Amen. Alright, 2 Kings chapter 5, we hear the story of Alashia and his servant and this morning what I want to talk about is the subject and the importance of trustworthiness. My brain is still starting this morning so you have to bear with me. But basically I want to talk about trustworthiness this morning and you say why not, you know, are you mean trust? You know, I'm talking about trustworthiness because the trustworthiness has two parts to it. When you think about it, the servant this morning is two parts. It's basically, you know, the importance of being trustworthy yourself, number one, and then the importance of knowing who is trustworthy. It is the story, you know, this morning that we hear from 2 Kings chapter 5, you know, is focused on that.  Number one, if you are trustworthy and number two, you know, if you don't know who is trustworthy, you know, you're going to get in trouble with both of those different scenarios. So look, Alashia in this story here and throughout the story of Alashia, he had this servant, this servant named Gahazi. And look, Alashia, if you go back to 2 Kings chapter 5, look at verse number 20, he had this servant and the problem that he had here was that he delegated a lot of things to this servant, to this servant Gahazi. Let's look at verse number 20 real quickly and read a few verses into this. But Gahazi, the Bible says in verse 20, the servant of Alashia, the man of God said, Behold, my master has spared name in this Syrian in not receiving at his hands that he brought, but as the Lord liveth, I will run after him and take somewhat of him. So here in Naaman, he brought all this silver and this gold and also changes of clothes, which shows you that, you know, clothing was a really valuable thing. You know, it's right there with gold and silver. But basically, he brings all this stuff and Alashia doesn't want any of it. And Gahazi says, you know, I like how he spiritualizes what he's doing, right? First of all, people always spiritualize, you know, the things that they're doing wrong. You know, he says, As the Lord liveth, I'll run after him and take somewhat of him. So Gahazi wants some of this stuff. He's like, look, we've got some credibility here. Remember, I mean, even in verse number 10, it was Gahazi that went and told Naaman, you know, Naaman, you know, didn't get the order to go wash him the Jordan seven times from Alashia. He also delegated that to Gahazi. Gahazi went and he was the messenger that told Naaman wash him the Jordan seven times. So here's Gahazi. He's like, you know, I told this guy how to get, I'm gonna get some of this stuff is what he wants. And look at verse 20, 21. So Gahazi followed after Naaman and when Naaman saw him running after him, he let it down from the chariot to meet him and said, It is all well. And he said, All is well, my master has sent me saying, Behold, even now there come to me from Mount Ephraim, two young men of the sons of the prophets. Give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver and two changes of garments. And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him and bound two talents of silver and two bags, two changes of garments and laid them upon his two of his servants. And they bear them before him. When he came to the tower, he took them from their hand and bestowed them in the house. And he let the men go and departed. But he went in and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, When's come as thou, Gahazi? And he said, Thy servant went nowhere. He's like, he says that, you know, Elisha says, Where have you been? He's like nowhere. Basically, what he said. So he lies to Elisha as well. And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee. It is a time to receive is it a time to receive money and to receive garments and all. So Elisha knows what he did. All right. And then the Bible says that, you know, Elisha curses him with leprosy here and the leprosy therefore of name and shall cleave unto thee into thy seed forever. And he went out from his presence as a leper, a leper as white as snow. So look, turn back to Second Kings chapter four. This isn't a new thing with Gahazi, by the way. It's just something that Elisha has just found out. So Gahazi has kind of always been this way. But Elisha in Second Kings chapter five, it just realizes it for the first time. And that's kind of sad because Gahazi has been with him for a while. Look at Second Kings chapter four in verse number 25. I mean, Elisha just had, he had this servant Gahazi and he was just delegating all these things to him. And we see that even in Second Kings chapter four, he was delegating not only was Gahazi somebody that shouldn't have anyone, anything delegated to him at all. But you see that he was delegating things they shouldn't have been delegating to Gahazi. Look at Second Kings chapter four. So this is talking about the Shunamite woman. So the, you know, Elisha has met this Shunamite woman. She made us place in her house for him. And she and her husband because her husband was old, they couldn't have children. And Elisha blesses her and, you know, prophesies that she will have a child and she has this son. So she has a son and then the son in a field farming accident is wounded in the head and is died. So this woman is devastated. She runs to the prophet Elisha to tell him what has happened. And we see in Second Kings chapter four how the story plays out. Look at verse 25. So she went and came under the man of God to Mount Carmel. She's coming. Her son has died. And she's coming to Elisha. And it came to pass. When the man of God saw her afar off that he said to Gehazi, his servant, behold, Yonder is that Shunamite. Run now, I pray thee to meet her and say unto her, is it well with thee? Is it well with thy husband? Is it well with thy child? And she answered it as well. So he tells Gehazi, look, there's a lot here. He tells Gehazi, go see what's wrong. That woman is coming after us. Go see what's wrong. He delegates to Gehazi. It's like, go find out what is wrong with her. And, you know, she sees Gehazi and she says everything's fine to Gehazi. Is everything fine with this woman? She didn't look. She didn't trust Gehazi. She didn't want to tell Gehazi what was wrong with her son, her husband, or her life. And you know, she she didn't trust him. I mean, she knew his heart. But Elisha did not. And that's the problem in this story. Look at verse 27. And when she came to the man of God, so she says to Gehazi, there's nothing wrong. And she continues on and she meets Elisha. And she comes to the man of God to the hill. She caught him by the feet.  But Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, let her alone, for her soul is vexed within her. And the Lord hath hid it from me and hath not told me. So look, he still doesn't recognize the problem with Gehazi. So this woman, obviously she tells Gehazi everything's fine. And then she runs to the man of God and just drops at his feet and grabs his feet. Then she said, did I desire a son of my Lord? And did I not say, do not deceive me? Then he said to Gehazi, gird up thy loins and take my staff in thine hand and go thy way. If thou meet any man, salute him not. And if any salute thee, answer him not again and lay thy staff upon the face of the child. So look, she tells him that my child has died. And then again, he sends Gehazi to do the work, to raise the child from the dead. And he goes and he, of course, lays the staff on the child and nothing happens. And it has to be Elisha that goes and does it. So Elisha shouldn't have delegated that task to Gehazi. We see that. But even at this point, Elisha does not realize who Gehazi is. Okay, even though other people did realize it, which is interesting. Okay, so look, one chapter later, with the story of Naaman, Elisha finally figures out, you know, what this Gehazi is about.  He was, he was serving Elisha for a long time and he was just no good. He was somebody that shouldn't have had anything delegated for him at all, to him at all. But look, this is why it is so important that we are worthy of people's trust and also that we know who we can trust in our lives, especially, especially for people like Elisha, for people in leadership positions who, who delegate things to others.  Some things should just be done by the leader. Not everything should be delegated. But look, that's another sermon for a different time. But the bottom line is in leadership positions like Elisha, you can't do everything yourself. Look at Moses.  You must delegate judgment. So it things must be delegated. So for a leader, especially, you better know who you can delegate to and have those things, you know, be done faithfully. Alright, so look, this morning, we're going to talk about some do's and don'ts of trustworthiness. How you can know who's trustworthy and how you can be trustworthy yourself. Turn to Luke chapter 16. This is the verse of the week. Luke chapter 16.  Luke chapter 16. Look at verse number 10. Now this is an interesting verse in the Bible. And I'll explain why, but let's read it together. Look at Luke 16 and verse number 10. The Bible says, he that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much. And he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. So this is an interesting, I think this is a unique verse in the Bible because let me ask you something. Does everyone believe the Bible? Does everyone, number one, know what the Bible says? No, of course not. It's actually shocking the lack of knowledge of the Bible today. But not only does everyone not know the Bible, but even if you told people what the Bible says in certain areas, many people today would just not believe it at all. And it would be like whatever. But this is an interesting verse because saved or unsaved, Bible believing or not, this is a verse that everyone seems to know and operate by. Which is interesting because it's really, you know, if you're not faithful in small things, people just aren't going to trust you not only in small things, but even in bigger things. Everybody operates that way. The world operates that way.  But look, that's a unique Bible verse where it's just basically a truth is what it is. It's basically a Bible verse that's just showing a truth here. And people in the world along with Christians have realized this truth and they operate it by it.  I mean, that's the point. That's the boil down, you know, point.  These are things that show people that you don't care about those things. It is what you're showing people. You know, they'll have a hard time trusting you. Is the bottom line. You know, you say, well, but why? It's not that big of a deal that I'm five minutes late to something. You know, that's what you say. But look, he that is unjust in the least is also unjust also in much, the Bible says.  Okay. So, look, that's why in the parable of the talents, by the way, that we just talked about that the servants that it increased the most, they got their talents from the person that did nothing. It's not that they just got more talents. You know, we didn't print talents. We actually took those talents. The master took those talents from the people that did nothing with them. They were unfaithful with those talents. They were unreliable. So, he gave to the people that were reliable. I mean, why in the world would you want to give resources to someone who is unreliable with those resources? I mean, it makes no sense. I mean, think about this from the perspective of, you know, a marriage.   Your husband wants something a certain way and you just won't do it. And it's just complaining and just resisting and just excuses. And I mean, look, he's just, not only is that wrong because you are supposed to submit to your husband, but look, he's not going to trust you. He's not going to trust you. If he can't trust you with small things, he's not going to trust you with big things. You see, I mean, this works both ways, by the way. Husbands.  It was actually really funny. You know, a husband says to his wife, let me see if I can get this right. A husband says to his wife, I'm so reliable that there is no need for you to remind me about it every six months. Boeck, you say, I'm in charge. My wife doesn't tell me anything. Well, I mean, good for you. But if your wife needs you to do something and you never do it, she's just, she's not going to have the trust in you that you will take care of things is the bottom line. And if your wife can't trust you to hang a picture that she would like to see hung.  I have pictures laying in my house for weeks. I shouldn't do that. Like if your wife can't trust you with small things, you know, it's going to be harder for her to trust you with bigger things. Like I want my wife to trust me. I'm in charge of my home. My wife doesn't order me around. But when my wife makes a kind, respectful, nice request, I mean, I should, you know, handle those things for her is the bottom line. Okay. So look, in 21 years of marriage, I'm also at 21. But in 21 years of marriage, I feel like I'm getting better at this. You know, I wasn't as good at the beginning, and I'm getting better and better at this. Alright. Look, work, same thing. If you weren't reliable at work, you'll go nowhere. I mean, if you're not even reliable with small things, not only will you never get any more responsibility at work, but you may get fired.  