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[Applause] raise your hand if you lie now right now
raise your hand if you lie now right now
raise your hand if you lie now right now if your hand is down you’re probably a
if your hand is down you’re probably a
if your hand is down you’re probably a bigger liar isn’t the person nearest you
bigger liar isn’t the person nearest you
bigger liar isn’t the person nearest you with their hand up but it’s okay we all
with their hand up but it’s okay we all
with their hand up but it’s okay we all lie don’t worry I lie all the time ask
lie don’t worry I lie all the time ask
lie don’t worry I lie all the time ask my mom
my mom
my mom but the problem the problem is that
but the problem the problem is that
but the problem the problem is that little things turn into big things
little things turn into big things
little things turn into big things because how we do anything is how we do
because how we do anything is how we do
because how we do anything is how we do everything so if you lie now it’s gonna
everything so if you lie now it’s gonna
everything so if you lie now it’s gonna make lying later way easier but if you
make lying later way easier but if you
make lying later way easier but if you tell the truth now the truth comes way
tell the truth now the truth comes way
tell the truth now the truth comes way easier later but it’s difficult because
easier later but it’s difficult because
easier later but it’s difficult because today we’re flooded with definitions
today we’re flooded with definitions
today we’re flooded with definitions like honesty and hypocrisy and humility
like honesty and hypocrisy and humility
like honesty and hypocrisy and humility and maybe we don’t even know what they
and maybe we don’t even know what they
and maybe we don’t even know what they actually mean because if you google them
actually mean because if you google them
actually mean because if you google them on the surface the definitions are easy
on the surface the definitions are easy
on the surface the definitions are easy but when you put them into practice they
but when you put them into practice they
but when you put them into practice they don’t work humility humility is unique
don’t work humility humility is unique
don’t work humility humility is unique because when you have humility people
because when you have humility people
because when you have humility people don’t notice that’s the most important
don’t notice that’s the most important
don’t notice that’s the most important thing about humility is nobody notices
thing about humility is nobody notices
thing about humility is nobody notices but you human nine times out of 10 if
but you human nine times out of 10 if
but you human nine times out of 10 if you ask someone if they have humility
you ask someone if they have humility
you ask someone if they have humility the answer will be yes simply because
the answer will be yes simply because
the answer will be yes simply because they think that they’re being honest but
they think that they’re being honest but
they think that they’re being honest but it’s not honesty it’s not meekness it’s
it’s not honesty it’s not meekness it’s
it’s not honesty it’s not meekness it’s not belittling yourself humility is not
not belittling yourself humility is not
not belittling yourself humility is not thinking less of yourself
thinking less of yourself
thinking less of yourself humility is thinking of yourself less
humility is thinking of yourself less
humility is thinking of yourself less alright so when it’s funny if someone
alright so when it’s funny if someone
alright so when it’s funny if someone was asking me and I was trying to tell
was asking me and I was trying to tell
was asking me and I was trying to tell them about humility and the most
them about humility and the most
them about humility and the most important thing is when you work in your
important thing is when you work in your
important thing is when you work in your your groups your teams your leadership
your groups your teams your leadership
your groups your teams your leadership wherever you are your ministry of your
wherever you are your ministry of your
wherever you are your ministry of your church nobody notices but it doesn’t
church nobody notices but it doesn’t
church nobody notices but it doesn’t work unless you have integrity integrity
work unless you have integrity integrity
work unless you have integrity integrity is when you align your actions with your
is when you align your actions with your
is when you align your actions with your beliefs the Latin adjectives integer
beliefs the Latin adjectives integer
beliefs the Latin adjectives integer means whole or one I think of it like
means whole or one I think of it like
means whole or one I think of it like that that’s where the word integrity
that that’s where the word integrity
that that’s where the word integrity comes from I like to think of it as a
comes from I like to think of it as a
comes from I like to think of it as a pizza so if you cut the pizza you
pizza so if you cut the pizza you
pizza so if you cut the pizza you separate the pieces out but it leaves
separate the pieces out but it leaves
separate the pieces out but it leaves the missing part in the center when you
the missing part in the center when you
the missing part in the center when you don’t have a center you don’t have a
don’t have a center you don’t have a
don’t have a center you don’t have a point of reference you lose your
point of reference you lose your
point of reference you lose your integrity and it leaves you asking a
integrity and it leaves you asking a
integrity and it leaves you asking a question like why do I feel this way
question like why do I feel this way
question like why do I feel this way what am I missing
what am I missing
what am I missing and oftentimes we try to use Beauty Fame
and oftentimes we try to use Beauty Fame
and oftentimes we try to use Beauty Fame money success and popularity to bring
money success and popularity to bring
money success and popularity to bring the pieces back together but it just
the pieces back together but it just
the pieces back together but it just doesn’t work it leaves you confused and
doesn’t work it leaves you confused and
doesn’t work it leaves you confused and wondering you know why do I not feel
wondering you know why do I not feel
wondering you know why do I not feel important but the thing about integrity
important but the thing about integrity
important but the thing about integrity is that it leads to Apocrypha
is that it leads to Apocrypha
is that it leads to Apocrypha if you don’t align your actions with
if you don’t align your actions with
if you don’t align your actions with your beliefs you kind of become a
your beliefs you kind of become a
your beliefs you kind of become a hypocrite
hypocrite
hypocrite you know acting has always been a
you know acting has always been a
you know acting has always been a passion of mine like the theater or the
passion of mine like the theater or the
