Cadre Today - What Matter To You

Hi. Good morning, Mel. Stay there. Uh, speak wonder. Nice to see you. My friend. I'm gonna hit pause before I play the chorus. So I could read you the words of this beautiful song. The chorus goes. Um, because you matter to me, simple and plain and not much to ask from somebody. You matter to me, I promise you, do you, you matter to. I promise you do. You'll see you matter to me. Um, it's a song written by Sarah bros from a musical. Called waitress based on the 1980s movie by the same name. Waitress.

Um, but this song is a beautiful, uh, maybe overly simple love song. Between two people saying, Hey, you matter to me. Not because of anything outside of the fact that you do. Um, and guess what? I'm glad I'm here. I'm glad you are here. I know the things I know, and I care about you. Um, why? Because I do. Um, this song in those 17 words that kick off every single cadre today. Ah, good morning, Jules. Nice to see you. Um, isn't it great that the prerequisite. Um, for being appreciated. Um, is not because of what you've done.

Um, or even cuz of who you are, but simply because you are because you exist because you're here. Um, you know, I'm, um, I'm kind of a stickler. Um, on words, meaning what they, what they mean. Um, I was in the gym recently and someone says, if you don't give up, you win. And I shouted out loud, but what if I give up. People didn't like that. And kind of killed the buzz. Um, but I think it was important to be said. Because, um, the person with power in the room thought that if they said, Hey, it's gonna be motivating for people.

If they hear that, if they don't give up, they win. Um, as if the baseline was as long as you don't give up. You're enough and I'm like that baseline is too high. Cuz there are times we give up. There are times we throw our arms in the air. There are times we say, you know what? No more. Um, and in those moments, I still feel like I'm a winner and I still feel like you are too. So no matter what's going on, I'm glad you're here. Um, what matters to you? That's a question. Um, uh, and I'm curious what matters to you.

If you're listening right now, if you're watching this later, feel free to type in a chat. What matters to you? I'll tell you. Here's what matters to me today. Um, it's the 30th anniversary of the musical rent on Broadway. Um, what matters to me? There's a new PBS special called. Um, um, wows about um, and it's a show, um, where these two little Muppet creatures go to Sequoia, um, national park. Um, and they learn how to talk about the feeling of awe. Um, so it's another Jim Hansen creation. Um, what else matters to me?

Uh, summer movies. There's a new RuPaul movie coming out this summer and a new movie by the makers of the movie once, which was turned into a musical and the movie sing street, which was turned into a musical. I love summer movies. Movies. Um, it's mental health month starting right now today. May is mental health month. Um, um, that matters to me. Um, and because they matter to me. They matter to people who, um, are interested in being in the space that, that I'm holding. Um, Jules, uh, rent is my ultimate favorite play as well.

Happy 30 years this week. Um, the list of things I just, um, shared. Um, are things that I've put on the, the grid. 1 in the twin cities, you can listen online, or if you're in the twin cities, you can listen right on the radio. Um, but Brittany Hagen, who's a cadre contributor as well. Um, I'm gonna be her co-host today while her regular co-host Kendall is out. Um, is, is out today. And, you know, Brittany goes, ah, put some things on the grid that you wanna talk about and I go, ah, what's enough or what's right.

And Britney goes, what you care about is enough. What matters to you is enough. And I always need that reminder. Right. It's not what it's it's why or who, or from where. Is what really matters, um, in a situation where people are listening to others. Cause they wanna see how a person works. They want to enter into someone else's world. And when you let someone enter into your own world. Pretty cool things happen. My invitation for you today. And select people in. You may think you're doing the noble thing by going, ah, I'm just a person.

You're the person that they're here for. Um, Jules says I still have my box, uh, ticket stub from 2000. I turned it into a magnet for my fridge. Uh, funny enough Jules, I was just digging through old boxes of, of ticket stubs and, and, and playbills yesterday. And I found, um, my 20th anniversary, um, playbill, um, and my 10th anniversary playbill. Um, when I got to see Anthony, uh, rap and Adam Pasco, uh, redo their roles. Um, in both of those. Um, and uh, other rent heads out there. Type in SMI Doon sings rent.

Um, SMI Doon, which is the musical currently playing at the needle Lander theater, where rent opened. Um, they sang, um, seasons of love last night in memory of Jonathan Larson. And. Rent. So my invitation for you today is let people know what you care about. What matters to you will matter to them. Cuz that's why they're engaging in your space. That's why they're saying, Hey, let me into your world. Let them in and have a good Friday.