You know, it's so hard to find somebody who's like, you know, will show up every day breathing that it's difficult. Right. But look, the small things matter. When you're given, you know, direction at work, even if it's a small thing, you should make sure that you understand that direction clearly. And if you don't find out so you can understand that direction clearly, and then be reliable and do exactly what you are supposed to do. That's the bottom line. I mean, that's how to be successful at work. And then guess what?  And look, people, they hire people because they want people to do things for them. They want people to accomplish things for them. There's big things wherever you work, there's big things that need to be accomplished. But no one's going to give anybody those big things unless they can trust them with the small things first, because they don't want something messed up. They don't want something destroyed.  So you must prove yourself to be the small things. Look, this is the I've said this before, but this is why I don't like starting new jobs.   They're trusting you with the big things. You start a new job, they've got to test you with the small things first.  Because people make stuff up all the time. I mean, it applies at church.   I mean, look, no one's working for the church here. But are you reliable? I mean, the probably the most important thing you could do at a church to show that you're reliable is show up on time. Number one, show up and show up on time. Being late, look, being late is like a super pet peeve of mine. I don't know why anyone would ever be late. Think about it this way. If you had to pay $100 every time you were late, would you ever be late to anything? No, you wouldn't. You wouldn't, right? So look, basically if you had to pay money every time you were late somewhere, you would magically be on time. So what you're saying when you're late to things, whether it's a job interview, whether it's to meet somebody somewhere, whether it's to pick up your family or whatever it is, come to church, you're saying that I don't care about that thing. That's what you are portraying to people. All right? So look, just be reliable. I mean, say, say what you're going to do and do that thing. All right? The second thing from, you know, being reliable, if you want people to look at you as a trustworthy person is this one. And you think this is easy, right? Turn back to 2 Kings chapter 5. It's this. It's be honest. Be honest. You say, man, these are easy ones. Well, then why does no one trust you?  I mean, do people trust you with big things in your life? If they don't, there's a problem somewhere. Look at 2 Kings chapter 5. Look at Gahazi. Look, Gahazi basically lied to everybody. He lied to both sides. Look at verse 22. Look what he says to Naaman. When Naaman first meets him, where he goes out to chase after Naaman, and he said, all is well. My Master hath sent me, saying, behold, now there come to me from Mount Ephraim, two young men, the sons of the prophets. Give them, I pray, that ye a talent of silver and two changes of garments. He tells Naaman that Elisha sent him. Why? Look at verse 25. Then he comes back, but he went in and stood before his Master. And Elisha said to him, whence cometh thou Gahazi? And he said, thy servant went no wither. So he lies to Elisha. Now, look, God at this point, in some way, he showed Elisha what was going on with Gahazi. Whether that was somebody told Elisha where Gahazi went. Elisha was wise to what happened at this point. And he just lies right to his face.  Think about the trustworthiness on this. Look, it's a long road to get to trustworthiness. It's a long road to get there where someone trusts you.  You've got to the little bit bigger things. And you got to the medium things. And then, all sudden, they're trusting you with big things.   That's the thing.  Look, Gahazi's trust was completely gone at this point. And I mean, he had a bad heart and there was a lot of things wrong for him. But look, the point is, is that it's going to be a long time to get it back. If ever. If ever. If ever.  Look, Elisha struck Gahazi and his children with leprosy for the rest of their lives. You say, that's harsh. Well, that shows you the importance of being honest and being, you know, above board, which is basically the way you need to be. You need to be above board with everything. Secrets are always bad. Secrets are always bad.  I mean, you need to ask yourself when you're in conversations with groups of people or maybe one person or whatever. I mean, you need to ask yourself, hey, could everyone hear this conversation right now? And would that be okay? You know, if there's things that I do, that I keep from other people or things that are behind the back of others, this will always catch up to you. Always. I mean, you just don't have enough shells to cover up where this is going to take you. And look, here's the funny thing. It doesn't even necessarily have to be anything bad. You know, it would be a shame to lose trust over something that was small.  It's that simple.  And you have a meeting and it was nothing bad.   Maybe it was even good for the boss and good for his bottom line and good for the department or good for the business or whatever.   And usually it's just because they want the preeminence. People want the preeminence.  They'll just steal the idea and say it was mine. So you get all these people, they do all this stuff and, but look, then the boss doesn't trust them. I mean, even if it was harmless and it was something that was for the good of the company, the boss is like, what's going on there? What was happening there? And they always find out.  Why wasn't I invited to the meeting? They just lose trust in that person and that's it. So it's a shame. It's a shame to lose, you know, that trust that, you know, you've probably, if you have the trust, you've spent a lot of time building it. There's been a long road to get to that point of trustworthiness and then to lose it over something dumb is just not worth it. The third thing, turn to Matthew chapter 5. And this is a big one and people, people burn themselves on this one too. And I'm not sure why, but I actually am sure why, but this is a big one. The big, this one is this. The third point is this. Matthew chapter 5, look at verse 37. The Bible says, but let your communication be yay, yay, nay, nay for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. Here's the thing. In your communication, be straightforward. Be straightforward in your communication. Look, if you want people to trust you, be straightforward in your communication with them. Say what you mean and mean what you say. Okay, look, the opposite of this is, turn to Genesis chapter 3. The opposite of this is being subtle. The opposite of speaking and communicating in a straightforward manner is being a subtle person.  Being subtle in the Bible is bad. Look at the first point of subtlety in the Bible in Genesis chapter 3. The Bible says in Genesis 3.1, now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field the Lord God had made. And he said, I mean, so what does that mean? So we know, okay, the Satan here is, is being subtle. He's being subtle. So what does that mean? And he said to the woman, yea, hath God said, ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden. Look, he's being subtle. He's just, he's asking questions that he knows the answer to. That's subtle. He's doing it to inject doubt to a situation. Subtly, he's trying to turn to Acts chapter 13. He's trying to use this subtlety, this light asking of a question. Look, he didn't come out and say, God didn't say that. God didn't say, you can eat that. He didn't just come out and just directly contradict God. He just injected doubt through a question that he already knew the answer to. He's trying and why? Because he's trying to influence a situation. He's trying to lightly influence a situation. Look at Acts 13. We'll look at another instance of subtlety in the Bible. And when they had gone through the Isle and Apaphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew whose name was Bar-Jesus, which was within the deputy, which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man who called for Barnabas and Saul in desire to hear the word of God. But Elimus, the sorcerer, this is another name for Bar-Jesus, excuse me, first, so his name is by interpretation, withstood them seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. Then Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him. And he said, O full of all subtlety and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord. So first of all, a couple of things here. Now, this is the second sorcerer in Acts that we hear. There's two sorcerers in Acts. There's Simon and then there's this guy. Now, Simon gets saved. The first one gets saved. So what's the difference? Well, the difference is this guy is actively trying to stop the word of God from being preached. He wasn't just, you know, in something, in error. OK, and look, sorcery is a wicked thing. Sorcery's witchcraft is a wicked thing. The Bible says, thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. It's a big sin, right? But the bottom line is, this guy, his Paul knew that this guy was wicked because he was actually trying to stop somebody from getting saved. OK, so that's the first thing. And what did he use? So he calls him a child of the devil, but he was using what? He was using subtlety. He was using subtlety to cast doubt into what Paul and Barnabas were saying to the surges Paulist trying to get this guy saved. And look, so look, being subtle is never good in the Bible. So why would you ever be subtle? Why would you ever be a subtle person?  But look, this is a huge mistake that people make. Right? If you're this kind of person that can't come out and just say things and so you just hint at things and you do these little subtle things and you make these little comments, the problem is, is that, you know, it's a method. What you're doing, you're saying, well, I'm just trying to, you know, get this point across and this point's a good point. But the bottom line is you're using a method that's used by evil people. And seasoned mature individuals are going to recognize that method. So don't be subtle because people, then they may question your intent. So think of it this way. You're using a method. You're using a method that is used by evil people in the Bible, that's used by the devil in the Bible. And the method is that it could be taken, you're throwing out little subtle things and little hints at things. And those hints could be taken in good or bad ways. But to you, maybe, you wanted it to be taken in a good way. But to the person receiving it, they know that, oh, you're using a method that's not, it's not good. It could be taken in any way by the person receiving it. So you need to, we need to run from subtlety as Christians, OK? Look, someone who's being subtle is not being clear. You could be misunderstood. And you're like, well, I just hope people just give me the benefit of the doubt every time. They're not going to trust you. It's that simple. OK, because basically, you could be mistaken for a manipulator. Someone trying to influence people, manipulate people, you know, trying to affect change through subtlety, just like Satan was doing. He was trying to affect change through subtlety. Don't use the method. Even if your, your intent is always good. Don't use this method. So you say, well, I don't like things a certain way. How do I get my point across? Well, I'm going to, I'm going to tell you. Turn to Proverbs 17.  Look, you have two choices. If you're in a situation where you want to see something changed, you have two choices. The first choice is this. Look at Proverbs 17, 28. The Bible says, even a fool when he holdeth his peace is counted wise. And he that shuddereth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. So look, your first choice, if you are in any situation that you would like to see changed, your first choice is you can always do nothing. You can always say nothing. Look, that's an option. I mean, that's an option. Look, holding your peace, not speaking is, that's an option. It's always an option. As a matter of fact, it's an option that wherever I'm in a situation, out in the world especially, and I'm not sure what to say, I just don't say anything and it always works out well. When you don't know what to say, don't say anything. I mean, the Bible says that right here in Proverbs 17, 28. Look, here's what you want to be. You want to be that person that when they do speak, everyone just, I mean, do you know this person? That person that when they open their mouth, everyone stops and just like hangs on every word that they say. That's who you want to be. You want to be that person. And that's the person that's just not constantly just blathering out everything that comes to mind.   