Take A Walk With Nick

Hey, folks, how you doing? Nick the poet here. Welcome to my live stream. Take a walk with Nick. And, yeah, maybe you want to take your phone outside and take a walk right now. Maybe you want to walk around the kitchen. Maybe you want to do a little dance. You know, anything you can do to get moving a little bit, I think is always helpful. But of course, if you're relaxing, you know, feel free to just sit there and listen. I got a couple of ideas and a couple of thoughts to share that I think might be interesting, might change your day a little bit, something that you maybe want to give a try.

But first, I just want to share that about five days ago, I quit drinking coffee, and it's been a really interesting experience. And, you know, coffee, I've always loved it. I've probably drank coffee for about 15 years, but it does upset my stomach and it makes me a little bit jittery. So I've wanted to quit for a long time and I started cutting back. How's it going, Risa? Hey, Dan, how you doing? I'm just talking about stopping drinking, drinking coffee about five days ago. And I found that it has, you know, definitely made me less jittery.

And also I was surprised. Like, I just figured, like, am I going to be able to drive? Am I going to be able to work? Am I going to be able to talk? And sure enough, I have been able to. And so it feels like a really positive change. It was tough, you know, for a few days, it was like, I mean, I had some bad, I don't want to discourage you from, from stopping, but, you know, I had some bad body aches and my back was hurting, you know, but on the whole, it, for me personally, it just feels like a good thing.

So I wanted to share that with you. And then the other thing I wanted to talk about is this concept that I'd heard of before, but ran across again this week, and it's called pronoia. Okay? And so this is the opposite of paranoia. And so pronoia is a state of mind that is the opposite of paranoia. Where, where is a person suffering from paranoia feels that persons or entities are conspiring against them. A person experiencing pronoia believes that the world around them conspires to do them good. And I think this is such an interesting concept because, you know, oftentimes it's very easy, certainly for me to think if something doesn't go right, like, oh, my goodness, this is not good.

You know, the forces are conspiring against me. You know, whatever it is. But if we can kind of flip that and think of this pronoia, it's so refreshing. You know, it says that it can also be used to describe a philosophy that the world is set up to secretly benefit people. And, you know, I think that we can look at this as an interesting way of, like, anything that happens, you know, may be happening for our benefit. Like Rumi says, live life as if it is rigged in your favor. And what an exciting way this is compared to like, okay, something difficult comes up.

Oh, my goodness, this is not good. This is not good. What if we just think that no matter what happens, we can have gratitude for it. We can thank that challenge. We can say, okay, this is good. This is working out for me. And some people do better with just like, it's like the Shakespeare line, tis nothing good or bad, only thinking make it so. So these are just different modes of thought that I think are interesting to try. And you can see what works well for you. I'm really liking this secretly benefit.

You know, the world is set up to benefit. Like, the world is setting up to bless us in all kinds of different situations and bless us in our challenges. So just see, you know, how that resonates with you and give it a try. And then maybe think, you know, what benefits might you be blocking? You know, what things in your life might not you be allowing to happen? You know, it's the law of recognition. You know, do a little meditation and recognize, you know, what those possibilities are. And then, you know, what good things in your life are you not noticing?

You know, it's so easy, you know, to focus on the problem, right? Or focus on what's not going well. But think of all the amazing things that are going well in your life, right? And so basically, just ask yourself the question in every situation, what if the universe actually is conspiring in my favor here? And that could be a very exciting way to live. And so just keep bringing that gratitude to it. Thank you for. For everything. Thank you for everything. No matter what's happening, thank you for everything.

Because there is so much good in life. And these challenges, they might be helping your development, you know? And like I was talking about last week, you know, of that roller coaster of life. You know, I don't like roller coasters, but some people, you know, like, be like, oh, my goodness, the roller coaster. And other people like, smiley laughing this is the greatest thing ever. But if we can let go on that roller coaster of life and just enjoy, it's so much better. And I'm sharing all these things, and I certainly don't do them perfectly.

You know, I think these are lifetime practices, right? So always believe that something amazing is about to happen. Luke, you're doing a walk right now. I love it. I love it. Keep walking. Keep walking, brother. And I'm just talking a little bit about this concept of pronoia, which is the opposite of paranoia, and it's the belief that, you know, the. That everything might be happening for us, right. And so I think it's a really interesting concept. And so just sharing a little bit about that and so really believe that something amazing is about to happen.

And that's really what I wanted to share with you this week. You know, we're in the summer, trying to look up at that sunshine, get a walk in. All is good. In the neighborhood of your heart from the start. Okay? You can do it. I'm gonna turn into a motivational coach here at the end. Whatever's happening, you got it. You can do it. Let's keep going. Keep walking, keep striving, keep thriving, surviving. Wherever you're at, it's all possible. And that's what I want to leave you with today. Wishing you a bunch of peace, positivity, and prosperity while always remembering that we have a lot of work to do, but we're going to do it together.

Okay? I'll catch you on the flip side.