
“When you realize nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” – Teach Different with Lao Tzu
In this episode, Steve and Dan Fouts dive into a provocative quote from the ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu: “When you realize nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” Joined by returning guest and inspiration behind the Teach Different Method, Jarvis Funches, they unpack the claim of the quote – that true fulfillment comes from within, and that once we recognize our completeness, we gain access to everything life has to offer. They explore the counterclaim of the quote – realizing you lack something could motivate you to grow and improve as a person. Lastly, they explore some essential questions such as, what about those who face real struggles, financial hardships, or systemic barriers? Can you truly feel whole when the world constantly tells you that you’re lacking? How does one know when to act on their feelings of lack or to put them to the side. Whether you agree with Lao Tzu’s wisdom or find yourself questioning it, this conversation is sure to challenge your perspective. Tune in and think differently with us.
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Transcript
Dan Fouts (00:10)
Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Teach Different podcast. We have a Chinese philosopher, Lao Tzu, on deck tonight, and it’s going to be an amazing quote about, well, you know what, I’m going to keep you in suspense. I’m not even going to say what the quote is about until we do our little intro here. We’re going to break down this provocative quote, and we’re going to say what the claim is and what the counterclaim is. Get a little critical thinking going, understanding the world from some competing perspectives. And we’re going to ask some questions. And what’s really cool, I think, about these quotes is that they can come from, in this case, 3, 000 years ago. We are going to be talking about somebody’s wisdom first shared 3, 000 years ago, and it’s just as relevant today. That is the beauty of philosophy. So we’re excited tonight to have Jarvis Funches with us again. And this is, you’ve been with us multiple times. He’s one of the founding, inspiring people of the Teach Different Method, with his experiences with Steve in west side of Chicago, what a story. And so whenever he comes back, it’s just great to see him. So here we go, here’s the quote from Lao Tzu. I’ll say it twice and then Jarvis, you can jump in and share first. When you realize nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you. When you realize nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you. What’s going on here, Jarvis?
Jarvis Funches (01:48)
To be honest, I first want to start off by saying hey to the podcast and all the listeners. I picked this quote because, man, it’s kind of challenging, you know? I really, right off the bat, don’t really have a claim to spark it off. What I do feel that it means, kind of to me, is that, once you kind of become one with yourself, you kind of realize that everything else around you is kind of attachments to you. So in a way, once you learn to be one with yourself, I feel like you don’t become worried about the attachments that’s around you. That’s how I look at it. I don’t know if I’m kind of getting it or if some of the listeners could kind of, you know, understand why I’m saying it. But I feel like he’s basically saying once you become one with yourself, you realize that every other thing in life is basically attachment. So, once you learn how to prioritize yourself, you won’t worry about the little attachment things around you because you’re one. But, it could be very different ways, and maybe people out here, can think differently. So, what do you guys think about that? I don’t know. It’s challenging tonight.
Steve Fouts (02:57)
That’s, you’re, you read it as being one with yourself. Can I put that question to you a little bit? Elaborate on that? I feel like I know what you’re saying, but I’d like to hear it.
Jarvis Funches (03:11)
Okay. So what I mean by being that one with yourself is like let’s knock all the piece stuff out and all that I but once you become a one with yourself is like you understand to yourself. You know your value, you know? You’re basically, you’re stable, in a sense, to where you’re at peace with your life. You understand that you’re the temple, you’re in control. Everything that you can’t control, you have no worry over. But everything you can control, you control. So that’s what I mean by having that, you know, becoming one with yourself is because, like, you know, a lot of people kind of stress about the things that they can’t control in life, like bills, or relations, or even school, or sports, anything like that, you know, people be kind of stressed out about it, but once you understand that you make the sport, you make the clothes or you is the person that’s showing up, then you will become, maybe you approach it at, approach things at a different way. So that’s how, I pick this though, because it’s challenging to me too. So–
Steve Fouts (04:17)
I love it. And you mentioned control. That word control, the things you control, the things you don’t control, that’s part of becoming one with yourself when you realize, alright. So many things happening around me that I don’t have or I need to get to or that are coming at me.