Telling us how it is again.  Right, you say, well, it's a big problem.  It's a problem that I just must bring up.  Just like the Bible says, you need to turn to 1 Timothy chapter 5. You need to be direct. You need to be direct and why? So you're not misunderstood. You need to be direct and you say, well, if I'm direct, isn't that rude? But there's a catch, okay? Look at 1 Timothy chapter 5 in verse number one. And the Bible explains this catch to us. 1 Timothy chapter 5 verse number one says, we're but not an elder. But in treat him as a father, the younger men as brethren, the elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters with all purities, talking to you on how to address people. So we should be direct, but we should be respectful even to your brothers and sisters in Christ. You're to be direct, but you're to treat him as a brother. Treat him as a sister. You're to be very respectful and polite.  If there's something that you need to bring up to the pastor of the church, look, you just need to be respectful on how you talk to him. I mean, look, I've seen maybe a small handful of people in my life lecture their pastor, or even worse, his wife. And it just never works out well, I'm telling you. So look, there's nothing wrong with bringing things up, but you just need to make sure that you're respectful and cause like lecturing, your pastor is something that's tough to come back from. All right.  If you have concerns about something, I want to hear those concerns. I mean, that's who I am. I want to know your concerns, but please be respectful about it. You know, I mean, no matter the outcome, my rule of thumb at work is this, if I see something that needs to be changed, like if I'm working for somebody, cause look, everybody works for somebody. If I'm working for somebody and I see something that I would like to see changed, number one, the older I get, and the more experience I get, the more times I choose option one, which is say nothing. But if I, it really needs to be brought up, because here, look, honestly, at work, you're ultimately responsible for your own actions.  So that's an easy one. So if somebody's doing something a different way than I would do it, most times I'm just like, that's just the way they want to do it. I'm gonna try to help them be successful in that way. But if it's something where I feel like, you know, really, you know, something could really be changed for the better, I'll bring it up one time. In a nice, respectful way. Look, just be ready, folks. Most times it's not gonna change. Most times it's not going to change. So be ready for that. Then you just accept that, you move on, and that's it. But like, look, I don't nitpick. I don't nitpick. And you know, I don't wanna be that guy either. That just nitpicks every little thing at every little job that I go to. And you know, I bring it up once in a nice and clear way. I don't go and throw all these hints and you know, throw shade on the way things are going. Well, you know, do you really think that we should do it that way? Well, wouldn't it?  That's gonna go bad for you. All right, look, you bring it up to the authority in a clear way, nice and respectful, it can't be misunderstood. And you know, then you just, whatever. Most times it doesn't change. I mean, just get ready for that. Which makes you learn to just deal with things, by the way. You know, you just deal with things and that's it. I mean, if it's intolerable, no one's forcing you to work there. That's why I mean, people that have problems in churches. Okay, bring it up once in a nice way. I mean, it's probably already, you know, it's probably running that way for a reason. So it's probably not gonna change. But look, if it's something, this just blows my mind. Because look, here's the thing. No one's forcing you to come to this church.  And you know, no one's forcing you to come here. So there's something that's intolerable that you just can't handle. And it's not gonna, you know, if you bring it up in a clear way, you don't do all the subtlety stuff.  You just go to a different church. You don't even get these people, they don't like the way something's going.  They gotta blow the church up. They, I mean, they gotta plant all kinds of bombs everywhere. They gotta be calling everybody and their brother and all this kind of stuff. Just leave. It's okay. Just leave in a nice, respectful way. No one's forcing, I mean, it's the same thing at your job.  Look, no one's forcing you to work there. Welcome to America. You can quit. You can go get another job. I mean, it's a free country for the most part, maybe not so much anymore. How's that for a sentence? But I mean, look, no one's forcing you to be places.  If it doesn't change, there's no reason to have all this bitterness and just, I mean, because look, you're hurting your own testimony is what you're doing. You're proving that you're not trustworthy. You're just destroying all that.  Is he like, okay, well, he just has that conviction about that thing or whatever and at least he did it in a nice, respectful way and look, you still will be a trustworthy person. That's it. So look, in conclusion, if you wanna be someone that people can trust, you just must behave in a certain way.  If you're somebody that you're just like, I just, I'm not getting any more responsibilities at work. You know, I don't know.  You know, my wife has no faith in me. My husband has no faith in me. I don't understand.  It's you. It's something that it's, it's not, you know, the rules are tough. It's hard to earn easy to lose. Tough to get back. Turn to John 21. The Bible gives us a story of somebody who did get it back, by the way. Like Peter is a rare story of somebody who lost trust, but got it back. But look, you'll see, you'll see that it was a long road for Peter. It was a long road for Peter. Look at John chapter 21 and look at verse 15. John 21 and verse 15. Now I'm gonna give you my, you know, my opinion on this passage. It's just my opinion. My wife and I discussed it this week. You know, I know there's a lot of different opinions on this, I'll just give you mine. Maybe it's right. Maybe it's not. But look at John 21 and verse 15. This is when Jesus, so remember, we're gonna talk about this. I don't wanna give it away because we're gonna talk about it in Matthew 26.  And Peter told me, never. Peter told Jesus, never, I'll never deny you.   He's like, you'll deny me three times. And Peter's like, never, I'll never do that. Right, but look at John chapter 21 and verse 15. This is where Jesus has resurrected and he's going and he's meeting with Peter, who by the way, not only denied Jesus, but basically quit the ministry and took a bunch of guys within fishing and just like, I'm out of this thing. This isn't going out, going well. And Jesus is talking to Peter here and he says in verse 15, so when they had dined, Jesus said unto Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these. He saith unto him, ye Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He said unto him, feed my lambs.  He saith unto him, ye Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He said unto him, feed my sheep. Look at verse 17. He said unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me, Peter was grieved at this point. He keeps asking the same question, again and again and again. He's like, do you love me? Do you love me? Do you love me? He's like, yes! At the very end, he's like, yes I do. Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me. Peter was grieved because he's like, he's not believing me. That's why he's grieved. He's like, I've told him twice and he still doesn't believe me. He's still asking me the same question. What doesn't he trust me? Is what Peter's thinking. That's why he's grieved. And he saith unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I love thee. That's a good answer. Jesus saith unto him, feed my sheep. He says the exact same answer to him. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, when thou wast young, thou girdest thyself and walkest wither thou wouldest, but when thou shall be old, thou shall stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee and carry thee where thou wouldest not.  There, but look, the bottom line is, Jesus is just grilling Peter. He asked him three times if you love me. And I think he asked him three times because how many times did Peter deny Jesus? He denied him three times. So it makes sense, you know, Jesus is making a point here.  Is what he's saying to Peter. Okay, are you sure this time? And look, obviously Peter went on to have a great ministry and he died for the Lord Jesus Christ. And I mean, Peter gained that trust back from Jesus. But look, he lost it at the beginning. So there's another interesting thing. So look, it can be gotten back, but was Peter's life great and nice and wonderful? No, he went through a lot of work and a lot of suffering and ultimately all the way to his death. And I mean, he proved that he was trustworthy. He proved it again. Now here's another interesting thing about Gahazi. So look, it's hard to get easy to lose, very difficult to get back. So you wanna get it, keep it when you have it is the point I'm making there. But here's another thing. Here's the thing about Gahazi. Others realized it, but Elisha did not. I mean, you remember the Shunamite woman? I mean, she didn't trust him.  Where's the man of God? Everything's fine. Her son had just died. We know that things weren't fine. But look, Elisha trusted this guy with everything. He trusted him with too much. We know that. We know this looking back at the story. So look, something shouldn't be delegated is the first thing. But God clearly wanted Elisha to go raise this boy from the dead, not Gahazi, okay? But really, the main point I wanna make about Gahazi is it shows the importance of having trustworthy people around you. If Elisha would, especially people in leadership roles, if you're in a leadership role, you need to have trustworthy people around you. Why? Well, to stop the Gahazis from getting in. You see? There would have been people that, it would have been nice if somebody could have given Elisha a heads up. If somebody could have gone to Elisha and said, hey, something's wrong with this Gahazi guy. And it was somebody, see, the Shunamite woman, she didn't feel like she was qualified. She didn't feel like it was her place. I'm sure, I mean, think about it. He's the man of God.  But look, if Gahazi, if Elisha would have had people around him immediately that he would trust, they would have stopped Gahazis from getting in in the first place. So look, it's protection for leadership is really what it is. So like, look, if you're in a church, you could be that person. You could be a trustworthy person that literally helps protect the church. That literally helps, you know, hey, something's not right in a situation like this, and you could bring those situations to leadership and stop Gahazi-type situations from happening.  I mean, it happens, right? So look, Elisha could have been protected if he would have had that, right? He could have been protected from this type of person. So look, you should strive to be trustworthy. You know, people need you. I mean, leadership needs you to be trustworthy.  People need trustworthy people to be around them. And look, when you are found being trustworthy, as when you will start seeing leaps and bounds in your marriage, in, you know, your church life, in your work life, in just life in general. If you're just making leaps and bounds, and people are just giving you more responsibility in all these different areas, and your wife just has nothing but faith and trust in you, and you know, your husband just knows that when he says, hey, I need something to be like this, it's just done immediately. Look, this is when you know that you're getting trustworthy. If you're in a rut, and no one's giving you any more responsibility, and you're like, I don't know, I haven't been promoted in 15 years. Well, you know, there's a problem somebody doesn't trust you is the bottom line.  It's the bottom line. You're gonna lose trust of the people that you're leading. They're not gonna trust that you're gonna do things. It's a big deal. So it's easy to recognize. Think about it. Think about it today. Think about, hey, am I making leaps and bounds in these areas of my life? If not, it's probably because people don't trust you. It's probably because you're not reliable. It's probably because you're not communicating effectively. So, but if you are, then you need to protect that trust. You need to make sure that you're operating in a way that keeps that trust. Because look, bottom line is like, people need people to trust. Especially in a world that we live in today.  I mean, it's crazy. It's crazy. You get out in the secular world and people just think it's okay to lie. They think it's okay to go and just talk smack behind people's back and all this kind of stuff. Look, it's not okay. It's not how we should operate. People aren't gonna trust you. So let's bow our heads and have a word of prayer. Trustworthyness.


