Mike Check one two three yes are we on we are we are okay let's start right now If you think about how the universe operates, it operates in this huge

rhythm, right? The Earth goes around the Sun once a year. The Earth spins

on its axis once a day. We have seasons that come rhythmically. We have

tides that come in and out. We have then waves that hit the beach in this rhythmic motion.

And so I've learned actually, I think flexibility and finding space in the margins

has been an incredibly important part of my rhythm.

What are the types of rhythms we can put into place that help us live a thriving life,

help us enjoy life more, help us be more present for one another,

help us be more physically attuned to who we've been designed to be.

So the four rhythms really are a framework that lead from one to the next to the next

to the next and so it's just four rhythms. Rest, restore, connect, create. And then you get to human beings and we have pulmonary function.

We have breathing, we have a heart rate that is functioning rhythmically. We walk with a certain rhythm. There is rhythm in everything

that is about the entire created order. More than ever these days we can get caught up in the activities and so much of it is good.

But you have to see your family's limits and you have to allow for downtime.

You have to allow for your family to regroup and to just be together.

I feel like we grow immune to beauty sometimes. Like we see a sunset a thousand times and

it's beautiful sometimes it catches their eye but something like an eclipse

reminds us like oh yeah like we're all paying attention to the same thing and I

think that we're all trying to point to that beauty in different ways yeah I

can't get even to restore or to connect or to create if I'm not rested.

Everything I'm doing is to protect that rest and that sleep.

When you get out of rhythm, your body pays the price and your mind pays the price and ultimately your friendships and your family that pays the price

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