The ONLY RULE YOU NEED To Master English - INSTANT RESULTS!

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In today's English lesson, I'm going to teach you the simple rule of threes.
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This simple rule will help you speak English fluently starting now.
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Are you ready?
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Well, then I'm teacher Tiffani.
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Let's jump right in.
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Now, this simple rule is a rule that each and every American native
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English speaker has to learn.
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I learned this rule in grade school, high school, and college.
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Here's the rule provide enough support for your thoughts, ideas,
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and opinions by giving three details, three examples, or three rules.
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This is the rule.
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It seems so simple, but Oh, how powerful this rule is.
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I want you to imagine this situation.
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The topic is life goal.
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And the question is, what is your biggest.
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Life goal.
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Now to start, we are going to use the very first part of this rule
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of threes, which is three details.
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So a typical response to this question would simply be my ultimate life
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goal is to be a successful author.
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That's a great answer, but in order to speak English fluently, you want
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to, and need to support your answer.
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So using three details, detail, number one, perfecting my writing
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skills, detail, number two, publishing my original novels and detail.
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Number three, having my works recognized by prominent authors.
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Literary critics, we're giving three extra details to support
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the answer that we gave.
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So how does this turn into a response that a fluent English speaker like
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you, my friend would give again, we have our three details and this
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is what the response would be.
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My biggest life goal.
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Is to become a successful author.
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It involves perfecting my writing skills, publishing my original
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novels and having my works recognized by prominent literary critics.
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That right there is an amazing response.
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Why?
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Because we're using the simple rule of threes, giving three details, the
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very first part of this simple rule.
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Now I do want to break down the word prominent after me, prominent.
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Excellent.
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Again, prominent.
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Very good.
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Now this word prominent, it just means standing out or easily
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noticeable, important, or well known.
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For example, when you wear a t shirt or a jacket or a sweater that has a logo on it.
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The logo is usually very prominent to let you know who made the
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shirt, the sweater, or the jacket.
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Was it Nike?
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Was it Polo?
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Was it Adidas?
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Prominent standing out or easily noticeable.
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You got it.
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Excellent.
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So you're seeing now the very first part of this rule, the rule
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of threes is again, three details.
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Very simple, but very powerful.
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But what about the second part of this amazing rule?
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The second part involves three examples.
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So we're going to look at the same topic and the same question again,
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the topic life goal question being, what is your biggest life goal?
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The answer, basic response.
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My ultimate life goal is to be a successful author.
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This is the exact same response from part one, but now instead of three details,
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we are going to use three examples.
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Example number one, working on my first novel example, number two,
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attending writing workshops regularly to improve my storytelling abilities.
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And example, number three, contributing to a local literature magazine.
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So now we have the same topic, the same question and the same response,
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but our support is different.
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Now we're looking at three examples.
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Again, these are the examples and this is the response.
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My ultimate life goal is to be a successful author.
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Same starting point.
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For example, I am currently working on my first novel, which is a historical
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fiction based on world war II.
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And I attend writing workshops regularly to improve my storytelling abilities.
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Additionally, I have been contributing to a local literature magazine,
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which has helped me get my work out there and receive feedback.
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Listen, we're talking about helping you speak English fluently
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using the simple rule of threes.
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And in this response, we are able to recognize.
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The three examples, the three examples that we actually came up with.
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When we looked at the first part, again, three examples about this topic, answering
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the question and supporting our response.
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This is how we do it.
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Now there's one word I want to break down for you.
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The word is contributing.
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Good again, contributing.
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Excellent.
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Now this just means participating in a project or activity by
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providing help, support, or input.
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And in this response, we said, I have been contributing to
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a local literature magazine.
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I have been helping providing support, giving input.
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I have been contributing to a local literature magazine.
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Makes sense.
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Right?
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Again, we're talking about using this simple rule of threes.
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Now, remember everything that we're going over, I want you to be able to
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So now we have the third part of the rule, this simple rule of threes.
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We've already looked at the first part.
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Details and the second part examples.
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Now we're moving into the third part of this amazing rule.
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Again, the simple rule of threes that every American, every native
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English speaker has to learn.
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Topic.
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Once again, life goal question, what is your biggest life goal response?
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My ultimate life goal is to be a successful author.
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The third thing we're looking at now is.
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We're going to give three reasons.
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Reason number one, I am passionate about storytelling.
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Reason number two, strong desire to leave my mark on the literature world.
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And reason number three, I can express my thoughts, feelings, and perspectives.
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We are seeing the truth.
