Keep Your Chin Up When Bad Things Happen
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- Опубліковано 11 сер 2023
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Many people have encountered life events that are completely unexpected. Perhaps you have experienced some. Our hopes and prayers go out to the people of Lahaina, Hawaii amid the horrific wild fires that have taken life and property.
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Please consider doing more videos where you just give inspirational speeches like that sir, America needs it.- Geno, from Wisconsin.
Absolutely. I love listening to Scott talk
@@matthewrivera5484i got asked a while ago who is my role model. I immediately thought of Essential Craftsman. And he has a new video at the same moment. Wow.
Agreed. We need traditional masculinity back in this country. That’s why we’re having these issues
@@Allergic2broke absolutely
@@Allergic2brokeWe’re having “these issues” (whatever “these” means) because of divisive attitudes, and people, as Scott puts it, playing the blame game. It’s not a lack of traditional masculinity, because traditional masculinity is just kindness and resolve. These aren’t even traits that only men have. They’re traits that everyone has, or at least should strive to have.
So it’s not a lack of masculinity, it’s this notion that the world has gone crazy and we need to get back to something that keeps this malignant cancer alive.
It’s ironic that the theme of this video is perseverance, and the statement that Scott so eloquently makes is that no matter how much seems to collapse around you, you don’t point fingers and you keep moving, yet here you guys are, pointing fingers and saying the world is collapsing around you.
As someone who lost a young son to a horrible tragedy, I can tell you that you are spot on correct. Jim in Chile
Sorry to hear my friend keep it up x
I don't know how you do it. My daughter is in the PICU with heart failure and needs a heart transplant. My faith in God is completely gone.
@jgbecker24 heartbreaking. I hope things will work out for your family.
@@jgbecker24I had the opposite effect. My tragedy brought me closer to God. I hope for a full recovery.
Jim, I know I speak for many, many of us when I offer my sincere condolences for your tragic loss. Take care brother
Every millennial, gen X, gen Y and whatever generation I left out needs to see this and take it to heart. I even believe life lessons like this should be taught in schools! You do good every time you post a video!!!
I wholeheartedly agree 👍 👍 ❤️
Yep. It doesn’t mean you can’t acknlowledge that it sucks, or that you can’t properly grieve, but that that cannot be the focus. If you choose to live on, then live on healthily. I have a friend who just had one of the most horrible things happen to his family, and I’m praying he has the strength to keep moving forward.
A co-worker of mine just had a big tree blow over onto her house during storm this week. Fortunately, no one was hurt, but it caused a lot of damage. I think I will send this video to her.
It's a tough time and the more friends come to aid the better!! You are a great friend.
I just want you to know how much I appreciate your channel.
This message comes at a very challenging time when I find myself struggling as a contractor dealing with my own self doubt.
Good luck with sorting it all out. I hope it comes to you sooner than later.
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Just realize that we all have the tiny little self-doubt demon constantly whispering in our ear. I usually tell it to f**k off.
I’m a GC, looking to get more knowledge about Solar, Air Conditioning, and Water Well drilling. It seems to be our future.
What Grant should have done is put the job off till late spring, not much else you can do with hindsight !
I remember taking on a decorating job to be done while my customers were on holiday. A staircase and hallway strip all paint and wallpaper and bring forward to a decent finish. As I was pulling off the last of the wallpaper, at the top of the stairs, most of the plaster on that wall gracefully slid down on to the floor downstairs. About an inch and a half of sand lime and hair. !!! We finished late ! But that feeling !!
I used to doubt myself too when I first started. Dig deep and keep going. Charge enough too
There is not another UA-cam channel episode that is better than this particular episode. I literally got home UTSW Hospital after after 4 days in the stroke department. We were home watching a foreign TV show and suddenly I can't read the sub titles. We went straight to the ER and we began a 4 day journey. Luckily I only had small stroke that resulted with damage to my speech center. It's not a perfect situation but with speech PT I hope get all my speech back to normal. That's write this is making my brain rework parts of my brain speech so I can't get back to my GC duties. Bad breaks happen but what who do next is what is the KEY. Keep up the good work my friend.
