It’s not because I’m into nature but I find it extremely
funny to watch humans do all they can to race from gray rainy days. I’m no different! Those types of days mixed in with the winter months
of Carolina have a way of reaching the bones.
The term cold to the bone is very real.
The reason why I find enjoyment from the passing storms is because
everything around us will utilize the waters falling from the sky. The soil accepts the changes while feeding
the limbs of a tree. I take note of the
birds taking baths and even my adopted dog Jazzie takes advantage of whatever
is out there. She loves running through
the rain, as if to be catching the drops one at a time like professional
baseball players. On this podcast I put
a lot of focus on personal storms. The
type we battle in our heads and hearts.
What are we supposed to do when no path leads to a place of warmth and
or protection? Through daily writing I’ve
learned to stop trying to battle changes and challenges and learn from
them. The moment you get comfortable
with your decisions and choices faith and trust tend to fall off the
wagon. It’s a long way to that horizon
we’re chasing. It gets kind of lonely
without trust and faith. Learning to
listen to the waves of negative teaches your footprints to stand sturdier while
your arms are forced to help locate balance.
Stop running from the rains of change.
Embrace the exchange.
Friday, December 28, 2018
The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 137
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Thursday, December 27, 2018
Identifying Your Super Power
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Marvel and DC aren't the only makers of super heroes. Each of us carry our own super source of energy that reaches beyond the tight circles we keep. Yep I said it. We're all super heroes. Some recognize as well as utilize their inner strength long before others. When the moment begins to take shape there's no greater adventure. On this podcast I dive into the subject of how to recognize what your super power is. It's not going to be huge muscles and flying skills for all. Nor will you zoom away tucked inside an invisible jet or live inside some really far out cities from the future. Your super power might be as simple as teaching students how to read. Locating your super power requires awareness followed by the required discipline to keep yourself strong. Super powers need attention and too often we try to exchange the ability with other accesses to the heart and soul. That's when we nose dive in the desert. We want too much too fast. Super heroes aren't always the good guys. Look at how popular The Joker is. Hate him or not he still has super powers. That's a choice you get to make. How do you use what's been available to you since birth?
Marvel and DC aren't the only makers of super heroes. Each of us carry our own super source of energy that reaches beyond the tight circles we keep. Yep I said it. We're all super heroes. Some recognize as well as utilize their inner strength long before others. When the moment begins to take shape there's no greater adventure. On this podcast I dive into the subject of how to recognize what your super power is. It's not going to be huge muscles and flying skills for all. Nor will you zoom away tucked inside an invisible jet or live inside some really far out cities from the future. Your super power might be as simple as teaching students how to read. Locating your super power requires awareness followed by the required discipline to keep yourself strong. Super powers need attention and too often we try to exchange the ability with other accesses to the heart and soul. That's when we nose dive in the desert. We want too much too fast. Super heroes aren't always the good guys. Look at how popular The Joker is. Hate him or not he still has super powers. That's a choice you get to make. How do you use what's been available to you since birth?
Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Grow With The Energy You Know
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Here we are again. Inches from entering a new year. For many it's always that line in the sand. This year you're going to be different and proud of the adventure. Each of us know ten or more people that have jumped on the long and winding road of change only to see how flat the world truly is. Why not grow with the energy you know? I've been very public with my artist label. That means somewhere on that dusty deserted desert floor I had to come face to face with accepting myself for being just plain ole boring me. On this podcast it gets a little preachy but be open to your own energy and call your source of light whatever you need. Grasping onto the core of your space already taken doesn't mean you've wasted life. Maybe you walked away from things before its proper baking time. Society claims we're supposed to look like, act like and resemble what it paints perfect and in the long run that's where we've wasted a lot of time. That dreamer in you has emptied its goop into so many other people's visions and getting back to you can't be purchased to Amazon. Grow with the energy you know. Stop trying to figure yourself out. You'll be surprised at how much you know and how to protect that huge field with seeds that have been waiting for the farmer to return.
Here we are again. Inches from entering a new year. For many it's always that line in the sand. This year you're going to be different and proud of the adventure. Each of us know ten or more people that have jumped on the long and winding road of change only to see how flat the world truly is. Why not grow with the energy you know? I've been very public with my artist label. That means somewhere on that dusty deserted desert floor I had to come face to face with accepting myself for being just plain ole boring me. On this podcast it gets a little preachy but be open to your own energy and call your source of light whatever you need. Grasping onto the core of your space already taken doesn't mean you've wasted life. Maybe you walked away from things before its proper baking time. Society claims we're supposed to look like, act like and resemble what it paints perfect and in the long run that's where we've wasted a lot of time. That dreamer in you has emptied its goop into so many other people's visions and getting back to you can't be purchased to Amazon. Grow with the energy you know. Stop trying to figure yourself out. You'll be surprised at how much you know and how to protect that huge field with seeds that have been waiting for the farmer to return.
Friday, December 21, 2018
Life With All Its Reasons
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Because I'm blessed with opportunity to daily write I get to witness more than a fist full of memories. I chose in July of 1994 not to pen out the way of other writers by way of keeping a journal or diary. It was a calling to listen to challenge and change. To learn from the experience then teach continuation. On this podcast I go back to 2016 and read from a moment that comes across as being a bread crumb for a future self headed into a new tomorrow not yet unveiled. While studying the words put on paper something strong hit me. If what we write, think and bring outward in this moment of now is indeed a tool required for a future self, what happens in the messages and notes we keep when there's silence? We can't back to talk to those people and shapes we were during those chapters past. Creative minds know how to reach next week while living on the roots of today. How does it work? Openly during this conversation I talk about how the Dalai Lama trusts the journey of continuation and how each moment we are allowed to grow physically teaches our tomorrow. Mindfully being present in the "Now" invites peace into what's being held by or held down by each of our decisions. I invite you to dig into your boxes filled with notes, poetry and attempts to write music. There are messages there for the future self you became. The questions you keep asking might actually find structure in your today.
Because I'm blessed with opportunity to daily write I get to witness more than a fist full of memories. I chose in July of 1994 not to pen out the way of other writers by way of keeping a journal or diary. It was a calling to listen to challenge and change. To learn from the experience then teach continuation. On this podcast I go back to 2016 and read from a moment that comes across as being a bread crumb for a future self headed into a new tomorrow not yet unveiled. While studying the words put on paper something strong hit me. If what we write, think and bring outward in this moment of now is indeed a tool required for a future self, what happens in the messages and notes we keep when there's silence? We can't back to talk to those people and shapes we were during those chapters past. Creative minds know how to reach next week while living on the roots of today. How does it work? Openly during this conversation I talk about how the Dalai Lama trusts the journey of continuation and how each moment we are allowed to grow physically teaches our tomorrow. Mindfully being present in the "Now" invites peace into what's being held by or held down by each of our decisions. I invite you to dig into your boxes filled with notes, poetry and attempts to write music. There are messages there for the future self you became. The questions you keep asking might actually find structure in your today.
