Really strong irony to this.
I wanted to and was preparing a new course around being grateful and appreciating the life you already have,
Whether it is difficult,
Challenging,
Or loving and caring and considerate in all the different aspects of your life,
Two hours before our dog got hit.
And I was asking the question of,
Am I really ready?
Am I really capable of saying in my life that I'm able to have gratitude in tough times?
Am I really able to share the message from those circumstances?
And then when our dog got hit,
And over the last two,
Three weeks,
Even in the midst of some of the darkest moments of my life,
I was able to sit both with the grief,
I'm not trying to diminish,
You know,
From this class,
The last thing we ever want to do is avoid the feelings,
But also to recognize in the midst of it,
The beauty of what there was.
And there were some really rough moments where even in the midst of kind of falling apart,
That I had a community to surround me here in this remote beach town,
In the midst of really struggling that I could call people that I still had access to hundreds of people I'd met via social media that would reach out that I still have friends weeks later checking in on me.
And I was writing a story about my dog,
And remembering that he almost got hit by a car three months after I got him and I lost him for three days,
And I had to remember that I got to have him for 10 more years.
So in all of these moments,
I got more inspired by the idea of even in the depths of the worst parts of your life,
Remembering what you have not in a forced way,
Not in a friend avoiding the emotions way,
Not in a toxic positivity way,
Helps.
Because it helps you feel through it.
It helps you remember and put in perspective.
If you're using,
And that's something that I wanted to share,
If you're using gratitude or appreciation or any practice to suppress or avoid another emotion,
That doesn't work.
That's ineffective.
That's garbage.
It's taught in a lot of places,
But it's misguided.
But if you're using gratitude and appreciation to really just sit with the life that you have and recognize both the uncomfortable parts and the comfortable parts,
The parts that seem really bad now and the parts that seem really good now,
And to really have a full perspective of it,
Then everything can change.
And if that makes sense,
I'd like to take a moment to really start you off with an idea of grounding,
Because I don't want anybody to listen to this class thinking that they need to force gratitude or force appreciation.
We want to really recognize and bring awareness.
So let's take a start.
And if you can find a comfortable seating position for yourself,
Take a deep breath,
Close your eyes,
And let it out with a sigh.
And I want you to simply start by noticing what it is that's already supporting you.
Right here,
Right now.
There is no right answer.
There's only the answer that you have in this moment.
What is already supporting you right here,
Right now?
Depending on your mental state at the moment,
You could have gone in any direction.
But I'm going to give you a couple more.
Are you sitting on a chair?
Are you talking over the internet?
Is your brain breathing for you when you're not paying attention?
Is your back holding you upright?
Is the house that you're living in providing a space for this,
Or the car,
Or the office?
Just take a moment to sit with what you already have supporting you.
And let that settle your nervous system,
Not by force,
But by recognition and awareness of what's already there.
And if your mind is trying to pull you to all sorts of things that are missing,
That's a tendency.
That's a habit.
And all we want to do is practice noticing what we have,
Not what we don't.
So for 30 more seconds,
Notice what is already supporting you.
And then,
When you feel ready,
Go ahead and open your eyes.
Because there's some things that I want to do today,
Together.
And they all center around this idea that in the modern world,
We have been trained,
Truly trained,
To focus on what we don't have,
To focus on what's coming next,
To focus on what we need that's not in our current,
Present moment.
And there is a real problem with that.
Because at first,
At first,
And I'm very aware of this,
Spending most of my life as some form of high achiever,
Type A,
Get things done,
Chase the next dream.
At first,
When you focus on what you lack,
And you convince yourself,
Whether you realize it or not,
That you're in danger,
Because you do not have this thing.
When that happens,
Your body starts releasing stress and energy,
Neurotransmitters,
To say,
I'm in danger,
I need to do something about it,
I need to solve it,
And I'm going to have the energy to do it.
Which is a quick fix.
It's a quick idea to go try to get what you're looking for.
And in short bursts,
It makes a lot of sense.
If you're in an emergency,
Then,
Yes,
Flood me with adrenaline,
Flood me with cortisol,
Narrow me on the emergency,
And let's get this solved.
Let's figure this out.
If you're in a life or death situation,
Or a major collapse,
Or something that needs to be done now,
Or ideally 10 minutes ago,
That works.
But it doesn't work in the long term.
Because over the long term,
When you are in that state of narrowed focus,
One,
Your body starts to degrade.