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The same topic, the same question, the same basic response, but
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the change is the support.
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Three reasons why we're giving that response.
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So what will the response look like?
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Here's the response.
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I want to become a successful author.
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The first reason why this is my biggest life goal is because
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of my passion for storytelling.
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Secondly, I also have a strong desire to leave my mark on the world of literature.
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Finally, I believe that through writing, I can express my thoughts,
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feelings, and perspectives in a way that would be impactful to others.
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To readers around the world, you see what's happening, right?
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Same topic, same question, same basic response.
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What changed the way we supported the response?
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Details, examples, reasons, this simple rule is going to change your English.
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Now there's an expression that I want to break down.
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Leave my mark.
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Good again, leave my mark.
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Excellent.
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Now this just means to make a lasting impact or significant
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contribution that will be remembered.
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When you've passed away, when you've left a certain area, when you've been
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gone for a while, people will still remember you for a specific action,
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something you did leave my Mark.
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Next is this word perspectives.
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Good again.
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Perspectives.
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Excellent.
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Now this just means points of view or ways of considering things.
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How do you see this?
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What is your idea?
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How have you analyzed this situation?
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What is your perspective?
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There you go.
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And finally, impactful.
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Good.
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Again, impactful.
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Excellent.
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Now this just means having a significant effect or influence.
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I hope my English lessons are impactful.
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I hope these lessons where I produce all of this content in
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order to help you on your journey.
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I hope they are impactful.
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I hope they're affecting you, right?
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I hope they're affecting you and I hope they have a good effect on your life.
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You got it.
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Excellent.
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So again, impactful.
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Great job.
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Again, this simple rule of threes is going to change your English experience.
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Start using this simple rule of threes today.
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And I'll talk to you in the next lesson.
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You still there?
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You know what time it is.
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It's story time.
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Hey, I said it's story time.
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All right.
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Today, I want to tell you a short story about something that
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happened to me a few weeks ago.
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And the main premise, the main focus of this story is the power of a nice word and
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how your words can change someone's day.
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So our assistant pastor, assistant pastor at my church, she is pregnant.
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She's going to have a baby.
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And my mom actually organized the baby shower.
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Right.
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And my mom asked me to be the MC, the person who With the mic.
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So as you know, I'm not shy in front of people.
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I don't mind being up front with the mic.
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So I said, sure, mommy, I'll be the MC for the event.
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As the MC, I was in charge of managing the vibe, making sure
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everyone was having a good time.
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And I enjoyed it in the midst of the program.
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There were moments where we would just be eating or there
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was nothing going on up front.
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We were kind of just mingling and I was just kind of walking
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around and talking to people and I happened to pass this elderly lady.
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She might've been in her eighties and she just had this frown on her face.
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I was walking around and actually telling the tables, which one could
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go up front to get their food.
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There was a lot of people.
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So we were calling people up by tables and I happened to come to her table.
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And I noticed that she just looked upset.
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We were at a baby shower, babies coming into the world.
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This is one of the most exciting and joyous events, right?
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A baby coming into the world, but this lady just seemed very upset.
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So I looked at her and she looked at me and I looked back at her and
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smiled, but she didn't smile back.
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She said, yes, I said, so I've been tasked with letting the
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tables go and get their food.
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Your table's not up just yet, but I noticed that you're about 25 years old.
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So we're going to let the younger people go first.
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And I could tell I caught her off guard because it was very easy to
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see that she was in her eighties.
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She looked good, but you could tell that she was an older lady.
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I said, now I know you're about 25, maybe 26.
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So I'm going to let you go up first, all the young people.
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And a smile slowly started to creep in.
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The side of her mouth slowly started to go up.
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I said, oh, did I, did I get the number wrong?
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She said, No, baby, you didn't get it wrong.
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She stood up to go get her food, but it was like that one statement
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completely changed her day.
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I don't know what happened before she came to the event, but something
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had happened to cause her to not feel happy, even at this joyous occasion
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and one phrase, I think you might be 25 go on up there, changed her day.
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Was it something big?
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I didn't think so.
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I was just joking with her.
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Hey lady, how you doing?
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Come on now.
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I wanted to make her feel better.
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This is what I'm trying to tell you in life.
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You're going to meet people.
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And sometimes those people might not treat you well.
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Sometimes they might be angry.
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Sometimes they might say unkind words to you.
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My advice is to always respond with a kind word.
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Because you never know what someone is going through, has
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been through, or will go through.
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And your words, your simple words can change their life.
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I'll talk to you next time.
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