 02:19 And your husband was in the military? 02:20 Yes. 02:22 And then after that you ended up 02:24 divorcing your husband? 02:25 Yes. 02:26 Can you tell us a little bit about that? 02:28 Well, as you stated, I married young, 02:30 straight out of high school, one year out of high school. 02:33 Really? 02:34 And my husband at that time, he was in the Navy. 02:37 He went to the Navy. 02:39 I had my first child here, my first son, 02:42 he was born here 02:43 before my husband went into the military. 02:46 My second child, after I went over to Japan to live with him, 02:50 I had my second son, my middle child. 02:53 And then when we moved to San Diego, 02:56 I had my daughter. 02:58 And so, I was married for 30 plus years. 03:01 Is that right? Yes. 03:03 So although I was young in the marriage, 03:05 you know, I was very mature for my age. 03:08 So I made sure that things were taken care of. 03:11 And it was at that point, 03:13 I started to create my identity 03:15 through my husband and my children. 03:18 I see. So. 03:20 So a lot of times what happens, 03:21 we get lost being the caregiver of someone else 03:26 and you don't have to be sick 03:28 or have someone sickly in your home to be so devoted. 03:31 And I'm not saying we shouldn't be 03:33 devoted as wives and mothers, 03:36 but we cannot lose who we are. 03:38 So how did this whole process did you find your way 03:43 to becoming Dr. Charlotte? 03:45 Well, you know, 03:47 the plan of God, because as I stated before, 03:50 my identity was created through being a mom and a wife, right. 03:55 Yes. 03:56 And so even something as simple as going to the store 03:59 to buy something for myself, 04:01 turned out to be me coming home with everything 04:04 that they needed, all of my needs 04:06 were disregarded 04:08 and not because I was made to, 04:09 but that's because of who I was, you know. 04:12 And that's because of the type of love 04:14 that my grandmother showed me. 04:15 So I learned to be that person through, a giver, right. 04:20 And I found it very hard to receive even still today. 04:23 I found it hard. 04:25 I find it sometimes hard to receive or ask, right? 04:28 So, at some point in time, you know, 04:31 I always knew that I wanted to go back to school. 04:34 Didn't know how I was going to do it. 04:36 Didn't know when I was going to do it, 04:38 but I knew that I wanted to do it 04:40 because I wanted to be in a position 04:43 so as my kids grew older, 04:46 I would be able to accommodate their needs. 04:48 I understand. 04:49 So, I tried going back, well, 04:52 I went to school straight out of high school 04:54 that didn't work, 04:56 came home from high school with child. 04:59 And then I, later, after I got married, 05:01 when we were stationed in San Diego, 05:04 I went to college, community college there, 05:07 didn't finish. 05:08 And then at some point after we returned to Detroit, 05:12 there was a program offered through the city of Detroit 05:15 that provided an opportunity 05:17 to go to Wayne State for two years at no cost. 05:21 Well, I had to take a test 05:23 to be admitted into the program. 05:25 And I took the test. 05:27 I passed the test and congratulations, 05:30 you're admitted into this program for two years. 05:33 But at that time, my self-esteem was so low. 05:36 I'm like, they must have made a mistake. 05:39 Wow. Yeah. 05:40 They must have made a mistake, I'm like. 05:42 You didn't believe it. 05:43 I didn't believe it 05:45 nor that I think that I was worthy of it. 05:48 So I started the program 05:51 and after being in the program for about a month, 05:54 because the first month, 05:56 the first semester I was a non-matriculated student. 05:59 So they were kind of prepping us 06:01 for college level matriculation. 06:04 So, I saw all of these young students around me, 06:08 although there were older women in the program 06:10 because that's what the program was about. 06:13 And I said, you know what? I am not going to do this. 06:17 So I remember Mrs. Wolf, 06:20 she was the person 06:24 who came and told me, no, quitting is not an option. 06:28 Is not an option. 06:29 So there's always somebody on your path, 06:32 God places on your path. 06:33 A vessel, yes. Oh, yes, yes. 06:36 So, I, she called me on the phone and she said, 06:40 "Charlotte, where are you?" 06:41 And I'm like, "Well, I'm at home." 06:44 "And what are you doing? 06:45 Why weren't you in class today?" 06:47 Well, I don't think this is for me. 06:50 She said, "I'll see you tomorrow." 06:52 So it wasn't an option. Miss Wolf wasn't playing. 06:54 Miss Wolf wasn't playing. 