The Thin Space

Well, good morning, Cadre. Happy Sunday. At least I hope it's a happy Sunday. And if it's not a happy Sunday, that's okay, too. My name is JC Lippold. It's a little bit before the top of the hour, so if you log in a little bit early, like I do sometimes, know that we're here for you. If you're ever feeling alone, if you're ever feeling out of place, finding that moment of going, huh, you know what? Someone is going to be here for you right here, right throughout the rest of today. You're going to see Jean and you're going to see Daryl.

You're going to see Jason later, and Evan later. Hey, good morning, Maria. Double exclamation point to you as well, my friend. So great seeing so many of you pop in. Speaking of Jean, there's Jean right now and Colleen. If you ever hear me say, I am taking after Colleen and signing in a little bit early to go ahead and kind of hold space and allow people to go, I'm here. How are you doing? Before the top of the hour when everything starts going, Colleen inspired me to do that. Good morning, Chris.

Nice to see you, too. So it's self care Sunday. What do you mean when we say self care? I like thinking about it this way. Think about the word selfless, and if we think about the word selfish, we're supposed to be selfless, right? We're supposed to always be doing everything for everybody else. That's the noble pathway. And selfish isn't good. We're not supposed to be selfish. So if we are doing things for ourselves, kind of hide the self in that moment, we do it in the dark. But in reality, if we're always selfless, sooner or later we get so tired, we get so empty, all of a sudden, there's no more self in the selfless either.

So we take the self out of selfless and selfish, we're left with less and we're left with ish. Put those two things together. Lessish. It's my second most favorite made up word ever. Lessish. You ever feel lessish? Like. Like, here's all of you, and you're lessish. Well, that's why we have Sunday for self care. So you can learn ways to make sure that you are good so then you can do the things, you can take care of the people and the passions that fill your cup and that the world counts on you for being present for Maria says, I'm at my book club.

I love listening to you. I'll take a moment to pause this book, Maria. That's the thin space. m. Central standard Time on Sundays. We enter into the thin space, the space in between what has been and what will be within that space, that highly perishable space that disappears in the snap of a finger, that present moment. We spend some time considering that the idea of thin space is born of a concept used by franciscan monks, where they would find the space in between day and night, between good and bad, between light and dark, between beginnings and ends.

And in that thin space, that's where they would attempt to root down in prayer and meditation. That's where they would think they would find enlightenment. And I've taken that idea into everyday life as a practice to do that exact same thing, to go within this moment, the moment that we are in. That's the moment where we have power. The past can teach us. We can plan for the future. The only space we ever have power is in the middle, is in the right now. So for each of you who have signed on, or if you're watching this later, go ahead and type in replay and share the answer to this question.

What is true right now? Come and type it into chat. What is true right now? I'll give you an example. I am sitting in my car. That's true. I have an energy drink here. That is true. I have some leftover candy from a car ride yesterday. That is true. As opposed to 25 minutes from now. I have to be at work, right? That's in the future. Right now. Jean says, I am here. Maria says, I am here at the coffee shop amongst friends, and I'm even going to be more specific. Gene, dream big. 30 said, I am here, period.

Being able to put that period there is the affirmation that you are actually there, right? Maybe that your brain and your heart are actually right where you are. Colleen says, I am content drinking coffee, period. That's like three things, right? Period. I am here drinking coffee, right? Honoring that, sipping it, tasting it, feeling it, smelling it. And contentment. Contentment is happening in this moment. Protein shaken hand. Speak wonder. Hello, my friend. We're answering the question, what is true right now?

And you are always so good at sharing powerful moments of where you are. So funny. Enough. Speak wonder. I don't know if you did that on purpose, but just hopped in is a really great example of being in the thin space. But here's what I'm going to share today. So often in speak wonder. It was serendipitous I just hopped in. How often do we minimize the moment that we are in by putting something like, just before it? I just hopped in. Or, I just hopped in. And all of a sudden, even though what did speak wonder mean there in this moment, I just did this thing.

How do we get even more precise into the moment where we are? Lose the justs, lose the onlys, because it leaves your heart and your breath and your spirit differently. Speak wonder walks in the room and says, I hopped in. I just hopped in. Hey, I just hopped in. Everybody walk into the door. The moment that you are in here is what is true. Jules, I am waiting for a fun filled day of watching my daughter play volleyball. Jules, I'm waiting for. Right. There's the anticipation of what is next, what is so valuable right now?

What are you enjoying about this moment? I'll say. Like, I am waiting to drive the rest of the way to work so then I can do work, and work will be good. But right now, there's something incredibly safe and wonderful about sitting in my master by myself. By myself with you. Because, everybody, what we're doing right now is groundbreaking. Whether you're at book club, whether you are coffeeing or protein shaking, whether you hopped in a minute or two late, whether you are waiting for Sunday to commence, think about the moment we are sharing in this thin space between what has happened and what will happen.

Like, I am at a quick trip in St. Michael, Minnesota. I'm looking at people fill their gas tanks. People go, why is that moment worth anything? My answer is, because I'm in it, and I'm with you. So maybe throughout today, you go, huh? I know Gene is live streaming later. And then Daryl, and then this evening, you have Jason, you have Evan. Y'all. In a couple of weeks, Tiffany Norton is going to be starting on Sundays. Super wonderful, human. I cannot wait for you to meet Tiffany every single time you go, hmm.

I'm gonna take a couple of minutes. Not just take a couple minutes. I'm gonna take a couple of minutes and be where I am. Speak, wonder. I knew you were going to have something with big, powerful, beautiful words. Speak, wonder. Says, I am reveling in the sun that's streaming into my home. Reveling at something that is streaming into my present moment. If you needed validation about Tiffany Norton's awesomeness, Colleen just dropped. Oh, my 42 year old eyes are working on. I think that's four exclamation points.

Tiffany rules. Yeah. Every single time that you enter into the present moment, that you enter into that thin space don't just it. Don't only it make it everything that it is, because that's the moment that has power. Everybody be in that thin space whenever you need to. Be reminded of your power, of your potency. And then do the things that you love doing. We'll talk to you soon. Have a good Sunday.