JC explores the idea of enoughness through a choral metaphor, using a Conspirare rearrangement to show how groups remain whole even when members are absent and how worth exists in what one can contribute now.
Turn on this light. Let the song play in. How are we doing today? Ball game. 22, 30. Nice to see you, my friend. The twins didn't have the best game last night, but you always knock it out of the park.
JC: Choirs are not insufficient or incomplete. If someone is not there, they're still a choir. JC: On Saturdays, I talk about the idea of enoughness. When we figure out what that something is, exponentially our worth grows.
Dwayne, who sings the lead on Def Leppard's Rock of Ages, had a minor stroke. We had someone else sing Dwayne's part. But did the audience miss out on the beautiful thing that we created?
The way you plan something can be awesome. The way it's executed is equitably awesome. Many things can be true at the same time. So bought back into the Cadre sphere if you're having a lazy morning. But always know whenever you need us, we're right here.
Turn on this light. There we go. Let the song play in. Hey, Amar. Hey, Luke. How are we doing today? Ball game. 22, 30. Nice to see you, my friend. The twins didn't have the best game last night, but you always knock it out of the park. I'm gonna ask a question about our little playing music today in about 10 seconds. I've been looking for the sunshine. I'll have to pause right there. So that is Emily. Nice to see you. Speak wonder. Nice to see you. That is a Dolly Parton song rearranged by a group named Conspirare and Craig Hella Johnson.
They're based out of Austin, Texas. They won a ton of Grammys. Really, really cool group that re rethinks choral music. But here's my question. How many of their members were not present on the day of that recording? I'll play it again for a few seconds. I'm gonna zoom ahead here. All right. As you listen, can you hear anybody missing? I know that's a weird question, right? You may be like, I've never heard this group before, but even if you have heard of that group. I've heard of that group. I know that group.
I know members of that group. I don't know if someone was missing. Why? Because the collective is always made up of who's present. Choirs are not insufficient or incomplete. If someone is not there, they're still a choir. They're still who they are. And that's what we're going to talk about today. But before we jump in, I'm glad I'm here. I'm glad that you're here. I know what I know, and I care about you. All those things wonderfully are true each time that I say them. And I hope you say them to each other as if you can hear each other's voices in chorus through the screen.
My name is JC if we've never shared time and space together before, thank you for the opportunity to spend some time with you right now. On Saturdays, I talk about the thing that I talk about the most, and that is this idea of enoughness. Enoughness is a concept that removes the idea that once you accomplish something, then you will have worth and recalibrates that to right now, you are capable of doing something that has worth. Now, you aren't capable of doing everything, but you are capable of doing something.
And when we figure out what that something is, exponentially our worth grows. Think about how often you wake up, you look at your day ahead and all the things you've planned and how they're supposed to go. Then all of a sudden someone's not going to be at the meeting or the number that, you know the account was supposed to get to. You came back different or didn't come back at all. Think about when you're getting ready to do the race and your energy's off or your stomach's off or you got a leg cramp and all of a sudden you go, gosh, now I can't do the thing.
It's like that choir. Anytime you hear music, anytime you, you. You see something that someone else has created with other people, I want you to ask yourself, hm? What didn't go to plan or who wasn't there that was supposed to be there? Hey, Mel. Hey, Tappy. Nice to see you. And see if you can figure out what didn't go to plan or who didn't show up. Because I'll bet you a nickel, and I'd ever bet for more than a nickel, you're not going to be able to figure out that something's missing. Because your idea of what is enough is really your idea of what you would prefer to be true.
Your worth does not go down because things didn't go the way that you had planned for them to go. But your. Oh, I really wish that that is a true statement. I had two gigs with the Senior Citizen Rock Ensemble that I artistic direct this week. Thursday morning, I got a call from my buddy Dwayne, who sings the lead on Def Leppard's Rock of Ages. And he was at the ER because he had a minor stroke, so he wasn't gonna be there that day. He went through all his tests. Doctor said, go home. He says, cool.
Can I sing tomorrow? Doctor's like, sure. That's where I gig yesterday. Dwayne was back singing Rock of Ages. Did we sing Rock of Ages on Thursday? You bet we did. We had someone else sing Dwayne's part. Did anybody in the audience know that Dwayne wasn't there? No. Was Dwayne's energy and heart there? Were we thinking about him? Yes. Would we prefer Dwayne to be there? Because we love Dwayne. Of course. But did the audience miss out on the beautiful thing that we created? Absolutely not, y', all, as you hopefully settle in for a weekend, maybe it's busy, maybe it's not.
Maybe you work on the weekends, maybe you don't. But I hope today, anytime you go, this isn't the way it was supposed to be. What you translate that to be is, gosh, I wish the way that I would have planned this to be would be the way that it's going to. Because there's a joy in them and because many things can be true at the same time. I hope your voice also goes. And what we're doing right now isn't okay. No, it's great. It's not less than. It's different, and it's great. So as I play out a little conspirare today, I invite you to listen to the beauty that has won them Grammy Awards and the beauty that is talking about being a clear blue morning when maybe outside it is raining cats and dogs.
Many things can be true at the same time. The way you plan something can be awesome. The way it's executed is equitably awesome. My buddy Craig's coming up with 1% better in about 51. Nope, just ticked over 50 minutes. So bought back into the Cadre sphere if you're having a lazy morning. But always know whenever you need us, we're right here. We'll talk to you later.
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