passion of mine like the theater or the lights the sound and in high school I
lights the sound and in high school I
lights the sound and in high school I was studying for a vocab test and the
was studying for a vocab test and the
was studying for a vocab test and the word was hypocrite and the Greek root
word was hypocrite and the Greek root
word was hypocrite and the Greek root suggests something along the lines of an
suggests something along the lines of an
suggests something along the lines of an in of an image of a person who wears a
in of an image of a person who wears a
in of an image of a person who wears a mask and pretends to be someone he or
mask and pretends to be someone he or
mask and pretends to be someone he or she is not in a theatrical production
she is not in a theatrical production
she is not in a theatrical production and when I think about that I think we
and when I think about that I think we
and when I think about that I think we all have masks and maybe we don’t even
all have masks and maybe we don’t even
all have masks and maybe we don’t even know what they are like our social media
know what they are like our social media
know what they are like our social media or our internet or the things we post
or our internet or the things we post
or our internet or the things we post but the theatrical production is just
but the theatrical production is just
but the theatrical production is just our lives do you post things about what
our lives do you post things about what
our lives do you post things about what your life is like or do you post things
your life is like or do you post things
your life is like or do you post things about what you want people to think that
about what you want people to think that
about what you want people to think that your life is like do your tweets start
your life is like do your tweets start
your life is like do your tweets start with I order your tweets start with we
with I order your tweets start with we
with I order your tweets start with we did this it’s all something to consider
did this it’s all something to consider
did this it’s all something to consider it’s kind of like the movies you know
it’s kind of like the movies you know
it’s kind of like the movies you know Iron Man Batman they all start out with
Iron Man Batman they all start out with
Iron Man Batman they all start out with a mask in the beginning of the movie but
a mask in the beginning of the movie but
a mask in the beginning of the movie but by the end of the movie we figure out
by the end of the movie we figure out
by the end of the movie we figure out who they are we always you know the
who they are we always you know the
who they are we always you know the person is revealed and it’s because
person is revealed and it’s because
person is revealed and it’s because they’re missing the humility side of the
they’re missing the humility side of the
they’re missing the humility side of the equation you know I think for humility
equation you know I think for humility
equation you know I think for humility and integrity one thing I like to do at
and integrity one thing I like to do at
and integrity one thing I like to do at this I mean I feel like I’m 12 up here
this I mean I feel like I’m 12 up here
this I mean I feel like I’m 12 up here but one thing I like to do is look up I
but one thing I like to do is look up I
but one thing I like to do is look up I look up to people you know I find
look up to people you know I find
look up to people you know I find mentors and people I can study off of
mentors and people I can study off of
mentors and people I can study off of teachers and people who have built
teachers and people who have built
teachers and people who have built legacies and one of the things I do is a
legacies and one of the things I do is a
legacies and one of the things I do is a person I looked up to is named Ellie and
person I looked up to is named Ellie and
person I looked up to is named Ellie and when I think about Ellie she she she
when I think about Ellie she she she
when I think about Ellie she she she 100% has no prejudice against color race
100% has no prejudice against color race
100% has no prejudice against color race religion she can face the worldís
religion she can face the worldís
religion she can face the worldís outliers she can take blame without
outliers she can take blame without
outliers she can take blame without resentment he can even start the day
resentment he can even start the day
resentment he can even start the day without caffeine but it’s interesting
without caffeine but it’s interesting
without caffeine but it’s interesting because as soon as I think I’m just like
because as soon as I think I’m just like
because as soon as I think I’m just like Ellie I remember the Ellie is just my
Ellie I remember the Ellie is just my
Ellie I remember the Ellie is just my family dog
family dog
family dog so as soon as you think you have
so as soon as you think you have
so as soon as you think you have humility in integrity and you’re not a
humility in integrity and you’re not a
humility in integrity and you’re not a hypocrite you’re just as good as your
hypocrite you’re just as good as your
hypocrite you’re just as good as your dog that sleeps on the floor and so all
dog that sleeps on the floor and so all
dog that sleeps on the floor and so all this to say I’m not bashing my dog I
this to say I’m not bashing my dog I
this to say I’m not bashing my dog I love my dog
love my dog
love my dog we all love our dogs but the thing is if
we all love our dogs but the thing is if
we all love our dogs but the thing is if there’s no levels to humility and
there’s no levels to humility and
there’s no levels to humility and integrity you either you kind of have it
integrity you either you kind of have it
integrity you either you kind of have it you practice it or you have it and you
you practice it or you have it and you
you practice it or you have it and you don’t practice it there’s no one between
don’t practice it there’s no one between
don’t practice it there’s no one between no one’s better if you’re great at it
no one’s better if you’re great at it
no one’s better if you’re great at it you’re just as good as your dog and so
you’re just as good as your dog and so
you’re just as good as your dog and so my idea today is to encourage us to
my idea today is to encourage us to
my idea today is to encourage us to align our actions with our beliefs think
align our actions with our beliefs think
align our actions with our beliefs think of ourselves a little bit less others a
of ourselves a little bit less others a
of ourselves a little bit less others a little bit more and we’ll know exactly
little bit more and we’ll know exactly
little bit more and we’ll know exactly who we are and we’ll know exactly what
who we are and we’ll know exactly what
who we are and we’ll know exactly what we want thank you
we want thank you
we want thank you [Applause]
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