Monday Motivation. “Dying Is Easy, Living Is Hard”

Good morning, everybody. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Happy Monday. It's Monday motivation time. Luke Wendtland here. I apologize in advance. The allergies are hard for me right now, so you can see my eyes, just not all there, but that's okay. Again, my name is Luke Wentland. I've been here at Cadre since day one. I'm really excited always about Monday motivation. I always try to drop a little nugget for you that I hope can take with the rest of your day, your week, your month, your life.

You never know. So we'll just give it a second here and just wait till everybody joins, and then I'm gonna get going. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. I'm starting to see everybody join hope everybody had a great weekend. Hope you got a little you time. I hope you had the opportunity to take in some Cadre live streams on Saturday and Sunday, both with self care. Self care Saturday, as well as a recovery and reset on Sunday. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning, everybody.

Good morning. Hope everybody had a dynamic weekend. All right, well, we're gonna. We're gonna kick her off here, everybody. So I had the opportunity this weekend to go up north and hang out with my father in law, anybody who's been following me on Cadre for a while now. Good morning, Mister Hugo. Good morning, Jules. Good morning, everybody. Gosh, it's always the best to see y'all say so. I've been going up north visiting my father in law of late. Everybody's kind of, that's been following me along this journey is kind of understood or understood.

Understands what's happening in my life with my, my father in law and what he's battling, what he's going through with Ms, and, you know, he's went through a coma, a septic coma, came out of the coma. I've told that story before, but this weekend was the first time we actually went back to talking about it, that we, we went back there. Most individuals, you know, just kind of, like, when they go through something like that, it will just kind of take it in, hold it, and, you know, especially that generation, never kind of reshare again.

And again, I apologize about my allergies again. They're just brutal right now. But we went there, and, you know, he brought me back to the time. He told me what it was like. He told me all of his lucid dreams. He told me everything that he saw. He told me kind of like, what was happening, the voices, everything that he was hearing. And it was just an amazing journey that he went through, through those seven days while he was in a coma. But here's my big but when all this was done and we talked about the stories, he was talking about bonus time, how he's living life on bonus time.

And he said, luke, this is his words. He's like, dying is easy. Living is hard. And I want you to think about that and I want you to take that in. And I know there's somebody on this live stream actually right now that's going through their own journey, their cancer struggle and what they're dealing with. And for me to say that to him is d*** near inconsequential for what he's dealing with in his life. But I just want him to know, and everybody to know that you don't have to be going through a death defying venture in your life or experience in your life to ultimately say, it's time for me too.

It's time for me to live right now and go all in on this life. And, you know, dying is easy, living is hard. And he's so right. And his terms, not mine. I'm living life on bonus time. And what if we all just lived life on bonus time? What if today is bonus time? What if next week is bonus time? We should all live life on bonus time. Greatest way to live. That's right on the money, brother. And I love you, man, and you are truly living life on bonus time. And that's the truth. And that's why I look to people like you that inspire me, that motivate me, that drive me to do some in what I hope is really impactful things in this world.

So with that, I want you today to leave this livestream and think to yourself, am I living life on bonus time? Am I making the most of this opportunity? Am I saying yes to the things that I can? Am I punting the nose? Am I saying yes? Am I going all in? Am I living life on this bonus trajectory that I could possibly go off to? And you never know what just might happen or what experiences you may share and with who you might share them with. So you do not need a diagnosis, you do not need a death defying venture like a coma to say to yourself, today is the day that I'm going to start living on bonus time.

And I think this world would be a very, very different place if we all pushed our chips in and did that. So here's my message to you today, and this is your opportunity to go all in and say, today's the day. Today's the day that I'm going to make change. Today's the day I'm going to say yes. Today's the day I'm going to say no. Today's the day I'm going to leave that job that I've hated for the last eight years. Today's the day that I'm gonna go all in and try something new at work. Today's the day that I'm gonna go all in and do something insanely special for my wife or my partner.

Today's the day I'm gonna show up for all my kids. Today's the day I'm going to. And then do it. And then hold yourself accountable and go do it. So go live life on bonus time. And just remember my father in law's quote, dying is easy. Living is hard. So have a wonderful rest of your week, y'all. We got a outstanding live stream schedule coming up for the rest of the day today. Reach into Mister Tappy. Gene Nichols is going to be coming up live. We have JC Lippold as well as Darryl Glaze. I believe there's actually even somebody else that's hopping on our livestream today as well.

Throughout the rest of the week. Again, leaning into tomorrow, we're gonna have the opportunity to talk about some things at the workplace with loneliness, connection, or otherwise. Wednesday is always mental well being. Wednesdays. Thursday, we're leaning into what it feels like to be a caregiver. Friday is trauma, grief, loss, the bereavement process. How do we deal with all that? Saturday is all about self growth, and Sunday is that recovery reset, as well as if you're dealing with substance abuse.

We always try to have live streams on Sunday to be able to support those individuals as well. So we hope that you have the opportunity to find what you need on Cadre, whether it's in our prerecorded content, our live streaming content that they're able to ultimately serve. Maybe the hole in your heart, maybe the motivation you need, whatever that might be for you. So lean in today to being good to somebody else. Thank you for showing up. It's always the best. Anytime I see all the names start popping up on the live stream, it just makes me so happy on a Monday.

It's why I do what I do. Again, I do apologize for my eyes today. My allergies are just off the charts. But that's a beautiful sign. In Minnesota, the pollen is coming, the flowers, the rebirth, all of it. So I just want to say again, Jules, thank you. Thank you for being here all the other individuals that have showed up on, on this live stream. Thank you, Mister Hugo. I love you, man. You guys have a wonderful, wonderful week. Do good for each other. Lift each other up. Be good for one another.

Show up with all your heart and be where your feet are. Bye, you guys. Take care. Have a wonderful, wonderful week. Bye.