Because it's not built to be in that high adrenaline,
High cortisol state for an extended period of time.
It's an emergency mode,
Where maintenance,
Rest,
And digestion don't happen.
Which,
Unfortunately,
Explains the health of a lot of the modern world.
Because if you are perpetually in a state of fight or flight in your nervous system,
Your body doesn't rest,
It doesn't digest,
And it doesn't heal.
And if you think of most of these modern diseases and problems,
They all pretty much stem from a lack of rest,
A lack of digestion,
And a lack of your body's ability to heal.
Despite this,
Most of us believe that it works,
That we need to keep focusing on what we don't have,
What doesn't exist yet,
What's missing,
What we need to have in our life and do not already have.
But from my own personal experience,
You can only do that so long before you end up tired.
Not just tired,
Exhausted.
And also frustrated and disappointed,
Disillusioned,
And feeling incapable.
Because at first,
Someone gave you the energy to push a boulder.
But then,
As you started to push these things in your life,
To make these things happen,
Whether it's surviving an uncomfortable relationship,
Whether it's making things work at work,
Whether it's saving enough money to survive,
Whether it's anything.
But eventually,
If you don't rest,
If you don't relax,
If you don't appreciate what you have done,
What you have gotten,
And give yourself a moment to say,
It's working.
I'm enjoying this.
I have a life.
Most of the things in my life are already working,
And I'm sure I'll figure out this other thing along the way,
But it doesn't mean that I can't enjoy my life now.
If you're not doing that,
It starts to feel hopeless.
It starts to feel useless.
Because you're not actually enjoying your life.
You're constantly focusing on a future when all of the problems will be solved,
And then you'll be able to enjoy it.
Does that make sense to everyone?
Because this modern story gets in the way of everything and everyone.
And I see it.
I thought that it was simply me being super type A,
High achieving,
Running a business,
Piecing things together.
I thought it was my peer group,
But it's everywhere.
You see parents focusing that when their kids are this in school,
When things are going to be done.
You see people at the job when they've saved this amount of money.
You see people in a relationship saying when we finally get married.
You see people postponing enjoyment into the future.
You see people saying,
When I am fit,
When I am my ideal weight,
When I am this rich,
When I have my healthy relationship,
When my house is clean,
When this,
We create all of this criteria,
All of these things that need to happen in order for us to be happy,
In order for us to enjoy.
And underneath it all is the most toxic lie of the modern world.
And it gets reinforced by our body,
Which is,
If I allow myself to rest and appreciate,
Then I'll lose my drive.
I'll go soft.
I won't actually accomplish my dreams.
I won't get anything done.
I won't matter.
How many people have heard some form of just relax,
And it's like,
I can't relax.
X won't happen.
I won't achieve this.
I won't get there.
If these things happen,
If I allow myself to appreciate,
I know that was me too.
And I actually work with quite a few entrepreneurs who tell me the same thing.
They even avoid meditation.
So you're multiple steps ahead because they think it's going to make them lose their edge.
But this is the problem.
When you don't appreciate what you have,
Eventually,
You don't enjoy it.
You lose the ability to enjoy the things in your present moment.
And then you lose your drive to do anything.
Because the only reason,
And this is an important point,
The only reason we do anything is for the feeling,
For the feeling of experiencing it.
The only reason beginner meditators meditate is because someone told them that it's going to relieve their stress.
It's going to improve their sleep.
It's going to make them more creative.
It's going to make them more productive.
And they're searching and seeking a feeling,
A reward.
They're searching for a carrot.
But if you always are holding a carrot in front of yourself,
And you never allow yourself to actually eat the carrot to experience the reward,
Eventually,
You're going to lose the motivation to run.
So I'm going to tell you from personal experience,
Before we get into the exercises,
The real goal is that when you allow yourself to experience and enjoy the life you already have,
Two things happen.
Two really important things happen.
One,
The goals you have that are unnecessary,
Absolutely unnecessary,
Disappear.
So what do I mean by that?
Maybe you have been chasing a certain amount of money in order to feel safe and secure.
And if you can give yourself safety and security by noticing and appreciating the resources you already have around you,
The relationships that support you,
The people who are there for you,
Then you don't really need to chase the money,
Do you?
Because you already feel safe and secure now.
So yes,
If you're chasing something to receive something you can give yourself today,
When you give it to yourself,
You will lose that motivation.