Hey, Michelle Getzinger here at Three Rivers Outdoor Company, and I want to introduce you to Chris and Christine. So we're here at the Three Rivers Outdoor Company. It's new here to Regent Square. You guys have been here for about what, two years? A year and a half? A year and a half? And what gave you the idea to end up here in Regent Square? Regent Square came, luckily, from a friend that I whitewater kayak with, and he lives about a street back. And I've always loved Regent Square because of Frick Park. It met all of our requirements. We wanted to be next to an asset, like a park or a river close to a highway. We wanted our own parking, and we really wanted a place for a fire pit. So when we saw the patio and that we could have campfires there. So it started, I don't know, on a mountain bike ride. We say, yeah, we were mountain biking, and I threw out an idea that I had years ago about having a used-gear bus that would drive around and sell used-gear. She had thrown an idea as well, and we just kind of both agreed that we wanted to run our own businesses. That there was a hole in the market for people that had unique outdoor gear that was different. Not mass market that you can get everywhere, but also the knowledge base. To be able to help people. But the other big, huge thing that we really cared about was creating a hub where people that love the outdoors can meet other outdoors people. Yeah, I mean, we opened a store because we wanted to be business owners, but it's about our passion. And it was also about telling the story that Pittsburgh really is a great place to live an outdoor life. And we wanted to help change that story and build that community because we realized a lot of people just didn't know where to go or how to do it. And they needed other people. So the store is that place. We do a lot of events like trail running nights and campfire nights. A lot of that community kind of comes when you socialize afterwards. And so we have a tap and store and we do free beer after a lot of those events. To kind of, I don't know, get the juices flowing and kind of invite people to socialize with one another. So one of the unique things about our store is that we carry a selection of locally crafted and handmade products that are nature or outdoor inspired. So it's great for gifts for birthdays or holidays. But they're all pretty unique. So one of our best sellers has been this artwork. And these are coasters all hand-painted. They're actually made, he uses coffee to do some of the painting. He's a local artist named Craig Peterson. He's from the Blairsville area. And it's just beautiful and unique pieces that will inspire people who love the outdoors. So back in the youth section here, one thing we've gotten lucky with is making relationships with outdoor sales representatives. So one of the things they do is drop off their samples. So not everything back here is used. So camelback running vests, about a hundred pair of brand new smart wall socks. And since they're sales samples, they can't be sold for retail price. So you guys get the savings on it. But some of the other things that we do, rock climbing shoes, just tons and tons of them. One of the other big things that we do a lot of business with are backpacks. Everybody has an extra backpack sitting around. So that's the question, what do you do with it? And unfortunately a lot of them just sit in basements and rock. So people can bring them in and we sell everything here on consignment. So we'll bring it in, we'll sell it for you.  The circle of outdoor gear continues. So what's cool about the stand up paddle boards is these are inflatable. So it fits in this bag that's on wheels. It all fits in here, folds up, rolls up, fits in here. You take a collapsible paddle, you can put it in the trunk of your little Prius or small sedan and head to the river. Boston Globe actually just did an article and talked about our Allegheny Islands, which is 10 minutes from here on the Allegheny River, and we often tell people to go there. It's a great little hidden gem with islands and coves and sandy beaches and you're 10 minutes outside the city. But we rent them, I mean, and we have a rent-to-own program because it's an expensive item. And it's often nice to be able to try before you buy and make a huge investment in a kayak or stand up paddle board. Or maybe you live in the city and you just don't have the space, so it's a way to access and go do it without having to, you know. So one of the really unique things about your background is you map the plan. How does that work? Tell me a little bit about that. So I think you might have read it on the website. I used to do aerial mapping. I went to school for aviation as a pilot and mapping GIS, it's called, geographic information systems. Wow. Did somebody just show up in your high school one day and say, hey, this is a cool career path? Because who would have thought to ever go and do that? I used to skydive and jump out of airplane. And that led me to want to be a pilot and then that led me to get a degree in mapping and the two fit together perfectly and I traveled the world for like five years working on the back of an airplane, kind of doing Google Earth kind of the systems that collect all that data. Wow. I don't do that anymore. I still sell very high accurate GPS to DEP and DCNR and other organizations, Pittsburgh Sewer Water, anybody mapping typically anything underground, our trail systems. Yeah, we hired a local friend. I mean the first part of starting any business, I think most people go to a logo and so probably almost two years before the store opened. We started looking for a logo. A friend, Phil Malenkov, and Cultivate is the company. Pittsburgh based and he worked with some Pittsburgh artists and Matt Braun is actually the designer of our logo. But yeah, we're in love with it. It really spoke to us and Pittsburgh and this is the logo, right? So we've got the three rivers. We've got our hills and we've got our forest and our greenery. So you've got our full line, right? Yeah, hats, t-shirts, different types of water bottles. Yes, they glow in the dark. Do they? That's awesome. But then also, yeah, camp enamel ware, so pine glasses, coffee cups, camp mugs, a little bit of everything. Yeah, very cool. So one of the big things that we wanted to do was to be able to get brands that aren't represented other places. So a brand like RAB for instance. It's a company out of the UK. They make very, very technical stuff, but it's never been represented in the US. So because of it, we can offer really great high quality stuff. We're also the only dealer in Pennsylvania. Nice. What other big things are our footwear selection? So again, brands that aren't necessarily represented. I often like to joke, people say, what's your favorite? And I say, I don't know because I have all of them. This shoe has been our best selling shoe for the last two seasons. Again, you can't find it at many places. It's unique because it's designed for the water. So it's got an especially sticky rubber, and it's got drain holes. So it's going to be quick drying and quick draining, but it also has a lot of style and function, and it's comfortable just to wear around pounds. So one of the really cool, unique things that Chris and Christine bring to the table is their unique experience that they've had. Chris was a guide in Colorado, so he knows how to work all this gear. He knows which gear is better than others. And basically, any questions you might have outdoor-wise, he's going to be able to answer. Can you tell us a little bit about what you used to do in Colorado? I often joke that she's our water expert, and I've basically guided everything that isn't, well, liquid water. So skiing, ice climbing, mountaineering, rock climbing, mountain biking, you name it. I guided it. That's awesome. So you're really getting years and years of experience here with them as well. And they'll be glad to talk you through anything that you want to buy. Same with Ruby. They have a whole huge dog section here. And we all take our dogs everywhere. If anybody knows me, why it's usually with me, I left them at home today for courtesy reasons. But he was in here last week when we were looking for stuff for him, too. But I really wanted to thank you guys for your time, and I can't wait for the rest of Pittsburgh to see you. Tell us where they can see you at on Friday nights. Sure. So every first Friday of the month, we, it looks like a checkerboard, but we open it up and we get a big campfire going every first Friday of the month and we have s'mores. Anybody wants to come join us? Totally free. We have a great time. 7 to 9 p.m. Every first Friday. That's awesome. And I'm going to put all their information below, like, subscribe, follow them, check them out. They really are a huge asset to this community here in Pittsburgh. And thanks for watching.


