Cadre Today - Wolves And Clouds

Hey there. Good morning, Cadre. How are we doing today? It is Thursday. It is October. All the things that help us go, where are we? What's going on? Sometimes we think of October as shorter days and crisper weather, but all of a sudden, the sun is shining this morning and it's gonna be hot and toasty out. It's always important for you not to assume what you're supposed to be feeling and thinking, but to go ahead and feel what you think in the moment. I'll say that again. We may think October, we may think end of the week, we may think, here are the things that I'm supposed to feel or experience, but they may not be true.

So taking a moment like this, this morning, Ballgame Jules, Chris Fortman, everybody. Who's bopping on into the room, take a moment to go, what do I know to be true right now? Awesome. 2025. What do I know to be true? How are you feeling? What are you seeing? What are you doing? What do you have to do? What energy are you entering this day with Sarah Monahan? Gosh, it is a good crew this day. So I will say that I'm glad that I'm here. I'm glad that you're here. I know what I know, and I care about you.

Here are some things that I think we are invited to believe are always true. That happiness should be our resting state, and that the clear pathway forward is always relatively easy to find. I don't think either of those things are true. They could be true, they may not be true. And even if they're not true, even if happiness isn't your resting state, and even if you have to work hard to find the pathway forward, if you acknowledge that that is your starting place, you can rock that day in, day out, y'.

All. You know, last night I saw a musical. It's called A Beautiful Noise. It's the Neil diamond story. Neil Diamond, a few years ago, diagnosed with some cognitive issues and had to retire, had to stop performing. And Neil Diamond. Neil diamond was the first concert I ever saw. I was four years old. I was at the Metrodome. I fell asleep halfway through because Neil would do three and a half hour nonstop concerts. Even though I loved Neil, at four, he wore me out. But Neil would always be this person who would live this unhappy, melancholy existence.

And it wasn't until Neil walked on stage that the clouds would open up and Neil would come to life. And as soon as the concert would be done, the clouds would come back and Neil would return to this. This space this small space. So the musical kind of tells that story. And there's two moments that. That I want to call out. Neil's second wife once said, hey, I was always told that there's two wolves inside of us. One that is. That is, in essence, happy and joy filled, and the other one that is kind of sad and dark and closed.

And, you know, then the question is, the proverb goes, so which wolf wins? The answer is the wolf that you feed. And so Neil lived this life of going, I'm going to find the things that fill me up, that feed me, that bring me to the place and the state that I want to be, which for Neil, that was performing. Neil would fall into this place of going, gosh, I feel like a king when I'm on stage doing the thing, and I feel like a frog when I'm not. So the end of this story, when Neil can't perform anymore goes, am I okay knowing that I can't do the thing that I've always done?

And then Neil says, I am. Neil has this great song, I am, I said, and it's the song of affirmation. Oh, Sarah, please go ahead and share that whole haiku. I want to see it, please. Sarah's gonna give us a haiku from. From the energy of the day coming in a moment here. So, number one, there's two wolves inside you. The light and the dark. Choose what you feed. But the second thing that filled my cup. And again, big Neil diamond fan. This was a good reminder for me last night. Some people are naturally happy and sun, and other people are naturally melancholy and moon.

And again, it's all spectrum. It's not like this or that, but it's a resting state. And I'll tell you, I'm a natural happy person. There's this funny line in the show where again, one of the characters goes, neil, gosh, woe is me. As if Neil, lighten up. Neil smile a little bit. And all of a sudden, Neil goes, well, what if woe is me, y'? All? Woe is me. And that's okay. So. So if woe is you live from that place, knowing that you can feed that happy wolf and find moments of joy. A moment from Sarah Monahan skipping beside Joy.

We find that when we share her, she starts to chase us. Sarah, if you would, please make a community post of that beautiful haiku for today and share it with the world. Because whether you hear that coming from a place of sun or you hear that coming from a place of moon. Yeah. Joy's gonna chase, y'. All. Awesome. 20, 25. I agree. Exclamation point. And hearty face for all of you. What you bring to this place, Snaps. I'm glad I'm here. I'm glad you're here. I know what I know and I care about you.

Have a good one. I am. I said.