And that's totally okay.
That's a shortcut.
That's being,
That's working smarter,
Not harder.
But then the second thing will happen.
When you allow yourself to truly,
Truly,
Truly enjoy and appreciate the things you have in your life,
Then you get so much more inspiration,
Energy,
And motivation to have more of what matters.
So let's say you're seeking connection in your life,
And you've been seeking it in a hundred different ways.
When you allow yourself to notice and appreciate the connection you already have,
To bask in it,
To be supported by it,
Then you get a lot of motivation to go get it.
Even if that connection requires being a little vulnerable,
Being a little awkward,
Taking a risk,
You'll go for it because you know how good it feels.
You know how wonderful it feels.
If you're searching for an intimate relationship,
You might allow yourself to enjoy the relationships you do have to the fullest.
And that's going to give you the motivation to do the scary,
Awkward,
Uncertain,
Vulnerable parts of getting a relationship.
So in essence,
The more that you allow yourself to enjoy the life you already have,
Two great things happen,
Although they don't seem great in the beginning.
One,
You lose useless goals.
And that's most of what the modern world sells us.
You lose the goal to have the fancy car.
You lose the need to have the big house.
You lose the need to be famous or important just to be famous or important in order to be liked.
You lose all of the things that you see on TV.
You lose every single one of them for the reasons you had them.
And then you gain the motivation and inspiration to do the things that really matter.
Connection,
Love,
Peace,
Joy,
Growth,
Contribution.
Because when you allow yourself to feel peace,
You will defend your peace at all costs.
One of the best ways to convince yourself to set boundaries is to allow yourself to feel how good it feels when you have set boundaries that protect your peace,
And to feel the peace,
Because it'll give you the courage to do the scary part.
So I'm going to take some time for questions,
But then we're going to have the entire rest of the class,
We'll be practicing this.
We'll be practicing how to enjoy the thing we want most in our life,
And that we already have.
Because maybe I'm dreaming of connection,
And I'm going to sit in connection.
Maybe I want peace,
And I'm going to start sitting in all the areas of my life where I already have peace.
Maybe I do want financial security.
I'm going to sit in all of the areas of my life where I already do have security,
The amount that I do.
So that's the practice for today.
But with that,
Any questions before we dive in?
Anybody confused or uncertain?
And of course,
If anybody is new and can't make it the whole time,
Before we jump in,
Would love a follow or anything else.
But just wanted to make sure to pause for questions.
And hi,
Abigail.
And hi,
Trishanne.
Yeah,
Ginger,
Meditation is the edge.
I actually like to tell the entrepreneurs that talk with me of that edge that you feel is the knife at your back.
And when you no longer have the knife pointing at your kidneys,
Then you get a lot more freedom to choose a different life.
Yeah.
So,
Let's go ahead.
We're going to do a good long meditation today,
Then.
If everybody can get into a comfortable position,
Take a deep breath.
Close your eyes.
And let it all fade out.
Take a couple of breaths,
Simply enjoying and appreciating your breath.
Not by force,
But by noticing it.
And then,
I want you to select one thing that you've been noticing yourself wanting to have more of in your life,
That you have been focusing on the not enough.
That could be money.
That could be love.
That could be connection.
That could be peace.
That could be tidiness.
That could be pleasure.
It could be joy.
For now,
Just choose one.
And when you have chosen it,
I want you to start noticing where you already have this in your life.
So,
If you chose money,
Think about what money has already given you today.
Whether that's the internet and the phone that you're listening to this on,
The rent that you're paying for,
The home that you live in,
The soap that you love to use in the shower.
It could be anything.
If it's a feeling,
Think to where in your life you already have this feeling,
If you notice and appreciate it a little more.
So,
If you've been seeking connection,
Where do you already have connection?
What friends?
What family?
What mailman shows up at the house?
What coffee shop do you go to?
What places do you go online to talk about the interests you have?
Whatever you're looking for,
Notice where you already have it.
And importantly,
Feel it.
Feel what it feels like to have this thing already.
Which is where it can get tricky,
Because you might want to feel connection from a friend,
And shame might arise that you haven't been appreciating them,
Or anger might arise that it's flawed connection or that they're not exactly what you want.
And that's the path,
Because that's the realization of you're not allowing yourself to feel what you're looking for,
Because of these stories.
And that's okay.
No judgment,
Just notice them.
And then direct your attention and awareness back to what you have.