But I’ve got some things that I do control, like my attitude and like the way I see myself. Like you’re saying, like I’m a temple, that is actually in a way it’s finished. It’s perfect. And the minute that you realize that nothing is lacking, okay? So basically saying you’re not missing anything is that, you know, these people that got better clothes and maybe have a better life, you think than you or people that are happier, once you get out of that mode and you realize now, hang on, you’re there. You just have to realize that then all of a sudden the world belongs to you. Like, you have the world, you have your happiness, and I’m gonna, I’ll add this in before Dan, you weigh in. I’ve noticed that the most self assured people, like the ones that you would say maybe are one with themselves, they end up having so many people flock to them. They have the friends. They have the admirers. They have the people that wonder, what’s the secret to your happiness? You’re never worried about stuff. You’re never running around trying to get this or get that. The world actually does come to you in a way when you have that contentment.
Jarvis Funches (06:15)
Yeah, see, exactly. Just you, you see, you explained it perfectly. ‘Cause exactly how you just saying. like, once you realize that you don’t need to chase it, you can allow it to come to you. Then that’s when I feel like you become one with yourself. So that’s what I feel like with this quote, but you said it perfectly. Like, you laid it out on the table. Yeah.
Steve Fouts (06:34)
Chasing. I like that too.
Jarvis Funches (06:36)
Exactly.
Steve Fouts (06:36)
What do you think Dan? What do you think?
Dan Fouts (06:38)
That’s, I think both of you, when you realize nothing is lacking, the world belongs to you. Don’t complain about what you don’t have. You’re not lacking anything. Stop complaining. You’re alive. You’re one with yourself, kind of what you said Jarvis, I don’t know if that was your exact language, but you’re full, your cup is full, and when your cup is full, you radiate happiness to others, and so the world belongs to you, good things come to you if you radiate goodness. You know, it’s easier said than done, of course, because sometimes you have to fight through looking at your life sometimes and saying, man, I don’t have all this stuff. All this stuff has happened to me. I have so many reasons to be miserable, but you can turn that a little bit and just fill it up with the goodness and realize that you have what you need. Then, you know, the happiness will come to you.
Jarvis Funches (07:45)
I like your approach. So in a way I will ask my, you know, or I will ask all of us on the podcast. Let’s look at this as a different approach. Could you read that quote for me one more time, please?
Dan Fouts (07:58)
When you realize nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
Jarvis Funches (08:04)
Okay, now I’m going to think in a simple minded person, when they say once you realize that you’re not lacking. So, how do you realize that you’re not lacking? Or when do you even know, like, what’s lacking? Or why do you feel like that you’re even lacking? Is your competition with other people and I’m just saying I’m still on the quote and It’s still my claim, but it’s just I’m coming from a simple minded person that would just read it and just just go off the quote. So, what would you feel that you’re lacking. You know like is it a lot of competition with people and you feel like that you don’t have what they have? Or is it that you like you feel like you’re lacking ability? Or money, financial stability, like what is it, you know?
Dan Fouts (08:46)
I can jump in Jarvis and speak for other people and me sometimes too. Sometimes the lacking is you never feel you’re good enough. For your parent, for your coach, for your teacher, for your pastor, you’re never good enough. There’s always something that you don’t have that you need. That feeling is that feeling of incompleteness.
Jarvis Funches (09:12)
Wow.
Steve Fouts (09:12)
And if you’re around negative people, they can foster that sense, right? That you don’t have it.
Jarvis Funches (09:21)
Yeah, they can really water that negative, your own negative thought. They can really water your own negative thoughts. That’s crazy. Both you guys did that. That’s crazy.
Steve Fouts (09:31)
Yeah.
Jarvis Funches (09:31)
And man, I like what you said Dan too, though, like just even feeling like you’re lacking not being good enough. Like, that’s why I love this quote. It’s something that plays a part in us that makes us feel that we’re not good enough. And that’s why we really want to get at like, why do we feel that we’re not good enough? Or why do we feel that we’re not capable of being complete? Or why do we always feel incomplete? Like, what is it about humans that always has us feeling that incompletion? You know, I don’t know, ‘cause I feel like that myself too though, and I really truly want to know because maybe somebody can help me, you know, realize something. Cause I do be waking up some days and do be feeling like, man, damn, I’m trying. I know I’m trying. You know, people around me saying that I’m trying, they see I’m trying, but shit, it just felt like it’s not enough. Like, you know, like what am I not doing? So that’s a good point. That’s a good point though.
