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So, our speaker of today is Dr. Lyanna Cart. Dr. Lyanna Cart is a 1987 graduate of Life University College of Chiropractic, and since 1990, she has been the proud owner of Northwest Chiropractic, serving the people of Atlanta. She has served her community and the Chiropractic profession with great distinction for many years as a member of the board of directors of the Georgia Chiropractics. In 2012, Dr. Cart served as president, from 2017 to 2018, and currently serves as Treasurer. Dr. Cart is the chair of the GCA political action committee, a position she has held since 2015. Dr. Cart was appointed to the Life University Board of Trustees in 2017 and currently serves as chair of the development committee of the board. She is also a member of the Life University President’s Circle and a regular financial contributor to Life University. You may have seen her name on the plaques recognizing benefactors at the Lasting Purpose Fountain in the Radiology positioning lab, as well as the electronic donor board in Socrates Cafe. She is chair of the William M. Harris Family Foundation and was recently appointed to the Cobb County Foundation board. Dr. Cart has received numerous awards for her service and dedication, and I don’t want to go over the whole list because I’d like to leave some time for the presentation; but I’ll name a few. She has been named Outstanding Georgia Citizen from the Secretary of State of Georgia; she was 1996 Hispanic Business of the Year; she’s a Life Ambassador of Life University; she was Atlanta’s Top Doctor from Atlanta Magazine; and finally, but not least, she was the Georgia Chiropractic Association’s Chiropractor of the Year award. So ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Dr. Lyanna Cart.
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Welcome. This morning, we celebrate International Women Chiropractors of Life University—that’s girl power—and we’re going to celebrate the remarkable contributions of women in Chiropractic from the very beginning. Women have played a vital role in the evolution and success of our profession. And why do we pick June 5th? This is a good trivia question: that’s Mabel Palmer’s birthday, the first lady of Chiropractic. Not only was Mabel B.J.’s wife, the father of Chiropractic, but she was also a pioneering woman in Chiropractic history. She taught Anatomy for over four decades and was responsible for starting the Chiropractic sorority Alpha Sigma Kai. As we celebrate today, we embody the spirit of Lasting Purpose, our school’s core values, reflecting on the significant achievements within the Life University family and the countless women who have shaped our institution from its founding to the present day. We honor their dedication, innovation, and the enduring impact all of these women have made on the world. Did you know that Minora Paxton, in 1910, earned her degree from Palmer College, becoming the first female chiropractor in the world? So women have been in Chiropractic from the inception. Another pioneering woman, Dr. Anna Foy, was the first doctor of Chiropractic to receive a license. Now, Mabel Palmer was a Trailblazer in her own right. She always believed that chiropractic offered women a unique opportunity to serve.
So ladies and gentlemen, we have a rich, inspiring history to celebrate today, and we stand on the shoulders of greatness, including the co-founder Dr. Nell Williams, the mother of Life University. I remember listening to her at assembly, and she was fierce, powerful, and an advocate for women in Chiropractic. So my hope today is that you get inspired by the fierce women that belong to Life University and are going to address you today. Lasting Purpose: today we honor the legacy and the accomplishments of the wonderful women of Life University, recognizing their vital roles that women have played and continue to play in the advancing field of Chiropractic. A special thank you to President Scott for joining us today, and a very, very special thank you to Dr. Lamar and his fabulous staff, Emily and Brooke, who have helped me tremendously to put this program together. And I would like to welcome some of the VIP guests we have here today. This woman needs no introduction. If you don’t know her, please know her; get to know her: Sunshine Ribbly. She is the goddess of sunshine of Life University. I’m so happy you are here. Thank you, Sunshine. We love you. You are such an inspiration to so many women. A warm welcome to our state representative who is a chiropractor from Life University, the first chiropractor to become a Georgia state representative: my dear friend, State Representative Dr. Karen Mathak. Thank you for all you do for Life University. Another female you all need to get to know. And a heartfelt thank you to my former state representative, Eric Allen, who is not only my chiropractic patient but an advocate for Life University. Hopefully, he will be the next Cobb County Commissioner. Thank you, Eric, for coming today. I’d like to acknowledge Provost Dr. Janna Holwick. Thank you, thank you for coming today. And of course, Dr. Leslie King, Vice President of Academic Affairs. Thank you very much for coming and showing your support. These women have great