1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000 Well, welcome back everyone to Rising 365. 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:07,200 I'm Mike Pena and this podcast is committed to inspiring 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,880 and supporting others to embrace the opportunity 4 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:12,160 to rise with each new day. 5 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:14,320 You know, rising daily can be a challenge 6 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:16,480 for many including myself. 7 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:19,720 And it is my hope that what you hear in these episodes 8 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:23,520 will assist you in rising every day of the year. 9 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:26,080 You know, just a special note, I am no professional, 10 00:00:26,080 --> 00:00:28,280 no PhD, no counselor. 11 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:30,280 I'm just a normal guy, a veteran, 12 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:35,160 a prior law enforcement officer, a father, a husband, 13 00:00:35,160 --> 00:00:40,160 someone who spent some time really struggling to rise 14 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,200 and taking some tangible steps 15 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:47,200 have been able to meet the new day. 16 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:50,880 And I hope what you hear in these episodes 17 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:54,480 on Rising 365 help you as well. 18 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:56,520 I just wanted to let you, I'm no professional, 19 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:58,040 just someone who cares. 20 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:02,160 Well, we're continuing in our series of the Atticus Effect. 21 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:04,800 This is part three and it's entitled, 22 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:07,840 Trusted, episode 28. 23 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:13,320 Well, this weekend was filled with me being in a show 24 00:01:13,320 --> 00:01:15,040 called The Kill a Mockingbird. 25 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:17,400 And if you haven't read this book, seen the play, 26 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:21,560 seen the movie, press pause right now and go do that. 27 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:26,280 Go do yourself a favor and experience something 28 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:31,280 that has transcended time in its literary masterpiece 29 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:33,720 and in the lessons to be learned 30 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:38,720 in both the book, play and the movie. 31 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,680 Well, this weekend, something is always different 32 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:47,880 each night you participate in a live theater production. 33 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:51,360 You know, you can come to the play as an actor 34 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:56,360 and show up and just do your part and leave. 35 00:01:57,960 --> 00:01:59,800 But then you're missing the whole concept 36 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:03,040 of what it is to be a part of live theater. 37 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:06,360 There's always something new to learn. 38 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:11,360 Something new pops out and just affects you as the actor, 39 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:13,840 as someone who does this day in and day out. 40 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:16,080 And today, Monday and tomorrow, 41 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:17,280 we still have one more show. 42 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:21,240 We have one more show these next two days today 43 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:23,800 and tomorrow are for students, 44 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:25,960 high school, middle school, college students 45 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:30,960 who are coming to learn and from what's to be learned 46 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:33,840 and to Kill a Mockingbird. 47 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:37,720 But this weekend and where this episode is 48 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:39,680 of this part three, The Atticus Effect, 49 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:43,760 that stuck out to me was towards the closing scene 50 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:44,600 of the play. 51 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:47,560 Trial has already commenced. 52 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:49,960 Tom Robinson has been found guilty 53 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:53,440 and everyone leaves disheartened. 54 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:56,880 I think the only people who are happy with the outcome 55 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:00,000 is Bob Ewell. 56 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,360 I don't even think his daughter, Mayelo, 57 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:04,760 is happy with the outcome. 58 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:09,000 So people are really sad and they leave the courthouse 59 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:14,000 and they cut to outside of the courthouse 60 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:19,000 of Atticus' kids and Dill and some other people 61 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:22,760 are wondering how could the jury do that? 62 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:29,120 And why did the result of Tom Robinson being found guilty 63 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:34,000 despite the evidence that he was innocent? 64 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:39,720 And they start struggling with the outcome. 65 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:41,560 Can anything really matter anymore? 66 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:46,560 When it takes Miss Maudy, one of the kind characters 67 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:50,120 in the show of this community, 68 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:53,960 to speak into the lives of the children 69 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:58,960 so they see what Atticus did for the community. 70 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:03,360 Again, he's referred to as being the one 71 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:06,960 that the community trusted in to handle something 72 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:07,800 that was true. 73 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:11,800 The one that the community trusted in to handle something 74 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:13,400 that was so divisive. 75 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,400 He said he was the only person in the community 76 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:20,800 who could withstand this kind of pressure. 77 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:27,520 And Miss Maudy says, we trusted in Atticus. 78 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:32,080 The judge, when he appointed Atticus to be Tom's lawyer, 79 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:35,280 trusted in Atticus. 80 00:04:35,280 --> 00:04:40,280 And as Dill was departing for his final words, he said, 81 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:44,400 we trust in Atticus. 82 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:49,240 They trusted in him. 83 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:52,880 And that's so important when it comes to the aspect 84 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:57,520 of us as individuals to be able to rise 365. 85 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:01,880 When it was the last time somebody trusted in you. 86 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:04,120 Maybe the reason you're in your predicament 87 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:05,440 of struggling each and every day 88 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:09,240 is because you broke the trust of somebody. 89 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:16,040 When rebuilding trust is no easy matter, 90 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:22,320 but it's paramount when we're looking for encouragement, 91 00:05:21,840 --> 00:05:26,360 looking for that spark to get us to rise each new day. 92 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:30,360 And have people out there who are trusting us 93 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:34,160 to do our part, to do what we're called to do. 94 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:37,760 I'm a big fan of Jordan B. Peterson. 95 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:41,760 He's got two books, 12 rules for life and maps of meaning. 96 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:45,520 And in both of these books, it says that a person needs 97 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:49,560 really three things in life to get them going. 