06:56 I like that. I love that. 06:58 So I went to class and, you know, 07:01 in the back of my mind, I told myself that I couldn't, 07:04 but God kept telling me, oh, yes, you can. 07:06 Yes, you can. 07:08 And I had to think of people like my grandmother, 07:10 I always saw my grandmother worked physically hard. 07:13 Did you? 07:15 Physically hard whether she caught the bus, 07:17 whether she got a ride, 07:18 she got up every single morning, 07:22 Monday through Friday to... 07:24 She was a cook to go to work. 07:27 And she did what she was supposed to. 07:29 And she did what she was supposed to do. 07:31 And she took care of me. 07:32 She didn't have to take care of me, 07:34 but she allowed me to come into her household 07:38 and she raised me as her own. 07:40 And I knew that I owed that much to her. 07:43 Yes, yes, so. That is amazing. 07:46 So, all right. 07:47 So you finished the two year program? 07:48 Yes. And then what happened? 07:50 I finished the two year program 07:52 and then I was reading the campus paper 07:54 and I saw this another program 07:57 that would pay for the final two years 07:59 of your undergraduate education. 08:01 And so it was a research based program and I'm like, 08:04 "Okay, I've always wanted to do research," 08:06 not fully understanding what research was about, right? 08:10 And not fully understanding or knowing 08:12 how I could possibly become a part of that. 08:16 So, I saw that ad in the paper. 08:20 And as I was applying, 08:21 I was working for a program at Wayne State. 08:24 And I was telling one of my co-workers 08:26 about the program. 08:27 She told me, she said, well, my mom knows doctor, 08:31 the doctor that was the director of this program. 08:33 And his program is really hard to get into. 08:36 Well, that was an immediate deterrent, right. 08:39 And I told myself, no, but God said, 08:42 oh, yes, you will. 08:43 I'm just telling you. 08:45 So I submitted that application. 08:47 He interviewed us and hey, I got. 08:51 You were accepted? I was accepted. 08:52 So another free ride... 08:54 Another free ride. 08:56 To Wayne State University... Wayne State University. 08:57 And that completed your undergrad degree? 08:59 That completed my undergraduate degree. 09:01 So after that, I went out into the workforce, 09:04 you know, thinking I was going to be this millionaire, 09:07 but that wasn't the case. 09:08 I always knew that I wanted to be in a position 09:10 of service before, right? 09:12 But I just, so I found myself doing case management 09:15 for nonprofit and then later on for the state of Michigan 09:20 and then I just wasn't fulfilled. 09:23 So I wanted to go back. 09:24 So, I called the director of the undergraduate program 09:27 because I knew that 09:28 he was directing the graduate program. 09:30 And so he said, well, Charlotte, 09:32 you have to find a program 09:34 that terminates at the PhD level 09:36 with the terminal degree. 09:38 And I'm like, okay. 09:40 So it took me about a year and a half, 09:42 two years to figure out because my undergrad, 09:44 I got a bachelor's of science in psychology 09:47 because I thought about nursing. 09:49 I thought about a lot of different things, 09:50 but I enjoyed science. 09:53 And so I had to figure out what I wanted to do. 09:56 And then when I told him 09:58 that I was interested in the sociology program, 10:01 he said, "Okay." 10:02 He said, well, 10:04 I went to his office and I told him, I said, "Hey, 10:06 I want to finish, you know, 10:07 I want to earn my doctorate degree." 10:10 And so he told me that he would fund me 10:12 and that he did, he kept his word. 10:15 And so as I was working for the state of Michigan, 10:18 I applied and I finished some pre-recs. 10:21 And then after I finished those pre-recs, 10:24 I went full time because his program, 10:25 you couldn't work and go to school. 10:27 Could not. 10:28 So I was excited and I told people, 10:30 "Hey, I'm no longer going to be employed 10:32 with the state of Michigan." 10:33 And a lot of people thought I was foolish. 10:35 A lot of people thought I was foolish 10:37 for making that decision. 10:38 Because there was no money? 10:40 I mean, there was a stipend, 10:42 but there with a stipend that was, you know, so. 10:44 Yes. 10:45 So they felt, and then a lot of times people feel like 10:47 you're leaving them behind, you're following, 10:50 you're stepping out there, 10:51 this vision that God has given me, 10:53 I'm going to see it through. 10:54 So then what happened? 10:56 And then, now years later, 10:58 so I finished up my master's degree. 11:01 And what was your master's in? Sociology. Sociology. 