accomplishments through Lasting Purpose values. And for all of you attending today, we have a special gift: we have a very special Chiropractic pin that is only given to Life University students, and you can receive one at the Georgia Chiropractic Association table right there in the corner. And I would like that you would wear that as a symbol of pride in women and Life University. So pick that up before you leave today, please. Now, is Antoine Mercer here? Well, he is the scholarship recipient that we have through the Georgia Club, and I just wanted to acknowledge his wonderful work on that. And we do have some wonderful student clubs here today, so get involved in a club because learning how to serve while you’re a student is going to tremendously set a strong foundation for the field that you’re about to enter, and it will help you change lives. I want to introduce the Student Life Force president, Valerie Oor Rico. Are you here? Okay. Well, we love Life Force; it’s a great opportunity for all students to get involved in serving. Um, we also have the president of Women’s Chiropractic Club, Chrysanthia Rodriguez. Are you here? There she is. Go visit her at the table. And of course, we have the president of SAPKA, Zoria Marber. Are you here? Well, go visit the table. Yes, for sure. These are wonderful ways to get involved and living Lasting Purpose before you graduate. Now, let’s get on with the speakers, ’cause we’ve got a great lineup. Netflix is already called, and they want us on. Okay, now there’ll be no signing of autographs today. Our first speaker—oh God, I’m so proud of her—and let me tell you a little bit about her. You all know her, and we love her for everything she’s done for our University. Jamie—Jamie Pendas—is the athletic director, and she has—has had—more remarkable growth, adding 14 new varsity teams and expanding the athletic department to over 600 athletes. For me, it’s incredible to watch this as a young student—student—where we only had rugby, to see how Chiropractic is impacting sports and peak performance shows the world so much how they need us. Under her leadership, our athletic team has grown to be the largest athletic program in metro Atlanta. Life University athletes achieved unparalleled success, securing 14 individual national championships, 14 team national championships, and 57 All-American honors. I’m never going to work out with any of them, but I love all of them, both the men and women’s Premier 7 Rugby teams, clenched the national championship, and this is a historic first for Life University. Under Jamie’s dedication to excellence, this has all gone on, you know, honoring the legacy of rugby is close to my heart; that is all we had here during my student days, and I just—I know Dr. Sid is watching this today. When I see these women in the audience, I am just so proud of everything they have done. There they are, so from Life U Rugby, we have powered the world’s largest University College of Chiropractic, and we are indebted to you internally, and I hope that all of you—all of you—become chiropractors. So it is with great honor that I call to the stage Jamie…
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Pendas.
All right, good morning, everybody. I’m really grateful to be here, and um, really grateful for you all for investing in such a meaningful profession. Our vision is not only that our student athletes compete for national championships, but also that they leave Life University with a really meaningful student-athlete experience, and an experience that they carry with them past their Life U days. And one of the things that we’ve been really intentional about is the way that sports chiropractic intersects with that vision. And so, um, our integration into the daily lives of our student athletes aids their performance, but also encourages them—encourages them—to be lifelong advocates of chiropractic care. So the four areas that we’ve really focused on is increased focus on pregame and sideline presence for our sports chiropractors, with a focus on performance; the use of Chiropractic in conjunction with our athletic care staff in both injury rehab and prevention; expanded clinic hours to fit our busy student-athlete needs for routine maintenance; and Chiropractic screening during physicals to help identify issues that could potentially impact student-athlete performance. I know student athletes really appreciate the Chiropractic resources available to them, and I’m sure that they would echo my gratitude for you all for your investment in such a great profession. So, so thank you very, very, very much for what you do. Um, I’m also here and super excited. I get the honor and just privilege—not every institution gets to be able to watch such strong, accomplished, talented females compete in sports every single day—and um, so so back on April 14th, our women’s rugby program played the national championship game against Lindenwood, um, for the sixth year in a row. Okay. In a press release the day before the game by USA Rugby, the opening line of that press release read: “Since 2018, two universities have ruled the women’s Elite bracket of College rugby: the Lindenwood Lions and the Life University Running Eagles.” And their social media post that went