98 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:53,560 They need a relationship, they need a relationship, 99 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:57,840 they need a relationship, they need a job, 100 00:05:57,840 --> 00:05:59,600 and then they need to be a part of something 101 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:03,600 that's morally bigger than who they are. 102 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:09,400 When they have a job, it may not be your ideal job, 103 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,880 but when someone hires you to come work for them, 104 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:14,400 they're trusting that you will show up 105 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:17,160 and do your part of the job that they hired you to do. 106 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,240 And then when you become a part of something 107 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:21,880 that's morally bigger than you, 108 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:24,400 and you start volunteering out in the community, 109 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:28,360 people trust that you'll come and you'll help. 110 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:31,960 But maybe those two things are bigger 111 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:35,600 than what you are capable of doing right now. 112 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:38,480 Jordan goes on and says, 113 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:42,360 maybe all you have to do is get yourself a pet 114 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:44,840 or even a house plant. 115 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:50,400 Something where someone's life is trusting in you 116 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:52,040 to take care of them. 117 00:06:54,280 --> 00:06:55,840 You know, when you have a pet in your house, 118 00:06:55,840 --> 00:06:59,400 they entrust in you that you're gonna feed them, 119 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:00,720 you're gonna take them out for walks, 120 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:02,840 and you're gonna make sure they get the health care 121 00:07:02,840 --> 00:07:03,680 that they need. 122 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:07,960 Even if you have a plant, the plant needs water, 123 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:12,360 it needs sunlight, it needs that soil to be changed 124 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:17,200 if you see the soil is, the plant is getting unhealthy. 125 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:19,800 There's always something out there 126 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:23,000 that is looking to you and trusting in you. 127 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:25,120 And that's probably the encouragement 128 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:26,280 that you need to hear. 129 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:29,880 When was the last time you were a part of something 130 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:31,400 where people entrusted in you? 131 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:34,280 And it's a big thing. 132 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:39,120 And if we allow it to overwhelm us, 133 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:41,600 that's exactly what can happen. 134 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:46,600 It can overwhelm us, but it's a good thing. 135 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:48,840 To have people depending on you, 136 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:53,040 to realize that this world is bigger than just yourself. 137 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:57,040 And all of a sudden you're encouraged, 138 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:58,880 you have a fire within you, 139 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:03,880 you have a reason to get up, 140 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:08,440 to rise each and every day because you know that 141 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:10,280 someone's life depends on you. 142 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:15,760 Again, it could be as little as a house plant to a pet, 143 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:17,440 to your very own family. 144 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:25,080 You know, and crust is something 145 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:27,280 you don't take lightly. 146 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:31,520 When people trust in you, when they say you apply to a job 147 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:33,960 and they say, yeah, you're hired, 148 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:36,760 you're trusting that you will do 149 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:38,080 what you said you could do 150 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:40,800 and were willing to do during the interview. 151 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:44,800 When you get married, your spouse is entrusting in you, 152 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:48,000 saying that you will love them and take care of them 153 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:51,360 in sickness and in health, through good times and bad. 154 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:54,200 Not just when things are easy. 155 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:57,680 It's easy to put trust into people 156 00:08:57,680 --> 00:09:00,960 and people put trust in you when they're not around. 157 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:04,040 You're not asked to do hard things, 158 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:06,040 but it's when you're asked, like Atticus did, 159 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:08,360 he was asked to do something extremely hard 160 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:10,760 that was back in 1935. 161 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:17,240 And that was to challenge a code within a community 162 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:19,360 based solely on race. 163 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:27,800 But when you can stand in the midst of hard times 164 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:32,800 and still be trusted, you're gonna find yourself 165 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:36,800 walking with your head up a little higher. 166 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:39,400 Your shoulders won't be so droopy, 167 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:43,800 you'll be walking tall and feel a sense of pride. 168 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:49,880 Now you have a reason for rising and getting up and going. 169 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:52,240 That's what this episode is all about. 170 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,320 Work to be the person you trust 171 00:09:56,320 --> 00:10:01,080 and work to be the person where people are looking to you 172 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:02,480 and trusting in you. 173 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:05,760 You can be trusted. 174 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:09,520 It can be a hard endeavor, but it's definitely worth it. 175 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:11,560 There's more in episode four, 176 00:10:11,560 --> 00:10:14,440 this is kind of similar to that episode 177 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:16,400 about living and rising for others. 178 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:19,000 It's really similar to that. 179 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:24,000 People are gonna look to you, they're trusting in you, 180 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:28,080 for you to rise each new day that you are given. 181 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:29,640 Well, thank you for tuning in. 182 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:32,080 I hope each episode brings you inspiration 183 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:35,120 to embrace every new day to support this podcast. 184 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:38,280 Consider booking me as a speaker for your next conference, 185 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:40,600 school assembly, youth event, Bible study, 186 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:42,800 or any special occasion where I can share 187 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:45,600 the message of Rising 365. 188 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:47,800 To arrange this simply send me a message 189 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:52,800 or email at rising247365 at gmail.com. 190 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:55,200 Additionally, you can support by liking, sharing, 191 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:58,880 and rating the podcast on your preferred listening platform. 192 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:01,160 Until we meet again, this is Mike Pinier 193 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:04,720 reminding you to rise and seize the gift of a new day. 194 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:23,720 You are destined for this moment.