You can sit with one,
Or bring up multiple examples.
Maybe you're experimenting with joy,
And you start thinking of,
Throughout your entire life,
Past to present,
The things that have brought you joy.
It could be as simple as a flower,
Or as big as Disneyland.
But allow yourself to experience it all over again.
As if you were there,
In that moment,
Bright and loud and close.
And every time the story of lack shows up,
Notice it.
You don't need to dismiss it,
Fight it,
Get angry with it,
Or listen to it.
Notice it.
Notice what you have allowed in the past to keep you from what you seek.
What story or belief have you allowed to get in the way of what you're looking for?
They vary,
But there's not so many.
It's not perfect.
That goes for almost all emotions.
You know,
I felt joy,
But then it disappeared.
It does that.
I felt connection,
But then they left.
That happens,
Too.
Or,
I felt love,
But it was scary.
Vulnerability is part of the process,
Love.
Or,
Sure,
I have all of these things,
That money or that this has provided,
But I'm not sure I'll have it forever.
No one gets that promise.
What stories have you allowed to get in the way of embracing,
Noticing,
Appreciating what you already have?
Give yourself a moment to talk with yourself.
Of whether it's worth it.
This defense mechanism was installed by you.
It can be removed by you.
So ask yourself,
Is whatever you have allowed to get in the way worth it?
Chances are you have a long enough time period to say,
Has avoiding noticing connection because it leaves been worth it?
Has always focusing on the not enough of money been helpful in solving the problem?
Has not really embracing joy because it fades saved you?
To put in a personal one,
I think about the pain of losing my dog and the number of times that I said,
But the love is worth it.
The love is always worth the loss.
So ask yourself from this point forward,
Are you going to let that story or let that belief get in the way of you experiencing what you're looking for?
And if not,
Say it to yourself,
Make a commitment because all that defense mechanism is,
Is energy that you have told to protect you.
And it's going to take a while to quit the job.
It won't just abandon its post,
But every time it arises,
If you are committed to saying,
Thank you for your service,
But I no longer need your services,
Then it will slowly fade.
And that energy will be available to appreciate and enjoy what you have.
Collapsing activities that were chasing it in vain and generating activities that create more.
So make that last commitment to yourself,
Whatever it is.
And then if you need to keep going with this,
You can pause this and feel this emotion,
Feel it in your life,
Feel the abundance of what you do have for as long as you need.
But for now,
For us,
If you're ready,
Start to wiggle your fingers and your toes,
Give yourself a little bit of a stretch.
And when you are ready,
Go ahead.
And open your eyes.
How is everyone?
Well,
Thinking,
Thinking tends to be avoiding feeling.
Bev,
What is that truth in your words?
And what story made it difficult to accept?
Because I'll tell you personally some stories that this has changed for me.
I found it really funny.
When I started this class,
I had actually written down a story of me in my 20s,
Of chasing things and ending up just stressed and exhausted and wondering what was going on,
Even as I was getting more money,
I was getting more successful,
I was getting things done,
I was learning,
I was growing,
I was doing all the things,
But not appreciating it.
And then I ended up talking about my dog.
And it was a really good reminder of simply sitting in the present moment and knowing what it is that's alive for us and experiencing it.
Because so often,
We live in this idea of in the future,
I'm going to do this,
Rather than recognizing in the moment.
I mean,
To give you an example that was really,
Really funny for me,
Is my girlfriend,
Katarina,
Quit her job,
And she's starting up on Insight Timer and going to be focusing on mindful and intuitive eating.
And I'll actually put her name in there in case anybody's interested.
And she had a moment where she started asking herself,
Because she's realizing she doesn't have a lot of experience with public speaking,
She doesn't know what she's doing here,
She's figuring this out.
And she's not sure if she feels confident.
And she started to feel like she hadn't done enough in her life.
And she's describing this to me,
While we're on a sunset walk,
On a beach in Mexico,
In our van,
That we decided to choose and buy and travel across the country.
And I kind of looked at her and I was like,
What do you mean?
And she's like,
Well,
I haven't really done anything in my life.
And I'm like,
Do you realize the number of people that if we had any desire to have an Instagram,
Who would just follow our life because we chose to do the thing most people are dreaming of?
And she's like,
Yeah,
But that doesn't matter.
What have I really done?
And in that moment,
She was really feeling like a failure.
Like she was incapable.
