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Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis presents:

This week on our long-running “Walk the Talk Show” podcast and video series, with awards and millions of views over the years…

Waylon speaks with the Elephant community about not giving up our power. Last week’s podcast was on the theme of reclaiming our power, and this week he digs into this a little more in-depth.

Some folks may ask, “Who cares if I do something environmentally-responsible or not?”

Well, every little thing does matter to someone or something. And, billionaires’ actions matter much more. But, still, too, every little thing we do matters—because there’s billions of us. And, it’s the right thing to do—the kind thing to do.

“Powerlessness is actually convenient for our egos.

The truth is that we have power. Most of us may not have a lot of power, but we have power. We have power to inspire. We have power to upset, and to depress. We have power for neurosis. We have power for sanity…” ~ Waylon H. Lewis

Watch the video:

“We like to blame billionaires—which is 100% appropriate. But the part that I don’t like about that is that we give up our own power. We say, well, what’s the point?

Nihilism is never gonna get us there. Nihilism is almost never helpful, and it’s almost never correct. Like, it actually isn’t accurate. We have a little bit of power to inspire.”

~ Waylon H. Lewis

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“ I feel a little discouraged, sometimes, sharing some of this stuff. But let this just be an exhortation to use your power to keep your own sense of accountability for creating a slightly better world, for inspiring others. What we do does matter—even if it’s only a little bit—that matters a whole lot. Our power to multiply, and to create the thread of the quilt of goodness through our little actions is still there.

And when we give that up, that’s just nihilism.

That’s just selfish. And ultimately it’s not good for us.”  

~ Waylon H. Lewis

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“What I am requesting is participation. Elephant has 13 million fans on social media and millions of readers, but we are only able to bring folks together around caring, fact-based conversation—people who disagree but can do so agreeably or respectfully—if you participate and right now independent media is getting killed by Facebook, et cetera.

They smother and suppress links. So when you go to elephantjournal.com, when you go to elephantjournal.com/best and get our free newsletter, when you go to elephantjournal.com/post and write something and share it—you keep independent media live, but more importantly, you keep respectful conversation, community, and caring facts alive.” ~ Waylon H. Lewis

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