I have been resisting your channel for a long time, being a middle aged carpenter from New England, working with fellas of your generation has always been difficult. I regretfully made the assumption that due to your age, the name of the channel and the content I thought, “great, more boastful content of mediocre methods and lack of insight” like the past 30 years of experiences I’ve had. I COULD NOT BE MORE HAPPIER TO BE SO WRONG! I am glad to say that sometimes that witch we resist, we needed most. You and your channel is a complete treasure, I hope you keep putting together content that inspires you the most, it really shows. I would have given anything to have apprenticed or worked along side of someone of your caliber. I had to teach myself almost everything. If I get to have that experience through a screen, I’m fine with that over nothing.
Many of the "disasters" in my life turned out to be blessings. I learned a lot, especially who true friends were and how resilient I am. ❤️🙏
I dont comment often here, if ever that I can recall, though I watch every video. However this time, I feel I can add to this message.
My wife and I got hit by a tornado back in 2018. We were 24 years old at the time, had been married almost three years than. She was 6 months pregnant. It was our first house and we had been there since a few months before our wedding.
It could have been worse, much worse. Our house was still standing but had a fair bit of damage. Broken windows, gutters were gone, some structural damage on the roof but otherwise ok.
I lost two outbuildings, a 12x12 “shed” (it was really well built unlike most sheds, anchored on a concrete pad) and it completely destroyed our detached 24x24 garage. I suspect the garage door gave first and after that, it was a big sail. The roof ended up being dropped on top of the trees in my woods. It was 10-20 feet up in the air in mostly one piece and the trees were sticking through it.
Our yard had massive oak and maple trees, Im talking the smallest was probably 3’ and the largest oak was more than 6’ at the bottom. They were actually what drew me to the house initially when we bought it. The entire yard was shaded, save a spot large enough for a nice garden. We lost probably 20 trees, a dozen or more being the massive ones I was speaking of.
The shock and pity party lasted about 30 minutes really. I then immediately called the insurance company and got the ball rolling. We took pictures of everything. And then the clean up begin, within a couple hours of the actual event.
We started with the house obviously, tarping the roof and what not. And then we started clearing the driveway and cutting trees closest to the house, clearing an area we could work in.
We had only been busy for a little bit, my dad and I, when people started arriving to help. I didnt realize how many at first. But I stopped to take a break and sat down and looked around. There had to be 2 dozen people, some family, some friends, some were people I didnt even know. I didnt ask for any of it, yet here they were. Im telling you, living in a small community is the best place to live.
I gave out more thank yous that day than I ever have, I didnt have much else to give at that time. The next day was a saturday and we had just as many people show up without asking to help. They were there most of that day and the following day. I could never thank all those people enough.
Then the long road began, rebuilding. We took care of the house first, my dad and I. Insurance didnt pay out enough that I could afford to pay a contractor to do the repairs and rebuild the garage. So we had to take on the rebuilding ourselves. I had helped my dad renovate my parents house and he taught me alot, though he is no buidler himself.
I was working my job all day, then coming home and working all evening, sometimes till 10 or 11 at night in January with my dad repairing the house and then building the garage. Only thing we didnt do was the concrete work.
I would spend my breaks at work watching videos on building or whatever part of the project I was planning on tackling that evening or coming weekend.
Guess whose channel I discovered at that time? Thats right, yours Mr. Wadsworth. Your videos gave this young man the confidence that I could do it all myself. Without you, I would probably still be working on that garage. You deserve as much thanks as those people who helped me in the initial days cleaning up. So a heartfelt thank you to yourself from my wife and I.
Looking back, its strange to say that I actually miss those days rebuilding. We sold that house in 2020 during the boom and made a hefty profit since the house had a new roof, a new garage, etc. We lucked into buying a house on a lake for a great price. Most of all, I miss all those evenings working late into the night and all weekend long with my dad. Hes still with us, dont take it the wrong way, it was just a good time that I will never forget.
Like scott said, you cant control acts of god, but you can control your response. What should have been probably one of the worst times of my life, I can honestly say ended up leading me to the best times.
that husband and wife came from a different time where they lived through the great depression , they saw ww2 and probably ww1 , character building.
nice encouraging video.
I found the chapters in ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxYGamVaHfdHiPlAQaLa7zkwR02OKpGYDU to be very relevant to my project as I embarked on building my first ever structure from the ground up. I especially found this Ryan’s Shed Plans to be of great use when it came to building the roof. I was able to do all the cuts and installation by myself, with a little reference to this Ryan’s Shed Plans.
