JC reflects on juggling life's responsibilities, using the image of juggling balls to show that at any moment only one thing is fully in control, and encourages self-compassion when things feel dropped.
JC: We're all juggling. We only have maybe one in our control at any time. If you're juggling a lot, give yourself a pat on the back. Always here with you on your side.
Hey there, Cadre. How are we doing on this Saturday? Saturday evening? I hope you've had a great first half of your S days. I hope your Saturday has been divine. And if it's not, I hope you still found some. Some glimmer of hope or grit or whatever it is that you need to make you go, you know what? It wasn't the best day, but did it because you did. And if you're still doing it, you're still doing it. 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.
It truly is a gift to spend time with you. My name is JC And I am here every single darn day in the Cadre sphere. I'm that wonderful voice that gets stuck in your head saying things like that. I'm glad that I'm here. I'm glad that you're here. I know the things. I know and I care about you, and I hope those are the things that you go, gosh, I hear me jump in your time zone for a couple of days, but here's the deal. We're all juggling. We're all keeping the balls afloat. We're all dealing with the tweaks and the twists and the things that weren't the same as yesterday and the things that were wondering if they're going to be the same tomorrow.
Here's the thing. Here's the lesson that I love that juggling teaches us. Let's say we're juggling three different tennis balls. We only have maybe one in our control at any time. One throw, one throw, one throw. And those other two are up here somewhere. There's some trust that they're going to come. There's some planning that they're going to come back down into our hand. But in reality, we only have control over one of those things at a time. Let's say you're juggling 20 tennis balls and a bowling ball and a flaming rubber chicken.
You still only have one thing in control at any given time. I think that that's the powerful thing that an image like juggling teaches us. We can have a lot of things. We go, oh, my gosh, I'm juggling so much. And we say that as if the weight is on our shoulders. But in reality, if we are actually juggling all those things, the way that we're doing it is by only having one thing within our weight, one thing within our shoulders at any given time. I think that's a beautiful reminder that, by golly, if you're juggling, clap it out, y'.
All. That's amazing, because a lot of times we do stumble, struggle, we drop the balls, and that's okay, too. But if you're in that state of like, oh, my gosh, I'm juggling so much, give yourself a little pat on the back. That's pretty amazing. Now, by the time Monday around, we'll be back to me being in that regular morning spot saying, hey, good morning. Good morning. How are you? But right now, if you're juggling to be like, gosh, I'm missing my Cadre today in the morning, guess what? You're juggling a lot.
And all of a sudden, you watch this tomorrow morning. Good morning. And if you watch this next Tuesday, hey, how's your Tuesday going? But no matter what, you're doing it, y'. All. And so are we always here for you. Always here with you on your side. We'll see you tomorrow, Sam.
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