Join me in recognizing the blessings we already have and cultivating gratitude for life's many small and large gifts. This shift can open the door to a richer, more joyful life.
Hi, Cadre Sphere. Come in. Excited to see you. I hope your Wednesday is off to a good, great, or fantastic start. But as JC always says, if not, that's okay too.
The air has shifted from the warm summer weather to the crisp, cool fall weather. For some of us, that is wonderful. I love fall. I know not everybody does. But this is one of my favor, favorite times of the year.
Cadre: This month on Cadre, we're talking about abundance and gratitude. She says sometimes that's something that we get to experience, but we don't always recognize it. But then there's the small ones, the ones that we sometimes just do or see or feel or smell. Those are the ones she wants to celebrate today.
Mel Myers: Take a moment today, write some grateful little small pieces down. She says that that gratitude brings a lot of joy to your life. Have a great rest of your week.
Hi, Cadre Sphere. Hello. Hello. Welcome. Welcome. Come in. Say hello. I'm excited to be here today. Excited to see you. Welcome. I hope your Wednesday is off to a good, great, or fantastic start. But as JC always says, if not, that's okay too. I'm excited to see you. It's another Wednesday here in Minnesota. The air has shifted from the warm summer weather to the crisp, cool fall weather. Hello. Dream big 30. Welcome. And for some of us, that is wonderful. I love fall. I love the crisp, cool air.
I know not everybody does. I know a lot of people see that as the, the snow is going to be flying soon, but this is one of my favor, favorite times of the year. And so I love to look outside. I love to see the leaves turning colors and feel that crisp air when I walk outside. So I'm excited about it. It's, I think 60, 65, so it's not cold, but it certainly is a change from what we've had so well this month on Cadre, we're talking about abundance and gratitude and what a great thing to talk about, right?
I think sometimes that's something that we get to experience, but we don't always recognize it. And so I think it's something that's really, really great to be able to talk about and think about. And over the past month, I have been overly filled with gratitude and the abundance of gratitude that I've had from new co workers starting a new job and those new coworkers reaching out for support and help when needed, to old coworkers who have given me chances every single week to connect with them and laugh and cry and be myself.
They have been the people that have supported me in this transition and I am incredibly grateful for them. I have an overwhelming amount of gratitude. As some of you might know, my mom has been in the hospital and the amount of healthcare workers, from janitorial to administrative to social workers to nursing assistants and nurses and doctors and surgeons and you name it, I have experienced the most amazing and wonderful people. And I have so much gratitude that they have extended their love and their care to my mom and the other people in those hospital rooms that are going through such difficult things.
And so the gratitude is real for those, those folks. And those are the big ones, right? The ones that we see and we recognize and we feel and we connect with and they're there, they're kind of shouting at us in the face of, hey, these amazing things are happening and you should be grateful that you get to experience them. But then there's the Small ones, right? The ones that we sometimes just do or see or feel or smell, right? Those. Those little teeny ones that pass us every single day. And those are the ones I want to celebrate today.
Those are the ones that I have been practicing gratitude, gratitude for. And I think it's important that we. That we be present in some of the moments of our lives, even when they seem mundane or like a task you do every day, that you just are on autopilot. I wrote a few of them down today as I was going through my morning, thinking about all of the things that I wanted to share with you, all that are sometimes those small little tasks that we do. And this morning, right when I woke up, got out of my wonderful hot shower, right?
I put on my comfy sweatshirt, got out of a hot shower. My partner had set a coffee mug on the table or on the counter for me so when I got out, I could pour my hot coffee and be able. What a grateful thing for me to have just that ready to go. And I can smell the coffee brewing. And I noticed the garbage man was picking up our garbage outside. And I was grateful that that was happening. I had a friend who shared an Instagram post this morning on what was called too muchery. Too muchery of a lot of things.
Put a smile on my face. Great way to start my day. Incredibly grateful for that. Like I said, putting on this comfy sweatshirt when I get out of a hot shower. I was watching the sunrise through my window. Today's a beautiful day here in Minnesota. And so watching that sunrise, I saw some kids walking to school. We're on the path to a school, so I saw some kids, was grateful that they were able to get up and be able to walk to school. It was a glorious day outside. I went out for a short walk and the leaves were crunching under my feet.
And I was so grateful. Like I said, this is my favorite time of year. And something that I recognized and I heard and I brings a little bit of joy to me. I folded some warm clothes from the dryer that kind of warmed me up. I was grateful for the opportunity to have that. Watched some squirrels chasing each other up and down the tree. And I thought, they're having so much fun, right? Yes. Mel Meyers gratefulness, just those small little things that we. That we experience, that we see, that we smell, that we feel, that we touch, right?
All of those things are things that I think are really important for us to remember and important for us to express that gratitude for. And so I'm Excited to be here to share some of those things with you all today. But I think just making sure that we are stopping in the moment and, and saying, wow, that happened. And I'm really grateful that that happened today. And I think that's really important and it's something that we need to practice. I think in terms of practicing, it's being present in your daily life, right?
And being able to stop and recognize some of those things. I write them down, right? If you're like, I want to remember this, like I said this morning, I wrote, I wrote them all down because I wanted to make sure that I could share those with you. Write them down. A lot of people love to journal, journal, write them down, journal, remember those things, right? Revisit those things in moments where you're not experiencing that joy, right? Or that meaningfulness in your lives and kind of going back and saying, wow, these small things are things that I'm really grateful for and I want to share that with you today because I feel joy in my life for being able to have those small little things and being able to recognize them.
And I hope that you are able to do that as whether it's today, tomorrow, next month, every day, making sure that you take some time to recognize those things as you're going through your day to day and really understand that that gratitude brings a lot of joy to your life. So I love you, Cadre Sphere. I think you're amazing. You're my favorite people. I love being here with you. I'm grateful for you. An abundance of gratefulness for you. I hope that your rest of your wonderful Wednesday is. Is all peaches and strawberries and cream.
But if it's not like JC says, that's okay too. We're here to support one another and we're here to be here for each other. So I love you all. I appreciate you coming. Mel Myers. Thank you. Anybody else that's here, I'm grateful for you. Take a moment today, write some grateful little small pieces down so that you can recognize at the end of the day that there was some joy throughout your day. So take care, Cadre Sphere. Be well and find that peace of joy today. And I appreciate you all and I can't wait to see you again next Wednesday.
Have a great rest of your week.
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