Thursday, December 20, 2018
Life After Euphoria
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A fellow Broadcaster said to me, "The average person is given only three chances in their lifetime to experience euphoria." He had just accepted a new job on the West coast and didn't want to be sitting around in the South wondering if turning down the position would've kept him from one of the three mind blowing moments. I remembering thinking about the number of creative and talented people who stop challenging themselves to gain access into their higher level of delivery. We've accepted the path to reach only so far, shrug our shoulders then take on a new career. On this podcast I put focus on having faith versus just being lazy or careless. During those younger years the very moment someone denied us access to the potential of a euphoric moment we'd knock them on their butt and shout, "I will succeed!" What happens to that steam? Is it like a riverbed that loses its source of flow and eventually just becomes a piece of land? I still remember looking at that Broadcasting friend and replying, "What is the requirement to know that you're physically experiencing euphoria? What if it's nothing more than a baby step that just happened to gift you with a volume of expression?" Our greatest moments aren't a big bang theory. You're legacy moment might not have anything to do with a career. All that time spent chasing the horizon. Grip faith by the nap of the neck and make it serve you. Knowing you have faith is one thing. Watching it in action is pretty euphoric. Make it a go to tool in 2019 and watch your journey through success reach new levels of interesting play.
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Grateful Versus Being Grateful
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Kind of an odd title. It paints the picture of there being something separating the two. Reaching beyond the surface of action and reaction the title is based on how people say they're grateful without truly showcasing their gratefulness. Being grateful is more than a word. It requires participation with why you are in a moment of gratefulness. Sammy Sosa from the Chicago Cubs would touch his heart twice then point to the sky. On this podcast I talk about why I fell out of truly believing that he was being grateful of the catch out in right field or hard rocking home run. I paid to watch him make the move. I didn't want to see it once. I needed to watch him several times during a game. He did again and again. That's when I opened my own heart and wondered how people digested my way of being grateful. Are you grateful or being grateful?
Kind of an odd title. It paints the picture of there being something separating the two. Reaching beyond the surface of action and reaction the title is based on how people say they're grateful without truly showcasing their gratefulness. Being grateful is more than a word. It requires participation with why you are in a moment of gratefulness. Sammy Sosa from the Chicago Cubs would touch his heart twice then point to the sky. On this podcast I talk about why I fell out of truly believing that he was being grateful of the catch out in right field or hard rocking home run. I paid to watch him make the move. I didn't want to see it once. I needed to watch him several times during a game. He did again and again. That's when I opened my own heart and wondered how people digested my way of being grateful. Are you grateful or being grateful?
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 136
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Trees are my weak spot. The importance of those limbs, trunks and roots keeps me firmly attached to the importance of their place of shape shifting. This year the Fall colors were pretty amazing. While sitting under a huge tree I couldn't help but wonder if a tree can see how incredibly beautiful it is with the rest of the forest. Trees don't have mirrors. Humans do and we love to overuse their ability. Rather than being comfortable with the atmosphere of "Now" the goal is to endlessly embrace newer ways to exchange our changes. When we do that aren't we letting go of multiple pieces of our personality? Seriously! Who would we be if we had left that wrinkle in our face? Where would we be if we hadn't shaved off that excess collection of junk in our hips, stomach and upper regions? This isn't a podcast bashing the beauty makers. Far from it. I'd just like to know where the real person went before man was hired to reconstruct? I'd never purchase a Picasso only to put cheap acrylic paint from Michaels art supply store on it. The personality of the painting changes. So do we. Because I'm a daily writer I get the opportunity to read from the pages dating twenty five years. Peeling off those layers totally changed my personality. What happens to the outside if the inside has never been touched? Learning to connect with each piece of the missing puzzle teaches the soul to be present in the "Now." Mindfully lets grow in 2019.
Trees are my weak spot. The importance of those limbs, trunks and roots keeps me firmly attached to the importance of their place of shape shifting. This year the Fall colors were pretty amazing. While sitting under a huge tree I couldn't help but wonder if a tree can see how incredibly beautiful it is with the rest of the forest. Trees don't have mirrors. Humans do and we love to overuse their ability. Rather than being comfortable with the atmosphere of "Now" the goal is to endlessly embrace newer ways to exchange our changes. When we do that aren't we letting go of multiple pieces of our personality? Seriously! Who would we be if we had left that wrinkle in our face? Where would we be if we hadn't shaved off that excess collection of junk in our hips, stomach and upper regions? This isn't a podcast bashing the beauty makers. Far from it. I'd just like to know where the real person went before man was hired to reconstruct? I'd never purchase a Picasso only to put cheap acrylic paint from Michaels art supply store on it. The personality of the painting changes. So do we. Because I'm a daily writer I get the opportunity to read from the pages dating twenty five years. Peeling off those layers totally changed my personality. What happens to the outside if the inside has never been touched? Learning to connect with each piece of the missing puzzle teaches the soul to be present in the "Now." Mindfully lets grow in 2019.
Monday, December 17, 2018
Clear Your Heart
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Throughout life we are told a billion times to open our hearts. With an open heart there's opportunity and or a great reason to keep dreaming. Picture that open heart as being an open door leading straight into your living room. It's a sweltering day in the south and every bug that was once on the outside is now taking up room on the flat screen and the uncovered three layered chocolate cake. Opening your heart no longer feels like a quality place. Learning how to clear your heart is the better choice. We are hording life and all that it delivers only to have aching feet, arms, backs and minds. Opening our hearts allows all things to move through you. Those bugs and demons have every right to stay because you didn't hang a sign that said "Only the good times are allowed in." Learning to live a cleared heart lifestyle is a daily choice. Rather than trying to fill your heart. Concentrate on maintaining a clean heart. At the drop of a hat all things can change. An open heart has too much to hold while the clear heart accepts the challenge of rediscovery.
Throughout life we are told a billion times to open our hearts. With an open heart there's opportunity and or a great reason to keep dreaming. Picture that open heart as being an open door leading straight into your living room. It's a sweltering day in the south and every bug that was once on the outside is now taking up room on the flat screen and the uncovered three layered chocolate cake. Opening your heart no longer feels like a quality place. Learning how to clear your heart is the better choice. We are hording life and all that it delivers only to have aching feet, arms, backs and minds. Opening our hearts allows all things to move through you. Those bugs and demons have every right to stay because you didn't hang a sign that said "Only the good times are allowed in." Learning to live a cleared heart lifestyle is a daily choice. Rather than trying to fill your heart. Concentrate on maintaining a clean heart. At the drop of a hat all things can change. An open heart has too much to hold while the clear heart accepts the challenge of rediscovery.
Friday, December 14, 2018
Somebody Has To Ask The Questions
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I'm blessed with the opportunity to speak to many large groups of people. From my point of view I see a lot of arms crossed, people checking their smart phones and or nodding off in the center of a thought. Activating those in attendance requires participation. Engaging them with the type of leadership that needs their input. That's why the majority of my purpose is to have a plan. I play a game in the beginning called Three Questions. On this podcast I talk about how such openness physically creates a connection. We are taught by so many leaders in business to just show up and not say anything because they're in control and it's your job to pull off what they've planned. Almost like a preacher who dumped 40 minutes of thought into your heart but never allows you to ask questions at the end. I'm not embarrassed to tell those who attend my lectures that you've only got my experience for a few moments. Once I'm out that door don't call me with questions. Ask your questions in this moment so we can grow together. The quietest people, those that hide behind the strength of others begin to release their fears and find enough open space to include their questions in the conversation. Somebody has to ask the questions. By way of experience we learn. We grow. We teach. We learn again and again.