with that press release read: “Chapter six of this epic story kicks off April 14th.” Epic was the best way to describe this game. After going down 17-0, fighting back, trading tries, um, we took our first lead of the game with less than 2 minutes left, um, and we captured Life University’s very first women’s 15’s National Championship. So give a round of applause. I think—you know, if I can speak to this group directly—but you know, to wake up every morning and be a college athlete is one thing, but to do it at the very highest level that your sport offers is a completely different thing. And to compete for—for—a national championship is—is so impressive, but to compete for six straight is—is that’s just a really tough standard to maintain year over year. Um, to come up a bit short—I think this is something we can all relate to in life, right?—to come up a bit short in that championship game year in and year out, but still show up every single day with a chip on your shoulder and a belief that this is our year is truly inspiring. And it was a really great privilege that I—I got to travel with you all and kind of see the pream—the pre-pre—the—the practice the day before, and just to see that chip on your shoulder and to see that mentality that you went into Sunday with, it was just really inspiring. And I was recently at a leadership conference by Dr. Sam Chan, and he said, “Success is never owned but rented, and rent is due every single day.” And I think this team sitting in front of you today is just the epitome of that demonstration, and I’m just really, really, really proud that you all are representing Life University. Um, so if we could just have everybody, please—if you could please stand and join me in celebrating our very first 15’s National Champion Rugby team.
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Thank you. Thank you very much. Oh, it’s so great to have all of you here. Dr.—our next um, speaker—oo, this is girl power. I’m just getting emotional from this. Our next speaker, Dr. Stephanie Sullivan—uhoh, oh no—okay, received her Bachelor of Biology from Kennesaw State. She earned her D.C. degree right here at Life U, and her PhD is in Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of Georgia. Somebody asked me what that meant; that meant she’s like smarter than everybody in the room, and we need smart. Dr. Sullivan’s research currently focuses on brain-based autonomic changes following Chiropractic care, particularly exploring the role of Chiropractic for stress resilience among active-duty and veteran military service members and first responders. Welcome to the stage, Dr. Stephanie…
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Sullivan.
Well, first of all, thank you all so much for the opportunity to be here. Uh, we—we kind of get in our little—what we call our happy research bubble—so anytime anybody invites us to be able to share what we do, then it really is an amazing opportunity. Now, what I wanted to talk to you about today is something that’s nearly ubiquitous in society today, and it has a lot of long-lasting consequences, not only for the individual but for our future generations. And this is something that the World Health Organization has even referred to as an epidemic. And this condition affects women mostly, but it also affects men almost as much, and that condition is stress. I mean, as students—where you all just got through midterms—did you have a little bit of stress in your lives? Yeah. So y’all are ready for some statistics, right? So let me just let you know that that you’re in good company because based on these statistics, there’s a lot of individuals that are going through this with you. So, for example, 62% of women and 51% of men aged 18 to 34 experience stress most days. I want that to stand out: most days. They are completely overwhelmed by stress is what they report. It’s a lot of individuals. 76% of us adults say that stress in the past month has impacted their health. 46% of individuals under 35 say they cannot even function because of stress—46%—that’s nearly one in two. Maybe some of you had to really fight to get out of bed on the days that you had your midterms. And for me, this is the really scary part: one in three children under the age of 18 are already demonstrating physical manifestations of stress. To me, that’s scary. And I remember—so much of stress is about perception—because when individuals perceive that stress affects their health a lot, they’re four times more likely to have reports of poor health. And when this is the really scary one: when individuals report having a lot of stress and perceive that it impacts their health, it increases their risk of death by 43%. That’s—that’s crazy. Now, stress is a risk factor for so many other things, right? So depression has increased. Individuals under the age of 24: 16% of them are clinically diagnosed with depression, and stress is actually a risk factor for ADHD and autism. So women who are pregnant and individuals—children in the first couple years of their life—stress—living with stress—is a risk factor for ADHD and autism. Have those rates increased? Ian, do you hear it in the news that autism rates have increased 300%? It’s a lot. So I know that’s kind of some negative