Cadre Run Club Virtual 5k

Hi, folks. How you doing today? Welcome to the Nick the poet Cadre. Runny and cold where I'm at, but really just want to encourage you to get outside and get moving, or if you're in your apartment or house, maybe just do some white calisthenics, anything to get going. I'm going to be sharing some poetry with you and just doing a little bit of walking and a little bit of running for a five k. So we hope you've been really loving the Cadre experience, what we have going here on the app, there's been some awesome, awesome live streams this week, and we have.

Hey, Risa, how you doing? Thanks for hopping on. Just getting the five k going. Hey, Alec, how are you? Good to see you guys. So, yeah, we're just super excited with what's happening with Cadre. Please tell your friends about it. You can use the code friends one. And we just want to really spread the message of mental health, work and wellness. We're excited to have girls mentorship on board now, as full time creators, we also have awesome new collaborators joining the app, so just lots of good stuff.

And of course, I like to specialize in poetry. So as we go here, I'm going to read some poems to you. So. A yellow lark. Excuse the wind, guys. I'm going to do the best I can. A yellow lark sang in the tree. A big yellow bumblebee landed on my forehead, and I laid back on the grass that was acting as my bed. On Saturdays, I returned to the earth from whence I came. It's a shame when I forget how easy life is. To be born again can only happen in the moment, the holy moment of momentous mountainous glory.

We have been fooled over and over again. And only when we forget for that moment do we remember what is what in this beautiful dalliance called life. And so that poem just reminds me that a. I have to take rest, and for me, that's usually on Saturdays where I try to get off the phone for a little bit. Thank you, golden heart. It definitely takes a village and. Yeah, so that just reminds me to rest in that, you know, I can get very tense with fear, anxiety, concern about everything, you know? And so this just reminds me to take it easy, you know, to just take the next step and to realize that when I say that life is easy, it's not that I really believe it's super easy.

It's just that we can. When we relax and get patient, then we realize that it can be easier than we think it is, you know, inch by inch, it's a cinch. And so that's something that I always have to remember. So I'm going to keep going with the walking and the poetry here. I'm going to pause just to put my gloves on because it's definitely a little bit chilly here. They don't call it the Windy City for nothing. So give me 2 seconds here. So, Risa, Alec and Goldenheart, if you're still with us, how is your day going?

What are you doing for movement or exercise today? Sorry for the wobbliness. Guys, gloves are on. All right, this will get a little bit of a jog going here, and then we'll get another poem coming your way. And kind of to continue on that, you know, thinking of life as easy thread. There's this expression that I really like called trying easy. So we all think about trying hard and working really hard, but what about trying easy? We're still trying, but we've taken maybe a little bit of that emotional intensity out of it, right.

We've taken a little bit of that stress, a little bit of that fear, a little bit of that worry out. Okay, another poem coming your way. Okay, this one goes like, we all think we need more self improvement, but what we really need is more self acceptance. And so that is from Anthony Demello, and that's a quote that was shared with me when I was going through a difficult time. And it's like, we want to keep improving. We need to improve the self, you know, especially those of us who are ambitious and trying to make things happen.

You know, we need to do that, but we also need to remember that, you know, we need to accept ourselves for who we are, flaws and everything in between. And so I think taking delight in our imperfections is a really, really powerful concept. So there's different sections of life and varying degrees of strife, or what the Buddhists call suffering. It's easy to get caught in this, like the. I'm sorry about the wind, guys. I'm guessing this audio quality is not great. Anyways, I'll continue. I always want to manage, control and fix to avoid pain and fear.

Two four letter words that can taste like raw cheese curds. On the flip side is the joyous ride that life can be. It's as easy as riding down a slide coated in the best sicilian olive oil. So good that even Don Corleone would dunk his bread in it and give you a high five as you just fly past to your amazing destiny. Navigating the space between expansiveness and despair, running the race with endurance and losing your cunning and gaining your heart seems to be a good start. Whether you're hopping in a golf cart or eating a pop tart or acting really smart or watching Bart Simpson or having trouble reading the writing, try and life is easy or life is hard, your heart is always there to say, it's better than okay today.

It's better than okay today. So no matter what is happening, you know, we can keep coming back to the present moment. We can connect. We can create, we can collaborate with others. We can remember the power of the we. We can remember that, you know, no person is an island. We're really all connected in this thing together. So, once again, I apologize for the wind, but I'm gonna keep going. I hope you're able to get some movement and exercise in today. You know, for me, movement and exercise has really been one of the main pillars.

Just gonna take a pause here to rearrange my poetry a little bit. So, movement and exercise has been really one of the main pillars that has, you know, kept me, kind of kept the guardrails on my life. It helped me to stay, you know, disciplined and make sure that I'm getting good sleep and that I'm staying healthy. I've also shared, you know, this year that it's the year of eat, play, love for me to remember basics like eating and taking care of the self. So, let's see here. It's early April in the north country.

Every moment is beautiful if we can see, but that's okay if we miss it. Most of the time, we're taking care of this and making that happen. I did hear an interesting piece of advice this week. If you try to solve it with your ego, you don't give the universe the pleasure of helping you out. Many of us seem good at helping but bad at asking for help. And so we're oftentimes better givers than receivers. I know that you could probably relate to this. You know, we want to give, but we also want to learn how to receive.

