JC reflects on Carole King’s song Beautiful, contrasting interpretations of beauty and the value of connection. He frames Cadre as a morning space for community and leads Friday conversations about grief, loss, and finding one’s path.
JC: Little Carole King to remind you that you are beautiful. On Fridays, we talk about grief and loss. Grief drives us into a place of uniqueness, of the way that we grieve. JC: You have the capacity to find your right path, and normally it's found by spending some time with other people.
Carole King's Tapestry is a top five album of all time. It's an album of liberation. This is Cadre today. Every single morning, I come in to share a little bit of time and space about why we do what we do at Cadre.
I resonate most with Carole King in the song beautiful. Why do I see what other people are carrying so often? We're so good at seeing in others what we can't see in ourselves. St. Croix Hospice coming up later on today. Otherwise, the weekend is right around the corner.
Back to a little carol, verse two. What's the reason for the sadness? Love can end the madness. You got to get up every morning, smile on your face and show the world all the love in your heart gonna treat you better.
Smile on your face and show the world all the love in your heart then people gonna treat you better. What's going on, Cadre? That you're beautiful as you feel you are as beautiful as you feel. Carole. Carole King from Tapestry album. Good album. Newland. Nice to see you. Happy Friday, Marisa Jewels. One more chorus. With a smile on your face and show the world all the love in your heart then people gonna treat you better. You're gonna find yes, you will but you're beautiful as you feel. Little Carole King this morning to remind you that you are beautiful.
You know, it's interesting. Carol says, you know, you have to put on a happy face and then you'll be beautiful. And I go, I disagree, Carol. I think you're beautiful. Even when you don't have the capacity to change the thing. You can change and control it. You can control. Now, the thing is, do I think that what Carol is saying is not valid? No, I think it's incredibly valid. I love this song, but my perspective on what beauty is is different. It's kind of the thing I love about Cadre. We say Cadre is a space where professionals and peers create a community with resources to show you that there are many ways to being well, many ways to feeling better.
That's why I love Cadre. I'm not right, and neither are you. But you have the capacity to find your right path, and normally it's found by spending some time with other people who make you think differently or make you feel seen or make you feel connected. That's what we're doing here, y'all. Hey, my name is JC. If we've never shared time and space together before, thank you for the opportunity to do so right now. It is a gift to spend some time with you, no matter how you're doing. You know, on Fridays, we talk about grief and loss.
We talk about those stages in life when you are all of a sudden in the stage of missing and mourning, of not having who and what you had before. Grief is a sign that you love, right? If you love, you will grieve. Chris Fortman. Nice to see you, my friend. So, on Fridays, we talk about something that normally most people deal with in isolation, right? Grief and loss drives us into a place of uniqueness, of the way that we grieve. The way that we lose is incredibly personal, if not only for the sake that we are the one who is grieving.
So, back to our song for the day, a little beautiful by Carole King from tapestry. Like I said, I disagree a little bit. On Carol's message in the song. But I appreciate Carol's message in the song, and I see how it can get Carol to that place. If you've never listened to the Tapestry album, oh, my gosh, it is top five album of all time. It's an album of liberation. It's an album of being seen. It's an album of sharing perspective that is owned by one person and the life that they've lived. That's what we do here.
This is Cadre today. Every single morning, I come in to share a little bit of time and space about why we do what we do at Cadre. And in doing so, on a day like today, when St. Croix hospice will be signing on a little bit later to offer some live stream, or you can go ahead and check out some pre recorded content in the grief and loss sphere if that's where you are right now. And even if you're not, like, I'm not grieving right now, I'm not losing right now. It's like having the perspective, having the opportunity to connect, to learn, to hear, to empathize, sympathize, to be compassionate, to understand.
This is how we shift our own understanding of our mental well being and our understanding of those people around us. I'll leave you today with this. The thing that I resonate most with Carole King in the song beautiful is in the first verse, Carol says, I watch people walking around and they don't seem to see what they're carrying with them. Carol says, I see on their faces that they're carrying the weight and the dissonance and the heaviness and the negativity and the sadness. And she says, they don't see it, but I do.
Why do I see what other people are carrying so often? We're so good at seeing in others what we can't see in ourselves. Welcome to a space where people can help you see and be seen, y'all. St. Croix Hospice coming up later on today. Otherwise, the weekend is right around the corner. We talk personal development on Saturdays, self care on Sundays, and then we're right back at it again. No matter where you are, no matter what you have going on. Thank you for being here. We will talk to you soon. Back to a little carol, verse two.
I have often asked myself the reason for the sadness. What's the reason for the sadness? Love can end the madness. Maybe not, but we can try. Y'all sing it with me. You got to get up every morning, smile on your face and show the world all the love in your heart gonna treat you better. You're gonna find it. Yes, you will. That you're beautiful. Say it. I am beautiful. I am beautiful. I am beautiful. As you feel. Y'all have a great weekend. We will talk to you soon.
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