In this short spoken‑word segment, the host greets listeners and shares personal updates—including a Florida show on Saturday, a fundraiser sleep‑in/out event, and upcoming travel to California. He then recounts a scene from the 2013 Man of Steel where a young Superman experiences a panic attack because he perceives every thought and sound around him, leading his mother to advise him to "make it small" by focusing on her voice as an island. Using this metaphor, the speaker argues that while we cannot control our thoughts, we can manage where we place our attention. By repeatedly narrowing our focus to immediate, actionable tasks, the overwhelming world feels smaller and more manageable. He concludes by directing Patreon supporters to a posted clip of the Superman scene and wishes everyone a good weekend.
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Good morning, everyone. Here is your moment of yes for Friday, April 9th. How do I know that it's April 9th? Because it's Trinity's birthday. There's Holland in the background. Hey, Holland. Hello. So your moment of yes— okay, we can't forget Mako. Hey, Mako. Yeah. All right, your moment of yes for today, Friday. Hopefully everyone has some good weekend plans. For those of you down here, In Florida, Jessie and I are back on stage Saturday night, 7 PM, the Jove. And also tonight is the last night of the Lord's Place Sleep In to Sleep Out fundraiser. You guys have probably been inundated with my requests for that. So that is tonight as well. And then Sunday I'm jumping on a plane to go to California for like 36 hours. So you guys will probably see me next on Monday from the West Coast. See you guys. So your moment of yes for today. There is a great clip from the 2013 Man of Steel Superman movie with Zack Snyder where Clark Kent or Superman is reflecting on his experience as a child being in school. So he's probably like 11, 12 years old. And because he's Superman and his senses are super sensitive, He is like, he's picking up everything going on in the classroom. Like, he's like, from the ectoskeleton of the teacher and the students to every thought that's being thought by the kids to every sound. And he's having a panic attack. And so he has a full-on panic attack. He runs into like the janitor's closet. And the teacher can't get him out. And they call his mom. And his mom comes. And he's having a full-on panic attack. And, uh, He says to her, he says, Mom, the world is too big. Right? He— all he can do is hear every single problem that's going on around him. Right? Like, even the thoughts in the people around him to everything that's going on. The world is just too big. He can't focus. Right? He can't deal with it. It's too much. And although I've never been accused of being Superman, I can relate to the feeling of being overwhelmed by everything that's going on around, whether it's the problems that are popping up or just the things that need to be done or— the bigger global issues that seem too complicated to fix. And her response is, make it small, right? Can you make it small? Can you— she says, can you focus on my voice? And he says, yes. And she says, pretend my voice is an island and swim to it. And by doing that, right, by resting our attention or putting our attention on something that is simple, and doable and actionable, right? In the process of focusing on that, we end up blocking out the bigness of the distractions going on around us, right? That's because we get to manage our attention. We don't get to control our thoughts, but we get to manage where we put our focus and our energy. And so if we can put— if we can make the world small, focus on the things in front of us, focus on the opportunity or the actions or the tasks that are in front of us and put our energy on that, the world becomes a lot smaller. And all we have to do is do that over and over and over again. So that's your Yes, And for today. Your moment of yes is make your world small and then just handle that. For those of you on Patreon, if you want to see that clip from Superman, I have posted it in the thread. And have a great weekend, everybody.