Steve Fouts (10:27)
Yeah. I mean, I got a real simple example back in, you see their seventh or eighth grade. I tried out for the basketball team. This was on the West coast in Oregon and we were really short growing up, Jarvis, like the age I met you, your age when you were like 15, 16, we were like five feet. Okay, and then we ended up growing like a foot in high school. Okay. But we love basketball. And in the eighth grade, I was even shorter than five feet, but I went out for the team and I just said, you know what, I’m going to do this. I don’t really care if I make it or not. That’s what I kept saying to myself. But then I made it through the first cut and then the last cut happened and I got cut and then I remember that was a little devastating there for a little bit, okay? I did feel lackey. Like, I felt like, what did I, why am I not on that team? Like, what is it? What is someone trying to say to me? And, and here’s what ends up happening, I think, to a lot of people. It happened to me. You end up thinking that, like, I don’t know, God, fate, there’s some reason that somebody is telling you that you’re not good enough. And you start, like, getting really serious with it. And you start thinking that it means something about you that you’re not going to be good at things and you’re not going to, you’re not going to be good enough and you just, I don’t know that, that’s, that’s mine. And I remember I was crying in the bathroom or something. My dad came down and I locked the bathroom and I was like, I think –
Dan Fouts (12:23)
I wasn’t. I wasn’t laughing, was I?
Steve Fouts (12:26)
You may have been, but look, it lasted like a day or two days because, you know, we had good parents, right? And they were picking us up always. And I also had other stuff I was doing. And I probably also was telling myself like, I don’t need that team. You know, like whatever, hey, whatever it takes to get rid of that feeling that you’re lacking at something. And then all of a sudden, you’re good. Right? I was. I was. But, that’s my little story. I mean, it’s simple.
Jarvis Funches (12:57)
Maybe, I be feeling like, and I’m glad you said that because like, man, like I said, I do wake up and feel like I ain’t good enough at things though. But, like I was saying earlier, just becoming one with yourself. You have to realize, slow down, stop, pay attention for a moment. This is what I tell myself, you could get caught up in your everyday traffic. To where you’ll lose thought of your own motion. Like you’ll become on autopilot, that’s what I say to people. You’ll be trained to do something so much to where you’re not even really thinking. You’re just doing it because you’re so used to doing it. So I tell myself, stop, pay attention, and move with intention. So now, I don’t be feeling, I do still feel like I be lacking, but I move with intention now. I don’t compare myself to other people. I don’t look at other people’s lanes or how fast they’re going or how slow they’re going. I focus on what I got in front of me. And I have to be intentional with my focus. So that’s why I really want to tell other people like that’s something that I do to try to stop that doubt or lack. But it’s still like sometimes it’s just still overbearing ‘cause it’s like it’s always on your shoulder. Like it’s always chipping like it’s it get get overbearing in the brain like I don’t know.
Steve Fouts (14:16)
No, I’m, Dan, do you got something to share?
Dan Fouts (14:22)
I’m ready for the counterclaim.
Steve Fouts (14:23)
Alright, go for it.
Dan Fouts (14:26)
Here’s the quote, when you realize nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you. When you realize something is lacking, the world belongs to you. The idea being there’s something for you to improve on and you can use your free will and your efforts and your energy to conquer something you never thought you could conquer. That’s the world belongs to you at the end of that day.
Jarvis Funches (14:56)
That’s true. That’s when you learn your greatest weakness. You become great at your weakness. I do. I truly agree with that Dan, I truly do. Because once you do realize that you lacking at something, then you start to work at it, work at it and work at it and work at it. Your work ethic becomes amazing in that field. So now you’re undefeatable. So I, man, that’s a great counterclaim. That’s a great kind thing. What you think, Mr. Fouts?
Steve Fouts (15:20)
That’s really good. Yeah, I agree with what both of you are saying. Because like, look, when you’re incomplete and you get motivated to get better at something that’s pushing you. And if you’re walking around all day, just saying I’m good, it doesn’t matter what’s going to happen.
Jarvis Funches (15:52)
That’s being delusional. That’s being delusional. That’s not a work ethic. That’s delusion. You’re training your brain to think that you’re good at something that you put no work ethic into. That becomes delusion. You’re delusional. It’s time for the crazy house at that point.
Steve Fouts (16:14)
I love delusional. I didn’t think of that word, but you’re right.
Jarvis Funches (16:17)
I mean, that’s what it is. You’re making your own reality. Like there’s nothing wrong with it, but you’re forcing yourself to live in a reality. That’s just not compatible. Like, it’s not compatible. You can’t walk around saying I’m the best teacher ever–saying
Dan Fouts (16:35)
You mean when you’re saying, you’re forcing yourself to live in a new reality when you’re saying that nothing is lacking? So I would also say that you’re living in a another reality if you’re saying things are lacking.