11:04 And then seven years later, after that, 11:06 I finished up my PhD 11:08 as I was working 11:10 at the graduate school for Wayne State. 11:13 And I was teaching, right, 11:14 a lot of things that I wasn't supposed to be doing 11:17 as far as teaching. 11:18 They want you to finish, 11:20 but I had to do what I had to do. 11:21 I had a family. You had a family. 11:23 So I, you know, made, God made a way. 11:25 God made a way. You know, again, God made a way. 11:27 If it had not been for the Lord on my side, where would I be? 11:31 Yes, so it was all His doing, 11:33 all His timing because it was nothing 11:36 that I had ever planned for myself. 11:39 Look at this. 11:40 So your self-esteem level, 11:41 did it begin to increase as you were going further 11:45 and further in your educational endeavors? 11:47 It did. People were shocked. 11:49 Were people surprised? 11:51 Did they think you were going to give up? 11:53 I think a lot of people hoped that I gave up. 11:58 Whether they, and they probably thought 11:59 that I would, you know, 12:01 I was the first person in my family 12:03 and the first person in my husband's family 12:06 to go that far. 12:07 Is that right? 12:08 But I definitely was the first person 12:10 in my family to earn a bachelor's degree, 12:12 a master's degree and a PhD. 12:14 Congratulations. Well, thank you. 12:16 That's a very amazing legacy. 12:20 You know, let me talk about women today that, 12:23 you know, being a university professor, 12:26 and again, I salute you. 12:28 I'm so proud of you and praise God. 12:30 What is the block for especially African-American 12:34 women to move forward? 12:36 You know, I know they have maybe family, 12:39 children responsibility, but they, and as we move into, 12:44 we're talking about domestic violence. 12:46 We're talking about breast cancer. 12:48 We're talking about... 12:49 There's so many things that's attacking us as women, 12:52 not to say, men are not under attack, 12:55 but I'm taking it from perspective 12:56 of me being a woman. 12:57 What can you do? 13:00 And as a university professor, 13:01 when you see a young lady walk into your classroom 13:03 and automatically, you know, 13:05 something is wrong and her mind 13:08 is not there and then one minute she's A student, 13:10 all your assignments are being done 13:12 and then she's missing assignments. 13:14 What do you do? 13:16 You know, I always, well, every semester, 13:20 every class I go into the session in prayer. 13:25 I always put God first. Praise God. 13:28 I mean, that is the lesson that I learned from my grandmother 13:30 to put God first and be humble. 13:34 She pounded that into me. Got to be humble. 13:36 You know, when, you got to be humble. Must. 13:39 Even when I didn't understand what that meant as a child, 13:42 even as a teenager, 13:43 I didn't understand what that meant 13:45 when she would come home from work tired 13:47 and she would be doing something for the community. 13:50 And I'm like, mom, 13:51 I thought you said you were tired. 13:53 Right. 13:54 Be humble. Humble. 13:55 So, and you know, and sometime, her, another saying of hers, 13:58 sometimes you got to do what you don't want to do. 14:01 So, yeah. 14:03 So when I see young girls, 14:06 young ladies come into the classroom, 14:08 I try to be that source of encouragement. 14:10 I know that to whom much is given much is required. 14:15 That's right. Right? 14:16 And just the same way that 14:18 God placed those people on my path, 14:21 I have to be one of those persons 14:22 that's on their path. 14:24 That's right. I like that. 14:25 So I try to speak encouragement. 14:27 I try to speak growth. 14:28 I try to speak power into them. 14:31 And sometimes even without trying, 14:33 just being, having a caring nature. 14:35 Right and that smile, look at your beautiful smile. 14:37 And it works out. 14:38 Driving through the pain because God allowed you 14:40 to reach this level of success to give back. 14:43 I believe the highest level of self-esteem 14:46 is when you can take your hand 14:48 and reach back and pull someone else ahead of you. 14:52 My mother taught me that, 14:54 always pull people ahead of you. 14:57 Stay humble. 14:59 How can I get you to your next place? 15:01 How can I get you to that next station in life? 15:04 Don't worry about me. Let me help you. 15:06 But I need to be here. 15:07 Because a lot of people have the mentality, well, 15:09 you know, I got mine, you know, it's all about me now. 15:13 I had to work hard. I have to struggle hard. 15:15 You got to do the same. 15:17 Nobody wants to help people, 15:19 you know, anymore. 