Truer words were never spoken.
"Panic last" has been my byword for many years. Being a problem solver is paramount in the construction industry.
Timely... Last month our family suffered the catastrophic loss of our home in California to fire. We are now starting the reconstruction process and my entire family has joined in with a positive attitude and a commitment to moving forward with the best intentions to build a better future. The message in this video about resilience is maybe the most important element in the lessons that life's hardships has to offer to those who are faced with challenges of such a magnitude. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this subject as it helps to remember that we are not alone in facing challenges of this kind.
I am constantly in awe of this chap. I am an Australian and more often than not I tend to mope and complain rather than get it done. But when I decide that it's not time to be a pest to myself it's this kind of mindset I accidently fall into. You don't often know what to do when you don't know what to do. But something of substance often feels like the first stumbling step.
It’s been awhile since I’ve tuned into essential craftsman, needless to say I’m glad I clicked on this one today. This video was a solid reminder of the content you create is always good, thank you
This video definitely hits home. Our house burned down about a year and a half ago after having remodeled our entire first floor. I learned a lot during the process of the first remodel from you and now that we’re getting ready to rebuild, a lot of your videos have come in helpful for detail work and foundation work that I did not know previously. thank you for all that you do because I wouldn’t be able to do a lot of what I’m doing without people like you spreading your knowledge.
I said it once in a comment on an earlier video and I’ll say it again- Scott, please consider writing a memoir. Your UA-cam videos are poems to your craft, and it would be a real gift to have them all contained in one book that I would be proud to display on my bookshelf.
I am on your heels in trips around the sun, and I was recently terminated from a comfortable position at a large corporation. I did take a few days stewing about the daggers in my back--a real pitty party. However, I have pivoted toward my passion career as a woodworker. I have met and engaged my neighbors in my little old town, and the dream of being a part of their efforts to repair and maintain the charms of our century plus homes. I have stumbled upon stoicism, and I am building a great respect for how this discipline of perspective can shore up the person that I want to be.
Scott you're absolutely right. Just this past week we got hit with a huge problem and how you meet it is always up to you. In 2021 my wife and I bought our dream home: a beautiful custom ICF home in western washington. Since then we've built the property into a working farm, always secure in the knowledge that the house is solid and all our energy can go into raising animals and plants to feed ourselves. Well, as I was working on a new project in the pasture (a new goat shed for our bucks) I noticed that the 2nd story deck on our home was displaying a fairly pronounced bow I hadn't noticed before. Fast forward to this past week, we took the metal cladding off the underside to find extensive rot throughout the structure. one glulam beam is slowly but surely coming undone, others show the characteristic spotting of mold growth. The joists are all untreated engineering I-joists: wholly unsuitable to use in a wet location and in a couple spots completely disintegrated with rot. The deck was constructed like a normal floor deck: OSB over joists, but with some kind of flat roof tar paper over top. This waterproofing obviously failed, and the watertight undercladding essentially created a rot box that accelerated decay almost to the point of failure 15 years after initial construction.
How did I react to this? Well I swore for a couple of hours and then came up with a plan. We wanted an outdoor kitchen anyways in a couple of years. And the deck as it existed was just oddly proportioned to allow for that. That the deck was shot allowed us to imagine a much better outdoor kitchen / pavilion. So we're having the majority of it torn down and the parts closest to the envelope of the house rebuilt using PT lumber, and a proper drainage system. And hey, it could've been a lot worse. At least it didn't hurt anyone before we caught it.
I just want to say amen to your
Comments having lost my left hand to flesh eating bacteria
I did exactly. What you said to do. I reached out to help others with as good an attitude as I could. I had no bad mental issues from my experience
Dear Essential Craftsman, Mr. Sweetie and I, along with our whole family, lost a grandchild to depression 15 months ago. How we have struggled to find the pathway through that storm. Your messages are helpful, whether work woes or life woes. The most powerful words we heard today were these: forget the blame game, figure out how to solve the problem. We ask, how can we try to solve the problem? First, we admit we are part of the crowd who have lost dear children. We seek to contribute to a solution. May God bless the very meditations of your heart as you speak into this old broken world where the only real answers are found in vulnerable humans who step up, rather than step back. Carry on.
