Cadre Today - Soles Of The Shoes

Things to do May others plan the future I'm Busy loving you 1, 2, 3, 4. As long as I'm with you I don't need to hurry as long as I'm with you we got the Grassroots singing Live for Today trivia, right, featuring Creed Bratton from the office. Creed Bratton, played by Creed Bratton, was an original band member of the Grassroots living for today, Ms. Shannon Paul and Shannon staff. We got two Shannons in the room. Shannon and Shannon. We were literally just talking about that yesterday. Ms. Shannon, how are we doing today, everybody?

I hope you are doing okay. And here's your daily squeaky wheel reminder that if you're not doing okay, that is okay, too. You are so incredibly capable. So cadre's bringing together all these people to weave together a network of pieces of information, whether it be a live conversation like this or throughout the community feed or in communities around specific topics, bringing together people who have literally those shared, maybe parallel pathways right now to go, huh? I can be seen, I can be challenged, I can be supported.

All these things within this wonderful little space on your phone or wherever you access Cadre, it may be through the conversation of a loved one where they share what they're finding right here. But Cadre definition, it's a special group of people with a special intention, and our special intention is to help you feel a little bit better. So today, I'd like to talk with you about my shoes. I had this pair of shoes back in 2011. I had this pair of shoes until 2011, 2014, when I just couldn't stand him anymore.

And here's why. In the soles of the shoe, so in the insole, the insole had the words, be better than you were yesterday on the insole of the shoe, which, again, you may go, that's. That's a good idea. Thank you, shoe, for telling me to be better. I hated those shoes. Like, I literally got to the place where I took a Sharpie and I crossed out those words. Because I would always respond to my shoe by saying, what if I'm not better? If I don't. If I'm not better than I was yesterday, am I not supposed to put on my shoes?

Am I not supposed to go into the world? Am I supposed to walk around with shame? Am I supposed to walk around with a scarlet letter on my chest saying, hey, I am not better than I was yesterday? And I would always say back, no shoes. You know what? I'm going to be as good as I am today. And then I smoosh my foot on top of that insole. And every step I would take, I would just go, can I make those words go away? I would love for those words to go away for you. Now, am I anti improvement? No, quite the opposite.

I am. How do we actually improve in a sustainable, enjoyable way? Where that improvement happens through us and not to us. Where it doesn't happen to remove or erase elements of who we are, but it amplifies our journey and it makes the work that we're doing that much more impactful and special and inspirational to us and to others. So if you see those messages in the world that kind of make you go, I don't like that message. I know that I'm supposed to like that message, but I don't smush it. Sharpie it.

Sharpie it out. Do something that allows you to go, I am writing my story. And then jump right here in the Cadre sphere and share how your story is is unique because there's someone else in the world who's gonna go, huh? You know what? You want to know who my influencer is? My influencer is Ms. Shannon or Shannon or speak wonder or taffy or awesome 2025. Right? Whoever it is that you see in this space, and you go, I am so glad that they are a force in my life. And then if it makes you uncomfortable, I'm okay with that.

But then remember that you are a force in their life as well. Yes. That's a lot of pressure from my footwear. I now anytime I buy a new pair of shoes, I look at the insole, and if there's words on it, I don't buy those sho. But don't worry, I still buy a lot of shoes. Y' all have a good one. I will see you tomorrow. Let's shalala into this Wednesday. And don't worry about tomor. Sa.