Eyes Pointed Outward

How often do we make decisions based on keeping up with what we want to hear. When you don't see it creating fruit. We endlessly begin changing our shapes. What is the American Dream if everyday we want to be someone knew? Nobody is putting focus on developing the fields for there to be fruit.

True Larry

I love holding onto things. Especially writing instruments. I have some that date back 20 years. Today I'm holding one that was with me during my daughters wedding. Today I'm writing while my grandchildren sit next to me. What truly is the emotion catcher? The photograph? Or the writing instrument?

Life Isn't About Testifying

My mother used to tell me about how she never wanted me to never talk about three things: Religion. Politics. And never talk about yourself. When we feel the need to connect. It's extremely difficult to keep from those subjects. How do you keep moving forward if everything you participate is based on the rooting system of three things my mother fought to keep me from?

Getting Turned On In A Turned Off World

To open your heart to write is an exercise not an expectation. The energy that moves through you is what you assume. Learning to look beyond the words is what makes the words a fine wine. It's not about sipping but rather exploration.

The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter Six

I am a Poet. I enjoy writing in a forest. As of late I've been called to write inside a unique forest. This one is located at the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, NC.

The Art Of A Creative Mind

I can't turn off my imagination. I'm extremely jealous of those that have mastered the art of silence. Setting aside those brilliant ideas. Why is it they're able to do it but I'm not? How much is lost when those that stop to rest drop ideas on the path? Or is it a shape of laziness because they realize someone else will come along and do the grunt work for them?

Task Talker vs Task Achiever

How often do you dread going into a meeting because the end result is more work for your already over saturated expectation. Leadership in this modern age is based on do it as I say it. There are Task Talkers and Task Achievers. Brilliant ideas are always introduced. But are never brought to the destination. Because talk is cheap. Ideas are tossed into play every day. The moment the foundation is started. There's a new way to sway the achievers.

Painting A Room

No day passes that we aren't forced to feel. It's though those mood swings that decisions are made. Billions are spent on trying to find a drug that will tame the mental beast. But have you ever tried to paint a room?

More Should Include Few Roots

I was blessed with the opportunity to spend some time with Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones. He recently discovered a journey he wrote in as a 17 year old. He was blown away by what he was thinking 50 years ago. Which makes me wonder what we've left behind that we'll one day rediscover.

The Lyrics From Billys Forest Chapter Five

So often we are taught that once someone passes. Then its a time of letting go. I'm not so sure we're supposed to do that. From each of us are experiences and lessons learned. If we take from our past and make it the present. Using the lessons learned as tools that provide in the moment. The journey isn't that of departure but rather a continuation.

The Invisible Presence Of The Lord

I grew up watching a lot of Preachers. I love to listen to the message then activate it on the path. In the 1980's the Preacher went from the pulpit to the television set. Cable TV brought a ton of new message carriers to the surface of study. But one problem. All they could ever say was how much God told them to share. Really? Wow... God only talks to you? I'm out!

Ordinary In An Ordinary World

I've always been intrigued by other people's display of dark clouds and shadows. Life to me is a daily journey to the circus. And yet I hope nobody is watching me during a bad day.

Purpose Behind Thought

People always ask me, "How do you get the opportunity to talk to so many different people?" My only answer is, "I do one thing. I put purpose into listening to other people's thoughts." A thought is the first step. Not the action designed to create reaction. We put people in positions where thoughts serve no reason. We laugh, point at and ignore those who release bad thoughts. We also think that too much thought makes us a disconnection and not fun loving and accepted.

Is Your Life Gods Failure

I often find myself wanting to drop a tip in a bucket for the moments of emotion God shares with us on a daily basis. But we end up doing something else because the voices in our head become too loud. That's when all things great evolve into chapters of doubt, fear, shame and a lack of attention. Where do we truly travel in the moments after a great moment with God suddenly becomes silence?

The Lyrics From Billys Forest Chapter Four

Getting the opportunity to write inside the forest at the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte ,NC is a blessed opportunity to sit back and listen to the whisper. So often we demand a lot from the Great Creator. Yet we never take the time to listen to his whispers

Being Creative Isn't A Disease

People that are creative always feel like they're the monster. The world leaps on their path when they need something and the Creative Mind has to perform. The journey to develop what has become a creative path remains silent. The silent nights where the mind endlessly played while the body demanded rest. Where is there peace if the end result is another creative mess?