I lost a house to fire and only the cast iron, tool heads, and precious metals where left. I still use those tools heads and pans today. Building a masonry post and beam skillion earthship cottage. It has to hold 72 p.s.f. so like 42000 lbs. So around 5000+ lbs per post. Going 6/12 to hopefully shed more snow. Snow build up is why I want to go with a masonry north wall. Trying to build in fire resistance. A 8 inch round timber takes a long time to burn even at 1400*F. A steel beam and masonry fail in 15 minutes at 1400*F. Air 100 yards from wildfire can be over 1400*F.
Good luck, I hope your dream comes true and you get to enjoy it in your later years. Get after it and enjoy the process.
Your content and comments are as comforting and soothing as snuggling up with my bride under a thick blanket, on a cold MN night. All that in close proximity to a well stoked fireplace. You, Sir Scott, are that fireplace of ideas, comfort, and encouragement! Thank you!
Nicest guy around, we need more people like him.
Just got this quote from John Ruskin (a Victorian era English writer) in an email today: *"The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it."*
Sir, not only are you a master craftsman, you are a wise and very inspirational man. Your stories and anecdotes are as welcome and beneficial as your building tips, and just as good. There are not many places on the internet where a viewer can find both.
Really appreciate this message. Went through a wildfire years back, and it almost took our will. Almost. Now the ranch is better than ever. 🙏
It's a hard but necessary thing to do, keeping on.
Scott, how do you cram a lifetime of experience and wisdom into less than 10 minutes, yet, when you walk away, you get the wisdom of having talked with you for hours. How? Simply amazing way of communicating your thoughts.
Great advice and great testimonials. I’ve always tried to live by the attitude that a fault is a crack in the earth’s surface and blame is a non word. Asses the situation, determine the cause, make necessary adjustments and learn.
Great video. Need it right now, as contractor with several jobs on right now.Our 2 year old son has to get spinal surgery and will be going into a body cast for several years, just got the update on this 3 weeks ago! My wife and I have been struggling with the news but the last few days we have been “coming up for air” and feel better . Her attitude is amazing and has motivated me to be the best version of myself. Cheers
Self-compassion, and by consequence some amount of self-pity, is crucial to processing disappointment. I understand the message about not letting yourself be defeated, and not telling yourself that you're helpless. But never allowing yourself to feel self-pity is not healthy either.
This world would be a lot better place if more of us adopted that mantra. Thanks from Canada
At the age of 16, I became a plumber and I have followed my dream and I have built a reputation that is good to clean work and watching this video really makes me proud to have have an attitude of gratitude
This is a message that everyone needs to hear once in a while. Some more that others. Thank you
So true! "water is the enemy of buildings"
Scott, you left something out. Sometimes there is blame to be assigned, which should be assigned. I and my passengers were nearly killed by a 26th offense drunk driver (brother-in-law of a sheriff) and it was up to me to see that something was finally done. It was hard and it delayed moving on for a couple of years but I successfully prosecuted my cases against them. But here's the point, I only moved on by eventually forgiving the drunk and others who wronged me. Championing over adversity occurred only after forgiveness. A hard lesson for the youngish man I was at the time.
The 27th through 30th people he would have hit will never know what they owe you.
Dear Philip, you rightly discerned that solving the problem required accountability. When blame is found, then action is the honorable thing.
Good on you, but irredeemable scum like that really warrant a permanent solution
God bless you!
Thank you…very timely. We have had a bad run with car breakdowns and culminating with flood damage. I always appreciate your perspective and this was very good to hear!
That’s two videos in a row this morning that have given wise philosophical insight even though I come to the channels for practical and technical purposes.
Thank you.
I needed to hear this so much. I’ve always been careful to keep a cheerful heart and turn to moving foreword instead of sulking on the past, but lately there have been so many coals in the fire and so many hurdles left uncleared that today I started to give in as I feel very weak and broken down, this video was very life giving. Thankyou for your well articulated wisdom and story’s of perseverance. God bless you.
This was most opportune for me. Just got a 2 week notice for my job and my housing today...
Your words and experience are greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Thank you Scott for such an inspirational message. During my many years in South Florida I dealt with the aftermath of many hurricanes. Lucky I personally suffered very minor personal damage. But several of my friends and colleagues lost almost everything. I am honored to say that I was in a position, in many ways, assist them with their recovery. On of the greatest complements I’ve ever received was from one of these folks “If I’m ever in a disaster again I want you at my side.” To all those who deal with disasters and the obstacles placed on your plate PRAY MAINTAIN SPEED AND COURSE.
