Sunday Serenity

Good Sunday evening to the cadres. Fear. I will give it a second to let a few of you join. If you're seeing behind me, we've got a little bit of a gloomy Sunday evening, which is kind of how I feel, if I'm being completely honest. But the sun will shine another day. I am Jason Lennox and I'm your resident recovery champion. And my Sunday Serenity livestream consists of different stories, different tactics, habits, things that we can do to really bring serenity to the core of what we do. Because I believe that serenity is an incredible antidote to all different forms of disease and illness and things that just don't have us well.

So I am grateful to be here with you and would love to have you interact and chit chat a little bit. As we're going, I'm going to ask for. For a few things that you all might do. Hey, good evening. Speak wonders. Good to see you here. So, as I mentioned, a little gloomy here. Feeling just a little bit blah myself. Hey, Jules. Good evening to you, too. If you can't tell a little bit under the weather. I was at the end of last week, and this is actually the second time in just a couple months that I've fallen under the weather.

And I think prior to that. Good evening, Sherry. Prior to that, it probably had been a couple times in a matter of four or five years. So last few months for me, just going to open up here a little bit. Thank you, Sherry. I've just been under some additional stress, and it's just been several months of added stress. I don't know what other way to put it, professionally, personally, a lot of decisions, things like that. And so it's apparent that that's catching up to me and put me in a position here, as I mentioned, where I'm not feeling the greatest anyhow.

I know because I practice gratitude, which is one of the greatest antidotes as well, to all things not good, in my opinion. I know and still feel that my life is a beautiful blessing. It has been my entire journey. I'm in a great position in my life. You know, who knows what the future looks like? God only knows, though, that I think there's going to be some beautiful stuff there, too. So not going to complain too much about that, but just giving you a little bit of context and setting the stage for, you know, when do we get into these times and we're not feeling the greatest?

Maybe it's mentally, physically, spiritually, what do we do? And so that's where I would love to hear from you all. I'm going to give you a few things that, you know, I practiced just this weekend and try to regularly. But what do you do? That's a question I'd love for you to chime in and share. What do you do when you get in these moments? What are the keys? Because other people are going to be watching this, reading this. And I think the more ideas we have out there, the better. So feel free to drop those in.

I look forward to seeing them. But as I mentioned, I'll give you a few things I did, particularly this weekend. I found ways. Yeah. Self care. Sherry. Tell us more. Tell us more. We want to know what that looks like. One thing I found, and I just got off watching a little bit, a couple episodes on Netflix. I don't do that a lot, but I found some funny series, and so I find a way to laugh, whether it's Netflix or, you know. Yeah. Favorite music. There you go. Music. Music. I love that. Speak, wonder.

Yep. There you go. Jules, you're on the same wavelength. I'm taking note. Maybe I'll hang up and do the music. But, you know, Netflix series, those can crack me up. I have a cousin, Johnny. I don't know if you'll ever see this or if you're out there in the universe somewhere, but he, on Facebook, is easily the funniest guy I've ever seen. He just shares different pictures and memes and things like that, and I frankly grab them and share them with all kinds of people in my life because I just think, you know, they kill me.

You can tell probably from my face now. So. Laughter, laughter. LAUGHTER and Sherry. Saying music float tank, meditation, exercise. Yeah. Laughter. Love laughing with your grandchildren. See? Laughter. Forest bathing. Speak, wonder. I've never done the forest bathing. Tell us a little more about that. But yes, grandchildren. Oh, my gosh. Watching the kids and what they do. You guys are taking me down a different path. But I love these ideas, and I'm sure other people will, too. So let's keep them going.

What helps, what works expand a little. So laughter is the first one for me. Second one is spending time with loved ones. Yeah. Yeah. That's always a good one. When I elected not to do just because. Trying not to get my loved ones sick either. But being in nature, that is one. Oh, a forest bathing, walk in the woods. Yes. Got it. So nature. So laughter in nature. Look at that. The majority of us engaging in this conversation. Those two things came up in japanese practice, travel and adventure. Yeah.

Wow, wow, wow. Love it. So you're making me forget about the three things that I was talking about, but I'll get there. The second one, though, exercise, sherry, you had mentioned that, too. Exercise and staying active. And sometimes that means less active. Yesterday, I opted to trade in a normally intense workout in the gym for a walk around the town I live in, you know, in west metro Minneapolis, and ended up seeing a softball game going on. Didn't expect to see that this early in the season, but I sat and watched that while I was listening to a podcast about Abraham Lincoln.

