JC reflects on connection and appreciation, using a chains-of-love metaphor and personal stories to illustrate leading with appreciation and assuming connection to build links within the Cadre community.
My baby's got me locked up in chains? Oh, these chains of love? Got a hold on me, yeah? Ticker taping on in to our wonderful little Cadre today.
JC: My formula for life is this lead with appreciation and assume connection. When we are connected, everything brings us back to someone. This Cadre sphere is reaching out further and further from sprout to space forever and ever.
My baby's got me locked up in chains? And they ain't the kind that you can see? Oh, these chains of love? Got a hold on me, yeah? Chains when I can't break away from These chains Can't run around? Cause I'm not free? Oh, these chains of love won't let me be, yeah? Good morning, Marisa. Good morning, Cadre. Good morning, everyone out there in the Cadre sphere. Emily, how are you doing? Nice to see y'. All. Ticker taping on in to our wonderful little Cadre today. Space. 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 is an honor. It is a pleasure. It is a privilege. Because you are that remarkable. Whether you're doing great or whether you're not, you are that remarkable. I shared in the community feed yesterday one of the thoughts I had in 2025, and that was that our capacity changes, but our worth doesn't. And everyone's like, oh, golly, yeah, right. How often do we go, well, I'm not. I don't have the same capacity as I did yesterday. Therefore, I must not be as worthy. I must not be as valuable to people.
I say something that is weird with cats. I think where Betsy used to be the mayor, I think about Betsy. It's amazing how even though I've not seen Betsy in person in a long time, we don't live in the same. In the same city, in the same area anymore. Those links still bind us together. You know, my. My formula for life is this lead with appreciation and assume connection. We know that assuming is. Is. Is a risk. But I'll tell you, I will always assume that I have a connection with somebody. Every literally 100 out of 100 times, I will assume I have a connection with.
With anybod in contact with. And I will lead with appreciation. I will go, wow, I get to spend time with you. That's amazing. Those two things set me up to build more links in my. In my chain. And you may go and say, like, yeah, but. But how does that help us in the here and now? Helps us because when we are connected, everything brings us back to someone. Which is why I jumped on 30 minutes prior to Betsy. Because you may go, oh, a little 9:30, a little later in the morning casualty today. And then all of a sudden, you go, oh, I didn't know Betsy has.
Has a Springsteen love. I didn't know that Betsy. Okay, the weird cat thing. Former colleague of mine, always friend of mine is a big cardigan wearing, cat loving dude. And for his birthday, Betsy brought him a cat flying through outer space onesie that was kind of cardigan. I was like, that's the weirdest, most beautiful gift I've ever seen. I think Betsy always says that her love languages is gift giving another thing that the chain link just rattled into my brain. So you may go. It's like, oh, I'm jump back on in 26 minutes to connect with Betsy, because maybe you haven't before.
Maybe this is your first time connecting with me. Because someone else maybe Speak Wonder was like, oh, hey, check out jc. And I'm like, hey, check out Speak Wonder. And all of a sudden I go, marisa, how are you, my friend? And these things build your chain so it can stretch further for you, for others, for the world. This Cadre sphere is reaching out further and further from sprout to space forever and ever. Let's keep it going no matter where you are, no matter what's going on. Have a bright one, y', all, And I'll see you tomorrow.
Me, I like to kiss them but I can't. Babies got me locked up in chains and they ain't the kind you can't see them that you can't see. Bye. These chains of love.
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