{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Let's Go!","description":"Listener's responses from my request last week: ----- To the many of you who pulled your Subaru\u2019s over last week and emailed me, thank you. For those who don\u2019t know, I had a stroke about two weeks ago and am, thankfully, ok. I walked out of intensive care about twenty-four hours later. Other than a fistful of pills every day, I\u2019m back to normal. And as I said last week, it was close and I got lucky. My request last week was what does this all mean? I got very close, received an enormous outpouring of support, and got stuck on the question, \u201cWhat\u2019s it all mean?\u201d The emails from listeners had three consistent themes: gratitude, the small things, and people. Lara Shows emailed to say \u201cfind joy in every day even in the mundane things\u201d which I tried to put to use in the Atlanta airport Sunday with a delayed flight. I watched the planes come and go, tried to enjoy it versus getting upset about the delay. Lawrence Hughey of Mobile and I exchanged a few emails. He wrote \u201call of us are surrounded everyday by blessings and miracles but we don\u2019t see them. Our vision is faulty and limited. But for you,\u201d Lawrence continued, \u201cI\u2019m betting your vision is greatly improved at this point.\u201d And it is, Lawrence, and I hope to never lose that vision and I know I have to work to keep it. There was Andrew Willis who works at Alabama Public Radio. He began as an intern where one of his first jobs was learning to edit audio content and used my commentaries years ago as practice. He\u2019s now the Assistant Program Director and Radio Producer. His message: \u201cIt\u2019s not about the lifestyle changes that you need to make, but the relationships you have with people. Set aside more time for those relationships. That\u2019s where you really make a difference.\u201d Andrew, I don\u2019t know if I make a difference or not, but I do remember lying on that table in the hospital and telling my wife I\u2019m not ready to die yet. The imagine in my head was of my children and how badly I want to watch them grow up and celebrate all the chapters in their life that lie ahead. I\u2019m not ready to acquiesce that dream yet. And I\u2019ve made some subtle changes with them already. In the movie It\u2019s A Wonderful Life, George Bailey\u2019s guardian angel, Clarence, says, \u201cYou\u2019ve been given a great gift George: A chance to see what the world would look like without you.\u201d I was not given that gift, but I the stroke I had two weeks ago was a big scare. And I\u2019m going to decide it was a gift and see what I can do differently going forward to try to make a difference. My doctors told me to take it easy but get back to living. And all this rumination on life and such along with waves of emotion have been exhausting and they\u2019ve left me feeling a bit melancholy. I\u2019m ready to take my newfound lessons and move forward, renewed. If you offered thoughts for me, I can\u2019t thank you deeply enough. Truly, thank you. Now, let\u2019s get going. I\u2019m Cam Marston and I\u2019m just trying to Keep It Real.   ","author_name":"Keepin' It Real with Cam Marston","author_url":"https:\/\/cammarston.com\/keepin-it-real-with-cam-marston\/","html":"