Hey,
It's Cara.
Today's pep talk is about game.
You know,
Mojo,
Spark,
That quiet fire that keeps you showing up.
A few years ago I was sitting on the beach in Maine with a friend and we were talking about how hard it's been for us to grow our work in the mindfulness world.
How tired we felt and how unclear the path forward seemed.
Then she turned to me and said,
Cara,
I still got game.
And the way she said it,
I felt it in her bones.
She was not done.
She still had something to give.
That never left me.
I always remember her and the conviction she had in her voice.
So let me ask you the question,
Do you still got game?
If you do,
Then are you acting like it?
I just turned 61 and you know it's weird.
I feel like I've got more game than ever.
I just feel more fired up,
More energized.
I don't want to ease into these next 40 years.
I don't want to coast.
I want to go.
I've got the energy.
I've got game.
And I want results,
Not in a hustle way or in a something-I-used-to-do-when-I'm-20 sort of way,
But in a let's do something that really matters kind of way.
And so lately I've been thinking about it.
The stories we carry,
Who we were and what we did or didn't do and what didn't happen.
And all of that,
It drags down that energy.
It keeps us from really putting forth the game,
The talent,
The vigor,
The energy that we have.
And so this new game,
This idea of having game,
It feels alive.
It feels fresh.
It feels like me and I want more of it.
It was interesting because last week I was at a memorial service and it just felt heavy,
Obviously.
It was a memorial service,
But it wasn't just about honoring this man's brilliant life because that to me was really joyful,
But it was about the conversations I was having.
So many conversations about feeling tired,
Bored,
Old,
Like the best years were already gone.
And I thought about my friend and sitting on the beach that day and I thought,
No way,
Not for me.
That's not the energy I want to live in.
It's not the story that I'm writing.
I've got game.
I'm not done.
I'm just getting going.
I feel like I'm renewing and rebuilding and recharging something,
Even though I'm not quite sure what it is just yet.
So I want to ask you again,
Do you have game?
Is there something left in you,
That energy,
That vigor,
That desire to do something that matters?
You don't need to shout it out,
But you do want to feel it,
Even if it's just a flicker.
Because if there's anything left in your tank and you've got to stop holding back,
You've got to stop waiting.
Go ahead and prove it.
Prove you've got game in some small way.
I know you do or you would not be listening to this.
So let's go.