And what I've discovered in my experience is all of these things just take a long, long time practice, and we're all just practicing. And so I see Cadre as a place where we can practice together, right? This. Think of it. This is a football game, and this is a huddle where we can, you know, get together and share what's working for us, you know, share what's, what's not working for us and just keep. Keep on taking one step at a time, and that's what's worked for me, and it's been a really slow process.

And I do love the big spiritual realizations and having these moments of awe and wonder, and those are amazing, but the actual growth has taken a lot of time. And so I think it's important to have that patience. Right. But if we're just by ourselves, then golden heart is still with. Thank you for staying through the wind and the wobbliness of the video and, yeah, thank you for sharing. And we just keep going and, you know, I think that's one of the most important things. And I had a poem that I wrote, you know, a long time ago when I was going through a difficult time.

And it started with the thing about the mine is that when it's on the grind, it might never stop, you know, and that was the way that I was feeling at the time. And, you know, since then, I've been able to, you know, learn a lot of tools for coping, you know, with the thoughts and the fears and the anxieties that feel like they won't stop. You know, whether it's meditation, whether it's prayer, whether it's, you know, connecting with others. There's all these amazing tools. And so I see, you know, Cadre as a place where we can learn about all these different things.

There's so many awesome creators, whether it's, you know, Evan the counselor, sharing all his interesting takes and funny, super funny takes on mental health. We have risa, who shares all about, you know, making your dreams come true. And we have Luke with his Monday motivation and his awesome entrepreneurial stories and advice and just amazing coaching. Like I mentioned earlier, we have girls mentorship who's new to the platform and just listening to a little bit of their content made me think about all kinds of things that I've never considered before.

We have Katie Donovan, who shares, you know, so well on, you know, being the parent of an addicted loved one. You know, we have Chris Edgerton sharing just amazing facts about the recovery journey. We have Doctor David Everett sharing all about Dei and amazing leadership advice. We have a new collaborator on the platform called Velma, and she shared some just amazing stuff about forgiveness and letting go of your perfectionism. And so we really created this place for you to come and, you know, get inspired and make these changes and just see what's possible.

Excuse the. The trade noise in the. In the background. And because I have this other poem that started with when you're feeling this awful fright in the night, it's time to reevaluate your more and find a higher power right up there in the bare plains. And so that, to me, if I try to define a lot what that higher power is, I can get kind of lost. But if I just accept that it's not me, that I need the help of others, that I need you, you know, then that is where it begins. And if I just keep my heart open, then, you know, good things can happen.

And it's important to. To keep remembering that because I have a very, very short memory. And so if I don't keep practicing that, if I don't stay, you know, synced in with a community, then I can really forget that. So, yeah, those are some thoughts today if anyone is still listening. Thank you so much for being here on this virtual five k. I've really enjoyed, you know, presenting on this platform of growing and learning with this group. And, you know, we're super excited to see it expand. And also for you to become a part of it, you know, whether that's as a collaborator someday or sharing in our community feed, you know, all of these different things.

We want to build this community because with everything that's happened in the world right now, you know, mental health and wellness are more important than ever. And so we're just creating this, this place where. Where you can come and you can enjoy that. So, you know, please feel free to email me enhansonadre IO if you have any thoughts on what I'm sharing on my poetry, anything like that. And I really encourage you and anyone to try writing a little poetry. It can be such an amazing way. I don't think this is an original term, but I've like to say lack of expression can lead to depression.

Right? And so if we're not expressing what's going on with us, then, you know, we're in trouble. And so we need to find ways to do that. And poetry is one of the ways that I've really enjoyed being able to do that. So, yeah, I think I'm maybe a couple more miles in, and I. It's a little bit windy and chilly and it's been a little. Okay. Golden heart says I truly healed once I learned forgiveness is for me, not the other person. Yeah, so true. You know, forgiveness is one of those things where it's like, it's something that I can forget about.

And a lot of times, the hardest person to forgive is ourselves. You know, we're so unbelievably hard on ourselves. And, you know, I think if we can begin with forgiving ourselves, even for simple, you know, mistakes like a blunder at a work presentation, you know, forgetting to turn off the car when you gas up. Now, you don't want to do that one. That's. That's. That's not good. But all these little things, we just expect ourselves to be perfect, and it's. It's. It's so difficult to do. So. So if we can have that.

That grace with ourselves, you know, I think it's just incredibly beneficial. I'm going over a noisy bridge here. I'm gonna jog it. Just give me one sec. So, I'll just close for today with this, and I think I'm gonna run my last mile, but it'll be a little. A little shaky. So I think I'll. I'll sign off next time. We'll have a little better setup for the virtual five k. But thank you for being with me today. This has just been, like I said, to express really helps me. I hope something that I've shared has helped you.

And just remember to keep going lightly. As Aldous Huxley says, it's so easy to get caught in the quick sands and the undertow of our emotions, but just. Just keep going, you know, and go lightly, and it's all going to be okay. Have an amazing day wishing you peace, prosperity, and positivity, while remembering that we all have a lot of work to do together. Okay, bye, everybody.