news, but I want to tell you that you’re in the right place for some hope. First of all, Chiropractic has been shown to change regions of the brain, especially the prefrontal cortex, most impacted by stress. And your prefrontal cortex is so important because it’s what helps you say no to Netflix and binge-watching; it’s what helps you pay attention in class; it’s what helps you make the proper decisions. So that’s your prefrontal cortex, and that’s the area most impacted by stress, and it’s where Chiropractic is showing remarkable changes in the brain. But beyond Chiropractic, there’s something else that’s unique to Life University that provides a stress—stress buff—I can’t talk—stress buffer, and that’s Lasting Purpose: to give, to do, to love, to serve out of a sense of abundance or out of one’s own abundance. So being with research, then of course I want to share some research with you, right? So let’s look at—to give. So first of all, whether you give of your time, of your talent, of your treasure, then giving has been shown to actually change levels of cortisol in the body. So it can decrease levels of cortisol just by the act of giving, and cortisol is the stress hormone. So it’s the hormone that actually—if you’re feeling a little anxious or overwhelmed—then that’s often because of cortisol. It can also increase—whenever you give, then it actually increases the good endorphins like serotonin, which helps—which helps with mood—like dopamine, that helps with sense of pleasure or it’s associated with reward; oxytocin, that cuddle hormone; there’s even reports of a helper’s high. So for individuals who give and who serve, then there’s this kind of helper’s high that even helps dampen the symptoms of depression. And with brain-based studies, then individuals who give actually show changes in what’s in an area of the brain called the temporoparietal junction, and that area—not only is it associated with social connections—but it’s actually a connection point within your brain and that helps you determine a sense of self. It’s been part of this theory of mind that’s starting to emerge in the Neuroscience literature. So giving can make a positive impact on your response to stress and on your life. So to do—so what’s the opposite of to do? Well, it’s to procrastinate. And there’s been a lot of studies on procrastination, and I think we can all kind of admit that procrastination, especially when it’s a little chronic, can have a negative impact on your health. Well, procrastination—so the balance between doing and procrastination is really a balance between your prefrontal cortex and your limbic system—that primitive brain always wants to kind of protect you—so it’s a—this constant battle. So whenever you take action, whenever you move forward, you’re strengthening that to-do area of your brain and dampening that responsive, reactive area of your brain. To love—I think to love speaks for itself—there’s so many health benefits from living from a point of love and abundance, and that not only does it help your overall health and your immune system, but it actually changes your brain as well, and it can have a protective effect. So when individuals were put in an fMRI machine and they looked at images of love and affection, it actually decreased the response of the amygdala when they later looked at brain changes that were of a negative—or when they looked at images that were negative in presentation. So there’s a protective effect of just living from that loving mindset in your brain. To serve—serving is very similar to giving; it impacts cortisol—but here’s the cool part: in a study by Hannah and colleagues, they actually showed that when an individual volunteers—whenever they serve—then it dampens the relationship between daily stressors and cortisol output. So, for example, whenever you volunteer, regardless of the number of stressors that you’ve had in the day, your cortisol didn’t increase just because of that perspective on serving. And then abundance is the same way. So abundance itself—when you look at the brain—it changes in the area of the prefrontal cortex, and it has that protective effect. When you live from a state of abundance versus scarcity, it really does make an impact on your brain. So here’s the bottom line: stress is something that’s a part of life, especially life at Life U, where you have midterms and finals and things like that. But at Life University, you’ve been given some keys to help unlock your resilience to stress, and that’s living a life of Lasting Purpose and that’s the chiropractic care that you’re learning to provide to your patients. You all are the future of our profession and even of our world. So I—I hope you take this to heart—take to heart what you’re learning here at Life University because it really can make a difference, not only to you but to our future generations. Because, “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including yourself.” That’s a quote by Anne Lamott. So take some time for yourself, be mindful of stress, and remember Lasting Purpose. And if at any point you’re interested in research, please reach out, and we’d be happy to share this information with you. You can reach us at cc.life.edu. Thank you so much for your time and attention.
