In this brief motivational video, the speaker delivers the daily “Moment of Yes” for Wednesday, January 18th from Phoenix. He introduces astrophysicist Lawrence Doyle, highlighting Doyle’s blend of scientific expertise and spiritual curiosity about the universe’s unanswered questions. The speaker shares Doyle’s quote, “It’s never too late to do nothing,” and interprets it as a call to surrender control rather than a commentary on climate inaction. He explains that over‑controlling relationships, work, finances, and other life areas fuels stress and anxiety, whereas cultivating surrender, pausing, and “doing nothing” can invite natural unfoldment and relief. The speaker challenges both himself and the audience to identify a current source of anxiety and simply let it be, trusting that the solution will emerge. The video closes with a friendly encouragement for viewers to have an awesome day.
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Good morning, everyone. Here is your Moment of Yes for Wednesday, January 18th. Still here in Phoenix for another 2 days before heading to the cold. So here's your Moment of Yes for today. Lawrence Doyle is— he's an astrophysicist. He studies the universe, planets. He's like one of the top sort of Space experts. I'm not doing justice to his resume or his bio, but he's a brilliant, brilliant guy. I've seen him speak a few different times, and he is this great mix of spirituality and science where his work is science-based, but what inspires him is just the unanswered, unanswerable questions of, of, of the universe and space. and bringing that mystery and that uncertainty and embracing it, knowing that science can't answer all the questions, and that's okay. And he has a great quote. Hollister shared this quote with me the other day, and here's what it means to me. The quote from Laurence Doyle is, it's never too late to do nothing. It's never too late to do nothing. So you can look at that quote a few different ways and think like, okay, well, Clearly, when it comes to certain things, uh, climate change or how we respond to difficult situations, like maybe we've been doing nothing. I don't think that's what he's referring to in that quote, it's never too late to do nothing. What I think he is referring to, the way I perceive it, is when we have stress, anxiety, it's often because we are trying to over-control situations. And again, this isn't This isn't anything that's an indictment on any of us. It's, it's what makes us human, right? We try to control relationships, our kids, you know, the people that we love, the— our work, our finances, all these things. Like, we get our grips on it and we want it and need it to go certain ways. And we know that we just can't control that stuff. We can influence it, but we can't control it. And the more we try to control it, Yeah. The more stress, the more anxiety we tend to bring our way. And yet when we cultivate a certain sense of surrender, of letting go, of trusting and letting go, of listening and letting go, of pausing and letting go, of releasing and letting go, what often comes back in return is just exactly the inspiration or the unfoldment that we need. Thus the quote, it's never too late to do nothing. What is going on in your life today that you're holding some stress or anxiety about that what is needed is just to do nothing? Not try to figure it out, not try to solve it, to do nothing, to let it go, and then to listen or expect Unfoldment. I could do that for about a dozen things. So that's my challenge to myself as well today. So there you have it. Lawrence Doyle. It's never too late to do nothing. That's your Moment of Yes for today, everybody. Have an awesome day.