I'm blessed with the opportunity to speak to many large groups of people. From my point of view I see a lot of arms crossed, people checking their smart phones and or nodding off in the center of a thought. Activating those in attendance requires participation. Engaging them with the type of leadership that needs their input. That's why the majority of my purpose is to have a plan. I play a game in the beginning called Three Questions. On this podcast I talk about how such openness physically creates a connection. We are taught by so many leaders in business to just show up and not say anything because they're in control and it's your job to pull off what they've planned. Almost like a preacher who dumped 40 minutes of thought into your heart but never allows you to ask questions at the end. I'm not embarrassed to tell those who attend my lectures that you've only got my experience for a few moments. Once I'm out that door don't call me with questions. Ask your questions in this moment so we can grow together. The quietest people, those that hide behind the strength of others begin to release their fears and find enough open space to include their questions in the conversation. Somebody has to ask the questions. By way of experience we learn. We grow. We teach. We learn again and again.
Thursday, December 13, 2018
We Broke Free Of The Circle
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Being connected to animals isn't something I recently picked up. The entire walk has been a collection of well focused conversations with a part of the universe that many choose not to study and or listen to. I take Animal Speak seriously. As crazy as it may seem, the language of the animal kingdom is what humans pushed themselves away from. The human ego knew it had the ability to be greater so it's choice was to lead its own life and style. Wait! How could an out in the public Christian say things about animals talking? Does Dr. Doolittle know of such insanity? On this podcast I talk about how God uses animals to reach those areas of our divided paths. He quickly captures our attention but we choose not to step toward understanding why a particular animal has appeared in the moment. Mainly because most people don't understand nor will they look beyond their nearest touch as to what each animal represents on the path. Animal Speak is a brilliant step toward becoming part of the atmosphere of a daily universe. Trusting it's arrival teaches your mind body and soul to participate with the present. To learn from the messages of the spirit guides and keepers. It's not just animals talking to the hell bent ways of the human ego. National Geographic's Explorer series just aired a brilliant story on how trees endlessly speak. The studies they unveiled will wake up your heart and allow you to grow in open fields of change and challenge. Native American spirituality teaches us that the greatest storytellers on the planet are in fact trees and rocks. But how often do you remove both of them from the presence of our living places? The questions to your answers are in front of you. Take the time to listen to those commanded to speak. Or continue listening to the voices in your head that keep calling you a loser and everything else not so positive.
Being connected to animals isn't something I recently picked up. The entire walk has been a collection of well focused conversations with a part of the universe that many choose not to study and or listen to. I take Animal Speak seriously. As crazy as it may seem, the language of the animal kingdom is what humans pushed themselves away from. The human ego knew it had the ability to be greater so it's choice was to lead its own life and style. Wait! How could an out in the public Christian say things about animals talking? Does Dr. Doolittle know of such insanity? On this podcast I talk about how God uses animals to reach those areas of our divided paths. He quickly captures our attention but we choose not to step toward understanding why a particular animal has appeared in the moment. Mainly because most people don't understand nor will they look beyond their nearest touch as to what each animal represents on the path. Animal Speak is a brilliant step toward becoming part of the atmosphere of a daily universe. Trusting it's arrival teaches your mind body and soul to participate with the present. To learn from the messages of the spirit guides and keepers. It's not just animals talking to the hell bent ways of the human ego. National Geographic's Explorer series just aired a brilliant story on how trees endlessly speak. The studies they unveiled will wake up your heart and allow you to grow in open fields of change and challenge. Native American spirituality teaches us that the greatest storytellers on the planet are in fact trees and rocks. But how often do you remove both of them from the presence of our living places? The questions to your answers are in front of you. Take the time to listen to those commanded to speak. Or continue listening to the voices in your head that keep calling you a loser and everything else not so positive.
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
You Moving Forward
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The physical act of moving forward requires challenge as well as change. Raise your hand if such a subject inspires the depth of your personality. Great books of wisdom, motivation and inspiration always seem to be picked up when the next step is fed by personal desperation. I'll never forget where my life was before bumping into the pages that make up The Artist Way from Julia Cameron. I was in Santa Barbara, California wandering around my creative space asking God for any direction available. I needed something other than taking up too much space. No book has been so open to creative minds than The Artist Way. She helps all people understand their avenues of expression without weighing down your spirit to want to move forward. For many, the month of December is a very difficult time because in a matter of days it's going to be a new year. Who wants to kick off a new set of numbers feeling like a loser? On this podcast we explore your right to be in control of now. Your past has already been written and yet we spend more time in it then what actually took place. I learned in the 1990's that for every five years you're married it takes two years to heal. Wouldn't the same be true about your job or a friendship that's gone crazy? I'm not a visionary but I do spend a lot of time preparing and predicting what's being shaped by the future. That's still not a place of control. It's gambling. A guessing game. The prime spot to open your heart to be let down again and again. Mindfully we are in the present but do you appreciate your present place of now? To maintain a path of personal growth requires the energy of where you are now. As out of control as it may feel you have complete control of how you feel, think, speak and react to. It's a choice. A difficult discussion with the self inside but only if you've allowed that inner you to be heard. Lift your foot off that past and allow it to be seen only in the now. Grow with your present place by simply saying, "Clear your heart. Clear your mind." When the voices of doubt try to crank up the volume keep saying, "Clear your heart. Clear your mind." Yoga Nidra teaches each of us to be present by separating ourselves from the grooves of the record we keep playing over and over. The only way to remove the groove is to clear your heart and clear your mind. It's you moving forward.
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 135
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While sitting in a forest these words became the path of the writing, "An atmosphere of constant change makes no room for a guarantee." We only assume the forest floor sits in its present shape not just today but all days until it rains. Our personal lives are no different. We are trained to think that change is the only way to process progress. Therefore we create change to motivate all that may become a greater day of victory. On this podcast I talk about how many chances each of us take daily. We accept third to fifteenth best. The proof is in the way we shop. Look at how many successful outlet malls there are. It's not perfectly made clothing. We prefer to pay a cheaper price for a mismatch. I'm extremely guilty of eating at restaurants that have a 91 and lower rating. My heart believes this place of business probably had a bad day during the inspection and they need a little help from the community to keep them moving forward. I'm willing to become ill during their moment of attempting to grow forward. You may not do this while seeking food for your hunger but when it comes to your job or a person your heart thinks it loves, we are always willing to accept the lower rating. Breaking that habit has its pain with the potential of no gain. I've known friends who wanted only one thing in a person or they'd never marry. Once the vows were shared, that perfect attempt didn't truly come with a guaranteed payoff. This isn't about accepting bad business or people but rather being aware of who we are in the present. The average person spends more time in the past then the past actually existed. Another chunk of travelers are geared up and hiking the trails of a future that may never get here. Being available in the present doesn't make life 100% happily ever after but it allows your decisions to be more focused on how it will be received when tomorrow arrives.
