JC recounts an impromptu trail half marathon and morning soreness, then outlines his idea of responsive activity. He invites listeners to notice body signals, ask what they need, and adapt movement or rest.
JC greets the audience, references a song and the singer Amos Lee, and welcomes viewers to the Cadre Sphere. This section establishes rapport and frames the conversation.
He tells how he unexpectedly ran a trail half marathon with a friend, describes the obstacles and physical toll, and notes feeling sore the next day leading to a morning workout. This personal anecdote sets up the lesson about listening to the body.
JC contrasts typical ideas of workouts with his concept of responsive activity, offering examples of how to match rest or movement to what you experienced. He invites viewers to acknowledge their body's signals, ask what it needs, and request support when necessary.
JC offers goodnight wishes, mentions upcoming travel to Sacramento and the West Coast, and closes with a final lyrical line. This wraps up the session and hints at continued presence.
over the bridge into the city where I live and I saw my old landlord. Well, we both said hello, there were no where else to go 'cause it's rent I couldn't afford. Well, relationships change, though I think it's kind of strange how money makes a big roll. Awesome people, they claim if you get enough fame, you live over the rainbow. Keep it loose, keep it tight, cadre. How are we doing on this Sunday evening or whenever it is that you're tuning in? I hope you're great. I really do. But I know a lot of times we're not.
You may always be great. You may never be great. And the cool thing is, both y'all are thoroughly capable, thoroughly worthy, and probably going to accomplish some pretty remarkable things in this upcoming set of pages in the story that you're writing. 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, right here in the Cadre Sphere. It truly is a gift. I'm glad I'm here. I'm glad you're here. I know the things I know and I care about you.
That was Amos Lee. Keep it loose, keep it tight. He's one of those singers that it just feels like the notes pour out of them like water. It's kind of fun to listen to make music and just makes you... So I without any real plan to do so, without any plan to do so, I ran my first trail race yesterday. This one, the trail lop it or lop it depending on who you are and how you pronounce it. Both those pronunciations are A-OK. But as I mentioned yesterday, a contributor, Brittany, was like, hey, does anybody want to run this trail half with me?
And I was like, sure. Never ran a trail race before, much less a half marathon. But I was like, good reason to, or good excuse to spend with Brittany because we've been trying to hang out. So it was a good way for a couple of hours to do exactly that. You can imagine running up and down through the woods, climbing ropes, jumping through mud, jumping over logs. All that is going to have, it's going to do something to your body, right? So today I've been a little bit, like my left leg has been going, what did you do?
And I've been going, hey, do you remember how I did that really cool thing yesterday? My body goes, oh yeah. So this morning I went and I worked out. Now again, we know that word kind of means a lot of different things. For most people it means go and kick your butt and work hard and 1% better and do more and earn it and burn it and sweat it and all that. Workouts never meant that for me. Workout more so is, hey, I'm going to carve out time to move my body in a way that is responsive to whatever came before.
So if I have a lot of energy, I'm going to maybe use that energy. If I'm really tired, I'm going to be like, what is this tiredness telling me? If I'm sore, I'm going to spend time going, so what does my body need to acknowledge and work through and let go of this soreness? Now some people may go, it's like, oh my gosh, JC, you worked out today after doing that thing yesterday. Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh. But I want to invite you to think of it as responsive activity. The things we do in this world deserve to be responded to.
If you had a hard, loud day, maybe you need a soft, quiet night. If you had an exciting morning, maybe you need a peaceful afternoon. If you had a rough conversation, maybe you need to talk to someone who will offer smooth words and smooth tones. Now, we can't always get the things that we probably most need in response, but us acknowledging what our body needs keeps our body on our sides, keeps our bodies knowing that we are listening and thinking about them. And in doing so, our bodies go, okay, we know when the time is available, when the opportunity presents, that we will be taken care of.
So then what do our bodies do? Our bodies do what our bodies are designed to do, and that is get us through the hard stuff. We're kind of sold this idea that we're really frail and fragile and that the thing is going to get us, which again adds a whole another layer of stress, a whole another layer of stuff that breaks us down. When in reality, if we go, hey body, I'm going to be honest with you. be honest with me. I'm going to give you when I can. And I'm going to ask you to give when you can. My invitation for you tonight and throughout this next week is to respond to what your body's telling you.
When your body gives, ask what it needs. And when you need, ask for it. Your body is on your side, y'all. Have a good night. We'll see you tomorrow. I'll be flying to Sacramento. So I should still be able to hop on and say howdy in the morning. Then a couple of days on the West Coast before I'll be back, in Minnesota again. The people on the street, out on buses or on feet, we all got the same blood flow. Oh, in society, every doubt I got a deed, we all need a place so we can go over the rainbow.
