President Roosevelt's "day in infamy" and Winston Churchill's "never surrender" are two famous speeches setting the tone for today's show. We share a story from our past that I’m simply calling, the great American meltdown of NYC! Today we pursue unity through a story.

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Show Content:

• Perhaps the greatest scripture in the Bible about taking a timeout is James 1:19, “Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.”  
• This is the essence of what it means to take a timeout.  
1. This is yet another verse in Scripture we need to live out by taking a timeout when we get upset.  
2. It might be the best way of protecting your relationship from the four risk factors of divorce!
• The best way to truly understand this concept...NYC and the great American meltdown!
1. Amy just wanted to connect with her old friend
2. I freaked out
3. Do you remember what you said to me?
• If we hadn’t taken a timeout, if I hadn’t done what we teach you to do during a timeout, I never would have gotten the insight I experienced.
• We will finish the story in the Pursue Oneness online experience! Don’t hate me.  But you’ve got to get the course if you want to:
1. Know what major insight I had on the ferry to Staten Island
2. Learn how to take a healthy timeout
3. The exact things you must do during a timeout
4. Those specific questions you need to ask yourself during the timeout in order to keep it from being used for evil