While sitting in a forest these words became the path of the writing, "An atmosphere of constant change makes no room for a guarantee." We only assume the forest floor sits in its present shape not just today but all days until it rains. Our personal lives are no different. We are trained to think that change is the only way to process progress. Therefore we create change to motivate all that may become a greater day of victory. On this podcast I talk about how many chances each of us take daily. We accept third to fifteenth best. The proof is in the way we shop. Look at how many successful outlet malls there are. It's not perfectly made clothing. We prefer to pay a cheaper price for a mismatch. I'm extremely guilty of eating at restaurants that have a 91 and lower rating. My heart believes this place of business probably had a bad day during the inspection and they need a little help from the community to keep them moving forward. I'm willing to become ill during their moment of attempting to grow forward. You may not do this while seeking food for your hunger but when it comes to your job or a person your heart thinks it loves, we are always willing to accept the lower rating. Breaking that habit has its pain with the potential of no gain. I've known friends who wanted only one thing in a person or they'd never marry. Once the vows were shared, that perfect attempt didn't truly come with a guaranteed payoff. This isn't about accepting bad business or people but rather being aware of who we are in the present. The average person spends more time in the past then the past actually existed. Another chunk of travelers are geared up and hiking the trails of a future that may never get here. Being available in the present doesn't make life 100% happily ever after but it allows your decisions to be more focused on how it will be received when tomorrow arrives.
Friday, December 7, 2018
Mark Blake
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This fall marks the golden anniversary of Led Zeppelin, the band most closely associated with notorious rock manager Peter Grant. Bring It On Home: Peter Grant, Led Zeppelin, and Beyond-The Story of Rock's Greatest Manager> is the first solo treatment of the "fifth member" of the band.
Mark Blake, who has written biographies of Pink Floyd and Queen, first laid eyes on Grant watching The Song Remains the Same in a London cinema in 1982. He first met him a decade later and years after that began to learn the lesser known stories from Grant's son, Warren.
With the full cooperation of Grant's estate, Blake gained access to private correspondence, business contracts, artifacts, and photographs. "Nothing about Grant was quite how it seemed," writes Blake. "He was a master at allowing the mythology, the gossip, and the rumors to spread-to keep the 'real' Peter Grant under wraps."
Full of new insights into Grant's early life, new details about the formation of and his relationship with Led Zeppelin, an unrevealed plot by Jamaican gangsters to kidnap the band members' children, letters from police regarding threats made against the band by American Satanists, as well as Grant's seclusion late in life after the dissolution of the band and his recovery from substance abuse, Bring It On Homereveals a man who, after the extraordinary highs and lows of a career in music management, found both peace and happiness in a more ordinary life.
Oliver Luck
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The XFL will reimagine football for the 21st century when it kicks off in early 2020.
In a major press event at Metlife Stadium on Wednesday, December 5, XFL Commissioner and CEO Oliver Luck will announce the inaugural eight markets new XFL teams will call home in season-one.
On December 6, Luck – a former NFL and NCAA executive, quarterback for the Houston Oilers, and father of Indianapolis Colts star quarterback Andrew Luck – can discuss the new XFL, the eight cities and venues that were selected as team homes, and what fans can expect from the exciting new league.
Football is America’s favorite sport boasting over 85 million fans but the traditional season is just too short. To fill that void, Vince McMahon, XFL Founder and Chairman, announced the new league which he is building with the same commitment that launched the WWE into a global media and sports entertainment powerhouse.
Delivering authentic, high energy football for the whole family, the XFL will offer fast-paced games with fewer play stoppages and simpler rules. The XFL will also embrace the latest on and off-field technology, providing live game coverage, content and real-time engagement across multiple platforms, giving fans greater access than ever before.
The XFL will reimagine football for the 21st century when it kicks off in early 2020.
In a major press event at Metlife Stadium on Wednesday, December 5, XFL Commissioner and CEO Oliver Luck will announce the inaugural eight markets new XFL teams will call home in season-one.
On December 6, Luck – a former NFL and NCAA executive, quarterback for the Houston Oilers, and father of Indianapolis Colts star quarterback Andrew Luck – can discuss the new XFL, the eight cities and venues that were selected as team homes, and what fans can expect from the exciting new league.
Football is America’s favorite sport boasting over 85 million fans but the traditional season is just too short. To fill that void, Vince McMahon, XFL Founder and Chairman, announced the new league which he is building with the same commitment that launched the WWE into a global media and sports entertainment powerhouse.
Delivering authentic, high energy football for the whole family, the XFL will offer fast-paced games with fewer play stoppages and simpler rules. The XFL will also embrace the latest on and off-field technology, providing live game coverage, content and real-time engagement across multiple platforms, giving fans greater access than ever before.
A Choice Of Change
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I rarely meet anyone who truly loves the idea of change. I once had a radio station GM tell me, "If you can't learn to accept change there's the door." Change is everyday. With it comes plenty of challenges. On this podcast the focus is put on the multiple directions that each of us are moving. How can there be harmony if you're going that way, I'm going this way and everybody else has located their personal paths of choice? Decisions are made that don't always agree with the mass appeal. Through change we're able to accept the environment but it doesn't always guarantee the bigger and better payoff. I share a story about losing three things very close to me and how it put me in a place of battle. So I assumed. Thirteen years later the message carried forward was actually a day of victory. Each of us are given reason to love. Not all things deserve to have what we graciously generate. When that invisible machine quits churning out the emotion the next step is to become empty. Change becomes the game. Challenge it's best friend. The identity of self evolves and no matter where you walk the elements of the atmosphere have spiraled into a spiderweb of worry, doubt, fear, shame and guilt. Five completely different directions and all you wanted to do was locate an avenue of positive. The power is in the choice. Activate the choice. Learn from the change. Teach the challenge. Embrace the presence of now. Learning to live a life style of mindfulness is a growing period of love, trust, faith and forgiveness. Four different directions that lead to harmony.
I rarely meet anyone who truly loves the idea of change. I once had a radio station GM tell me, "If you can't learn to accept change there's the door." Change is everyday. With it comes plenty of challenges. On this podcast the focus is put on the multiple directions that each of us are moving. How can there be harmony if you're going that way, I'm going this way and everybody else has located their personal paths of choice? Decisions are made that don't always agree with the mass appeal. Through change we're able to accept the environment but it doesn't always guarantee the bigger and better payoff. I share a story about losing three things very close to me and how it put me in a place of battle. So I assumed. Thirteen years later the message carried forward was actually a day of victory. Each of us are given reason to love. Not all things deserve to have what we graciously generate. When that invisible machine quits churning out the emotion the next step is to become empty. Change becomes the game. Challenge it's best friend. The identity of self evolves and no matter where you walk the elements of the atmosphere have spiraled into a spiderweb of worry, doubt, fear, shame and guilt. Five completely different directions and all you wanted to do was locate an avenue of positive. The power is in the choice. Activate the choice. Learn from the change. Teach the challenge. Embrace the presence of now. Learning to live a life style of mindfulness is a growing period of love, trust, faith and forgiveness. Four different directions that lead to harmony.
