The Thin Space

Well, hey there, everybody. Happy Sunday. Sunday self care day here in the Cadre sphere. What are you up to? What does your day look like today? It's a really purposeful question that I just asked. What are you up to today? Like what are you doing today for today's sake? That's kind of what we talk about on this live stream entitled the thin space, the space that is in between everything that has been and everything that will be. Nice to see you, everybody. I see a lot of friends signing in. Pierre, nice to see you.

Christine, nice to see you. The thin space, the space in between everything that has been and everything that will be is a really hard space, a deceptive space to be in, especially on a day like Sunday or especially in a month like August, which is coming on up. Hey, Jules, nice to see you. There's something about how we look at time that we often kind of hold onto the past and we plan for the future. A lot of times we miss the opportunity to be in the moment that we are in. So we'll talk about that in a moment.

I want to encourage you if you have time today, a really good way to be in the thin space is to come right back here into Cadre. You're going to see a lot of opportunities to consider how you care for yourself throughout the day. You'll see Darrell and Tiffany later on. We have a wonderful new contributor named Beverly Lutz who's going to be going live for the first time this afternoon. But check out all the opportunities to connect throughout the day because in doing so, you're going to be where you are with what you have and honor that.

That's the thin space. So if I ask the question, what are you doing today? If you look at those things, it's like, oh, I'm meal planning. That's a great thing. I'm getting everything set up for the week ahead. That's a great thing. Maybe it's ah, you know, I have to clean up the house because this past week has been, has been nutty and there's a lot of things I haven't gotten to. So I have to finish up some things from this past week. Those are great. Everything that you do has purpose. There's no question there.

But there's something incredibly powerful about doing things within the here and now that increases your awareness of the power that you have. Like often on Sundays, I cut the grass. Sure, I cut the grass because it's gotten long and maybe I should have cut it last week, but I didn't have time so now I'm making up for that. Or maybe I'm cutting the grass because I have something three, four days from now, maybe neighbors friends are coming over, and I want to make sure that the yard looks good. So I'm planning ahead.

But cutting the grass for the sake of cutting the grass, of being in the yard, in the here and now, it changes the way that you enjoy the moment that you're in. The thin space is a concept derived as a meditation practice or as a kind of a presence practice by franciscan monks. Franciscan monks would find all of these times in between, in between seasons, in between day and night, beginnings and ends, good and bad. And in these moments in between, that's where they would kind of nuzzle into. I don't know about you, but I'm from the midwest, from Minnesota, and we spend a lot of time talking about how time just flies by.

Where did time go? Obviously, time always moves at the exact same speed. But we know that there are times that feel faster or slower. And normally, those times are the times that we are not being incredibly present in. So what do you do today? The things that you have to do to make up for things you haven't gotten done in the past, the planning and the preparation for the times ahead. What can you do today? As July wraps up, as the weekend comes to a close, maybe there are other transitions that you're going through in life right now.

Good, bad, hard. What can you do right now? Open up a window, light a candle. Enjoy a can of soda or a fresh squeezed glass of juice. I just sit on the couch. With your family or your animal? What are those things that you can go, you know what? There are other things I can do right now. But right now, I'm going to do the thing that puts me in the moment. Later on today, I'll be driving to Wisconsin, to Shell Lake, Wisconsin. And I'll be teaching throughout this next week at an arts camp for a musical theater week.

Young people from all around the midwest will be coming to Shell Lake, Wisconsin, for this week. And I will get to be there and help facilitate their experience. So I have about a two and a half hour car ride to Shell Lake. I love car rides. I don't even care where I'm going. That's the thin space. Maybe you think back to when you were younger or maybe not so young and you were going on a road trip to a vacation space, and maybe there was part of you that just could not wait to get there. What did that do to the car ride?

Probably made it less than enjoyable. But what does that car ride hold for you? What do you get to listen to? What do you get to see? What do you get to eat and taste? What do you get to think about within that present moment? Car ride, that space in between where you were and where you are going. That's the image that maybe you take with you today. And maybe you go, you know what? I'm going to take a little car ride today. And you care more about the journey than the destination, y'all. You have a great lineup to look forward to today on Cadre, but maybe you allow the little updates to say, hey, this person is going live in ten minutes to pull you into the moment at hand, and you see where you're at in that moment.

But I am always grateful when I get to be in the thin space with you right here. Beezobitz. Nice to see you, my friend. Have a great rest of your day, and we'll see you again tomorrow right here in the Cadre sphere. Bye.