The Thin Space

Hey there, Cadre. Happy Sunday. It is wonderful to see you. And if you've spent time with me before, you hear me say that every single time, and I have the joy of saying that a lot of times every week. Let me think. Two times on Monday, two times on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday. I think I do seven live streams a week. And I say it every single time, that it is truly a joy to spend time with you every single one of those times. So thank you. Thank you, thank you. Hey, speak, wonder. Hey, noofy.

Yes. Good Sunday morning. Sundays. Here is self care day, a day when we take time to really consider how do we take care of ourselves? And if I can make a guess, you aren't very good at that. We are taught to take care of the things that we do and the people that we're supposed to take care of. And then maybe we take care of ourselves in a triage sense. If there's other time or if we're broken, or if we need to take care of ourselves in order to take care of the stuff and the people that we're supposed to take care of, then we take care of ourselves.

Speak, wonder says with you, I'm leaning across the fence in a neighborly way, warm and conversational, just like Wilson Wilson on home improvement. Yes. Howdy, neighbor. Taking a walk as I listen in. That's a great way to do, to do the Cadre. Ah, good morning from my sunny deck. It's another good way to do it. Whether you're walking, whether you're leaning, whether you're sitting. Bravo. You are doing self care Sunday in the right way. So all of y'all make sure if you have time later on today. I know Gene is coming in in a couple of hours.

You got Darryl this afternoon. You got Tiffany this evening, probably, even though I haven't seen him schedule yet. But I know that Jason Lennox coming up this, this evening, and then from the other side of the world, from Australia, you got Doctor Evan coming in as well. So a little song. Sometimes the days, they can be very busy, so I like to stop and think now and then I think of the reasons I have to be happy, and that makes me happy all over again. What made you think that I was unhappy? What were you thinking?

Was making me blue? I only come out here to sit and remember I love being a dog in the warm, sunny summer. But mostly I'm happy because I have you. So that's a song from the musical a year with frog and toad. I always shift one word, frog to dog, because I sing that song every day to my oldest dog, Hamilton. Hamilton is nine and a half years old. I sing it to him every morning before I leave the house this week. Hamilton. Well, a couple weeks ago, I found out Hamilton has a heart murmur and a real bad one.

Hamilton had heartworm as a baby and also whipworm. So he had all the worms. But he has a pretty bad heart murmur. And he had an echo this week. And it turns out that his murmur is in a. Even though it's a really bad heart murmur, it's in an okay place for right now. So that's good. But that's a scary thing. So the concept of thin space invites us to be in the space after what has been and before what will be. To be in the space after what has been and before what will be. Maybe a fancy way of saying to be in the now.

So, you know, a speak wonder just raised up the word ritual. Yeah, rituals are a really great way, especially when times are tough to nuzzle into that moment of right now. So these last couple of weeks when it's like, uh oh, Hamilton, you got a. You got a heart murmur, buddy. That's some. That's some scary s***. Like, we don't know what's going on. That song has become extra, extra important. So the cool thing about a year of frog and toad the musical, well, if you know me, I'm a musical theater person.

Well, that musical actually opened up in Minnesota at children's theater in Minneapolis. And then it went to Broadway, and then it got nominated for some tony awards. It's a big, big old musical. So for a Minnesota boy like me, that's really cool. It reminds me of, like, down the street. And it makes me feel really proud. And it is going again right now at children's theater. They're doing a revival. Another cool thing about that show is the original toad was played by Marklin Baker. And if any of you tune in on Thursdays to my live stream on Caregiver day, my live stream is Family ties, which is a live stream all about the ties that bind us to our families.

And on Thursdays, I always tie my family stories to popular 1980s and 1990s sitcoms. A couple weeks ago, I talked about perfect strangers. Perfect strangers starred Mark Lynn Baker. Mark Lynn Baker was the original toad in a year's frog and Toad. All of these little connections allow me to go, ah. In the here and now. So whenever I sing this little song to my little buddy Hamilton, it connects me to a lot of things and allows me to nuzzle into the thin space. What are the rituals that allow you to get into the moments after what has happened and before what will be?

I ask you to consider that today. What can you do to get into the now? What is the melody? What is the task? What is the treat that you can consume? The smell that you can waft? What is the dance you can dance? What is the task that you can engage in? Think of the things that you can do that bring you into the moment at hand. Because the fun thing is, every single time that I start singing that little song, Hamilton looks up at me with his glossy eyes, because, by golly, he can't see that good anymore.

And he goes, ah, it's time to be in the thin space. He gets it. And then I get it, too. Y'all. I hope you have a great Sunday tomorrow. I'll be right back here with you. m. Central standard time to go ahead and talk about what is Cadre. It is a joy. Oh, my gosh, the smell of lavender. Noofy lover. For me, it's the smell of lilac. It's a big Minnesota thing. Jope a joy. It is always a joy to see you, my friend. And the rest of you as well. We will see you tomorrow. Have a good one.