Jarvis Funches (16:51)
That’s what I’m saying. Like that’s what I was saying, like once you realize that something is lacking, and like Mr. Fouts was saying, once you realize something is lacking, but you still wake up in the morning not working on it, but you keep forcing yourself saying I’m good at it, I’m good at it, I’m good at it. You become delusional, and that’s where it becomes bad because now that’s self sabotage, that’s self sabotage. Because, yeah. You, bro, you know you, that’s just like me saying, like, let me say, we playing basketball. I know I can’t dribble a basketball, but I keep saying, I’m Kyrie Irving, and I get out there on the court and I don’t know what I’m doing.That’s delusion.
Steve Fouts (17:27)
Then you’re blindsided.
Jarvis Funches (17:29)
Exactly. You’re not even blindsided, you ignorant to your choices. You ignorant to your knowledge. You know, personally, you cannot do that, but you still want to act like you can. That’s people being ignorant to their knowledge. You being ignorant. Like, come on, like, let’s not do that.
Steve Fouts (17:43)
I got another take on it. In addition to being delusional, think of fear of rejection or how about this? Like, go back to my basketball analogy. I didn’t make the team. So I sit there and I guess this is a form of delusion, but I sit there and I say to myself, man, I didn’t want to make that team anyway. And all of a sudden you’re like, you’re taking your dreams and your aspirations and your goals, and you’re starting to like set them lower or even get rid of them, you know, because–
Jarvis Funches (18:19)
Or you make them, or you start to make them seem like they never existed because you got rejected. But, and I ain’t gonna, and I’m glad you said that because that stops a lot of people with this counterclaim. Even if you do find out that you lack it, or even if you never found out that you lack it. Or even if you do become at peace yourself. What we tell in the podcast is never become delusional about the choices that you make, or never become delusional about the things that you go through, like, please, let the quotes be what they mean, like, if you find out you’re lacking in the field, become better at it. Don’t just find out you’re lacking at it and don’t do nothing about it and neglect the situation because then you’re gonna still go through what you go through. Now, If you not lacking at something, but you is, well, let’s just say you feel like you’re not lacking at something, but you’re lacking at everything. We can’t do that because that’s being delusional. You’re neglecting responsibility. You’re neglecting your knowledge. You’re neglecting, you’re neglecting good choices at all times doing that. So I got just man like, I don’t know. We go, I don’t know. But I’m like, I don’t know. That’s my counterclaim against it though. Even if you do find out you’re lacking at something, you need to work at it. And if you feel like that you’re not lacking in something, but you’re worse at everything, you can’t be delusional, man. Like, you gotta really, like, correspond to yourself and understand what you’re going through.
Dan Fouts (19:44)
So what’s a good, what’s a, yeah, go ahead, Steve.
Steve Fouts (19:46)
No, build an essential question, Dan. I’m feeling like you’re thinking the same thing.
Dan Fouts (19:52)
Question. when you realize nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you. Well, I’m thinking of a question.
Steve Fouts (20:06)
Let me go with what Jarvis has already said about how do you know you’re lacking at something and how important is it? What criteria are you using? You could just see that you could be 5’4 and say, I am never going to make the basketball team and you’re lacking, and you could be trying to make the basketball team and you’re 5’4 and that could be a year, you know, a life of frustration. But you could also, so that might be something where you shouldn’t worry about something that you’re lacking in. But then there are other things like knowledge. If you feel like you’re lacking in knowledge, don’t be shy, you know, don’t give up on that one. You know, that’s something that you could, you can be humble and keep learning control.
Dan Fouts (20:59)
You can control, you can control it.
Steve Fouts (21:00)
Yeah. There you go. That there’s a good criteria if you can control it. Yeah, go with that.
Dan Fouts (21:07)
Well, but again, even if you can control it, and it requires so much of your energy at the expense of other things, it still might be not worth it. I don’t have an example specifically. Here’s another question. How do I become at peace with myself?