A New York driver who was allegedly fleeing a dispute early Monday-January first injured at least eight people, including three police officers before crashing his vehicle into a restaurant, the incident took place a few blocks south of Times Square where New Year festivities were coming to a close after midnight. The suspect, a 44-year-old man, was in a dispute with another man when officers arrived on the scene. Local media, citing the New York Police Department, reported that the suspect attempted to flee the scene in a black Mercedes before striking several police vehicles and injuring several pedestrians, including a woman who was pinned beneath a food truck the man drove for several blocks before hitting a sidewalk and then crashing into a restaurant, the driver, who faces several charges, as well as the injured were taken to Bellevue Hospital, local media reported.


Good day and welcome back to my channel, my name is Thomas Henley and I make a lot of videos on autism and mental health. Today we're going to be talking about Autistic Imposter Syndrome. Do you feel like you are faking autism, that really you're trying to put it on for attention or that you are something else and they've got it wrong or you know you might be late diagnosed or you might just be coming across the autistic community and just not really feeling like you identify with a lot of the things that people are talking about. Some people are loving all these stim dances and have boxes of stim toys everywhere. They only like eating specific things and the list goes on and on and on. The thing is with Autistic Imposter Syndrome is that it's kind of similar to the experiences that you get when you're in the workplace. You know this is where you probably have heard of it before. Where you feel like your position of high competency or your position of authority in the workplace isn't really matched with who you are. You don't feel like you deserve it. You don't feel like you're responsible or talented enough. This is the kind of experience that you have when you're autistic and you don't feel like you're autistic. You feel like you're faking your autism. Autistic Imposter Syndrome can be really damaging because it can make you feel like you're not really a part of the community and one of the wonderful things about the autistic community is that you can come across like-minded people who think similarly to you, feel similarly to you, perceive things in a similar fashion. Obviously there's variety and variability from person to person, but in general you kind of need to experience that to feel like you're a part of society. Or else, you know, being surrounded by neurotypicals, your whole life and sort of not really fitting in, not really understanding, not being able to connect to people so much, it's quite a lonely life. And so having this barrier of not thinking that you're really an autistic person can do a lot of harm to you. So today I'm going to go through four things, four possible things that you may experience that may be contributing to your Imposter Syndrome. And hopefully by the end of the video, if you do in fact have Imposter Syndrome, you'll feel a lot more validated and you will feel a lot more confident in the fact that you are an autistic person. Further to that, if you want to go check out a video after this, or even now and then come back to this one, you can look up my autistic stereotypes video. And I go through all of the things that is to do with autism, but they don't apply to me. Number one, masking and self-growth.  It can make you feel like you're not really connected to the world around you, connected to people. You feel like all of your interactions and relationships are fake because the thing, the person that you're putting out there in the world, it's not in line with how you actually are and how you feel and how you think and what you, your opinions on certain things. And so it can feel very, very isolated. One of the other things about this is that, you know, once you remove that mask, you may get comments from people saying that, oh, you're acting a bit more autistic. Are you okay? Or, you know, you're acting a bit weird. It's like, why have you changed so much? Why are you becoming like this? It's like, it can sometimes feel like maybe you are putting on the autism mask rather than removing it.  On the other side, you may do a lot of self-growth. You may work on yourself in the areas. You may not even know if there were common things for autistic people, but you may have learned through life to pull up your deficits and amplify your positives just in general. And so when you do this, when you come across the autistic community or talk to other autistic people, you don't really identify with the negatives that they're talking about, or at least not to the extent that they're feeling those negatives. So sometimes with masking and sometimes with self-growth, it can have an impact on your perception of yourself as being autistic. And that's something that I've struggled with quite a few times in my life, definitely. I can't tell you how many times I've looked up really, really horrible concepts like psychopathy and sociopathy, things like that, the dark traits, the dark personality types, the dark conditions. And this was all because I didn't really identify with a lot of what people were talking about. I indebtified with some of it from certain people, but just some things just didn't really seem to connect with me in the way that others described. You know, another important thing to note is that some of the traits that you had in childhood may not be so apparent in adulthood. And it may mean that if you go back for another autism diagnosis, or you think about the things that you were diagnosed with as a child, they may not always be the same. And it doesn't mean that you've become not autistic, it just means that you don't have enough of the traits that they look for. That's a really important thing. It can be quite confusing, obviously. But let's go into the second point, which is different environments. You may be from a completely different culture, country upbringing, political spectrum area of the world, community part of person, you know, there could be a large variety of input that you're getting from different places. The way that your social norms are sort of set up in the place that you are, or in your community, can dictate a lot how you act, and a lot how you behave, a lot of what you say. And there can also be some cultural experiences that you don't experience. So for example, I'm white, I'm not going to be able to experience what it's like to be black, or I'm not going to be able to explain what it's like to be gay, or pansexual, you know, there's so many things that could sort of influence your experience of the world, your expression, your, you know, that there's a lot of different variables involved. You know, it's constructed by our genetics and our environment, our genetics sort of program the way that we interact with the world in the first instance, and sort of as a baseline, and the world moulds us and how we think about things, and how we behave and how we perceive. So when you have a difference in environment, it can have some impacts on the way that you express as an autistic person, especially if you're from another culture and you are, you're watching a video of someone from the UK talking about what it's like to be autistic in society, whereas your society might be completely different. Number three, this is going to be a video about variability. Some of the creators, the autistic creators that you follow could have other neurodiverstities. They could be ADHD, they could be OCD, they could be anxious, they could be depressed, they could be, have some kind of schizophrenic type disorder. There's a lot of variability from person to person, and there is also a lot of variability in the co-conditions that they have, the co-morbidities as some people call it, the co-occurring things, the co-occurring neurodiversities. And so there is always going to be some interaction with that, with the way that people express, the way that people think about things, the way that people act, the advice that they give, the negative things that they highlight, the positive things that they highlight. They could all be an amalgamation of multiple different conditions, multiple different states of being, multiple different diversities.  You may struggle with a little bit, but not to the extent that I do, but because I have quite severe depression and anxiety, those executive functioning difficulties are amplified. You know, it's, there is such variability in the conditions and sort of neurodivergencies that people have. And so it's always worth to keep that in mind and get a range of experiences, a range of perceptions and ideas from multiple different people. Even if you think you're just following someone who's autistic, there could be things that they're not telling you about and they don't want to tell you about, and that's, that's, that's up to them. And it could also be that they have no idea and they could, they could just be talking from the autistic experience and not taking into account these other neurodivergencies that they have. So the last one, which is probably a little bit tough, a little bit tough, tough of a topic to cover, trauma. Yeah, trauma and gaslighting influences how you think about yourself in relation to other people. That was a poor use of prosody. So you may feel like everything that you are identified with, everything that you are diagnosed as is an opportunity, you know, you worry about your paranoid about it, that this is an opportunity for you to seek attention, you know, that, that thing that everybody talks about when someone tries to, you know, take their life for, you know, do something really bad to themselves.  That can happen as well with autism.  And it's going to be a lot more socially acceptable because they're speaking in the frame of a neurotypical world. They're not speaking in the frame of being an autistic person. Even if you're having an argument, they may pull up on the fact that autistic people struggle with sensory things. And so you can't do this certain thing. Or they said struggle of communication. So they need, they need sort of babying and pampering in order to get a point across or someone speaking over them or speaking for them, God forbid. You know, there's all of those different types of dynamics that can, that can happen.  So in that way, if you've experienced all of these things, you can sometimes feel like your own brain is out of your hands and that you're in control and you don't feel confident in the thoughts that you're having. You don't feel confident how you feel about things in your experience of life. So it may be that you feel like you're not autistic because of this, because of these horrible negative experiences. So that's kind of an in the nutshell, the types of things that may contribute to autistic imposter syndrome. And it's not an extensive list. It's me thinking of things that I've possibly experienced, you know, I've heard other people talk about it as well. And it's something that I get now in a game. It's not something that's consistent all the time. But sometimes if I'm a really low place, and I feel I feel like I've had some difficulties with another person in my life, I can feel sometimes very, you know, self critical, sort of judgmental of myself. And you know, I question whether I'm a good person or not sometimes, even if I've done absolutely nothing wrong. And then I get such a such a backlash from it. It's like, oh my God, do I really understand this situation? Am I have I really grown up into and learn and all my social skills and understood neurotypicals as much as I thought I did? And usually, in the majority of cases, I do. I do understand I really deeply understand sometimes more than the people around me. And they think that I understand less, because they don't agree with me. There's a lot of things that that they can contribute into thinking you're an imposter. And I think the main thing is, is to listen to other artists, listen to a range of autistic people, get their experiences, talk to people, join groups, find friends, talk to them about the experiences. Quite often, us in isolation trying to analyze our own brain, it's a really bad idea. And it can lead us to getting very paranoid, stressed and anxious over something that is quite obviously us. It's we are autistic for the people who are kind of watching this and they're like, I don't know if I'm autistic or not, I'm on diagnosed, try and get a diagnosis if you can. If you can't do all the things I've said, talk to but talk to even more people learn even more. It can be really hard in some places of the world to actually get forwarded for a diagnosis, or in some places you might even have to pay for it. So I completely understand that. And I think always the best course of action is to understand autism from other people's perspectives, their experiential knowledge, as well as understand the theoretical side of things as well. And that kind of gives you a good picture of what autism is and whether these experiences are in any way related to your experiences of life. And quite often you'll find that you are autistic and you don't need to worry about it. Alrighty, I hope you have enjoyed this video. Make sure to check out the socials, check out the new website. I've redesigned it. It's not fully there, but it looks a bit cooler. It's a bit more branded with my colors that I've come up with. It's looking pretty fresh to be honest. And also check out the social medias, particularly Instagram, I can't remember which side it's on. Check out the Instagram page at ThomasHanleyUK. All of the links are of course on the screen, so you can check those out. Have you ever experienced autistic imposter syndrome? Let me know down in the comments. Just to let me know that you've watched it to the end of the video and you're not just kind of skipping off when you've got all the juicy stuff out of it. Not that there's anything wrong with it, I do it too, but I want to give you a bit of notoriety if you know. Just a little bit of notoriety, just for yourself. Obviously, there's no positive impact on me to leave a like and a comment on the sub. Not at all.


