Cadre Today and Family Ties

Hey there, Cadre. How are we doing today? Good morning from Minneapolis. If you've been with me this week, you know, I've been down in San Antonio for work. And now I'm back. Back to the dance in Minnesota. I'm glad that I'm here. I really am really glad that you're here. I can't even tell you I know what I know. Sometimes I have to remind myself that. Victor, nice to see you. My friend. T. North. Hey. Hey, Luke. Rick. Oh, crew coming on in. We got the boys today. There's vis a bit. How's it going, crew?

Jules, nice to see you. I'm glad I'm here. I'm glad you're here. I know what I know, and I care about you. Let me tell you, every day is one of those days, right? Just depends on what kind of one of those days it is. Let me show you these. These are my keys for a building in which one of the many hats I wear is officed. And these keys get you into the basement and into the cage where all of our stuff is kept. And it's really easy when you're kind of running around to forget these things somewhere.

Well, my day started a good about 3 hours ago as I get ready for 4 very, very packed days, and my head's all over the place. And we're getting a new fence put in the yard, and they didn't finish like they were supposed to last night. So now there's no fence for the yard. So the dogs had to be brought over to my parents so they could go and stay over there so they could go outside today because my partner has to go in the office today. Right. You get it. You could almost mad lib this and go. It's like, oh, I have those days.

Yeah. Well, you may be able to see behind me. I got a bunch of sound equipment in my car, and I'm a little bit closer to the steering wheel today because the car is packed. Well, as I was loading up the car, I forgot my keys in the lock in the cage where all of our sound equipment is kept. And all of a sudden, I found myself locked out of being able to keep my day progressing. Think about that as an analogy. I was locked out from the ability to keep my day moving. For that moment. I had to stand there in the underground parking garage going, I literally cannot do anything right now.

What a great reminder. What a great reminder that sometimes we can't do anything. Now, again, I'm talking about, like, perspective or appreciate, like, those things we can Always do. But literally, I could not do anything to move my day forward. There's something incredibly liberating and the truth that sometimes you can't do anything. You know, On Thursdays, we often talk about the role that many of us fill as caregivers. One of my near and dear friends this week called me on It's Thursday. This must have been Monday morning.

Maybe it was Tuesday morning. I think it was Tuesday morning. Called me on Tuesday morning. I never pick up my phone, but I saw my phone ringing and I was like, I need to pick up my phone. And I picked up my phone and I was like, hey, I got the feeling like this isn't a good call. And she said, my dad just died. Their dad is in town helping do some bathroom remodel and is going to be in town for the next month. And. And their dad was at the dump bringing some stuff. Got in back. Back in his truck and fell over the steering wheel.

Had a heart attack. And she could do nothing to move her day forward. Right. The bathroom project was not going to continue on. The relationship with. With dad was not going to progress or change or because he passed away. And all of these moments, whether it be in a caregiving relationship where we go, I literally can accomplish nothing right now or within the realities of trying to do all the things we have to do. And your keys get locked on the other side of the door or Speak Wonder says the day that the phone got.

Got lost. Yeah, there's. There's something. You're right. Speak Wonder. There's something liberating about the s***** things that happen again. We could put a positive perspective on things. We could go ahead and, you know, do a lot of things that are really good for us and we should. But also we need to remember that sometimes we need to be where we are with what we have and to honor that. So right now, when I was one minute late to the live stream, which I normally don't like doing, it was because my keys were locked on the other side and I couldn't get the sound equipment because I just rushed the keyboard into the car.

And now, because the wifi wasn't working in the office this morning, I'm sitting in a Kinko's parking lot to go and make copies on my own dime before I head up to Maple Grove, where we have to have rehearsal today. Because we couldn't have rehearsal in our regular space. Cause the space was blocked. Things are happening, y' all. And some things we can control and some things we can't. Some Things are going to change your life forever. I'm thinking and sending a lot of love to my friend today as two days after her dad dying out of nowhere changed her life forever.

We will always move into the space of going, how do I put this in? A perspective that I can consume, a perspective that I can gain energy from, a perspective I can move forward with. Yeah, that's. That's part of the game. That's part of the fight, y' all. And do it fight. But also know sometimes you're not gonna win. Sometimes you can't walk yourself out of the box that life has put you on in. The Twins won last night. The Timberwolves lost two nights ago. It's really sunny in Minnesota. I don't got a fence in the backyard.

So all of a sudden the dogs are gonna poop in the basement because they're stressed out and they don't know what to do. Y' all, I love short sentences. And here's the hook for the day. Sometimes we go, life is hard. Life is beautiful. Life is a game. Life is a journey. Sometimes we go, change is necessary. Change is inevitable. Change is fill in the blank. I love short sentences. Two word sentences are my favorite. Life is period. Change is period. Because those sentences are always true. Y' all be true today.

I will be back tomorrow morning, 7:30am but in the meantime, click into some communities. Some things that are pulling you settle into some scrolling through the community feed and you may go ahead and find a face, a friend, a name, a thought, an idea, a picture that changes your life. And whenever you need a little bit of conversation, join a live stream, y' all right here. You'll see faces that remind you that they are glad that they're here. They're glad that you're here. They know what they know and they care about you.

That's powerful stuff. Y' all have a good one. Bye.