Like there was nothing that she could do.
Like she hadn't really accomplished anything.
And I'm staring at her in disbelief.
Like how?
How can you not recognize what you've already done,
What you've already chosen,
The courage you've already had,
The way that your actions,
Many people admire because they haven't chosen to do what they want to do in their life.
And it was the perfect example of how if we focus on the things we haven't done,
We feel awful.
And the second thing about it,
That I wanted to make sure I shared is that when she felt that way,
She didn't believe that she could do it.
She didn't believe that she could do this new life that she's trying to build for herself.
And it's kind of crazy in my head,
Because if she focused on all the times that she made a courageous choice and made it work,
Appreciating what she has and what she's done,
Then she would realize that she has all the capability to figure it out.
And that's the lesson.
Anytime you focus on that,
I don't have this,
That I haven't done this,
You're also convincing yourself that you can't have it,
That you won't have it,
That it's not possible.
But if you focus on what you do have and what you've already done,
You not only get the joy of feeling it,
Let go of dreams and things that were purely to give yourself something you can give yourself,
But you also remember your own capacity to get it.
Yeah.
And Bev,
That's a really,
Really good one.
Actually,
Bev,
I'll share another personal story because we have some time left and I have availability for questions,
For comments.
But Bev,
I have never been without.
I've been very lucky.
And actually,
This is something that ties into this talk,
So I'll share it.
I'm from a very poor rural town in Western New York.
And when I was in high school,
50% of the kids were on free or reduced lunch,
Which means 50% of the town is below the poverty line.
And my family was doing okay.
My family was solidly middle class.
But since everyone around me generally had less,
I felt incredible about it in comparison.
So I never really was missing anything.
We lived in a town where houses are still like $70,
000 and were like 40,
000.
But my mother was always struggling with the inconsistencies of my father's business and his debt and figuring things out.
So I internalized this story that there's never enough money,
That we'll never have enough,
That people are never out of debt,
That you never take a risk because you're going to end up in debt,
And it's going to be bad,
And it's scary,
And everybody's going to be angry with you,
And nothing is going to be okay.
And so the craziest part is I'm still working on overcoming a lot of fear around money,
Despite objectively never lacking enough to do what I really wanted to do in life,
Which was a perfect lesson,
As Bev just said,
That when we focus on this idea of lack,
You can convince yourself you don't have enough.
I genuinely know a family that is closing in on several hundred million dollars and is always a little scared.
And I know,
Sitting actually about 50 meters from me,
Is a Costa Rican man in a 1980s RV selling macrame jewelry with like $15,
000 in savings he got by being a surf instructor somewhere in LA,
California.
Doesn't worry at all.
Totally fine.
It's about the story.
It's about what we end up saying.
And that's the trick.
Most of us think that having the fear around money,
For example,
And money is a good one because it ties into all the emotions,
Is necessary because somehow in our heads like,
Oh man,
If I just thought about how much I already have,
Then insert story.
I'm going to go on a spending spree.
I'm going to waste it all.
I'm going to not be prepared.
I'm not going to work hard enough to earn more.
Something's going to go wrong.
It's not true.
Everything has shown,
And I'm using money as an example,
But it fits with every emotion,
Everything that people used,
Is that when you tell yourself you don't have enough money,
You end up spending more.
And you end up enjoying it less because if you tell yourself you have enough,
Then you end up only purchasing the things that matter of the things that you really enjoy.
Having enough doesn't mean you go out on a huge spending spree,
Despite that would really help some certain advertisers in terms of treat yourself.
Having enough is the feeling I have enough.
I look around.
I don't really need that much,
And I have enough for that.
Same with connection.
People who are desperately in need of connection often end up seeking fame,
Even though it doesn't really provide them a lot of connection,
But chasing out because people are hungry ghosts.
If you don't give yourself something,
You'll chase it.
And when you're chasing it,
You don't allow yourself to have it.
So you end up going in circles and circles and circles and circles.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Catching that karma.
I like that,
But I'd also add the key word that I would avoid in what you just said is to switch off that pain.
To switch from the pain is to try to suppress it,
Avoid it,
Reject it.
And we don't need to do that.
We don't need to switch it off.
We can simply sit in that moment.
And you don't need to have gratitude when you don't feel gratitude.
Gratitude is not something you force.
It's something you notice.
