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Well, welcome back everyone to Rising 365. I'm Mike Pena. And this is a podcast committed

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to inspiring supporting others to embrace the opportunity to rise with each new day.

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You know, rising daily can be a challenge for many, and it has been for myself. So that

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is why this podcast was created. And it's my hope that what you hear in these episodes

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will assist you in rising every day of the year. Well, it's been an incredible week.

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I've been working on a project here in Kearney, Nebraska. I enjoy doing live theater, and

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there is a theater company here called Crane River Theater. And this week, today is Wednesday,

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we have our final dress rehearsal and we open the show tomorrow, Thursday of To Kill a Mockingbird.

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And if you aren't familiar with the book by Lee, Sharper Lee, it's an incredible book.

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It's something that used to be on must read lists, but recently due to cultural changes

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has been on band do not read lists. But this book, which was turned into a movie, which

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was turned into a stage play, something that has stood the test of time over decades of

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generations because there's so much to learn from it. That's why this episode of Rising

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365 is called the Atticus Effect. This is part one of that and it's entitled The Same.

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And this is episode 26. There will be a few episodes regarding the Atticus Effect. So

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if you're not familiar with To Kill a Mockingbird, one of the main characters in there is a lawyer,

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a father by the name of Atticus Finch. So he's a father of two children. He has a son

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and a daughter and he is a widower. So he lost his wife. And he's also a lawyer in his

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town in Alabama. This is set in the early 1930s. It was during the Depression. And Atticus

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Finch is just an individual when you're done reading the book or seeing the movie or play.

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Doesn't matter who you are, you want to be more like Atticus Finch. He's got a number

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of amazing lines and lessons in the show and we'll unpack some of those. But one of his

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main focuses is that he is the same person that he is in public, that he is at home.

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He wants the people he interacts with on a daily basis at work, in day-to-day activities.

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He wants that person to be the same person that interacts with his family, his wife who

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has passed away. He wants that same person to be the father to his daughter and his son.

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So there's a number of rows of lines that describe Atticus as being he's the same in

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town as he is at home. He's the constant in the community because he's asked to do something,

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to defend an innocent man in a time where race played a pivotal part. And there was

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only one person in the town that had the moral faction and strength and belief to do what

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needed to be done. Even though during that time frame he knew what he was doing, there

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was a low likelihood of him actually winning the case and getting his client free, but

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he proceeded to do so. Because he has this conversation with his daughter, but she doesn't

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understand why he is so focused and determined to do what the community says he shouldn't

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do. And so many people are ridiculing him and even saying he's turned his back on his

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community because he's defending a black man who's been accused of rape being a white woman.

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But all the evidence show that the man, Tom Robinson, is innocent. But it's during a time

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frame where it didn't matter what the evidence showed. All that mattered was the color of

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your skin and who you were devoted to. The thing about Atticus and why this episode 26

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is called the same and the takeaway for us and you, the listener of Rising 365, is the

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importance of knowing who we are. So the question is, are you the same person you are in public

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that you are at home? Are you one way at work, one way with your friends, one way with strangers,

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and another way when you walk into the door of your family? That's the question. And when

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you watch Atticus and learn about him, he's the same. It doesn't matter if you're a stranger,

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if you're a close friend, if you're his kids, he's the same and he's true and he's constant

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and he's honest and he's kind and he's patient. And that's the thing. If we are different

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people in one area of our lives and we are in other areas of our lives, there is a conflict

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inside of us. We have to pretend and we aren't being true to ourselves. And there comes a

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point in this show where Atticus's two children are threatened with being harmed by the protagonist

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in the show and in the book. And he shows a moment of burnout, of being tired, of being

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that constant stable person. He finally shows some anger and emotion because we can only

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hold on to that person for so long. We burn out when we're playing multiple roles. And

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we see this and we learn this also in the Bible. We see it constantly that we can't

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be lukewarm. We can't be one way, one place and another way at another place. That's in

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Revelations 3. We either need to be all hot or all cold. We can't be lukewarm. And then

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we also see in James 4 that we can't have a blit personality basically. It says we can't

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be friends with the world and friends with God at the same time. Because there's always

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going to be this conflict and inner battle within you. Knowing you're not being true

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to yourself. So the takeaway for this episode for the Atticus Effect Part 1 is asking yourself,

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are you the same person in every aspect of your life? What are you producing? I know

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there are different situations that require us to respond in a certain way, in certain

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circumstances. But it doesn't negate who we are as a person. You know, are we at home

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or at work? At home, especially if you have kids, you're trying to produce and shepherd

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your children into a lives that produce what the Bible would say would be fruits of the

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Spirit. Not spiritual giftings, those are different, but fruits of the Spirit, that

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aspects of their lives. And when people look at them, they will actually see them being

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joyful. They will see them being kind and helpful and caring and patient and giving

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and hospitable and what else? Everything that is positive, that's what the people would

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look at your kids. That's what we want as parents of our kids to be. And if we want

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that from inside our home, are we displaying those things out in our work, in our friend

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places or out in public? Or are we the opposite? Where are things in your life where you're

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not the same person? And take steps to become the same person, no matter what people think

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of you, no matter if you find yourself on the wrong side of populous, of what's popular.

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That's okay. You need to be true to the truth of who you are. And if you are a Christian

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listening to this, how are the fruitfulness of God working through you, how are they appeared

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to those who see you? Are the fruits of the spirit, love, joy, peace, patient, kindness,

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goodness, hospitality, are those being displayed inside your home and when you're not in your

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home? And can people tangibly see those things in your lives? It's one thing to just say

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you are these things, but are you actually these things? So that's the takeaway for Episode

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26. Help you rise each new day you're given is to strive to be the most bountiful person

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when it becomes the fruit of the spirit in every aspect of your life. And when people

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interact with you, it doesn't matter if it's your closest friend and family to strangers,

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when they experience time with you, they experience something genuine. And you're not doing it

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because you're playing a role, a character, but you're doing it because you're the same

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person no matter what situation you're facing. You're a person who bears fruit, good fruit,

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that people can find nourishment and joy after spending time with you. Well, that wraps up

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Episode 26. That's the Atticus Effect, Part 1. Are you the same person everywhere you

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go in every situation you face? Thank you for tuning in. I hope each episode brings

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you inspiration to embrace every new day. To support this podcast, consider booking

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simply send me a message or email at rising247365 at gmail.com. Additionally, you can support

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we meet again, I am Mike Pinier reminding you to rise and seize the gift of a new day,

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where you are destined for this moment. If you want information about the ministry that

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I work for and represent, you can see that in the show notes. And you can also find the

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book, the movie, and screenplay in the show notes for Kilt Mockingbird. Thanks for tuning

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in and proceed and play.