Thursday, December 6, 2018
Just Show Up
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This past Sunday my wife and I were studying the good word via the church's presentation on YouTube. I'm an extremely dedicated note taker. My body hunched over the computer screen to make sure I hear every thought delivered then processed. I'm sure it looks like one of those old time radio listeners that gathered the family around the sound maker and listened to Amos And Andy and other adventures that drew pictures on the inside of the imagination. When the storytelling is over I put away my notes and go about the day. My wife thought I was doing it prematurely, "Hey the Pastor isn't done yet!" I had to point out that the man on the screen was no longer the leader of the church. It was someone under him bringing on the alter call. Her reaction, "Why does everyone in that church have to look like the Pastor?" This isn't just a situation for my church. The mold for the church goer in 2018 is to do all you can to wear the tightest pants, strangest shirt, coolist haircut and do all you can to grow hair on your face. I grew up in an atmosphere of being in church. During those younger years none of us did anything to look like the other. Our identity as an individual was the best place to grow. I grasp the idea of feeling like we belong and we're accepted. I have to ask by whom? God or the church? On this podcast I put my ugly mug on the crusty old microphone and share normal and below normal thoughts that say nothing more than, "Be yourself. Baggy pants and worn out shoes are ok. More importantly having an empty gas tank makes you one of us."
This past Sunday my wife and I were studying the good word via the church's presentation on YouTube. I'm an extremely dedicated note taker. My body hunched over the computer screen to make sure I hear every thought delivered then processed. I'm sure it looks like one of those old time radio listeners that gathered the family around the sound maker and listened to Amos And Andy and other adventures that drew pictures on the inside of the imagination. When the storytelling is over I put away my notes and go about the day. My wife thought I was doing it prematurely, "Hey the Pastor isn't done yet!" I had to point out that the man on the screen was no longer the leader of the church. It was someone under him bringing on the alter call. Her reaction, "Why does everyone in that church have to look like the Pastor?" This isn't just a situation for my church. The mold for the church goer in 2018 is to do all you can to wear the tightest pants, strangest shirt, coolist haircut and do all you can to grow hair on your face. I grew up in an atmosphere of being in church. During those younger years none of us did anything to look like the other. Our identity as an individual was the best place to grow. I grasp the idea of feeling like we belong and we're accepted. I have to ask by whom? God or the church? On this podcast I put my ugly mug on the crusty old microphone and share normal and below normal thoughts that say nothing more than, "Be yourself. Baggy pants and worn out shoes are ok. More importantly having an empty gas tank makes you one of us."
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
The Arrival Of Now
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I enter this recording studio each day at 5:30 AM. Not because I'm on a headhunt for worms but rather I'm willing with my way to step inside what is to become this day. Through each wall I touch I'm allowed to trust, have faith and develop hope. Which feels more like an invisible game than the actuality of reality. The words that I speak were written over two years ago. What did he know that I don't realize today? The chores of being a daily writer is knowing that what finds a presence in your present isn't always meant for the now. On this podcast the goal is to put focus on light and darkness. Courageously I do ask about the arrival of no sun. What if it were 24/7? They experience it on the edges of the planet but the rest of us expect the rays of light to inspire, influence and warm what's been darkened by the presence of night. The funniest thing about life is the placement of the sun. It can be in the center of the sky and all too many times the passerby looks as if to be lost in a moment of darkness. How do you teach a wandering mind to reach beyond that chapter? I write. That doesn't make it right. Life isn't about generating enough space to create a legacy. We're supposed to be teaching our experiences so that what we've been through can be recognized when there isn't sunlight. Somewhere along the way decision makers forgot that part of the journey. I can see why. Who wants to teach the person that may replace them? The most interesting part about that statement has nothing to do with the atmosphere of self. Every business connects with people we'll never meet. When you elect not to teach you've decided to stop reaching for the customers that keep your doors open.
I enter this recording studio each day at 5:30 AM. Not because I'm on a headhunt for worms but rather I'm willing with my way to step inside what is to become this day. Through each wall I touch I'm allowed to trust, have faith and develop hope. Which feels more like an invisible game than the actuality of reality. The words that I speak were written over two years ago. What did he know that I don't realize today? The chores of being a daily writer is knowing that what finds a presence in your present isn't always meant for the now. On this podcast the goal is to put focus on light and darkness. Courageously I do ask about the arrival of no sun. What if it were 24/7? They experience it on the edges of the planet but the rest of us expect the rays of light to inspire, influence and warm what's been darkened by the presence of night. The funniest thing about life is the placement of the sun. It can be in the center of the sky and all too many times the passerby looks as if to be lost in a moment of darkness. How do you teach a wandering mind to reach beyond that chapter? I write. That doesn't make it right. Life isn't about generating enough space to create a legacy. We're supposed to be teaching our experiences so that what we've been through can be recognized when there isn't sunlight. Somewhere along the way decision makers forgot that part of the journey. I can see why. Who wants to teach the person that may replace them? The most interesting part about that statement has nothing to do with the atmosphere of self. Every business connects with people we'll never meet. When you elect not to teach you've decided to stop reaching for the customers that keep your doors open.
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 134
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Trusting the physical act of collaboration. Being a radio guy. It's always been a tough journey to share the reins of expectation with a partnership of presentation. I knew in my early days that I wasn't going to be a morning show host that features three to five others. Not that I'm stuck on myself or feel I'm greater than. I have a fear of being the lead actor who has to accept the responsibility of failure with each moment of victory. In my heart the best way to be in control of each meandering situation is to make it your own. The moment you start adding puzzle pieces to the corners of choice something ends up being misplaced. I have a difficult time with the avenues of trusting others to show up on time and in the mood to give 200%. Therefore I sit in the shadows of the daily performance being Paul McCartney and not the Beatles. On this podcast I go a completely different way when explaining the physical act of collaborating. Preachers versus Radio. Both are called to serve people. Both use separate languages. More than often those behind the pulpit stay free of the speaker junkie because the term media in 2018 is a dangerous tightrope. Collaborating with another creative soul means a lot of behind the scenes planning before the performance. Being who you are without the microphone is almost never the shape who you are while on the microphone. I classify myself as being an extremely boring person with a vision to succeed. I can't do that without a connection to a passerby. My path and or choice was to grow within the circle of Broadcasting and yet the soul was determined to serve by way of the pulpit. That's not the calling I was commanded to process. Take the knowledge of those in the church and make it a language for the street. Do it in a way that can be digested inside 15 to 30 seconds. I need those preachers and teachers. They know how to turn a book of poetry into lessons of growing. By way of collaboration and or an act of Sunday morning play by play it seems like a plan that could work. It doesn't. Interpretation of the word is the line in the sand. Not a negative. This is only a view of what it's like on this side of the microphone hearing God's command while being just another face in the stands.