Solitude by Alice Maynall. Solitude from Essays by Alice Maynall. The wild man is alone at will, and so is the man for whom civilization has been kind. But there are multitudes to whom civilization has given little but its reaction, its rebound, its chips, its refuse, its shavings, sawdust, and waste, its failures. To them solitude is a right for gone, or a luxury unattained. A right for gone we may name it, in the case of the nearly savage, and a luxury unattained in the case of the nearly refined. These has the movement of the world thronged together into some blind byway. Their share in the enormous solitude which is the common, unbounded, and virtually inimitable possession of all mankind has lapsed, unclaimed. They do not know it is theirs. Of many their kingdoms they are ignorant, but of this most ignorant. They have not guessed that they own for every man a space inviolate, a place of unhidden liberty, and of no obscure enfranchisement. They do not claim even the solitude of closed corners, the narrow privacy of the lock and key, nor could they command so much. For the solitude that has a sky and a horizon they know not how to wish. It lies in a perpetual distance. England has leagues thereof, landscapes, verge beyond verge, a thousand thousand places in the woods and on uplifted hills. Or rather, solitudes are not to be measured by miles, they are to be numbered by days. They are freshly and freely the dominion of every man for the day of his possession. There is loneliness for innumerable solitaries. As many days as there are in all the ages, so many solitudes are there for men. This is the open house of the earth, no one is refused. Nor is the space shortened, or the silence marred, because, one by one, men in multitudes have been alone there before. Solitude is separate experience. Nay, solitudes are not to be numbered by days, but by men themselves. Every man of the living and every man of the dead might have had his privacy of light. It needs no park. It is to be found in the nearest working country, and a thicket may be as secret as a forest. It is not so difficult to get out for a time out of sight and earshot. Even if your solitude be enclosed, it is still an open solitude, so there be no cloister for the eyes, and a space of far country or a cloud in the sky be privy to your hiding place. But the best solitude does not hide at all. This, the people who have drifted together into the streets, live whole lives and never know. Do they suffer from their deprivation of even the solitude of the hiding place? There are many who never have a whole hour alone. They live in reluctant or indifferent companionship, as people may in a boarding house, by paradoxical choice, familiar with one another, and not intimate. They live under careless observation and subject to a vagabond curiosity. Theirs is the involuntary and perhaps the unconscious loss which is futile and barren. One knows the men and the many women who have sacrificed all their solitude to the perpetual society of the school, the cloister, or the hospital ward. They walk without secrecy, candid, simple, visible, without moods, unchangeable, in a constant communication and practice of action and speech. Theirs assuredly is no barren or futile loss, and they have a conviction, and they bestow the conviction of solitude deferred. Who has painted solitude so that the solitary seem to stand alone and inaccessible? There is the loneliness of the shepherdess in many a drawing of J. F. Malay. The little figure is away, aloof. The girl stands so when the painter is gone. She waits so on the sun for the closing of the hours of pasture. Malay has her as she looks, out of sight.  A newly born child is so nursed and talked about, handled and jolted and carried about by aliens, and there is so much improtunate service going forward that a woman is hardly alone long enough to become aware in recollection how her own blood moves separately beside her with another rhythm and different pulses. All is commonplace until the doors are closed upon the two. This unique intimacy is a profound retreat, an absolute seclusion. It is more than single solitude. It is a redoubled isolation, more remote than mountains, safer than valleys, deeper than forests, and further than mid-sea. That solitude partaken, the only partaken solitude in the world, is the point of honor of ethics. Treachery to that obligation and a betrayal of that confidence might well be held to be the least pardonable of all crimes. There is no innocent sleep so innocent as sleep shared between a woman and a child, the little breath hurrying beside the longer as a child's foot runs. But the favorite crime of the sentimentalist is that of a woman against her child. Her power, her intimacy, her opportunity, that should be her accusers, are held to excuse her. She gains the most slovenly of indulgences and the grossest compassion on the vulgar grounds that her crime was easy. Lawless and vain art of a certain kind is apt to claim today, by the way, some such fondling as a heroine of the doc receives, from common opinion. The vain artist had all the opportunities of the situation. He was master of his own purpose such as it was. It was his secret, and the public was not privy to his artistic conscience. He does violence to the obligations of which he is aware, and which the world does not know very explicitly. Nothing is easier. Or is he lawless in a more literal sense, but only hopes the world will believe that he has a whole code of his own making. It would, nevertheless, be less unworthy to break obvious rules obviously in the obvious face of the public and to abide the common rebuke. It has just been said that a park is by no means necessary for the preparation of a country solitude. Indeed, to make those far and wide and long approaches and avenues to peace seems to be a denial of the accessibility of what should be so simple. A step, a pace or so aside, is enough to lead thither. A park insists too much and, besides, does not insist very sincerely. In order to fulfill the apparent professions and to keep the published promise of a park, the owner thereof should be a lover of long seclusion or of a very life of loneliness. He should have gained the state of solitariness which is a condition of life quite unlike any other. The traveller who may have gone astray in countries where an almost lifelong solitude is possible knows how invincibly apart are the lonely figures he has seen in desert places there. Their loneliness is broken by his passage, it is true, but hardly so to them. They look at him, but they are not aware that he looks at them. Nay, they look at him as though they were invisible. Their unself-consciousness is absolute, it is in the wild degree. They are solitaries body and soul. Even when they are curious and turn to watch the passerby, they are essentially alone. Now no one ever found that attitude in a squire's figure or that look in any country gentleman's eyes. The squire is not a lifelong solitary, he never bore himself as though he were invisible. He never had the impersonal ways of a herdsman in the remote apennines with a blind, blank hut in the rocks for his dwelling. Malay would not even have taken him as a model for a solitary in the briefer and milder sylvan solitudes of France. And yet nothing but a lifelong habitual and wild solitariness would be quite proportionate to a park of any magnitude. If there is a look of human eyes that tells of perpetual loneliness, so there is also the familiar look that is the sign of perpetual crowds. It is the London expression, and in its way the Paris expression. It is the quickly caught, though not interested look, the dull but ready glance of those who do not know of their forfeited place apart, who have neither the open secret nor the close, no reserve, no need of refuge, no flight nor impulse of flight, no moods, but what they may brave out in the street, no hope of news from solitary councils.


This study examined streamflow trends in 441 small catchments in 15 European countries over a period of 42 years. It found that overall, streamflow has been declining in southern and eastern regions, while it has been increasing in other areas. Additionally, the study identified a shift towards negative trends in April, gradually spreading across Europe to reach a maximum extent in August. Low flows have decreased in most regions where the lowest mean monthly flow occurs in summer, but they vary for catchments which have flow minima in winter and secondary low flows in summer. These patterns are consistent with projections from climate models, suggesting that this data can be used as a benchmark for various studies and model simulations. This article was authored by K. Stahl, H. Hisdahl, J. Hannaford, and others.


