Monday Motivation - Connecting with Your Humanity

Welcome to Monday Motivation - Connecting with Your Humanity

Last week I took a walk with my dog Lulu, who has grown into truly the sweetest, cutest dog I have ever seen. And yes, I know I have a lot of listeners who have dogs who they also believe are the cutest and sweetest dogs, and so we're just going to have to agree to disagree on who has the cutest dog.

Anyways, I now live right on Sloan's Lake Park in Denver, which is this massive lake just west of downtown. The park is stunning. There are all sorts of gardens and mature old trees. As you walk on the East side of the park, you have stunning views of the mountains to the west. The energy in is amazing with smiling people walking their dogs... I mean I love it. I don't think I'll ever move ever again. I know, those are always the famous last words.

Okay so I was walking along the lake this week with Lulu right as the sun was setting, and a beautiful song —Godspeed by Frank Ocean—came on through my headphones. I sat down on a bench and played the song on repeat about a million times. I just it all come together: the warm sun, beautiful music, and the stunning surroundings.

I had one of those moments, and I know you know what I'm talking about, when I just felt so alive. I felt creative and happy. I felt as if I was exactly where I was supposed to be. And even know though my life isn't perfect and the world is crazy, I felt deep hope. I went home and wrote my little heart out.

I'm reminded how important it is—especially in a world where we are socially isolated, when there is so much tension, so much change, to stay connected to our essential humanity. It is just too easy to build walls, when as artists, as writers, one of our missions is to connect with our humanity so that we can peek over someone else's wall and into their life. To connect with our humanity is to connect with the part of ourselves from where we create. It is incredibly powerful, incredibly balancing.

What is your version of a walk around the lake? What are the things you do that just make you feel alive. I challenge you do that thing this week. Don't think about it. Don't plan on it and then skip out. Really do it. Connect with that space, and then go create.

Thank you so much for listening, and I hope you have a wonderful week of writing.

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