And the sun was shining. It felt great. And so I got to get out and, you know, do a little bit of that. And then the third thing that I make time for aromatherapy. Aromatherapy. Light a candle. You know, I thought about that this morning, too. Speak, wondering I didn't pull the lighter out and light it. So another thing. Okay, you guys, I'm going to take all your notes. I'm going to light a candle and listen to music after this. Can't jump on a plane quite yet, sherry, but maybe in the next couple of weeks.

So the other thing that I'm very intentional about and will not. And you just said it. There you go, Sherry. Resting, I rest. That is one thing I will make more time for, and I'm always pretty intentional about that, but I'm the guy. Yes. m. Both nights. And I slept for ten and a half hours on Friday night, and I slept for 11 hours last night with no guilt, no shame, no remorse. I would do it all again and maybe even could have slept a little bit longer. But rest is so key. So. Laughter staying active and getting that rest.

And, you know, across all those disciplines and everything you all are talking about, the key. The key and what is shared across all of them is consistency and discipline. And those things are things that I will not sacrifice because I know that that's what's going to make the illness last a little less long. I know that's what's going to get me back on my feet. I know that's what's going to get me back out there doing all the things and getting me through all the times that maybe aren't as a, um, hunky dory.

So I think it's, um, more. More on the candles tapping at the five senses. You all are fabulous. Thank you for sharing. You've given all kinds of ideas to people, and frankly, you've tapped into all three things that I was going to talk about. So I guess I'm on the right path. You're on the right path. We're all on the right path. That's why we're doing this. That's why we're sharing. Because again, it's not always a, you know, a bed of roses. Things aren't always bright. It's easy to get up and talk about all the things that we do and all the things that make us better and how to align with purpose and value and keep integrity and authenticity.

Those are the, that's my language there. Those are the things I wanna do and do, amazing things that change our world for the better, because that's what we need. We need more of that. We need more of the better in our world. And so that's easy to do when things are going great, flowing, we're all feeling good. But when we get in these moments, it's a little bit gloomy out there, you know, what do we do? I went out there and took a walk in that. Anyway, today in Minnesota, like, you know, winter one day, spring the next summer in between, it's a wild state in terms of weather, but I love it and I wouldn't trade it in.

And by the way, I love. I've been paying attention more. I've been reading a lot of these healthiest and happiest and most financially sound and least stressed states and cities and just a bunch of these different articles that have been coming out. I got to tell you, I'm near Minneapolis, Minnesota, where, you know, there are a lot of bad things that we've had associated with Minneapolis, and probably still, people have plenty of ideas. But Minneapolis as a city and Minnesota as a state are regularly in the top five to 10% of healthiest, happy, best healthcare, you know, most financially stable, professionally, just opportunities least stressed.

We have a lot of things here, and, you know, I realize not all of you are here, but I just had to share that. Even though we think about the weather and we get a little bit of a mix of everything in one week, sometimes it's a beautiful state and place to be, and I'm grateful for that. But again, gonna wrap up here and just reiterate all those things you all are talking about. I'm gonna take the candles and the music because those weren't on my list. But laughter was. Laughter. Just so uplifting and curing and therapeutic and, you know, rest.

I just can't sacrifice that. I won't. I've done that for many years in my life, and I'm at the point now where I know that it's gotta be about that 8 hours and on weekends, if I can get a couple more, if I'm not feeling well physically, I'll get a couple more and then staying active, even if it means, you know, going out and going for a walk, getting into nature. So those are three key things I did this weekend and I regularly do try to proactively and consistently do not as antidotes to illness, but just regular practices.

So hope you've gained some value from that. Thank you all for sharing. Really, really art. Yep. Thank you. Speak wonder. Beautiful art. There is something to be said about that, both doing and drawing and creating art, but then also observing and taking it in. So thank you all for contributing. Really appreciate it. You're helping other people as well as me. Hope you all have wonderful weeks. Go check out that solar eclipse if you're into that kind of thing. That's tomorrow, tomorrow afternoon. And then if you're somewhere near the midwest here, you're going to get a dose of sun in sixties and seventies throughout the week.

So go enjoy it whether you're feeling well or not. Take these words of wisdom from the crowd here and anything that I've shared. Journaling. Sherry, I almost talked about journaling. It was one of the but I like to keep things to three. So you hit that journaling. I did some of that this morning. Just clearing the thoughts and setting straight what needs to be set straight. So have wonderful weeks. Look forward to seeing you all next week. Go get them. The world's waiting.