A speaker waiting for his flight shares why he fills quiet moments with podcasts and news, then argues for something different: 30 minutes of silence each morning to pray, reflect, and set intentions. That clarity, he says, shapes how you show up for the whole day.
Good morning, everyone. Here's your moment of yes for Monday, August 10th. I am in the line at Big B Coffee. Guy in front of me has a big order. Let's see if I can get the moment of yes in before it is my turn. Your moment of yes for today is, besides being clean-shaven, is be silent. Stay silent. So, if The way that I'm sort of wired is I could just kind of go from podcast to podcast, music to movie to show to boom to stimulation to this to this to this to this to this to this, right? And there doesn't— it's not bad unless I never really give myself the ability to be still, to be quiet and just to just be, to notice, right? Obviously, I talk a lot about being still, being noticing, being noticing and just noticing. And just that stillness. So as I got in the car today, I have a 2 and a half hour drive to get to the airport, and just, um, my, my, my go-to is, oh hey, put music on or put a, put a podcast on. I was like, no, just use this first 30 minutes till now, use first 30 minutes to be still, reflect, process, let everything settle, pray, set intentions for the day, for the week, and just be. Right, just allow sort of the stillness of the week create a sense of clarity. So for you, your moment of yes for today is give yourself some silence, give yourself some stillness, and then allow the clarity, the clarity that shows up in the silence, the clarity that shows up in the stillness. Then set your intention, then set your, your goals, then set how you want to show up the rest of the day and the rest of the week. Right? If we never take those breaks for stillness and silence, we'll never have that sense of clarity. So there you have it. Simple. And I haven't even moved yet. That's your moment of yes for today. Find the stillness. Feel the clarity. Have a good one.
