The Thin Space

Well, hey there, Cadre. Happy Sunday. And even if it's not a happy Sunday, even if it's a crud tastic Sunday, I'm glad that you are here for all the selfish reasons I, Jclippold, am glad that you are here to spend a little bit of time with me. You know, I do seven live streams here, right here in the Cadre sphere. Right here in the Cadre sphere every single week. If you think that Sunday is the end of the week, this is my last live stream of the week. m. hey, Maria, nice to see you. So I truly, truly appreciate getting to spend time with you all week long, five days a week, twice on Monday, twice on Tuesday, a little bit on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.

On Sundays, we talk self care. That's a really popular phrase, especially right here in the good old USA. We talk self care all the time. We sell self care all the time. But I don't think any of us are ever very good at it. I don't think that's our fault. I don't think we're ever supposed to be very good at it. We're supposed to be pretty bad at it if we're ever good at it. We're supposed to feel bad for being good at it, right? We're supposed to feel bad if we spend any time actually taking care of ourselves.

So in the Cadre sphere, this world of Cadre, and if you wonder what Cadre is, Cadre is a special group of people with a special intention. What's the special intention? That we have to show the world that there are many ways to wellness. So if you do this wellness thing differently than I do, bravo. Especially if it makes sense to you. Especially if it brings you closer to you feeling well. So if you're getting closer to well by being in this world, bravo. Keep going. So later on today, you're going to see a couple of my favorite people, Tiffany Norton.

She's hilarious, which is good because she's a comedian. She also works in realty, so she slings houses and tells jokes. So spend some time this evening with Tiffany Norton. And then to wrap up your day, you'll see Jason Lennox. And then probably from the other side of the planet, you'll see Doctor Evan Lieberman. He's based in Australia, but normally he comes bopping in. It's Monday for him, but Sunday evening for us USA based folks. So what do we talk about right now? We talk about the thin space.

What's the thin space? The thin space is the time after what has already happened and before what will happen. It's this idea, this concept that is derived from a bunch of franciscan monks. Yeah. So we're borrowing it from the monks. What are we really talking about? We're talking about this idea of presence. Again, another thing that we hear a lot about, but we don't ever actually get a lot of time or permission to do the idea of being where we are with what we have and honoring that. So for right now, we get to think about it.

We get to consider it. If you tuned in, last week we talked about considering the present moment by spending some time thinking about everything that has happened today, I want you to spend some time doing the opposite. How often does it feel? Pretty good. Thinking about the future. I love. I'm one of those people, let's say I have a work trip coming up. I'm one of those people who loves booking my, like, my, my flight and my hotel and all this stuff as soon as possible. So all of a sudden, it's like, okay, yep, we're gonna be speaking at this.

At this conference. I'm like, great win. All right. I'm gonna like, is it 100% great? I'm gonna book my flight. I'm gonna book my hotel. I'm gonna book my, like, whoa. Okay. It makes me feel excited. It makes me feel positive energy to get those things down. It starts spinning the reality, and it puts a little bit of positive energy in my life. Now, you may be going, JC, I've heard you talk about this thin space quite a bit. I've tuned in on Sunday mornings. Aren't we supposed to be in the thin space?

Yeah, but often we can arrive in the thin space by appeasing the realities of the time that has been and the time that will be. Here's another way to think about it. How often have you maybe considered booking a vacation or signing up for maybe a big event? You know, I often like thinking about, like, a five k, or maybe you've thought about doing, you know, a celebration or an anniversary meal, and you go, ah, well, let's think about it some more. And I go, yeah, but if we know we're going to do it, and this is a positive thing that we're going to do, let's book the thing.

Because if we can book the thing now, and it's six months from now, guess what? Our current moment gets to enjoy that thing in the future right now for a lot longer. Let's say you're going to do that big event a year from now. You get to say, I'm going to do that thing a year from now for a whole year. Let's say you're going to do that marathon. You get to say, I am doing a marathon for a whole year. In the present moment, in the thin space of now, you get to say, I am going to do that thing for a really long time.

The torment of deciding goes away, and the joy of knowing you are doing that thing exists for longer. Yeah, Maria, here's the other great thing, because people often go, yeah, but what if it changes? Yeah, you don't know what I say to that. If it changes, then you got to enjoy the reality of the truth being that you were going to do the thing for a lot longer than you would have. You want to know? Hey, speak wonder. Nice to see you, my friend. Maria, you got to enjoy the reality of that thing being reality for a lot longer than you would have.

People always laugh when I say this. Do you want to know how many times I've had to cancel work travel because I'm always the first person to book it. People roll their eyes at me all the time. They go, JC, you always book work travel way too soon because you always have to cancel stuff. I go, yeah, but you know what? I'm always the one who gets to be excited that I have work travel coming up and they roll their eyes at me and they walk away. And they go. And I go, yeah, you walk away. You never get to be excited.

I get to be excited. The thin space offers us opportunity to relish in the things we've experienced in the past. The thin space offers us opportunities to be excited about the things that are coming up in our future. And yes, the thin space offers us opportunity to love the things that are going on right now. So how can you be in the moment that you are in right now, which includes relishing in what was, being excited about what will be. That's your opportunity for this morning or whatever time you are watching this live stream today or tomorrow or a year from now?

It's the cool thing about Cadre. It's always here for you. Oh, Maria, I'm so glad that this is resonating for you right here. Exactly. I have a five k to look forward to on July 20. Already registered for it last week. Oh, Maria, I sensed it. You and I having this moment right here. Maria, the thin space for you today is knowing that on July 20, it's here, and on July 20, the future will be the now. And on July 21, the thin space will be in the past. How lovely, my friend Maria. I can't wait to be in the thin space with you again and again and again.

I love it. My friends, have a great rest of your Sunday. And we will see you again and again and again. We'll see you later.