J.C. reflects on time passing and Cadre's steady community, then uses caring for a new puppy to draw parallels with caregiving routines, consistency, and learning from everyday moments.
J.C. Johnson: Time is flying by each and every day. If you tune in to our Cadre today, you hear those things every single time. You're in the right place because everything else is going to change around you. Here's that place where professionals and peers provide your resources, connection, and community.
On Thursdays, we used to do a lot of caretaker focused live streams. We often don't think of it as caregiving. But we can Always learn things from other areas of our life. Let's learn something about caring for others by caring for our pets.
How often does the being that we care for do something wrong in private or in public? Why can't you always do the right thing in those moments of caregiving? Consistency and in reminding is really powerful.
Every day it's getting closer Going faster than a roller coaster Love like yours will surely come my way hey, hey, hey, hey Every day it's getting faster Everyone said go. Evan. Good morning, my friend Andrea. Nice to see you. Emily. Every day seems a little Jen Verelli. How we doing? Come what may do you ever long for rose612 Good morning, everybody. How are we doing? It is Thursday. October. Jiminy crickets. October 9th. That. That seems weird. Time is flying by each and every day. Thanks, Buddy Holly.
C. if we've never shared time together before, I thank you for the opportunity to spend some time with you right now. I'm really glad that I'm here. I'm really glad that you're here. I know what I know, and I care about you. That's the liturgy of Cadre today, right? You hear that? If you tune in to our Cadre today, you hear those things every single time. And that's on purpose. Some things don't change because most things do. So for you to come to a space where you go, ah, I know that if I'm good, I'm in the right place here in Cadre.
If I'm not doing good, I know I'm at the right place here at Cadre. If you've been here one time and then you never came back until right now, you're in the right place. You're literally here every single day consistently, and you never miss a moment. You're here in the right place because everything else is going to change around you. And here's that place where professionals and peers provide your resources, connection, and community to remind you that there's lots of different ways to. To get better, to feel better, to.
To do better, to acknowledge that you are already better than you think that you are. So, Genevieve, nice to see you, my friend. Um, I want to talk about having a puppy for a moment. You know, on Thursdays, we used to do a lot of caretaker focused live streams. Um, Thursdays was the day that you'd see a lot of people who are taking care of. Of. Of children or parents or spouses or families or neighbors or communities that need caregiving. And one of those groups that I think we often care give for that because there's often a little.
Well, first of all, there's choice. But number two, there's a lot of joy that we often don't think of it as caregiving. And that's our wonderful little fur creatures, whether the dogs or cats or wildlife or nature in general. But we can Always learn things from other areas of our life. So let's learn something about caring for others by caring for our pets. So about 10 minutes ago, puppy Franklin decided to pee on the carpet again. Now, puppy Franklin is doing pretty great at most things. He's been home for 10 days now, 11 days now, and he already knows how to fetch.
He eats his food and not his brother and his sister's food. He's very kind and sweet when it's time to sit down. He loves sitting next to you. He's okay with sitting on the floor as well. He plays on his own, very independent. Some things that he doesn't do great yet. He doesn't know the difference between a toy and a shoe. He loves shoes. And then the second thing is, every once in a while, he'll go from being very, very potty trained to whoops. As it is often the case with growing beings, right?
Their. Their digestive systems don't catch up with their growing body, and all of a sudden, they have an accident. So about 11 minutes ago, Franklin upstairs, boom, right onto the carpet, started peeing, cleaned it up. You can see in his face that he's not registering that he wasn't supposed to do that. But all of a sudden, he's done going pee on the carpet. And literally about four minutes later, right before I signed on here, I look out the window, and he's in the backyard. He went out the doggy door by himself.
He's really good at doing that. And he's in the backyard peeing again, all on its own. And you go, why? Why? Like, you just peed inside and now you're peeing outside? Why can't you always do the right thing in those moments of caregiving? There's two big lessons here. Number one, providing the reminder and the time for the people and the things that you care for is one of the best tools that you have in your arsenal to create the healthy habits for success and for their joy and for their safety.
Consistency and in reminding is really powerful. And sometimes we downplay that. Sometimes we think we need to do something more. Here's the second big reminder that when the thing that you're caring for does the thing wrong, that is not a sign of you doing good or bad caregiving, but it's a sign that you are indeed caregiving. How often does the being that we care for do something wrong in private or in public? And all of a sudden we go, gosh, I am trying to do the best that I can. And still these things are happening now actually the mistake, the bump in the road is actually another sign of success because how do they respond when the mistake is made?
Who do they come back to after the mistake is in the past? They come back to you again and again and again. So no matter where you are, no matter what's going on, my invitation for you today is a to see that the consistency within habit that you set for those that you care for is a powerful tool. And number two, go ahead and remember that when the mistake happens, you're still kind of rocking at this game called life in this game called caregiving for those people around you. So I'm going to go make sure Franklin's not chewing on a shoe.
You go check on the people, the passions, the entities, the animals that you care for in your life to make sure they're not chewing on their proverbial shoes. And I will see you tomorrow. Every day it's getting closer Going faster than a roller coaster Love like yours will surely come my way.
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