Substance of Character.

CHARACTER of SUBSTANCE

Many good mornings, for me, include an hour with Kathy Lee Gifford. Today, the words of wisdom read were from Brené Brown. "Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want to experience connection." read by her co-host Hoda Koth.

The two of them spend a short span of time embracing the words of wisdom from their quiet within. Hoda started off saying, "You know when people get hard hearted, and they can't figure out why they can't find something!" Then she cut off from that trail of thought, and said of Kathy Lee Gifford: "I think one of your best traits is there is always a layer of vulnerability; no matter it is..."

Kathy Lee responded: "It's hard to hold on to that through the years, you know, Life has a way of kicking the you know what out of you. But, I think it is important that you develop a tough skin, a really tough skin about the things that don't matter and then keep a tender heart about the things that do."

"You know what kills me now?" she continued. "It's kindness. It used to be cruelty. We've gotten so used to cruelty that I just turn it off, and don't even go there!..."

What she means is that she turns off the television, and she is a television talk show host!

Recognizing the toxicity of the medium her advice and her observations have merit because of her substance. What is within character is the fact within fiction surrounding us, and what else is within character is the substance of the core of ones humanity. ~ Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories [Nov. 21, 2018]

Kathie Lee Gifford & Hoda Kotb !!!!