JC leads a Thin Space Sunday reflection on being present, explaining the Franciscan-rooted practice and sharing a personal example of music choices that reveal how momentary cravings signal awareness of the present moment.
15 this morning for a little live stream Kiki so I'm bopping in 15 earlier than than usual so you got a good buffer you can stretch out after in space before Britney bops on Ian Chris Fortman good morning happy crisp Sunday here in the in the Midwest my name is JC if we've never shared time in space together before thank you for the opportunity to spend some time with you right now on this Sunday morning it is a gift to spend time with you I'm glad that I'm here I'm glad that you're here I know the things that I know and I care about you that is how we kick off this this cadre movement this verb but not noun this evolution every single day that reminder that there's a shared gladness that we are here we risk to think that our our lived experiences and our trained professionalisms have worth and value in building bridges and connectivity for other people that we that we spend time with here so on Sundays I often kick things off with this idea of of thin space Sundays you see a lot of a lot of contributors sharing content on how do we take care of one's self now how do we take care of others but how do we take care of ourselves which of course is a great prerequisite and ever pendulum swinging balance with taking care of other people and the things that we do this idea of thin space cliff note version is so often in JC math world I say we spend 48% of our time unpacking the past 48% of our time planning for the future which leaves us with a puny little 4% of time spent in the only moment that we actually have any power or control and that is right now so this idea of thin space born of practice by Franciscan monks brings us into the space that we are in now I often make the joke that that I'm full of it and by it I mean ideas but sometimes we hear people share their ideas and we go where's that coming from what's the what's the pathway what's the what's the research what's the what's the validation and a lot of these well everything I can share research research I'm qualitative and quantitative research that's born these ideas but sometimes I like to do kind of human experience proofing as well what I mean by that is this morning when I got my car and drove to this parking lot which is nearby where my work is that I had to after my Sunday morning live stream I didn't want to listen to just any music something inside me was going mmm you need to listen to something specific today and all of a sudden I started throwing on like the carpenters Christmas portrait album I throw on some Leslie old and Odom Jr.
m. Central Standard Time and 7 30 because I have an early start to my day but for right now think about today be in it
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