Jarvis Funches (21:27)
Boom. Now, that’s sharp and I’m glad you asked that question. And when a podcast member’s ask and they’re listening on that, how do you know, or how do you even become at peace with yourself? That’s a real battle to fight. That’s a real battle to fight. Because at that point, like we keep saying, you’re gonna have to face some real demons. And to be honest, I feel like, you create your own demons. So once you’re facing your own demons, that’s why I always say a lot of people don’t want to sit by theyself. Or they can’t sit with theyself. Because you can’t, a lot of people that’s horrible people, you can’t live and sit by yourself and just think about all the horrible stuff you done did to people. And a lot of you will see a lot of people always trying to be around other people, like misery, y’all loves company, y’all like to make other people feel miserable because you’re miserable, because you can’t live with your own choices in life, so now you trying to make everybody else miserable. But that’s what people do though, so, that’s true though, my question to be, is, to my whole podcast, to everybody out there like, even when you find that you is lacking, you know, when do you do something about it? Cause I’m lacking at some stuff right now, man. I still be putting it on postponement, so when you find out that you lack it, like, when do you really start to do something about it? Right away? Or, would you still neglect it? Like I’m doing. I know it’s wrong, but, I feel like it can wait. But, I don’t know.
Steve Fouts (22:57)
That’s one, I would say, and I know what you mean. That’s one where, if it keeps surfacing, like, whatever you got in your mind, Jarvis, You brought it up now, you know, and here we are and we’ve got our podcast listeners. The fact that you’re even putting it out there in the universe means that it’s something that is real, you know, and it’s something that probably has more credence than some other things that you don’t care about that are easy just to like stop thinking about. It’s like if you’re doing it every day, that’s the sign.
Jarvis Funches (23:35)
That’s the sign to go with it.
Steve Fouts (23:38)
Yeah, go with it. And then, then the question becomes, okay, so now you feel like you’re lacking in something. So what direction do you go? Do you say to yourself, can I control it or can I not control it? I’m not gonna feel like I’m lacking anymore. That’s unwise. I’m gonna put that aside and bury it. Or do I use that as my motivation? I’ve been feeling a lack in this and it’s not going away. That’s the sign that I do need to pursue that and address it. And it’s important to me enough to do it.
Jarvis Funches (24:20)
Yeah, see, I think, yeah, okay, I think I’m just gonna pursue it and do it. I ain’t gonna lie, cause like, see, hearing it from, hearing it come out of somebody else’s mouth, like from a different point of perspective a little bit, it just made me, yeah, I’m just gonna do it. I don’t know, thank, for answering my question.
Steve Fouts (24:34)
Yeah, there you go. No, I mean, I don’t –
Jarvis Funches (24:38)
‘Cause you made it clear, though, like, it do keep surfacing. Like, it do keep surfacing, but like, I always, like, when it surface, I be like, I–
Dan Fouts (24:45)
You know, a good question to ask in this conversation, if you’re using it with students or any group is what are, what are you lacking right now? What are your feelings of lacking? That’d be a good way to get the crowd, if you’re working with a crowd to share some things that they’re struggling with. And I bet that there would be people struggling with it together. It wouldn’t be an isolated thing that would be, yeah, I like, you know?
Jarvis Funches (25:18)
Exactly what you’re saying Dan, I get exactly what you’re saying. Like, once you ask everybody what they feel like they lacking and once a couple people come out and start sharing, then everybody will get to share because they feel comfortable because like we want everybody on the podcast to know, like, nobody’s perfect. And we want you guys to feel comfortable with asking any questions that you want or no questions a stupid question. That’s how I truly feel because you know, you want to know a question, you want to know the knowledge to it. So like we all share things. So y’all come on, ask any questions or anything, you know, just ask them, feel free to do it, you know, but I love what you were saying though, Dan. And I feel like that’s perfect for the community too, as well, not just as students and you know, peers, but for the community though, for us all to come together and realize, okay, I’m lacking at this but, okay, you good at that and you lacking at this, but I’m good at that. So let’s just swap. It’s more like trade. Let’s just swap. I’ll teach you something you’re bad at and you’ll teach me something I’m better at. And then that way we’ll be both good at both play fields, you know? So I like that.
Dan Fouts (26:14)
With a little humility. Go ahead, Steve.
Steve Fouts (26:17)
Can I take that just a little deeper before we wrap up here?
Jarvis Funches (26:21)
Yeah, for sure. For sure.
