A reflective talk on the concept of thin space, exploring the quiet interval between past and future and how noticing that pause can change the way one approaches busy seasons and everyday life.
As we focus on balance here in the Cadre Spheres sphere this month, too much of anything is, is. Even balance within the things that we experience are things that lead to our awareness and our capacity to take in the fullness of life.
This last week has been full, like I'm Talking at least 16 hour days every day since last Saturday. The space in between everything that has happened and everything that will happen is so vast. Life isn't meant to be gotten through. Life is meant tobe lived.
I have to share another one. My oldest, Puppers Hamilton, has a disease called Cushing's. He taught me this morning what thinspace looks like. Whether you are got a busy day or not busy day, find that space in between everything that has happened.
Hey, Cadre, it is Sunday. How are you? How are you? How are you? How are you? Well, you know, I hope you're doing great, but I'll also be that squeaky wheel reminder that if you're not great, that's okay too. As we focus on balance here in the Cadre Spheres sphere this month, too much of anything is, is. Is normally not the best thing, right? Like, I think people who live in areas of the world where the weather doesn't change, right, they end up losing an awareness of how beautiful a day can be sometimes.
Whoa, lots of people coming on in. Nice to see you crew. What a Sunday morning crew. Say, hey, let me know how your day is going. But yeah, even, even balance within the things that we experience are things that lead to our awareness and our capacity to take in the fullness of life. Alana, the show is pretty darn wonderful. We got one more, one more rock show this afternoon, 2pm it's pretty amazing. These 3362 to 90 year olds are changing lives on the daily and I get to go ahead and, and come along for the ride.
Jules, you, you're in Maple Grove. I just drove through Maple Grove. I'm up in St. Michael. I literally just drove past you. I should have waved. Smz, how are you, my friend? Well, hey, I'm glad I'm here. I'm glad all y' all are here. Chris Fortman. How are you, my friend? It's nice to see you on a Sunday. I'm glad I'm here. I'm glad you're here. I know what I know and I care about you. That's the formula. That's the formula that really makes this Cadre sphere click. Us having appreciation that we get to share time together.
Us risking to think that our experience, professional and peer, our movement through this world has some value when it's shared within this idea that we're actually really loving up on each other here and listening and sharing and, and realizing that there are many ways to be. Well, on Sundays we often talk about this idea of, of caring for oneself. And I get to kick off the day with one of my favorite concepts. And that's thin space. That space in between everything that has happened and everything that will happen.
And in that space, there's a lot of, there's a lot of power and potency. This last week has been full, like I'm Talking at least 16 hour days every day since last Saturday, bringing a lot of, a lot of things to fruition and a lot of people and caring for Those people throughout it. I remember sitting in this parking lot one week ago today and going, gosh, one week from now, One week from now. And I was literally counting down the days and counting down the hours and finding where is the middle point.
So now we're on the back, yada, yada, yada. And even within that, the thing that was able to make me go, okay, life isn't meant to be gotten through. Life is meant to be lived. I'm gonna say that again. Life isn't meant to be gotten through. Life is meant to be lived. Ever have those really, really busy. I'm gonna change the start of that sentence. You have those really, really busy times, and how often do we just go. It's like, I'm working for the weekend or I just need to get through. Yeah, that's.
That is true. And also, there are opportunities that are often missed when we simply try to get to the other side. On my drive up to my Sunday morning work gig, I drive past this water tower, and one of the members of this senior citizen rock group that I direct lives by that water tower, and it's being repainted right now. When I got to this parking lot one week ago, I sent him a message. Be like, hey, your water tower is being worked on this morning. When I got to this parking lot, I was like, hey, Tom, one week ago, I was sending you a message telling you, hey, your water tower is being worked on.
That feels like a million years ago and also like five minutes ago. The space between those two things and yet the moments that existed, that have existed in the midst of those, is so vast. So right now I'm playing through the photographs and memories in my mind. It's a Jim Croce song, one of the songs in our show. If you want a good, sad tune to listen to this morning, type in photographs and memories. Jim Croce finding that space in between. I have to share another one. So my oldest, Puppers Hamilton, he's got a disease called Cushing's, which makes his belly blow up like a balloon.
It's just hard and it's uncomfortable. And he also has a really bad heart murmur. And I. I'm one of those people who talks with my dogs every day about. About death, reminding them that to let me know how they're doing and to let me know when it's time. Like from the time they're babies to the time they're not babies. And this morning, because my time clock's all off, I was up at, like, 5 in Hamilton. He can't sleep in the bed anymore because it's too soft. So he lays on the ground and he often has to lay on his back and you just hear him breathing uncomfortably.
And I kind of lost my stuff. So I end up laying on the ground with him for like an hour. And I kept thinking, like, be in this moment right now. I tried to not go back to like, oh, when you were younger, when you were better. And I tried not to go forward into the what's going to happen and when is it going to happen? And it was beautiful because there were the moments when he settled in to going, ah, this is time together. And he taught me this morning what thinspace looks like. We put those two things together.
Long, exhausting weeks. The ability to go ahead and be exhausted and tired and kind of more in that reactive open space. And then being in this very acute moment and they both teach us things, right? Amidst the busy and the long and the cluttered exists the small and the small end up being a part of this chain, this necklace of moments. You put those things together and you go, ah, you know, like, I've had moments like this with Hamilton when he was one and now he's 11. And I would still do this back then as I do it now.
Why? Because when you're in the moment, you can feel the things that you're actually feeling to the degree that you need to feel them. So you can go, huh? So no matter what you're doing today, if you're heading to St. Anthony, Maine, T North, I love that you're heading to the. To the Cadre event. I just sent a message to Gene and Luke. Whether you are got a busy day or not busy day. Whether today's a happy day or a sad day, find that space in between everything that has happened, everything that will happen, and then go ahead and settle on in.
Settle on into that space in between. T North. Take down my phone number, 612-242-9634. If you end up wanting to come to the show and I see that you're on the waitlist, shoot me a message and I'll see what I can do too. I'll keep eyes open for extra tickets and we can stay in touch. But everybody have a great Sunday ahead. Be in the moment when you can, when your mind allows you to do it, and I'll see you tomorrow. Peace.
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