Trusting the physical act of collaboration. Being a radio guy. It's always been a tough journey to share the reins of expectation with a partnership of presentation. I knew in my early days that I wasn't going to be a morning show host that features three to five others. Not that I'm stuck on myself or feel I'm greater than. I have a fear of being the lead actor who has to accept the responsibility of failure with each moment of victory. In my heart the best way to be in control of each meandering situation is to make it your own. The moment you start adding puzzle pieces to the corners of choice something ends up being misplaced. I have a difficult time with the avenues of trusting others to show up on time and in the mood to give 200%. Therefore I sit in the shadows of the daily performance being Paul McCartney and not the Beatles. On this podcast I go a completely different way when explaining the physical act of collaborating. Preachers versus Radio. Both are called to serve people. Both use separate languages. More than often those behind the pulpit stay free of the speaker junkie because the term media in 2018 is a dangerous tightrope. Collaborating with another creative soul means a lot of behind the scenes planning before the performance. Being who you are without the microphone is almost never the shape who you are while on the microphone. I classify myself as being an extremely boring person with a vision to succeed. I can't do that without a connection to a passerby. My path and or choice was to grow within the circle of Broadcasting and yet the soul was determined to serve by way of the pulpit. That's not the calling I was commanded to process. Take the knowledge of those in the church and make it a language for the street. Do it in a way that can be digested inside 15 to 30 seconds. I need those preachers and teachers. They know how to turn a book of poetry into lessons of growing. By way of collaboration and or an act of Sunday morning play by play it seems like a plan that could work. It doesn't. Interpretation of the word is the line in the sand. Not a negative. This is only a view of what it's like on this side of the microphone hearing God's command while being just another face in the stands.
Monday, December 3, 2018
The Mirrored Image Of Who
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Being part of the service world is a difficult place to digest the process of upper management with their way of determining what's acceptable in the world of attitude, "We're only paying $7.25 an hour and have learned to expect that nothing will ever be perfect." By choice, I'm a very positive person. Until the paths of chance put me face to face with someone allowed to carry their negative energy forward. Hey! They make $7.25 an hour. Boss man on campus says, "Accept the reality." On this podcast I dive into the subject with a deeper purpose to help uncover who, what, where, why and when? The mirrored image of what's projected beyond the bathroom or rear view mirror isn't always the person we think we are. I'm not afraid to talk about how religious people always seems so happy and filled with spirit upon our arrival within the four walls of preaching. Show me who you are when the bills are due and the kids won't take out the trash. How can anyone be grateful in a world that expects perfection at a very low cost and or price? I once had an OM that sharply told me, "I'm not interested in solutions. Fix the problem before you take the time to speak to me." Can you imagine using that statement while looking at your tired eyes in the mirror? Fix the problem before you take the time to speak to me. But wait! I make $7.25 an hour! So many paths of disconnection and yet each dried river is to be met with expectation. For most of us our shoulders hurt from shrugging off a bad performance. I laugh out loud while having dinner with a decision maker that complains about how the wait staff at a restaurant can't seem to get their act together. The wrong food is brought to the table. The water glass is empty. The bill is wrong. Yeah! Welcome to the vision of how your business is also run. Those outside your next decision see things your company has elected to ignore. Leaders that can't pay a better wage and accept poor performance should walk into every day expecting nothing more than below average. If any employee has a difficult time filling their gas tank, those that hired them should be wearing the same face of shame. Bad service isn't the person. They've been trained to accept poor wages as part of the process. In two hours they'll be working at their fifth part time job. God is no different. Who, what, what, where, when and how are you receiving and do you arrive with the attitude of not needing a solution, you attempted to fix the problem before arriving in his place of grace?
Friday, November 30, 2018
God Needs Community
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If not daily but weekly someone or ourselves will blurt out, "I've got nothing!" I find this interesting. Once such a shout out reaches my ears I reply, "How many voices do you have in your head and heart?" They look back in shock. How dare I confuse their moment of nothingness with something that's completely overcrowded and out of control. Learning how to utilize those voices is how you move yourself beyond the mountain and dry desert floor. On this podcast I talk openly about how I put God and the universe way ahead of all things in my head and heart. That doesn't guarantee the voices go away. It only makes me aware of newer and better ways to listen to why they're strong enough to have a presence. I'm not convinced anything is negative until we personally label it as such.
If not daily but weekly someone or ourselves will blurt out, "I've got nothing!" I find this interesting. Once such a shout out reaches my ears I reply, "How many voices do you have in your head and heart?" They look back in shock. How dare I confuse their moment of nothingness with something that's completely overcrowded and out of control. Learning how to utilize those voices is how you move yourself beyond the mountain and dry desert floor. On this podcast I talk openly about how I put God and the universe way ahead of all things in my head and heart. That doesn't guarantee the voices go away. It only makes me aware of newer and better ways to listen to why they're strong enough to have a presence. I'm not convinced anything is negative until we personally label it as such.
Thursday, November 29, 2018
The Arrival Of The Universe
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Learning mindfulness is but a baby step toward being aware of the present. It requires practice. Becoming aware of the atmosphere that's endlessly changing around us. Jotting down notes is a great way to document personal growth. So often we jump into books of motivation and inspiration wanting and expecting change only to realize nothings moved. A wise man once said, "You can learn a lot about a person by thumbing through their record collection." The same is true when you search through someone's Kindle or Nook. Mine is brimming to the top with those books of positive thoughts and spiritual expressions. It's not that I seek. I only want to be reminded. On this podcast I go back nearly three years in the daily writing and read from a moment where the spirit of the universe is moving through the creative mind. We live in an age where songwriters, artists, authors and actors of brilliant talents are hitting walls of silence. Where in their "Now" did the seed of nothingness find its first sip of water? We all go through it. Recognizing it needs a follow up. Doing something about it latches onto a lot of energy you may not have. Learning from it teaches the next passerby to remove themselves from saying "I can't."
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Flowering Tomato
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The writer in me took note of a flowering tomato plant outside the window. While shaping a positive vibration within the moments we all try to design I realized the squirrels had stolen another fruit from the vine. The written expression on paper, "Obviously they need it more than I." The captivating thing about this tomato plant is the connection that two separate walks of life seemed to share without truly realizing there was a single line connected to the same dot on the map. I was a little disappointed with the tomato stealing squirrels but in essence I too was taking from the plant by borrowing the energy from one of its blossoms. On this podcast I dive into that subject. What are we doing as everyday real people to produce fruit and or a flower? The natural reaction when someone takes is usually discomfort and yet they obviously needed it more than I. Turning the picture around. Who we've become is a basic design of how we were taught to accept and or giveaway. Sharing is a learned art. In Native American Spirituality I learned to ask the plant for the fruit on the vine. What if we began a process of growth in that flavor while creating things with coworkers or family members. Instead of expecting to take what's grown from another imagination. Ask by way of mindfulness to have or to hold whats being shared in the moment. We are a society of takers. Look at the social media world. So many pictures, motivational phrases and other connections that weren't part of our vine but they became the identity of the image of you we find. There is peace in a walk when what we carry is blessed in the name of sharing. All those thoughts in your head and heart. What if your experiences on this path are actually lessons to be taught? A flower on a vine. Fruit for a passerby.
The writer in me took note of a flowering tomato plant outside the window. While shaping a positive vibration within the moments we all try to design I realized the squirrels had stolen another fruit from the vine. The written expression on paper, "Obviously they need it more than I." The captivating thing about this tomato plant is the connection that two separate walks of life seemed to share without truly realizing there was a single line connected to the same dot on the map. I was a little disappointed with the tomato stealing squirrels but in essence I too was taking from the plant by borrowing the energy from one of its blossoms. On this podcast I dive into that subject. What are we doing as everyday real people to produce fruit and or a flower? The natural reaction when someone takes is usually discomfort and yet they obviously needed it more than I. Turning the picture around. Who we've become is a basic design of how we were taught to accept and or giveaway. Sharing is a learned art. In Native American Spirituality I learned to ask the plant for the fruit on the vine. What if we began a process of growth in that flavor while creating things with coworkers or family members. Instead of expecting to take what's grown from another imagination. Ask by way of mindfulness to have or to hold whats being shared in the moment. We are a society of takers. Look at the social media world. So many pictures, motivational phrases and other connections that weren't part of our vine but they became the identity of the image of you we find. There is peace in a walk when what we carry is blessed in the name of sharing. All those thoughts in your head and heart. What if your experiences on this path are actually lessons to be taught? A flower on a vine. Fruit for a passerby.
