Becoming With Bri

Hey cadre, how's it going? Happy Friday. It's Bri here. It's been a minute. I've missed the streams, missed the cadre sphere. And I'm really excited to be on here today. For those of you that don't know me, I am Brianna Holfoth. I'm your wellness, nature, yogi, physical activity enthusiast. And Today I want to talk about a concept that changed my intention with life and how I was living my day-to-day life and that is the concept of good, better, best. I learned this from Master Lin who is the, hi Emily, Master Lin is the head of Spring Forest Qigong in Eden Prairie right in the Twin Cities and he would share this simple yet effective mind provoking quote of good, better, best.

And when I heard that, it's like, this is so great because you really can't get it wrong. You're either doing good or you're trying to do better or you're able to give your best. And sometimes we are not able to do our best, but we can still do good. And I really liked it because when I was younger, I would always just try to get stuff done, whether it was homework, chores, anything I needed to do. I just wanted to go through it really quick so I could be done and then go play or go do what I wanted to do.

And eventually I took this way of completing things and checking things off into adulthood to where I really wasn't very thorough with a lot of things and would frequently make mistakes or it was like I was living to find a means to an end. And it wasn't very fulfilling. It was just here I am to check things off and move on and do what I have to do, right, rather than approaching it as look at all the things I get to do. So when I started doing Qigong and heard good, better, best, that philosophy has just stuck with me.

And it's So simple. I break it down into always do good, like the best we can. We're trying to help every single random person and human that walks on our path and be good, kind citizens to them. That's one level and one way to approach it. And it's a great way. It's fantastic. It works. It's high vibe. It's open-hearted and it's loving and giving. So I love that. Second layer, better. I would say never stop getting better. If you've been on one of my lives before, what can we do to make ourselves 1% better?

How can we improve this 1% or 2% or 3%? Sometimes it's not 10%, it's just 1%. A little bit goes a long way to bettering ourselves with our healthy habits, our mindset, our choices, things like that. And last, doing our best leads us to fulfillment. And everyone wants to chase happiness, like I want to be happy in my life. I want this. We actually would, what we're really seeking is fulfillment. We want to be fulfilled and content and lightened up by whatever it is we're doing. And I'm curious, what fulfills you, by the way?

Is there something that every time you do it, you're just like, oh my gosh, I feel so much expansiveness in my body and lightness and joy. Like that's what we want to do. And I've found that trying my best, whether it is in a workout, whether it is in my journaling, whether it's at work, whether it is in a very uncomfortable conversation with a friend, family, a stranger, as long as I am trying my best and showing up, I can sleep better at night knowing that I gave it my all. It might not have been the best out there that ever could be, but everyone's on a different path and a different place and journey on their life.

So I did what I could. And so sometimes my best is not, you can't compare your best to someone else's best because that is going to steal some joy, but it's also not a true comparison because we're all, we all have different layers and levels to what we're working on. So I encourage you to ask and maybe journal today or you can write speak talk into your phone as a journal. I've been doing that a lot lately. what am I doing really good at? What could I do better at? And what more can I do to show up as my best self?

And it's not a homework project. Don't worry about that. It's just a thought. It's just to see, engage, like, where do you think you're at right now? And mark that and note that. And then come the new year or a few months down the road, do the same thing again. just to gain some inventory. This is where I'm at. And hopefully you'll see that you have gotten a lot better. Like either your problem is a better problem to have. I would say problems of abundance. We like those problems over more serious problems.

Or you will just see how your intention and mindset has shifted. And that's been the biggest thing for me. I now go into something, even though I know I don't like doing it, I'm gonna do the best I can. And so I hope that you do the best you can, given whatever circumstances you're going through, even if it's hard, remember that your best is going to look different every single day. And every time you show up and just try good, better, best, either way, you're crushing it. You're doing well. So hope you have a great day.

Hope you're doing well. And I'll leave you with, you've got this. Just stay the course on your journey towards being a better version of yourself and hope to see you next week. Bye.