Steve Fouts (26:22)
I think if you ask that question to people, what are you lacking? You have got to be ready to get some real, deep emotional stuff potentially and I’m talking about, I’m talking about things like love. You know, somebody who’s watching over you who seems to care about you and is willing to put up with you. Like if that if you’re feeling that, especially if you’re young, you know, you’re that’s gonna be a hard one to voice, but there’s so many people that go through that. And here’s this one beautiful thing about conversations, if you get people testifying to this, and admitting this, and you hear someone else with that lack, that has a lack that’s similar to yours, that can be a source of build, right there. Like, you could, is that what you were saying Jarvis? Like, that’s the trade you could give. Like, you know what? I care about you. I want to hear about what you have to say. If you feel that lack, you know, I never knew you felt that way, you know, so–
Jarvis Funches (27:37)
Exactly you see what I’m saying? It’s just corresponding, the communication like with anything like if you made me feel comfortable you Mr. Fauts, you Dan, just like y’all do you know if you made me feel comfortable to come to you and actually tell you like what, I’m going through personally and actually get real advice from you as a friend, a father, a teacher, whatever role that I’m coming to you as, and I’m coming up, I feel like that’s a big duty. It may not be a big duty to others, but I’m trusting you with something personal that I’m going through, and this is really triggering my emotions, so, if it’s triggering my emotions, then, and I’m coming to you with it, you know, like, I trust you with it, I mean, like, you know, so, I feel like, yeah, like, and it creates a sense of companionship, too, with people, too, because they understand not only your feelings, but where you’re coming from. You know what I’m saying? They just gotta listen to you. They actually understand what you’re going through. And you guys can help each other, because you may have some experience, Mr. Fauts, or you may have experience, Dan, that either one of us don’t have and we can just share it with each other and it’s just it’s gonna be amazing It’s gonna be a mind blowing thing cuz like wow, I didn’t know this but Dan taught me this and then I didn’t know that but hey Mr. Fauts told me that you know, we just sharing knowledge with each other and that’s how we’re supposed to be.
Dan Fouts (28:57)
Which is why the conversations are, these have emotional and rational benefits and thinking benefits emotional benefits binding us together, realizing that as humans, we are all the same in so many ways, we just don’t acknowledge it because we don’t share it. And, you know, if we want to, if we want to have conversations across different ethnicities and races and religions, let’s talk about some themes that we can all connect with exactly and, and be vulnerable together. Then we’re connected. Then we’re not thinking these things. We are literally lacking. We won’t be lacking anything. We’ll have understanding.
Jarvis Funches (29:41)
My best thing of sharing with people or my best way of even communicating with different races, different people around me, anything, I always say that we family because I truly believe in that. And like my example, if I was a teacher and I had a classroom with different races, I got a whole classroom, bunch of different people. If I approach all my students as a family member, number one, they’ll be comfortable to explain their fears and to explain their doubts because I’m approaching myself as a family member. Like, we family, even though I’m your teacher, we family. It’s probably some stuff at home you’re going through that your parents can’t help you with that I can help you with. Look, we family. Just come to me and we can do this as a team. See, once you connect, and I’ll, that’s my example, like, if I connected with all my students like that, don’t matter white, black, masculine, don’t matter the race. I feel like I’ve, that’s the powerhouse. Those the greatest rulers. My whole classroom feel comfortable enough to come to me and tell me what they’re going through, and not only is they comfortable to tell me what they’re going through, they make my job easy, because guess what? They not coming to school giving me a problem to learn. They not coming in here giving me all the back talk, because guess what, we family, we all know what we here to do. We here to work, we here to graduate, we here to work as a team, hell, we here to be successful baby. You know, let’s do it.
Steve Fouts (30:58)
And the world belongs to us.
Jarvis Funches (31:00)
And once you get that type of mentality in your classroom, you’ll run it, you gonna be the best teacher in the world, you gonna be the best teacher in the school, everybody gonna love you.
Dan Fouts (31:08)
And just to kind of, to wrap up on the right note Jarvis, I love the spirit, it can all start with a quote. And that’s what, that’s what this conversation method is all about. How do you reach into people’s souls and hearts? You challenge them to think and to feel and to share. And then when you do that, all good things in the world come. The world belongs to us.
Steve Fouts (31:32)
Yeah, there you go.
Jarvis Funches (31:33)
Once you live in harmony, the world belongs to you.
Dan Fouts (31:36)
Right. Well, thanks everybody for listening. This hopefully was an inspiring episode. I mean, these are such great, big ideas. When you realize nothing is lacking, the world belongs to you. Look what that’s created here. So we hope you enjoy it and join us on the next Teach Different podcast. Have a great night.
Steve Fouts (31:56)
All right.