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
The Awareness Of Doubt
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We all face doubt. It can last a week, month or become a season in length. Be it a diet, career decision, lack of love or you've challenged yourself to take up fasting. Days of doubt cloud the picture of light. Within these challenges our circles of friends and family always come up with the easy way out, "Everything's going to be fine. Pick yourself up and think positive." My own Pastor recently shared his journey through a moment of doubt. Instantly I began to pay attention. He gave me permission to feel the same. Men and women of God are supposed to have feelings! During their bouts with doubt it becomes a choice to listen to it or find a respectful leader in their own heart to help push the moment forward. The only reason why I bring this up is because its fourth quarter. GM firing 14,000 employees before Christmas is a tough cookie to bite into. It stole from what should've been a life changing headline. Through brilliant technology and teamwork we arrived on Mars. Very few said anything about it. They chose instead to talk about their walk at work. No matter how hard you try it doesn't seem to be paying off the way you dreamed. Rather than talking about it we shop. It's Christmas! Instead of reaching toward a real friend, the choice is to keep the liqueur cabinet open a little longer. The pain killers in your private possession always make the ache in your legs go away. I mean it's just a day of doubt. Sitting at home alone isn't a direction. Becoming aware of where you're placing your silent stare is every reason to make sure your circle is tight. Let those around you know of your present place and feelings. It doesn't mean you have to become the wet blanket. Letting them become aware of where you presently feel is the safe room. The last thing you need to hear is, "Come on man get over it. It's the holiday!" Open your door and let someone inside.
We all face doubt. It can last a week, month or become a season in length. Be it a diet, career decision, lack of love or you've challenged yourself to take up fasting. Days of doubt cloud the picture of light. Within these challenges our circles of friends and family always come up with the easy way out, "Everything's going to be fine. Pick yourself up and think positive." My own Pastor recently shared his journey through a moment of doubt. Instantly I began to pay attention. He gave me permission to feel the same. Men and women of God are supposed to have feelings! During their bouts with doubt it becomes a choice to listen to it or find a respectful leader in their own heart to help push the moment forward. The only reason why I bring this up is because its fourth quarter. GM firing 14,000 employees before Christmas is a tough cookie to bite into. It stole from what should've been a life changing headline. Through brilliant technology and teamwork we arrived on Mars. Very few said anything about it. They chose instead to talk about their walk at work. No matter how hard you try it doesn't seem to be paying off the way you dreamed. Rather than talking about it we shop. It's Christmas! Instead of reaching toward a real friend, the choice is to keep the liqueur cabinet open a little longer. The pain killers in your private possession always make the ache in your legs go away. I mean it's just a day of doubt. Sitting at home alone isn't a direction. Becoming aware of where you're placing your silent stare is every reason to make sure your circle is tight. Let those around you know of your present place and feelings. It doesn't mean you have to become the wet blanket. Letting them become aware of where you presently feel is the safe room. The last thing you need to hear is, "Come on man get over it. It's the holiday!" Open your door and let someone inside.
Monday, November 26, 2018
The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 133
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What are we truly listening to during our daily walks through chapters trying to be met? I love listening to the wind because I believe humans are missing out on multiple layers of lessons. The wind is known for carrying the seeds of plants and other things, what if there's something that we should be recognizing? On this podcast I talk about standing in front of Versace's house in Florida the moment I learned of his passing. I didn't know how to handle the news except to take note of a beautiful white feather right where I was standing. I carry my writing tablets with me at all times. You never know when the wind will be spreading seeds. On that particular night I couldn't escape the South Beach winds. Writing was a struggle. Every gust pushed the pages onto my writing path. That's when I began to think about how many souls must be moving through that area of Florida sharing with those walking a final thought or prayer. I know! Way out there! Not to a creative mind that spent his entire childhood fearing the strong gusts of wind in Montana. Learning to trust it is one thing. Knowing there are lessons to be learned is a lifelong journey. I'm not saying I heard Versace's voice that night or openly play with the idea that a greater power from the universe tapped my shoulder. I just know how much I was moved by the presence of something that peacefully whispered "Let go and participate with the universe." The circles that began to open. The conversations I no longer ran from. How far do you walk before that feeling in your heart is no longer heard? Only to spend days, months and even years trying to reactivate the moment. But you can't. You were just a passerby that happened to be in the right place and didn't know it.
What are we truly listening to during our daily walks through chapters trying to be met? I love listening to the wind because I believe humans are missing out on multiple layers of lessons. The wind is known for carrying the seeds of plants and other things, what if there's something that we should be recognizing? On this podcast I talk about standing in front of Versace's house in Florida the moment I learned of his passing. I didn't know how to handle the news except to take note of a beautiful white feather right where I was standing. I carry my writing tablets with me at all times. You never know when the wind will be spreading seeds. On that particular night I couldn't escape the South Beach winds. Writing was a struggle. Every gust pushed the pages onto my writing path. That's when I began to think about how many souls must be moving through that area of Florida sharing with those walking a final thought or prayer. I know! Way out there! Not to a creative mind that spent his entire childhood fearing the strong gusts of wind in Montana. Learning to trust it is one thing. Knowing there are lessons to be learned is a lifelong journey. I'm not saying I heard Versace's voice that night or openly play with the idea that a greater power from the universe tapped my shoulder. I just know how much I was moved by the presence of something that peacefully whispered "Let go and participate with the universe." The circles that began to open. The conversations I no longer ran from. How far do you walk before that feeling in your heart is no longer heard? Only to spend days, months and even years trying to reactivate the moment. But you can't. You were just a passerby that happened to be in the right place and didn't know it.
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Unwired Questions
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I'm shocked to see that "unwired" isn't a word on Dictionary.com. So many claim to be wired yet we can't be unwired? We face the word daily. Listen to the way we speak to others as well as ourselves. Endlessly we're overtaken by unwired questions. Saturated with thoughts that disconnect us from the reality of our actuality. On this podcast we take on the huge difference between those two words. Aren't reality and actuality one in the same? Not if you look deeper into the plan and purpose of how your unwired questions carelessly seek answers. I'm convinced that we never grow outside the shell of a two year old, "Mom! Mom! Mom!" No day passes that I don't diligently work on bringing my questions to an end. I'm blessed with the opportunity to interview a lot of creative people. I get incredibly tired of asking questions. I lean more on making statements. Pause... The other side of the communication connection is forced to reply or face what we in radio call dead air. Make the statement. If there's a true connection an unwired question isn't required to motivate the moment. Lets add a twist to this mental action to a reaction. Unwired questions sent to yourself by way of talking to yourself. How often do you talk yourself out of a bad mood or into a darker chapter? Becoming aware of where you stand is the actuality. Nobody but you knows how you got there, that's the reality. It feels great when you're inspired to change your present place inside actuality but to get to that point the reality of the steps you've already taken need to be recognized as well as forgiven. You aren't today who you were yesterday. Reality. Therefore your actuality is keeping your unwired questions under control. This is why I keep a de-frag journal. Every afternoon around 4 I sit down and set free the unwired questions. Get them out before they take you out. That's the reality of your actuality.
