In this brief motivational monologue, the speaker shares a personal "moment of yes" for Friday, October 30th. He recounts voting at an early‑voting station, using the experience as a practice of surrounding others with love rather than judgment. He reflects on an encounter at a Panera bakery, noting how he chose to view "old white men" without negative connotation and to respond with compassion. The speaker then connects these moments to a habit‑change framework: recognizing judgment as a trigger and deliberately responding with love and forgiveness. He looks ahead to upcoming travel to Europe, emphasizing focus on what he can control—his responses. Finally, he mentions Halloween plans while quarantining, humorously describing distance candy‑throwing. The overall tone is conversational, reflective, and encouraging, aiming to inspire listeners to adopt love‑based responses in everyday situations.
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Good morning, everyone. Here's your moment of yes for Friday, October 30th. Yes, Alistair and I voted this morning. What a great opportunity to drive up to the early voting station that was packed with supporters and representatives from all sides, and such a great classroom to walk into. Building off of this mantra of Wednesday of surrounding, surrounding people in love, especially people that maybe you're challenged with. And so every sign in the neighborhood is an opportunity to surround that person in love. I just left Panera to get my coffee for this morning. There seems to be a theme in Panera. I find myself sitting by old white men. I say that as a white man that's getting older, but hopefully when I'm a little bit older, the term old white man doesn't have the same negative connotation that I often give it. And so just sitting around some people that I was struggling with not being able to not hear their conversation, and then from judgment to surround them with love as well. And so this This discipline right now of not only doing it through the election, which is a great test, but doing it beyond is just a it is a way to live. And I know that I feel better as a result of doing it. And it's a great reminder. It's a great trigger. We talk about if we want to change a habit, right? We need to change how we respond to the trigger. What action do we take? And so instead of When we notice that judgment, we, we know that the new response is love and forgiveness. And so that is what I am focusing on, uh, moving into the weekend as we move to Election Day on Tuesday and beyond. And, um, just, uh, continuing to, uh, to catch and release, catch and release, catch and release as I, I continue on here. Um, 6 days from now, I'm supposed to be jumping on a plane to go to Europe. But again, so much of that is outside of my control and being able to focus on the things that I can control, which is nothing except for how I respond to every situation that comes my way. So that's your moment of yes for today. Have an awesome weekend. Hope you have some— something spooky and Halloweeny planned. I will be quarantining as much as possible, maybe giving out candy from a distance, just throwing it at people, just chucking it at them as they go by. There you have it. That's your moment of yes for Friday. Have a great weekend, everybody. Take care. Bye.