That was awesome. Thank you, Dr. Sullivan. Immediately following assembly, for all the guests, we will have photos and a reception, so please don’t leave. Our next speaker, Dr. Amber Jackson, who is a familiar face from her student days to being an esteemed colleague now. From her early days at assembly to her active involvement as a member of the Georgia Chiropractic Association, I’m so proud of her. She has been a force of positive change in our community. She’s the hostess of the Chiropractic Connection podcast, paving a new path for doctors in Georgia, and we’re thrilled to announce her latest role as a senior clinical research liaison. Um, so you can always find her on campus if you need a little pep in your step. She’s solidifying her commitment to the advancement of research in our field, and it’s such a pleasure to welcome Dr. Amber Jackson to the stage.
All right, good morning. Good morning. All right, so…quarters 1 through 4, I don’t know y’all…hello. I’m Dr. Amber Jackson. Is where you—where you guys at? Show me your hands. Oh, welcome. How’s it going? Yeah, okay. I love that response. If you don’t know yet about me, so you guys are in for a little bit of a ride. It’s going to be like—have you ever been to Disney? It’s like that ride Everest where you’re like on the track; it’s kid-friendly; it slopes and turns, and then all of a sudden the damn Yeti jumps out and breaks the track away, and then you’re like, “Oh my God, we’re going backwards, and I don’t know what’s happening,” but then it like mellows out, and you’re okay, and you had fun, right? Yeah, that’s Chiropractic school. So welcome. Okay, quarter 5 and up, how’s it going? It—it—it got real, didn’t it? CL scale, Ortho, student clinic, outpatient, and then boards. How’s it going, y’all? Okay. Dr. Sullivan talked about stress, so I—I—I know your heart’s pounding a little bit when I mentioned some of these things. You guys are probably stressed about some exams right now. You’ll be all right; just—just—just hold on a little bit longer. So today, like the lady said, we are talking about Lasting Purpose. You hear it all the time, but—but I’m just going to kind of give it to you from my perspective, as I still see it from your perspective because I was in your chairs not that long ago. It’s only about like three or four years ago that I was at my last assembly—maybe it was five because I was here during COVID. All right, so let’s get into it. Okay, to give: give what—time, money, energy? How about just giving to yourself? You guys chose to be here, so if you don’t give yourself some grace, it’s going to be really difficult to get through this journey. I just want you to give yourself a chance to try to do something different. Once you start giving yourself a little bit of grace, giving yourself a little bit of time, putting the energy into your classes or on campus, you’re going to feel a whole lot better. Then you can give that back to the world once you leave here. That’s the give. We’re trying to create amazing doctors, not just any doctors—chiropractors—we kind of win the superlative for like give, you know, category, like that’s our thing. So we care about people. So I need you to understand what it means to give. Okay, so to do: do what—anything. Do something. Do you. I don’t care what that is; just do something different. I told you this last time when I was at assembly: do something different today than you’ve ever done before. I want you to think about what—like—think about childhood when your parents told you, “Hey, I need you to go do this or do that,” and you’re like, “I don’t really want to do it,” but you did it anyways. That’s what school is going to be like, and sometimes that’s what the profession is like. You’re going to have to do things that make you feel uncomfortable, but you’re going to be better because of that. So I’m asking you to plan to do something after you graduate or even while you’re in school besides going to sit in your little corner of the world. That’s not going to cut it, people. All right, if you don’t do something now, then you’re going to have to settle for…
Anything and then those of us that are doing something we really don't want to hear you complain about it, so just do something. It's really simple, okay? Thank you. Appreciate that. All right. To love, love who, love yourself. How about just love? It's a it's a verb, it's a noun. Merriam-Webster says love is an intention, it's an action, it's a desire, warm attraction. I want you to love. I hope that you love Chiropractic. If you don't love Chiropractic, then I'm going to ask you why are you here today? Because if you don't love Chiropractic, it is going to be really hard when you get on the other side of things. If you don't love what you're doing and love to get up every day and love to serve and love to take care of people, this is not going to be the profession for you. You cannot be an introvert and try to love on people fakely; that does not come across. That adjustment is very real, and I promise y'all, people, you're going to spend a lot of time looking at a lot of people's backsides. You're going to be like, face down, bah, baho, and then it don't always look or smell good, so you better love them. You do. You guys follow me? Are you with me? Okay, okay. I just want to make sure that y'all back there in the stand that you that you're hearing what I'm saying, cuz I see you back there studying, and I'm not mad at you for studying, but I want you to understand that we are here for you.
