In this brief motivational monologue recorded on January 5, 2022, the host greets listeners from Memphis, Tennessee, where he and his friend Lee Rubin are preparing for a staff workshop at Mississippi Valley State University. After sharing a quick anecdote about a night out on Beale Street, he shifts focus to a concept he heard from a younger speaker about the difference between "tradition" and "traditionalism." He explains that tradition honors the past and keeps the memory of those who have passed alive, whereas traditionalism imposes outdated practices that stifle the living. He invites listeners to reflect on their own habits, especially as they set New Year’s resolutions, and to examine whether their routines stem from honoring tradition or from restrictive traditionalism. The talk concludes with an encouragement to challenge limiting thought models and to embrace practices that foster personal happiness, peace, and growth.
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Good morning, everyone. Here is your Moment of Yes for Wednesday, January 5th. Hello from Memphis, Tennessee. I'm in Memphis today with my good friend Lee Rubin. He and I have done some events together. We are driving down to Mississippi Valley State University today to do a staff workshop, about an hour and a half staff workshop. The two of us together tag teaming and combining our ideas, which flow really seamlessly. So having fun doing that today, heading back home tomorrow. But we're here, we're in Memphis. I haven't spent a lot of time in Memphis. We actually went down to Beale Street last night and had dinner, got to see some of the different jazz places and music places and things like that. So it wasn't super busy last night, but that was fun to see. But more than anything, he and I just got to hang out and catch up and share a lot of ideas. And one idea that I wanted to actually share with you guys today for the Moment of Yes is, so Lee grew up in a— his dad is a minister, is a preacher. So he kind of grew up in the Christian faith, a lot of preachers and ministers and speakers. And that's a big part of his background. And he and I Speak a lot about spirituality and the impact it has on our lives today and what that looks like for us today. And we were talking about sort of spirit over letter, right? Where it's about, you know, how do you continue to imbibe life and spirit into your practice and your spirituality? And he shared this great sort of— that he'd heard from a speaker. he was younger about the difference between tradition and traditionalism. And it got me thinking today as we, as we start a new year, 2022, and resolutions, and we're wanting to tweak and improve and optimize and make little micro changes in our lives that are ultimately about, you know, our happiness and our peace and our success and our health and all of that. And so he shared the difference between tradition and traditionalism, which I had never heard before, and I thought it was fascinating. I wanted to bring it to you. So tradition is a way to honor those that are dead through, you know, through traditions from that time, right? To honor. But we're honoring, we're bringing life to those that are gone, that are dead, through honoring certain traditions. He said traditionalism is when we actually stifle and bring death to those who are currently living. By trying to be the way that things were, right? So tradition is honoring those from the past. Traditionalism is actually bringing death, is stifling those who are currently living because of maybe outdated ideas or practices more than anything that are no longer relevant. So it just had me thinking today in my own life Getting me thinking about, you know, what traditions do I have compared to my traditionalism thought about certain things? And that could be about my own spirituality, my own philosophies, my own practices. And so that's what I bring to you guys today, to take some time, especially as we think about moving forward into our daily practices and our daily ideas and breaking free of some old thought models that might be holding us back. It might be worth looking at some thought models and say, huh, is this more about tradition or traditionalism? And if it's about traditionalism, it might be time to challenge that idea or challenge those ideas. Yeah? Awesome, guys. That's your moment of yes for today. Have an awesome day.