15:20 Nobody wants to be that, 15:22 the helping hand as Christ is to us. 15:25 I remember a situation, 15:27 teaching at Wayne State University. 15:29 And I would talk to my students, 15:31 you know, teaching statistics. 15:33 And, I told my students, they said, 15:36 what can we do Dr. Nowlin? 15:37 I said, pray. 15:39 So this young man 15:41 who did not have any respect for spirituality or anything, 15:45 he said, he gabbed in class. 15:48 "If you don't change my grade, 15:50 I'm going upstairs 15:51 and I'm going to tell the dean of students 15:54 or the department head that you talk about God in a class 15:58 you're not supposed to mix state and God." 16:01 So I said, "Okay, 16:03 let's go because you're not going to intimidate me." 16:05 Do you know what my other students did? 16:08 He was in one elevator. I was in another. 16:10 And when that elevator door opened, 16:12 the rest of my class was in it. 16:14 And they said, we will testify that we asked you about God, 16:18 you never brought God up, 16:20 but you would always answer, 16:21 you better pray. 16:23 You better pray before you take this test. 16:25 Did you pray? Did you pray over your work? 16:27 You know, they'll say Dr. Logan, 16:29 what did you do? 16:30 I said, I always prayed. 16:31 And then the Bible says, 2 Timothy 2:16, 16:35 "Study to show thy self approved, 16:38 a workman that need not be ashamed, 16:40 rightly dividing the word of truth." 16:42 I remember learning that scripture 16:43 as a little girl because my mother was like, 16:45 how did you get this D? 16:47 She did, did you study? 16:48 My mother went and got the Word of God. 16:50 And she said, "Let me show you a scripture." 16:52 I have never forgotten, 16:53 study to show thy self approved. 16:54 She said memorize it, 16:56 so that you do not have to be embarrassed 16:58 by not being prepared. 17:00 And so in that, when the door is open 17:04 and the department had walked out, 17:06 he said, can I help you? 17:08 And the young man said no, 17:11 and he got a D in my class and God continued to prevail. 17:16 I think it's important that we recognize how to, 17:20 we can get attached to our students. 17:22 Have you ever got attached? 17:23 You got so concerned about a student 17:25 that you didn't cross any boundaries, 17:28 but that student was special to you? 17:31 Yes, definitely. 17:33 I have students today that are so special to me. 17:37 You know, when I can see me in them, especially. 17:41 Yes, they are special to me. 17:43 And so I do whatever, you know, I do whatever, 17:45 I tell my students that my goal is to be fair, right? 17:48 Got to be fair. 17:50 And my success is them being successful 17:53 however they define success, right? 17:56 So once you reach that status of success, 17:58 however you define it, 18:00 that makes me a successful professor. 18:02 Yes. So, yes. And empowers them. 18:04 Yes. 18:06 And you know, 18:07 I remember another story, a student, 18:09 she brought her mother to class. 18:11 It was a speech one-on-one class. 18:12 And she threw her daughter's paper on my desk. 18:15 And I was doing speeches that day. 18:17 How dare you fail my daughter? And I looked at it. 18:20 I said, "I want you to do one thing. 18:22 I want you to sit in the audience 18:24 and listen to your daughter's speech." 18:26 I said, I called her next. 18:28 And she was fumbling. 18:30 And I said, "did you prepare, 18:35 did you study?" 18:36 Her mother popped her in the head and said, 18:39 how dare you have me miss work 18:41 and you have not even prepared a speech. 18:44 I sat there like, whoa, God fights your battles. 18:46 Yes, He will all the time. 18:48 And I said, she has an opportunity 18:49 to get this grade up. 18:51 It's too late for her to get an A, 18:53 but she can get a passing grade, 18:55 but she's going to have to put the work in. 18:57 And do you know that young lady, 18:59 she passed my class with a B. 19:01 She called me recently. 19:03 She said, "Dr. Logan, you were so hard on me." 19:05 Now she's about to present a... 19:08 She came up with this invention and she's about to present it. 19:12 She said, "Dr. Logan, can you walk me 19:14 through some things real quickly?" 19:15 And she says, "Yes, 19:17 I'm that one who just hated your class." 19:20 But I would start class and say like, 19:22 "You can love me now or hate me later. 19:24 Hate me now, love me later. So let's do this." 19:29 And so my students went through trials and tribulation, 19:33 but they are now having their master's, 19:35 their doctorate, they have, you know, 19:37 come into a higher education 19:40 and learning based on that example. 