We have all heard the expression, Carpe Diem. How can we seize the day in our daily life? Nick shares some of his experience with this topic and gives practical ideas that you can begin practicing immediately to change your life!
Nick Hanson: As much as I can practice that gratitude, it's not a perfect gratitude. If you can do that all the time, more power to you. But as much as we can can try and to remember that practice, it can really be helpful.
Cadre: I want to talk about what I'm calling holy moments and not holy in a religious sense. We all have individual fears, but we're all so connected, and so we can share those fears with others and start to appreciate these moments. Cadre: We got to learn to work and live and love together as one.
Hey, Nick Hanson here from Cadre. How are you doing today? It's so good to see you. We have another day, fresh air in our lungs to breathe and to be. I'm so grateful for that now. I do not always feel that way, right? And that's okay. But as much as I can practice that gratitude, because it is a practice, it's not a perfect gratitude. It's not living in that gratitude. If you can do that all the time, more power to you. But, you know, as much as we can can try and to remember that practice, it can really be helpful.
And so today, you know, I want to talk a little bit about what I'm calling holy moments and not holy in a religious sense. I just can't find a better way to describe, you know, these moments. In a way, I'm busier than ever, but I am just taking some time through the day to notice these holy moments as I'm walking through a grocery store parking lot and looking at the sun and realizing suddenly what eternity might mean. And then it's gone in a flash. 1 of them, maybe looking into a, you know, a wooden bowl they were washing in the stream, had the same thought that I'm thinking hundreds of years later, we're all so connected.
Or I'm having coffee with a friend and seeing their eyes twinkle in the sun while noticing a bird frolic on a branch outside the window. These are the moments that have been making my days beautiful, while they are also filled with the usual hustle and bustle, the excitement of ideas and collaborations and work coming together, and the fears and anxieties that we all have. My goodness, the fears and anxiety, you know, that has been a part of my life, you know, living with those fears and those anxieties, and it helps so much to talk to other people about them.
I don't have to do anything alone. I don't have to hold those fears and anxieties inside. I don't need to let them rule my life. I can share them with you. I can share them with my friends. I can share them with my family. I don't have to do anything alone. No man or woman is an island. I repeat, no man or woman is an island. And, you know, we also have not only these individual fears, but we have the collective fears of the society going right now is what's going to happen, what's going on with the pandemic?
And I just encourage you to bring it back to today and ask, what can I give today? What can I give you today? Because if I'm too focused on myself and my thoughts and my fears and my anxieties, I get stuck in a terrible loop. So what can I give today? Right? And we all have these individual fears, but we're all so connected, and so we can share those fears with others and start to appreciate these moments. And one thing is certain to me is that we got to learn to work and live and love together as one, because, like the Beatles say, and have you watched the new Beatles?
Doc is so good, directed by Peter Jackson of lord of the Rings fame. And it's on Disney. But there's a line that from the sung I'm the walrus, I am he as you are he, as you are me, and we are all together, right? And so that is just telling me that we're one, right? I am you, and I don't feel this way all the time. Once again, this is not about perfection, but deep down in my soul, I know that I am connected to you and you are connected to me, and we're absolutely connected to everybody on this planet.
And as the fears and anxieties of the times rise, so must our unison and our working together. And there's clearly a consciousness rising, and there's a fear rising. And as much as I can be in the gratitude with you, that's going to help my consciousness rise, it's going to help me be of more service to you, more to myself, and live more in line with my. My purpose. And I have a line that I like to say, it's all good in the neighborhood of your heart from the start. And so that's telling me that, you know, that it's all good, you know, really deep down in your heart, in your soul, it's all good, and it always has been, and it always will be.
So, you know, these are my thoughts for you. I hope you enjoyed. I hope you keep connecting with this Cadre community, because we want to connect. We want to deliver these real experiences and all get better together. Have an awesome day. Catch you on the flip side.
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