What a wonderful message. I cannot agree more that although problems in life can sometimes seem insurmountable, it is your attitude that will determine your outcome.
I would add though if I may, that it was my family and friends that have been a big part of my attitude towards the challenges in life and seeing me right.
Keep up the great work sir.
Very beautifully said. Recently i'm trying to implement this approach consciously one me and i try to do it with my gf.
Thank you for those clips. You remind me of my grandpa. He always had a wise word, a hug and a smile (or a stump, a box of rusty nails and a hammer, in case i was bored and wanted to whack on something).
And besides giving me my first ever razor blade (factually and officially nominating me as a "man"), he gave me an example of what to strive for. One of the first "grandpas quotes" i remember and i still think of how complex it is:
- Always remember that you are a human. But don't forget that others around you are human too.
I have lived here in Sandpoint, ID since 1994 and until a few years ago, was building houses most of that time. I shoveled a bunch of roofs this winter during that storm cycle. Sad to see what happened to their house, and glad to hear they are making it work out.
oh man that's exactly why I signed up to this channel for - these calm words of wisdom!
"WE ARE AS GOOD AS WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE" MIndset is everything. Thank you EC.
This makes me think of the concept of "antifragility," originally articulated by Nassim Taleb, which is different than resilience, in that resilience is the capacity to remain standing in the face of some trial or difficulty. Antifragility goes beyond resilience and actually experiences growth and maturity through the difficulty. Antifragility is not merely having thick skin-that would be essentially resilience on Taleb’s view. Antifragility means that a person is made stronger through some kind of trauma, injury, damage-like a muscle is made stronger through the breaking down and rebuilding of tissue. So antifragility is not just being able to bear up under attack, but being improved and strengthened by it. I think this idea captures so well what our good teacher, Scott, has been showing us for so long. Thank you for the wisdom and encouragement, Mr. Wadsworth. We are grateful for you.
holly molly been struck again and again and again with one thing and another sometimes is hard to keep urself positive...specially when u do not have money to fix things...however one more day to live is a blessing...another opportunity to start over again.
Thank you for posting this very positive reaction to disaster. There are too many victims, and too few who are prepared to get on with life. These example are inspiring.
"Get on with life" There are entire families burned alive. We have not even entered the homes to find them all. People are going to take time to go through grief. Telling them to "get on with life" is insane.
I was commenting on the talk by Scott. You are conflating part of the description of the video with that. Of course I am not referring to the awful tragedy in Hawaii.
I love this man, every single time I click any video, without fail, I learn something in some way shape or form!
You sir, are amazing. You are also, while you may not realize, a motivational speaker. My sister has one of those freak snow-rain-ice-snow storms and did have a metal roof, but no snow dogs. The event resulted in a shearing off of their deck. Not more than 30 minutes after bringing in her dogs, was there a loud rumble-BAM and she with her husband just looked outside to see their deck, cut off by the snow. Fortune was that no one was hurt, and later in the year, a new, wider deck was rebuilt, along with snowdogs added. However, others in her town, were not so fortunate, as some home lost chimneys and some got CO poisoning. But again, you deal with it with what you know.
🎉 thanks 🙏 for the video sir 🎉... JJ.. Jonjon..😊😊
Great words to live by! Also I will say this is a very timely message as I am a contractor who needed to be reminded of this message.
Incredible stories!!! Thank you for sharing.
I once had a pastor who taught a sermon series on this catch phrase "circumstances CANT dictate my attitude" and this has always stuck with me. The outcome of tragedy is dictated by your response to it, as hard as that is. Its the truth. A powerful sentiment from genuine folks. This is why the almighty placed us on this earth, encourage each other and ultimately bring him glory.
Thanks for the thought from PA
Man I bet you’re like a father to a lot of followers please more of these videos
That is the actitud,the mentality..i learned to be like that or better say iy God thought me trough rough times,I went through painful times and always kept on fighting with a positive mind and heart,made others my priority and now,, when it's all over i can see the work of God in my self.,a much stronger,wise man ,,i credit God and i thank him for doing his work in me..this is a very good video, motivating and we all can learn from this wise man..all i can add is a big thank you and receive a hug from my heart Mr
I have learned through the years that tough times come to everyone. A person's true character shows during the rough times and how someone handles themselves in those times have more impact than they realize. How you handle the bad times sets examples for other people watching you, like your children. My father taught me early on how to handle rough times when I was young and he never even said a word. I just pray that I have been the example to my children so when they are adults they can say the same. Thank you for your channel. I have learned a lot watching you work and you make it entertaining.
