Monday Motivation: Gratitude Practice Example-Perspective

Oh, good morning. Good morning, Cadre. It's Luke here. Good morning. I'm just waiting for the little Cadre notification to pop, and then we'll get going. As you can see, I don't look too hot this morning. I have influenza A from the weekend and still rolling here into Monday, and that's no fun, to say the least. Good morning, everybody. Good morning. Wow, I am seeing so many names. Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop. It is not. Not the best morning for sweet luky boy here with influenza A. But it is okay and we'll get through it.

But what I wanted to share today was talking about, you know, gratitude and perspective. So, you know, influenza A over the. Over the weekend. And I was sitting in the tub yesterday, right? So sitting in the tub floated between like 100 and 103 temperature for basically all day, right? And it's just miserable. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's so good to see all the faces and everybody pop in. But, you know, again, influenza A going through the weekend. And I was sitting in the tub yesterday, and that's where I just had reprieve, right?

And I was just sitting there and I was thinking to myself, hot tub, have an opportunity to feel better. I have my phone right next to me. I have a TV on in the background. I have a hot. A towel ready to go. I have my toothbrush. I have medication. I have pills, pills, you know, like acetaminophen, obviously, and such like that, right? I have everything sitting there for me, and I'm miserable. I'm miserable. Don't get me wrong. But I'm thinking to myself, I actually have those things. And I thought about it to go.

Imagine waking up feeling this way and having influenza in Southern California. We lost everything. You don't have a tub. You have medication. You don't even have water. And so I think with everything is there's this perspective which either drives performance or it drives gratitude. And when you. When you. When you lean in to where your perspective really is and where you're sitting in that moment and just realize, like, how fortunate I am. So I'm sitting here with a blistering fever, with an unbelievable headache, sleeping all day in bed and just going, I'm so lucky.

I am so insanely lucky. And I ended up talking to my wife about it of just going, like, I am. I'm blessed beyond words. And I. And. And to. To really mean it. To like, actually really mean it and say those things out loud going, I feel like it is a tough day. It's been a tough weekend, not being able to get out of bed. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, right? But to go, I'm so lucky. And, and I really, really, really encourage you to think about when you might be down and out, to think about when you're struggling, to think about those moments and put it in perspective, especially with what's happening, you know, some 1800 miles west of Minnesota or wherever you meet may be located in the Cadre land, right from Canada to the United States to Mexico, right wherever you are.

Boy, oh, boy, oh, boy. Not only are we here for you, but we're also here for you to drive your perspective and to drive daily gratitude. So think about those things today. I am going to sign off very early today. It takes so much just to get up and. And get out of bed, to be honest. So I am going to be done and I'm going to head back and I'm going to feel very fortunate and I'm going to feel very lucky, and I am going to be very grateful that I get the opportunity to heal in a home. I get an opportunity to heal in a bed.

I get an opportunity to heal in a shower. Think about that. Just, like, really take a step and think about that. My, my, my animals are here with me, right? They're with me. All, all, all of these things are true. And meanwhile, we can feel so victimized in moments, but instead, we're all going to change that. We're going to change that to be Victors. Oh, my gosh. Feel so better. Asana. Oh, yes. I actually researched this gen, so I looked online with influenza A and sauna, and it says, actually it can, and I'm going to butcher this word, so bear with me.

Exacerbate your symptoms. So I'm gonna wait. I think today could be the day I go, which would be really awesome. But in the interim, here's a message to all y'all is let's really, really be grateful for what we have, and let's also drive perspective each and every day for the things that we're so blessed and fortunate and lucky to see, to feel, to touch and have those moments. So writing those journals today and write in those journals today because you know, at the end of the day, what you focus on increases.

So I saw. I can't even begin to tell you how many names. Pop Pop. Pop. Pop Pop. Shannon. Love you. Jules, you're amazing. Sherry Recovery Cafe. Can't wait for you and your whole crew to be on Cadre. Steph, Irwin, you're a champ. Anna, love you, Jen. You're the best. You are a world class human being, Sherry. Again, praying for you. And so many are sick and struggling with many hardships. That's right. There are many, many, many out there that have it so, so much worse than me. So with that being said, have a wonderful day.

You guys take care of one another, lift some people up, lean into gratitude. Love y'all. And I'm going to head down to sleep for a little bit longer. Bye, you guys take care. Thank you.