19:43 Let's talk about thriving. 19:46 You know, what do you do for you, 19:48 your personal time to thrive? 19:51 Well, you know, I just like to relax. 19:53 I love to travel. You like to travel. 19:55 I have a nephew who's in the Navy. 19:57 So wherever he goes, wherever he's stationed, 20:00 I make it a plan to go visit him. 20:02 Nice. 20:04 I love to, you know, interact with my students, 20:07 you know, some of my students, they come from abroad, 20:10 some of my students are from out of state. 20:12 So if they're on a sports team, you know, 20:14 they don't have their parents here. 20:15 Sure. I tell them, let me know when you're playing. 20:18 All right. And I'm there to support you. 20:19 That's nice. 20:20 And your students appreciate that. 20:22 Of course. 20:23 Because you say, okay, I'm going to be there. 20:24 And they don't really think you're going to show up. 20:26 They're in shock. 20:27 And then when you show up, 20:29 they're so happy to see you there. 20:32 It's a matter of that support. 20:35 Yes. 20:36 And a lot of children and even us, 20:37 looking for that support. 20:39 Yes. 20:40 Was your husband surprised 20:41 or your former husband surprised 20:43 you earning all your degrees? 20:44 Possibly. 20:45 I would say in a sec, 20:48 he's probably surprised that I endured everything 20:51 that I endured in getting there. 20:53 You know, so I would say he was probably surprised. 20:57 Because you beyond all of that, you went through 20:59 and what an example you are for your own children 21:02 and recognizing that your faith in God, 21:06 walking with God. 21:08 You said Psalms 23, "The Lord is my shepherd, 21:11 I shall not want." 21:13 Get everything you need. I have everything I need. 21:16 Loving God, being a part of God 21:18 and have Him being a part of you, you know? 21:21 Why is it that people think that, you know, this, 21:25 God didn't do this. 21:27 There's no God. 21:28 Or why would God allow such catastrophes? 21:31 Why should God didn't get that A for me. 21:34 God didn't get me in school. 21:35 God didn't, you know, 21:37 and how foolish because that's where they are. 21:40 And I don't try to reason with people. 21:42 I just try to live a good example. 21:44 And I say, oh, taste and see. 21:46 Did you say, oh, taste and see how good God is. 21:50 My mother had a word. She had this word. 21:52 If you said something to her, she would say, 21:55 certainly I said, but mom, 21:57 certainly, But mama certainly count. 22:01 So I have a word and mine is live to be well. 22:05 You know, three, live to be well, four. 22:07 And so when someone say something to me, 22:09 I say live to be well, because I'm not going 22:11 to argue with you. 22:13 I'm not going to fight with you. 22:14 I'm not going to allow you to disrespect me 22:16 and cause me any stress or anguish. 22:19 There's enough stress in this world that we live 22:21 with that to be able to be inside of our household. 22:25 That's why individuals who are dating and young ladies 22:29 who have their eyes set on completing their education 22:33 don't get detoured. 22:35 Can we talk about that for the last few minutes? 22:37 Sure. Go ahead. 22:39 So I would say, like I said, 22:42 I always have to reference God, because this was all His plan. 22:47 I knew what I wanted. I wanted to be a mom. 22:50 I wanted to be a wife. I wanted to be a good mom. 22:54 I wanted to be a good wife, but God has something greater 22:57 in store for me. 22:58 Something that I never could imagine or even dream of. 23:01 You never even thought of it. 23:03 I never even thought of it. 23:04 Like I said, at some point I did say, 23:06 okay, well, yeah, I want to go back to college. 23:08 Yes, I want to do research, but I didn't even know 23:11 what research was, right. 23:13 And I definitely didn't think 23:15 about becoming a doctor via PhD, 23:18 you know, in high school, you know, 23:19 you dream about being a nurse, 23:21 a police officer or a teacher, right? 23:24 And then some kind of way I kind of, you know, said, 23:26 okay, well maybe I'll dream to become a doctor, 23:29 deliver some babies, right? 23:31 And so, you know, it was just God's grace 23:35 and mercy on my life, you know. 23:38 When I decided that I wanted to go to college, 23:42 I was working here at one of, a store, right? 23:45 We came back home 23:46 after the military time was over. 23:49 I was working and, I was working one of those jobs 23:52 where you get off at midnight 23:54 and you had to be back at 7 o'clock in the morning. 23:55 Oh, mercy. 