Brilliant and inspiring. Thank you for such good and integral content. Cheers J
Great words of wisdom my friend
Excellent advice. Thank you.
Thank you Scott
These are the generation to miss. No excuses, just hard working.
Thank you for this message, I needed it today
Keep moving forward, great message!
Thank you, Scott. This was a very timely message.
More wise words from Mr, Wadsworth... thank you for sharing them.
I don't know your faith nor anyone's reading and I don't mean to start an argument but I wish to share what I read with such an inspirational video you've delivered here. I also applaud the people you speak of for their attitude as it all carries into what I share now. James 1:2-3 and Romans 5:1-5. The latter speaking about how trials and troubles produce perseverance which produces character which produces hope. So many people like you were speaking of would go into the blame game but a rare few know spinning wheels only dirty the vehicle, they don't get you out of trouble. These people, and you as well, illustrate just how amazing one's character can become through perseverance of trials and troubles. When things are going our way, we give thanks, when things go south, we give thanks that things could have been worse but weren't. I really needed this video today for SO many different levels of thought. Thank you and I concur with others who suggested creating more videos like this one. In the days and times we're living in, sometimes a great pep talk is needed to remind us of where we need to be.
Thank you for your wisdom.
So much appreciate your videos/wisdom. We all need it...
I like to listen to you when I'm working on the job as well as driving
thank you Scott. so inspirational to me. I appreciate you both.
Best video I’ve seen on UA-cam in a long time. Thanks for your words!
Needed this ! Thank you for your wise words
Well said! I needed that today. Thank you.
Everytime I need a good dose of fatherly advise I pull up your channel and you never disappoint. Keep up the good work Wadsworth.
Thank you for the video.
Excellent message!
I needed this message, this morning ❤
Right out of the Greatest Generation play book.
I really appreciate your attitude and perspective. My wife and I I try to always have a positive attitude and we are trying our best to teach our kids to take responsibility and never blame or make excuses. We also had a contractor run off with a lot of money when we were building a spec house in our small town. The only way we got through it was with a positive attitude and looking forward. It felt really hard at the time, but we ended up coming out just fine and met some great, honest contractors.
Keep an attitude of gratitude and nothing will keep you down!😊
Interesting thing about victims: they are not grateful; it keeps them as victims of their circumstances, rather than changing them.
“Who can I blame” vs “ how can I help”
Much needed video for me. This last couple days have been difficult.
At times like the ones that you talked about. I find it’s best to not ask to many questions and take my time to think about the answer’s I will possibly get or give to questions. So no one is misled about what needs to be done next. Have a great day and keep on keeping on my good man.
From a Canadian carpenter 🇨🇦
Absolutely impeccable timing. God bless
I had just started my Business Self Employment was new to me, I'd always been employed.
I had borrowed morny from the bank. When I was hit with needing Major Spinal Surgery, now 32 years later I'm about to retire, my business did need to change after the Surgery, but because of my injury, I moved into teaching clients with Specific Educational Needs & Disability, Which I found immensely rewarding and the reason I was still working after my planed retirement age.
5:50 words to live by!
The main thesis of Viktor Frankl's famous book is that you should see purpose in suffering.
If you can do that you can endure anything.
Fun fact: I am speaking to my congregation tomorrow and I've transcribed this, mostly, because it's a great message to share in my 'sermon'.
I really enjoyed this inspiring video. Whenever we build, we can only think of what has been experienced, and local precautions, but even the most prepared can be caught off sometimes. It is our reaction to these situations that help us pull through and together. God bless you and your family.
Thank you and keep up the good work
So well said as usual!!!
I’m a builder in the uk and have been for 23 years, you really inspire me, and your Chanel is absolutely fantastic, well done to you
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and keep your videos coming please, we really appreciate them.
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THANK YOU . KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
Great video. Thanks.
2:30 - 2:45 = excellent advice for conflicts in relationships as well.