So that leads me to the service piece. What are you doing to serve? Who are you serving? I'm not talking about serving food; I'm talking about serving in the profession. It's vitalistic service. Can't be self-satisfying. It can't be, "Oh, it's about me and what do I get out of this?" That's not how service works. When I was in school, I was an ambassador. I served the president's office. Why did I do that? There's no perks; we don't get any scholarships; there's nothing fun and fancy about being an ambassador. You get to meet a lot of people, show them around the school. You serve. You serve when the President says, "Hey, I got somebody here; can you take care of them?" You serve. That's what we did. Why did I do it? Because I wanted to see me on this stage, cuz when I was in your seats, I didn't see me on this stage, so I showed up, and I decided that I was going to serve, and I was going to be here to have the conversation with the people who look like me that needed to hear the conversation I had for them. That's how I serve; that's how I continue to serve; that's why I'm here today. I'm not a plant; Dr. Carr didn't ask me to come here to tell y'all something fancy and cute. I'm telling you what's real, from my heart. The things that I do up there are out of service because I love what I do. So serve. I need you to have that spirit. If you're not, you're going to get burnt out, and you're going to be one of those people on Facebook in about 5 or 10 years from now like, "I don't think I want to be a chiropractor anymore." That's not going to cut it, folks. You're spending a lot of time and money. You got me? All right. Out of abundance. Whose abundance? Your abundance, not my abundance. We all come from different backgrounds. My abundance looks very different from your abundance and your friend's abundance. Everybody has something different to offer, so your abundance is going to look like what your abundance needs to look like.
How you know if you've hit your abundance limit is if you can lie in bed at night time and say, "Okay, I gave, I did, I loved, I served. I did everything that I could out of what I had today, Lord. If you take me right now, I'm satisfied with where I'm at because I gave out of my own abundance." There will be more and there will be less of it at times, but it is your abundance to decide what you're going to do with it. Now, you could do nothing, but then that goes back to the not doing nothing and then the complaining, so don't do that. Give, love, serve out of your abundance. Here's the last piece, and Dr. Chuck Raley taught me this: He said, "You have to do it with expecting nothing in return." That's a hard one, I promise you. I'm a living witness that if you can do all of those things expecting nothing, you will be given everything, okay, everything.
So before I leave, we're going to play a little game because I see y'all are kind of sleepy, so I want y'all to give me just just one hand up in the air real quick. One hand up. Now, this is going to be mostly for the students, but those of you who went to chiropractic school will'll be able to relate. So put a finger down if you're currently stressing about a test you have to take. Okay, put a finger down if you ever failed a class. Put a finger down if you're second-guessing, or maybe you have second-guessed while you're in school; you don't think you're good enough. Put a finger down if you're like, "I don't know how to give a TikTok; I don't know nothing about a TikTok." Okay, I was there. Put a finger down if taking boards scares the crap out of you. Okay, great. And put a finger down if you're like, "I still don't know how to adjust people or palpation; what are they feeling? What is a lamina?" Okay. Now, if we're honest with ourselves, then we don't have a whole lot of fingers up, and that's okay. But what I want you to realize is that if you put your fingers down, everything that I talked about is totally unequivalently irrelevant once you leave this school and get a license. So here's what I want you to do now. I want you to take your Kyra finger and put your Kyra finger up. Now you realize what I'm saying? Okay, put your Kyra finger up if you understand that all of that doesn't matter and you can tell folks, "Kiss my lasting purpose." That's my [Applause] time. That was awesome. Thank you, thank you. Now, you all want to learn about lasting purpose, and I want to just introduce another guest that came in, Dr., um, excuse me, Senator Rett from Cobb County, Dr. Little, Senator. Thank you for coming today. Appreciate it. This girl doesn't need an introduction, but I'm going to try my best to sum it up here. Dr. Deborah Little is a trailblazer, a pillar of service and a beacon of inspiration and lasting purpose in the Chiropractic Community. As the first Black female president of the Georgia Chiropractic Association, she has shattered barriers and opened doors for other women sitting in this audience. Don't forget that when we call upon you. Her dedication to education and advancement is evident not only through her role as a former SA scholarship big boss lady boss but also in her lasting purpose commitment as a member of the alumni board of Life University. Dr. Little best embodies the essence of living a lasting purpose. Values life. Under her presidency, Georgia Chiropractic Association was named the number one State Association in the United States of America. [Applause] You know what they say: You want a job done, call upon a busy woman. Dr. Deborah [Applause] Little. If you want something done, call upon a crazy woman, sometimes.
