A guided thin space practice that begins with reflective music and leads listeners through short timed reflections on the past and the near future, inviting presence in the in-between moment.
Hey cadre, how are we doing today? I try to stay disciplined in letting music be how cadre today starts. Whether be for a moment, whether it be a song that you're recognize or. Or, um, one that sounds familiar. Like even this music. Music's a song by a band you've probably never heard. The band is ball mere. The song is called. Sand Solomon, the music has a. Cadence a familiarity, a movement. That maybe makes it feel like it came from you and not from. Um, somewhere else. I always commit to letting cadre today, begin with some music.
Good morning, Chris Fort. Fortman um, I'm glad I'm here. I'm glad you are here. I know the things I know, and I. Care about you. Um, it's coming up on. Almost three years. Since I've been, um, uh, bumping on here to say, Hey, I hope you're having a good day, but if you're not, that's a okay too. Um, about three years since we've been doing this, um, cadre today thing together. Um, and through that time, there have been some. Um, some days like Sundays where we've done. Familiar, um, um, moments together.
Um, thin space is an exercise. We did on Sundays for consistently for well over a year. And this morning felt like one of those moments that, um, I was like, Ooh, it's time for a little thin space. Once again. Good morning, Jules. Um, so the thin space, who's a practice derived by, um, a group of, of monks who. Um, use this as, as a daily. Practice to find their, um, find their desired placement in this world. Um, and that is in the moment that they are in. Um, so the thin space is the space between everything that has been and everything that.
Will be between the good and the bad, the light and the dark, the beginnings, the ends, all the, all those. In between spaces. And in reality, that in between space is the space where we are. Um, how often do you find yourself going, gosh, that past week I did this thing. And or wow, coming up this week, I have this thing. And you spend a majority of your time. Where you have been or where you will be. Sundays is very much that time within our cultural normative. Right. The end of the weekend is here.
Um, the week has not begun. Um, so you're in this, in between space, which sometimes is hard to. Nuzzle into, um, so here's the exercise. I'm gonna invite you for 30 seconds. To think about everything that has been. Let's do it. Ready three, two. One and go so think about the moment before right now. What did you do before you signed into, um, cadre. Um, and then think about everything that happened before that. From the day you were born. From the beginning of time, what did you do? One of the lessons you carry with you or the people that, that you remember.
What are the things that you miss that you long for? The things that bring a smile to your face or a tear to your eye. Think about those things for three. Two one and shake it off. All right. Part two of the exercise. Now we're gonna swing the pendulum to the future. Ready in three. Two one think about what's about to happen when you sign off for this call. What's the first thing you're gonna do. Jules is that sip the sip, the coffee. Chris is it. I need to go ahead and. Um, turn the sprinkler on.
Is it I'm gonna go back to bed. Is it? I gotta get going. What is that thing. And then what is everything that'll happen after that? Until the end of time. What are all the things. That you will do that. You'll dream of that. You'll hope for that. You'll worry about. Think of those things. For three for two. And one all right. Lastly this last moment. Consider what you're doing right. Now three, two and one. Yeah, sometimes this is the harder one to do. Cuz you go well, I'm here on cadre. I'm sitting in a chair.
Or I am um, looking at my fingers. And you go, does that have a value or why is that important? Compared to the people I'm missing or the dreams that I have for the future. Why is I'm sitting in this chair right now? Important. I'll answer that question in a moment. But for right now, do it. What is true right now that you can bring your mind. It's focus to do it do it, do it. For three, two. And one, okay. Exercise done. So here's the deal. It's amazing how we place value on things. And when we place value those.
Are the things we place or focus on or the things that come to mind first or loudest. Um, yes. Guess what the lessons we've learned from the past are very important. Um, the things that we're gonna be doing in the future, if we don't, um, if we don't. Don't plan. If we don't have a direction, most of the time we don't get to where we may. Really wanna get to our hard work and our focus and our dreaming is a really important part of that. Puzzle. And yet the one moment that you have power in. If you actually want to get good at applying the things you've learned from the past, if you actually want to.
Have that plan in the future come to fruition. You better get good at being in the moment that you are in? Cuz if not, once that moment presents. Presents you'll have no idea what to do with it. You'll continue to look to the future. You'll continue to look to the past. So as exercise invites, you. To go, huh? Do I get good at sipping the coffee at getting dressed and. Standing your deck. Well, guess what? When you're doing it. You relish in that moment. And I'm really grateful that we've gotten really good at being in the moment.
Together right here in the cadre sphere. And we'll do it again tomorrow. Have a good one. Y'all.
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