Hi everyone, Joe for JaspysCaseBreaks.com starting off a busy Thursday with 2016 Panini Immaculate Football 1 box random number block break number one big. Thanks to these folks for getting into the action There are the numbers right there. Let's roll it. Let's randomize it one and a two three times for each list one two and three After three times we got Leonard down to Richard and then there's one and a two three times for the numbers one two and three Easy three down to zero Now for those of you who are new to the number blocks There's all the all the details right there So thank you to these folks appreciate you getting in good luck to you Here's how it sorts out Leonard you have three Derek with eight last spot mojo star next to his name Karen with six Kevin with four and seven Leonard with one Nick with nine Renee with two Richard with five and zero Now remember zero gets any and all redemptions including one-of-one redemptions in this one boxer Leonard you'll still get live one of ones So that was three that was three that was three right yeah perfect All right now, I guess you could trade if you'd like trades are pretty rare in these sorts of things But while you're thinking about it, let's pop open this fresh case of 2016 immaculate football. So we'll go One two three Four five and six All right, I'm gonna select that die right there and we'll just roll the die and see which number we're gonna do It's gonna be six that one down there as I predicted no trades not even a whisper of a trade in the chat So let's print and let's rip Good luck everybody. I think we've got another one boxer. That's probably gonna happen a little bit later tonight Think it was down to one spot or maybe it's sold out by now. All right once again. Thank you. Thanks everyone here nice little snack little one box snack Now there could be redemptions in these old 2016 not none in here, but there could be redemptions in these old 2016 boxes Someone was telling me yesterday. I think it was Ryan Redman was telling me yesterday that That you can redeem them for points. So Which is better than nothing because initially the announcement was Expire redemptions you get nothing but now I think they've walked that back a little bit and they're gonna give you at least something I think he had a Ezekiel Elliott expired redemption And they gave him 5,000 points for it. So that I thought that was pretty cool So which actually has some value on a secondary market. So 60 out of 99 So that goes to number zero that'll be for Richard S We got 26 out of 86 it's Jordan Reed Karen with number six our little wrinkly penny sleeve there, but there it is Karen Pro Bowl relic. These are pretty cool four out of ten. It's DeMarcus where? Broncos Number four Kevin Benedict with number four nice those Pro Bowl relics are really cool No randomizer here because it's a number block break 31 out of 49 will Fuller Laquan Treadwell It's Josh Doxon and Corey Coleman Leonard with the number one nice Here come the autographs 25 out of 25 Two-color jersey and autograph Alex Collins Number five that'll be for Richard and out of 25 Two-color patch and autograph RPA Jared Goff Three out of 25 kind of a down season for him last year Leonard Yance with number three but Maybe he'll bounce back Maybe a bounce back this season. All right nice little snack quick little one box break. We'll have more in the store So check it out on Jasper's case breaks calm. Thanks for watching everybody. I'm Joe. I'll see you next time. Bye. Bye


Wow, man Mmm. Oh God, I really want to cry right now. It's so bad, man Team keep it clean. What's going on man. It's a engraving here with another video. Gosh Mmm Wow. Hey Saints fans real quick man. Congrats to all of y'all man. Congrats to all of y'all. Y'all got the win Now congrats on getting the win congrats on breaking All those records. There was a lot of first that happened in this game Yeah, gotta give a shout out to the Saints shout out to all the Saints fans You know, I got a lot of love for y'all, man I got plenty of love for y'all and I can't hate y'all even if I wanted to too much love for y'all, man So shout out shout out to all the Saints fans, man Wow this game hurt man this game hurt so bad I don't remember the last time a game hurt like this.  I want to cry so bad right now, man That game hurt man That game hurt that game hurt man That game hurt It hurt bad man They heard so bad So bad so bad so bad, man Anyway, um, let's get into the game Really, yeah, just the way that it ended man. Oh Overtime The defense they clutched it out at the end the defense they did really um This loss goes to it goes to all three phases of the game, man It goes to all three phases offense defense and special teams everybody had Everybody had their their their mess ups everybody had their errors Wow, I'm I'm sweating right now, man that game Ain't had a game like this in a long time, man Ain't had a ain't had a ain't had a game like this in a long time And where you just it hurts so bad, man That hurts so bad This game was crazy, man But anyway, I mean In this game you saw so many first we saw Lamar Jackson's first touchdown We saw the Ravens first Touchdown they gave up in the second half of the season and then if you want to even break that down and be technical We saw both the Ravens first passing touchdown giving up for the second half of the season and both the Ravens first Rushing touchdown that they gave up in the second half of the season We saw the very first extra point that Justin Tucker ever missed missed the automatic and it when when everything was going on Because it was me and my wife and Carter. We were watching the game I'm just so hyped and I'm like but I I had to calm down after that touchdown because I'm like come on Tucker because it's not over It's not over at that point. It's not over. It's not over at that point because it's Because you know how even though it's Justin Tucker. We were just We were scared We were scared we were scared I see a lot of people blaming the commentators and stuff if something's gonna happen It's gonna happen. They know such thing as a jinx anything like that if it's gonna happen It's gonna happen and it happened appreciate that right region being it Yeah, the first time drew breeze beat the Ravens the first time Justin Tucker missed the extra point It it was crazy, man. Oh That was crazy, man That was crazy.   It was all them All them and again not taking anything away from the Browns and not taking anything away from the Saints But it's like man The no, it's not this this game out on the ref even though that fourth down drew breeze the quarterback sneak I I really thought it was a stop. I Really thought it was a fourth down stop, but they called it a first. They said for a progress But it is that that that one was just like what like let's but anyway Yeah, the Ravens they do it to themselves so many times man So many times they do it to themselves But shout out again shout out to the Saints man They got it They got it. Um Is Justin Tucker a bum? No No Who's the who's the best quarterback in football right now? Who's the best quarterback in football? Um Would it be some might say Tom Brady some might say and Rogers some might say drew breeze Some could say Patrick Mahomes You could say you get you can argue you can argue for who's the best quarterback in football right now You can argue with a lot of different ways. You can argue with a lot of different ways But has that quarterback ever thrown an interception before well if you think it's breeze then well not not this year He hasn't but um Has that quarterback who you consider the best ever thrown an interception? Who do you consider the best running back? Who do you think is the best running back? Has that who has whoever you consider the best running back? Have they ever fumbled the ball before? Basically my point is that even though somebody is the best at their game somebody else is the best in the game Just because they're the best doesn't mean that they don't mess up It does a few appreciate that QC It doesn't mean that they won't mess up and appreciate all 600 people that's in here right now. Thank you Make sure you subscribe to the YouTube channel and leave a like on the video Um Yeah, make sure y'all subscribe shout out to all 600 people in here right now I think that's the most people we ever had in here if anybody from Ravens flock appreciate y'all if anybody from Saints from who that nation? Congrats man. Congrats y'all got it Y'all got it y'all got it y'all got it I Wish it's like I actually wish I wish the game if we were gonna lose Well, we didn't lose but if we were gonna lose I wish it would have ended on a drew breeze throwing a touchdown or something like that Not not the way that it ended not like that man Not like that man Not like that. That's not the way that um that we wanted this game to end Not like that man Not like that. Oh boy. This one hurt bad It hurts so bad Um drew breeze drew breeze. I believe it was on the last the last drive where he scored a touchdown There was one play in particular. Um where drew breeze that dude is a he's a legend He's obviously a legend But um, there was there was one play on it on the last drive by drew or the last touchdown drive by um By the Saints, excuse me, man, this this game just mess with my mind and just this was this was so tough man This is so tough But on on the light on the very last drive what his very last touchdown drive It was I believe it was third down drew breeze was getting pressured. He was getting pressured pressured and The Ravens were coming in drew breeze had to roll out. He was running running for his life running for his life six-foot drew breeze little guy he running for his life and he goes throws that ball and Michael Thomas came back for it and it was such a beautiful plan It was such a clutch play because that play Allowed that drive to continue to keep going That throw allowed that drive to continue Michael Thomas started this game off not so hot. He started this game off not so hot He was dropping passes. I thought what do you have two or three drops in this game? But this is why if you have somebody who's a playmaker Even though they may be messing up at the beginning of the game They may they may mess up early you got to go back to him because if you safe instance You don't go back to him. Well, that would have took Michael Thomas out the game And then that not only hurts his confidence for this game That can hurt his confidence moving forward because he can be like, oh man my own quarterback I've made plays for him before but my own quarterback who I may plays for before he don't even trust me no more He don't trust me He don't trust me But drew breeze like the great quarterback that he is he went back to Michael Thomas and he went back to him again and again and again and It was smart It was smart Because Michael Thomas made plenty of plays He started going off. I think in the first half What do you have like one or two catches then after that he started going off? Michael Thomas started going off Saints running game Had been no while they hadn't got any big big runs throughout the game their running game was consistent They're running game. They were grinding it out They were grinding it out and they got the they got their biggest run plays when it mattered the most They got their biggest run plays when it mattered the most a Lot of y'all talking about Vedvik a lot of y'all getting on Tucker again When was there ever a time? When the best person who somebody who's at who's the best at their position hadn't messed up if y'all want to put this All on Tucker you can't if you I mean you shouldn't but if you're gonna do that if that's gonna be your out route Go ahead But this game is not simply just on Justin Tucker Yeah, he had that huge mess up at the end of the game huge something that never happens in fact, it's never happened This was the first This was the first somebody asked what what college drew breeze went to I think he went to Purdue I think but I'm sure y'all know I don't I don't remember I don't remember for sure I think it's Purdue though. Um, but anyway You can't put this all on Justin Tucker, man. You can't I I It's all three phases man all three phases The defense now early on in the game the defense they were doing what they had to do mate Well, not not the very first drive what a very first drive They weren't doing what they had to do because the Saints kept converting on fourth down once then again then again then finally Finally, this looks like