So for instance,
Grieving a pain in your heart,
Very familiar with that the last few weeks,
And you might sit and notice,
For instance,
If someone else is grieving that same pain,
You have them and you reach out to them.
If you have friends that are there for you in that moment,
You notice that and you reach out again.
If you have the opportunity to take time in the evening or to take space,
You notice that and appreciate it.
I'm not telling somebody ever,
Ever,
You never use one emotion to try to suppress or avoid another one.
You simply widen what you're focusing on because there's always something.
And even in the grieving,
You can notice that you have this opportunity to grieve.
I think there was a moment when the worst of the pain passed,
That I missed it.
Because when you're grieving a pain in the heart,
You're also with whatever you lost.
And when that grieving,
That intense pain leaves,
It almost feels like you're losing the person,
Losing the thing or animal that you lost.
So noticing and appreciating.
Something actually that was said to me is that if love left when the object lost,
You wouldn't have grief.
But that wouldn't be fair.
You want to feel it because it reminds you how incredible the connection was.
It reminds you how important it was to you.
So the next time,
For instance,
I think about getting a puppy that chews or pees that I have to train when I had my perfectly trained awesome dog.
You want to remember how incredible it was,
As well as the fact that it hurts.
Both of those things are important.
I read something else,
Nsi,
And this was really helpful for me about two or three weeks ago,
Was guilt.
We stop feeling guilt when we realize that it's not going to bring it back.
Because somehow,
Deep in our mindset,
We have this belief that the grief or the guilt is like the punishment.
And if we pay the punishment,
Maybe it'll go away.
I mean,
We're trained by society.
You do something wrong,
You get caught,
You feel guilty,
You are forgiven.
And you get back into good graces with others.
So we're trying to use guilt to bargain.
And I'm not saying this isn't okay.
This happens.
But it was really important to me that the guilt goes away when you accept that it's gone and there's nothing that you can do that's going to bring it back.
Because then you can spend the time feeling the pain,
Feeling the hurt,
And letting it go.
But I'll make sure,
For those of you who are new here,
And every time I touch the table,
Reminding myself it makes a noise,
I would love a follow.
If you're new,
Because I love this little community that we're creating,
And having the opportunity to do this.
And I'm always listening.
And if you want to talk with me about anything,
You can always put it in these groups.
The group David Longhini's Circle,
You can find a link in my profile to have emails and exchange emails and hear more about what I'm doing.
But focusing pretty heavily on Insight Timer right now.
And I will have hopefully one more meditation coming up.
And I'm checking the audio of this after the class to see whether it's good enough to post as a whole and down,
Because I had my hand in my lap the whole time.
And if you would like to make a donation,
They're always appreciated.
Although I still get driven nuts by how they set up this donation thing to go from $6 to $300.
It's wild.
And I do have the one course up and I'm asking a friend for a quiet space to record the next one.
Yeah.
But with all of that,
Let me know if there's anything else you want to talk about.
And any topics,
I have them scheduled for the rest of this week,
One every day,
Same time.
It shows you that,
Oh man,
That is interesting.
And thank you.
Wow.
Thank you very much,
Karma.
Yeah.
I love that.
The acceptance of when someone's gone.
And I'm glad you're still here.
And I'm glad that you're here.
My grandfather and my grandmother,
He passed,
My grandmother passed and my grandfather passed a year later,
Because he genuinely didn't want to live without her.
And it broke my parent and her sibling's heart.
But it was actually a really huge inspiration to me.
I'll leave this to you,
Bev,
Because it was a good reminder of a life well lived.
My grandfather on his deathbed,
Dying essentially of not wanting to be there anymore without her,
With all of his children around him,
They were trying to convince him to try all sorts of treatments to live longer.
And he looked at them and said,
I'm good.
I lived a beautiful life.
I had a beautiful wife who I loved for 60 years.
I raised four incredible children that I love.
And I lived my life to the fullest.
And I'm ready to be with my wife again.
Genuine words.
I might have paraphrased them,
But it's a really good reminder.
Because so many people reach a point where they say,
What did I do?
And it's not that we didn't live a great life.
It's that we didn't notice it,
We didn't appreciate it.
So that man at the end of his,
I think,
84-ish years said,
I'm good.
I did it.
And he never could have done that if he didn't appreciate it every single day.
So thank you all.
I'm going to go see whether the audio is good enough to post all of this,
Chop it up a little bit.
And I hope to see most of you tomorrow.
Love you all.
Talk to you soon.