23:57 And I'm like, I have three children at home. 23:58 This is not going to work. 24:00 And then I was getting paid minimal wage, right? 24:02 So it started to dawn on me. 24:04 And that's, at that point, I just started looking 24:06 in the newspaper because you would look in the newspaper. 24:08 And then I saw the opportunity through the city of Detroit 24:11 and then the opportunity availed itself 24:13 for the final two years. 24:15 And then I went out and I had made, 24:17 you know, created those networks. 24:18 So I was able to go back to those networks 24:21 and then it just kept going and going. 24:22 And even in graduate school, it was like, okay, 24:24 this is not for me. 24:27 But God said, no, you cannot going to quit now. 24:30 I will never give you more than you can bear. 24:33 All right. 24:34 So I just kept going and kept going. 24:35 And I mean, even through the adversities in my marriage, 24:38 it seems like every time I went a step higher, 24:41 you know, every time I made an accomplishment, 24:44 you know, my marriage, you know, I had more issues. 24:48 So I had to work through those things. 24:51 And at the end of the day, you know how some people say, 24:54 well, I was a fool for enduring all of that, 24:57 you know, abuse, 24:59 whether it be psychological, 25:00 whether it be physical, whether it be emotional. 25:03 And at the end of the day, I said, 25:04 you know what, God, I refuse to say, 25:06 I'm a fool because I know you don't create fools. 25:08 Come on now. Right? 25:10 I know You kept me shielded. 25:13 He kept me shielded. 25:14 He kept me focused. 25:16 You know how you put those blinders on horses 25:18 when they're going, you know, traveling, right, 25:21 you don't want, you want them to pay attention 25:22 to what's ahead of them. 25:24 And that's the way He kept me shielded. 25:27 And even with all that I went through, 25:30 I always pray to God. 25:31 God, if it ever comes, 25:34 if there ever comes a time 25:36 where it's time for this marriage 25:37 to come to an end, 25:39 please allow me to be able to say that 25:41 I've done everything I could. 25:45 And I was able to say that, I was able to say, 25:48 I was able to, you know, 25:51 do what I had to do in peace, 25:53 you know, and happiness and peace is priceless. 25:56 Oh, you can't put a price on that peace, 25:59 I want to say to all those who are thinking about, 26:02 it's too late for me to go back to school, 26:04 too late for me to visualize owning my own business, 26:07 starting a business is never too late. 26:10 There is never too late. 26:11 Give me a couple of words that could empower us. 26:14 We have about a minute and 54 seconds. 26:16 Give me some words. Let's do some tag words here. 26:18 Okay. All right. 26:20 Affable. I'm a very affable person. 26:23 I'm likable, all right? 26:24 I'm loquacious, 26:26 which everybody knows I'm very talkative. 26:27 Okay? All right. 26:29 But I'm empowered today by what you've done here 26:32 on Live To Be Well. 26:34 So what words describes you? 26:36 I am real. I am true. Real. True. 26:39 I am hardworking. 26:41 You know, I'm genuine. 26:43 And I just believe in honesty 26:47 and I always put God first. 26:50 God first. 26:52 Every day, every morning my eyes open, I thank God. 26:55 And every night before I go to bed, I thank God. 26:58 And I talk to Him throughout the day. 27:00 I know I do. 27:01 Throughout the day, And you know, 27:03 in counseling where I met you here, 27:05 what it was the first thing we did, 27:06 I asked you to do what? 27:08 Pray. 27:09 Would it be all right to pray? And we'll close with prayer. 27:12 I'm excited because today on Live To Be Well, 27:15 you too can thrive through the pain, 27:18 just like Dr. Charlotte Winston. 27:20 You don't have to give up on your goals, your aspiration, 27:24 because there is a God 27:25 that sits up high and looks down low. 27:27 There is a God who is able to see you through. 27:30 There's a God who wants you to live to be well 27:34 and accomplish everything 27:35 because He did not come to destroy, 27:38 but He came to give life. 27:40 And today on Live To Be Well, 27:42 we want to say you have an opportunity 27:45 to turn things around 27:47 and make something happen. 27:49 Dr. Charlotte, thank you so much 27:51 for being here today on Live To Be Well, 27:53 I'm excited. 27:54 I'm thriving every day and I want to thank you. 27:57 Continue to thrive. 27:58 Amen? Amen. 27:59 And we want you to continue to thrive, 28:02 and we want you to continue to live to be well. 28:05 Live to be well. 28:07 I'm Dr. Kim, God bless. |
Revised 2021-07-23