Dr. Carr, I ask ourselves, what are we doing? Well, hello everyone, thank you for coming here today. So when I was a child, after my family and I had dinner, my mom will ask, "Okay, dishes need to be done." Don't everybody raise their hands at the same time. Well, I never raised my hand, cuz I didn't like doing dishes then. But as I grew up and people start asking me to do certain—is that Dr. Carr? I'll have my glasses on—as I've been asked to do certain things, I don't mind. I don't mind at all because of all of the wonderful chances to serve. I mean, I would do things from washing somebody's hair to washing their feet. I don't mind washing feet. I had that type of mindset. Whatever I can do to help. And when I look at the students and the different organizations that are here at Life University, we have so many organizations and clubs here, and I want to think that every last one of you are participating in one, two, and three uh, organizations and clubs so that can help build your leadership skills, so that can help you to help other people in the future. I am so proud of all of the participants and um, students that really love Life. Our purpose. What is our purpose? Our purpose is to go out and teach Chiropractic to the world. That's a big responsibility, but I have faith that each and every last one of us can do that. I'm looking in front of me, and I see so many servants, and I ask myself sometimes, "How do you do it?" I ask, "How do you do it?" And I know if I ask, "How do you do it?" They work so very hard to make sure that you get the correct education, to make sure that we pour ourselves into you again so you can pour yourselves into other people. So with that said and done, make sure you join at least three organizations and clubs, and if you're going to stay in Georgia, make sure you join Georgia Chiropractic Association. If you're going to pick, make sure you choose a good pick doctor. Like, if you are interested in Pediatrics, then pick a doctor that does Pediatrics in their office. If you want personal injury, then then choose that. If you have a certain technique, then choose those doctors as well. No matter where you are in life after you finish, after you've graduated, make sure you join your state association wherever you end up. Make sure you join your national association, and for God's sakes, please, please, please, please reach back to your alma mater, reach back to Life University and give, love, do, and serve out of your own abundance. Give of your time if you can; if you can't give of your resources, we can always use the money. So with that said and done, I just want you to believe in yourselves, to keep loving yourselves, to keep loving other people. I'm just just a lover; I just love to love people. It sounds like a song, but anyway, that's all, cuz I know I have five minutes, and um, you can change the world; you will change the world; you are changing the world. Thank you. We have a special gift for each and every rugby player to honor your championship. Please stop at the table in the back that is at the Georgia Chiropractic Association, and I hope each and every one of you players will become a chiropractor. So thank you so much for coming. You know, a lasting purpose mindset, whether you're playing rugby, researching, leading state associations, or practice, you must have love as your master, and love drives all of the other values of lasting purpose. So with that said, this is our mission, our worldwide mission. You all make a difference; you all make a difference because it's in you. What does that mean? It's in you. Innate is in each and every one of you. Love is in each and every one of you, and your mission is to continue to improve the health of the world by removing the chronic subluxation and the sickness that so many people suffer from. And this always ended our assembly back in the old days, so promise me as you learn to come and come to this platform that you will carry on this legacy that we learned: Chiropractic always works if you remove the subluxation.