there was some miscommunication with Tysonville and um an Alvin command They ended up fumbling and the Ravens recovered and Raven got to stop in Ravens recovered, which was great So they've been like I said early in the halftime they've been all the way back Hey appreciate that. I think is that Sam? Hey appreciate that Sam. Thank you. Thank you Where they they've been all the way back, but they didn't break they've been all the way back But they didn't break and appreciate y'all with the donations man. Thank you so much for that. I appreciate that a lot man But they've been all the way back, but they didn't break Um Saints man hats off to the Saints for real man Guys to say but it but anyway Again with the defense that was early on but other than or not other than that including that early on in this game They were doing what they had to do They were doing what they had to do But that there was that that passing the fear is called that was a really bad call the one where um It was was a Smith. What is it Trey Kwan Smith? I forgot his name, but Smith and Michael Thomas they were on the left side and They it's like they They ran into each other and they made Jimmy Smith running to run into Michael Thomas and they called passing the fence on Michael on Jimmy Smith And I was like what huh in what world is that passing the ference? And what world is that passing the ference? I Just I didn't understand that but anyway Other than that and other than other than Jimmy Smith not definitely not having his best game today Definitely not having his best game today This was not it not a good game from Jimmy Smith Because one of one of my guys. Oh, I forgot his name is it Baltimore Oriole pride seven I did something like that But either way one of my guys who sent me a DM doing a game and he was like oh man Jimmy Smith is not looking like himself And I was like no he's been looking fine and this was early in a game. I was like oh, he's been looking fine And he was like no he said Jimmy Smith is not looking like himself I said I mean I said man. I know you had to pass in a fan's play or whatever But I mean it happens at least he didn't give up on the Michael Thomas play because there was one play with Michael Thomas beat Him over the top, but Jimmy Smith. I mean he could have gave up. It would have been a touchdown I'm glad he didn't but he pushed him out of bounds. He pushed Michael Thomas out of bounds And when he did that well, I mean this is he got to stop It didn't end up being a touchdown. So that saves seven points off the board. Well temporarily But Yeah, he was getting he was getting beat. He was getting beat today He was getting beat today Appreciate you Sam. You're in he was getting beat today and oh Another another first that we saw was Willie Snead's first drop Will Snead's first drop. How about that man? How about that? But you can't be mad at Willie Snead John Brown been dropping some Michael Crabtree been he been dropping he ain't dropping you this game though But um it wow what a game man What a game though the way that um The way that this game was going from the jump you just knew it was gonna be stressful You knew it was gonna be close and it is great I've been saying this week that you just you just feel like this game could go either way It could go either way and neither way that either way that it went it wouldn't be a surprise and it wouldn't be a shock It wouldn't be and it wasn't it wasn't Silly said do you think Justin Tucker cockiness got to him thinking he was gonna make it? No is What I think got to Justin Tucker was the fact that he's human was the fact that he's not perfect That's what I think got to Justin Tucker Anybody like I said whether it was in this this goes for football and it just goes for life, too If you at your job or you at your school you in your profession you on whatever you do if you are the best person In your company if you are the best person on the football team if you're the best person on whatever They're going to be times where you mess up.  Oh Which enough times we don't cuz he'd be getting hurt, but have we not have a Jimmy Smith tonight? Oh Man, I don't even want to think about it. I don't even want to think about it Some people saying hurts his trash. Well, how is her trash? Because he got a ball knocked out of his hands that was thrown there wasn't a good throw And again, what now flacco what he was facing some pressure and flacco just went whoo And you could say it was like three throws tonight I know it's too for sure, but it was it was it might have been three But it was it was two of them I think they were both on the fourth down one was on the fourth down to was it to really see I forgot who Was but on one of the fourth down plays in the fourth quarter late in the fourth quarter Flacco he dropped back. He was facing some pressure. He was facing some pressure and He would throw it like whoo like just like that like scared uncomfortable because that pressure was coming in man That pressure was coming in Wow, what a game.  Hey Do your thing Congrats enjoy it celebrate be happy. Y'all deserved it. Y'all I mean y'all got it Y'all got it That monster flacco didn't get mad. Why y'all mad? No flacco would flack flack was he was definitely emotional about that one He was more shocked than anything But if you did you see his face when they showed it when you look at flacco's look at Justin Tucker face and flacco's face That's how we felt. Well, we wanted to cry a little more. I know me. I just I just laid on the floor When he missed it, I just laid on the floor. I Laid on the floor. Hey, I appreciate that. Let me see what that was market Marquis. Thank you He said let's just move on and cheer for the Chiefs to win. Hey, yeah Dante said they didn't deserve it Well, they scored more points than us and we we we are we didn't stop them enough to where We scored more points than them They got it man They're a good team but what this What this game tells me about both the Saints and the Ravens is That both of these dudes are for real Both of these dudes are for real Both of these dudes are for real both of them Somebody asked me um earlier. I forgot who it was. They sent me a DM on um, ah He sent me the DM on snapchat Was it Anthony? I forgot who it was but they said oh if we lose this game. Well, let me consider the let down game No It's not a let down game Because a let down game is what's up snipes a let down game is a game where you I feel like what I feel like a let down game It's my definition is where I felt like you you should have you should have won You should have you were a game where you definitely should have won You'd clearly have the better team on paper and you should have definitely won the game But you played down to the opponents level and you end up losing That's what I feel like a let down game is this was not a let down game No was um But yeah, man, both of these teams are for real Yeah, the Browns game that was a let down game. Oh Taste some Tyson Hill man. Shout out to that dude man. Shout out to him Because he I love his effort. I love his game. I love his willingness He a thank you Anthony appreciate that. Oh Yeah, they did they did both fight hard man appreciate your Anthony Congrats Um Tight Tyson Hill, ma'am. I love that on my phone froze


Over under three and a half combined MVPs and depoys in Victor Webinyalba's entire career. I'll go barely over. I think he's going to get the four with two defensive players in two MVPs. Only a few guys have done that, but he's also one of the five best prospects. I'll go over, over. Think about how many Yanis has right now. Think about how many MVT has right now. Shaq only won one MVP. The bar for getting up to four is pretty high, so I'll take the under here. I'll take the over. I think he wins three defensive players of the year, and so that point needs one MVP. I would just, as a betting man, I would bet that he wouldn't do that because it's really hard.  Yeah, I'd probably take the under on that. I'm going to go with the under simply because of the odds of what it could be, and no guys have really done that before, but I do think on depoys alone, he really could get there if he lives up to the height.


Hello everyone! Let me briefly tell you why ST is engaged in the domain of graphics. Firstly, there has been a big shift in users' expectations on how to interact with machines and embedded systems happening over several years. This move was driven by the very fast adoption of mobile devices, such as mobile phones and tablets. But let me first show a real example. Let's think of a home appliance like washing machine that many people know and use on daily basis, including myself. The UI has changed from simple mechanical buttons and knobs to large TFT displays, with touch control allowing interactive animations and intuitive navigation. Therefore, to enable our customers in developing such a new modern user interface, ST is strongly engaged in graphics for embedded applications resulting in dedicated hardware within the STM32 portfolio that is supported by rich ecosystem. Let me be a bit more specific on the hardware support for graphics inside STM32 products. Several STM32 microcontrollers have accelerators dedicated to graphics, such as Chromart, accelerating advanced graphical operations, ChromGRC optimizing SRAM usage when driving around the displays, and JPEG compression-to-compression operations hardware accelerator. Good examples of STM32s fitting very well into the graphical user interfaces applications are the recently released STM3287A and 87B. They embed all mentioned accelerators and have a large amount of integrated internal SRAM memory on top. This allows application architecture without the need for external SRAM for two graphical frame buffers up to wide QBGA or half VGA with even 24 bits per pixel resolution. Now, so what about the important ecosystem that I mentioned before? A good product is not enough today. You need to provide an excellent and seamless ecosystem around the product in order to enable embedded application developers to be fast and efficient in evaluation and development with minimum resources investment. From ST side, we do provide all necessary blocks to do that. The TajiFX ecosystem is bringing a free-of-charge, complete development framework for modern graphical UIs, all running on cost-effective general-purpose MCUs such as STM32 family. And that's not all. There is a wide network of partners, graphical solutions which are adapted to the STM32 family too. And this extent ecosystem offer is providing our customers with the greatest flexibility in finding the most fitting solution for their use cases. Now, let me highlight some of the hot news from the ecosystem. We have released in beginning of 2020 a new expansion package dedicated for graphics, the X-Cube TajiFX. I'm very excited about it. It contains three main blocks. The designer tool which is a Windows program supporting you in creating the visual appearances of the UI in a simple way. Second, the TajiFX engine which is the software library itself handling the optimized rendering that is running on the embedded hardware. And finally, the new TajiFX generator that provides a smooth generation of the TajiFX project eliminating any pitfalls in the initial phase. It ensures seamless interoperability with STM32 Cubemix tool for complete project configuration along the whole development flow including a bridge to idea of choice. Overall, the TajiFX software structure keeps the developer in control making him capable of replicating the look and feel created by the graphic art and design people. And there is a recent webinar available on demand for all of you in which we are explaining in more detail this new X-Cube TajiFX expansion package or including practical hands-on demonstrations. Finally, let's have a look at these latest boards that are just behind me. Here we have a very cool collection of graphical implementations running on several different STM32 lines like STM32 L4+, STM32 H7 value line and the new STM32 H7B. As we can see, there are different graphical solutions running on these boards. These are based either on ST TajiFX or partner graphical stacks such as Embedded Wizard, Crank and QT. All of them adapted their solutions to the most popular Cortex and based MCU family in the world, the STM32 including the latest STM32 H7A and STM32 H7B. Thank you for watching and don't hesitate to contact ST teams or our partners to help you in bringing your embedded application UIs to the new dimension of user experience.