I'm shocked to see that "unwired" isn't a word on Dictionary.com. So many claim to be wired yet we can't be unwired? We face the word daily. Listen to the way we speak to others as well as ourselves. Endlessly we're overtaken by unwired questions. Saturated with thoughts that disconnect us from the reality of our actuality. On this podcast we take on the huge difference between those two words. Aren't reality and actuality one in the same? Not if you look deeper into the plan and purpose of how your unwired questions carelessly seek answers. I'm convinced that we never grow outside the shell of a two year old, "Mom! Mom! Mom!" No day passes that I don't diligently work on bringing my questions to an end. I'm blessed with the opportunity to interview a lot of creative people. I get incredibly tired of asking questions. I lean more on making statements. Pause... The other side of the communication connection is forced to reply or face what we in radio call dead air. Make the statement. If there's a true connection an unwired question isn't required to motivate the moment. Lets add a twist to this mental action to a reaction. Unwired questions sent to yourself by way of talking to yourself. How often do you talk yourself out of a bad mood or into a darker chapter? Becoming aware of where you stand is the actuality. Nobody but you knows how you got there, that's the reality. It feels great when you're inspired to change your present place inside actuality but to get to that point the reality of the steps you've already taken need to be recognized as well as forgiven. You aren't today who you were yesterday. Reality. Therefore your actuality is keeping your unwired questions under control. This is why I keep a de-frag journal. Every afternoon around 4 I sit down and set free the unwired questions. Get them out before they take you out. That's the reality of your actuality.
Monday, November 19, 2018
Questions For Google
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What would your life be like if you had Google during your teen years? My parents knew I had questions and wasted no time trying to endlessly teach. The problem is they didn't have the answers to this ever changing planet of communities. More people go to Google then God. On this podcast I talk about that subject. Trying to get spiritual answers in a world where God's not seen, heard or physically available to take on your present storm. I'm no expert on the subject but I'm really good at going to Google. Without going all out religious, we all know the search engine feels nothing, doesn't know our situation away from the computer and will never truly appear in your life but in the places we choose to operate a thought. Whereas that connection to a higher shape of spiritual growth and studies has laid out a path of awareness, patience and forgiveness. If all we ever got were answers and victories would we be interested in personal growth? Most of what we need and or seek is located in the struggle. Which is such a waste of time for so many. Walmart and Amazon have made it too easy to pull us toward the comforts of the moment and not the foundation of survival required for tomorrows walk. Look at what Spell Check has done to us. We're lazy spellers. We rely on the computer to correct the sentences. When I receive a handwritten or typed out message it's horrid. The grammar is way off and the words are attempts at trying to make a connection. What has a life overtaken by Google delivered? Doesn't the internet connection change your way of thinking? One minute you're looking up better ways to change a light bulb only to find the stories on the side convincing you to research the taste of a Butterball turkey. What if God could readjust his way of speaking and gave us faster replies? Would you leap over to Yahoo or Bing?
What would your life be like if you had Google during your teen years? My parents knew I had questions and wasted no time trying to endlessly teach. The problem is they didn't have the answers to this ever changing planet of communities. More people go to Google then God. On this podcast I talk about that subject. Trying to get spiritual answers in a world where God's not seen, heard or physically available to take on your present storm. I'm no expert on the subject but I'm really good at going to Google. Without going all out religious, we all know the search engine feels nothing, doesn't know our situation away from the computer and will never truly appear in your life but in the places we choose to operate a thought. Whereas that connection to a higher shape of spiritual growth and studies has laid out a path of awareness, patience and forgiveness. If all we ever got were answers and victories would we be interested in personal growth? Most of what we need and or seek is located in the struggle. Which is such a waste of time for so many. Walmart and Amazon have made it too easy to pull us toward the comforts of the moment and not the foundation of survival required for tomorrows walk. Look at what Spell Check has done to us. We're lazy spellers. We rely on the computer to correct the sentences. When I receive a handwritten or typed out message it's horrid. The grammar is way off and the words are attempts at trying to make a connection. What has a life overtaken by Google delivered? Doesn't the internet connection change your way of thinking? One minute you're looking up better ways to change a light bulb only to find the stories on the side convincing you to research the taste of a Butterball turkey. What if God could readjust his way of speaking and gave us faster replies? Would you leap over to Yahoo or Bing?
Friday, November 16, 2018
Should You Not Be Sharing
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It was a radio station manager that opened my heart to the journey of how none of this is about us. Andrew spoke of how to utilize the communication as a tool rather than a performance. Once Blogging and the digital platform came into play any type of thought sharing was pretty much under the control of the decision makers pushing music more than connection. The more I practiced the art of using words by way of web pages and podcasting the bigger picture began to arrive. How we act, react and bring things forward from the center of our creative frames isn't to gain access to the process of self but rather to help others along the way. We are all called and or commanded to the purpose of life. You don't have to be religious to understand the message of this show. It my choice to give the energy source an identity. I will never press forward or knock on your door for your mind body and soul to believe in anything but the presence of your personal universe. No matter what you believe in you are still being used to reach people. Even if you're stocking shelves at Harris Teeter you are touching the lives of a passerby that you will never know. What flows from your place in the present will always affect another person. What's your choice as to how it's being delivered? It's a battle to remove the mask of self. When you do figure it out, the distance of your heart beat will be heard long after it stops. I get it! Make money to spend money. What if why you're growing or staying stale is being used to change other people's lives? Who? You? Yes really... It's your daily choice to forget that you've been called.
It was a radio station manager that opened my heart to the journey of how none of this is about us. Andrew spoke of how to utilize the communication as a tool rather than a performance. Once Blogging and the digital platform came into play any type of thought sharing was pretty much under the control of the decision makers pushing music more than connection. The more I practiced the art of using words by way of web pages and podcasting the bigger picture began to arrive. How we act, react and bring things forward from the center of our creative frames isn't to gain access to the process of self but rather to help others along the way. We are all called and or commanded to the purpose of life. You don't have to be religious to understand the message of this show. It my choice to give the energy source an identity. I will never press forward or knock on your door for your mind body and soul to believe in anything but the presence of your personal universe. No matter what you believe in you are still being used to reach people. Even if you're stocking shelves at Harris Teeter you are touching the lives of a passerby that you will never know. What flows from your place in the present will always affect another person. What's your choice as to how it's being delivered? It's a battle to remove the mask of self. When you do figure it out, the distance of your heart beat will be heard long after it stops. I get it! Make money to spend money. What if why you're growing or staying stale is being used to change other people's lives? Who? You? Yes really... It's your daily choice to forget that you've been called.
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Where In Your Universe Is There Room
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I'm not really sure where on this path that life suddenly took over and everything began to move quicker then a double shot of Red Bull. No matter where you stand or want to belong there's always something standing in the way of realizing what's been planned or envisioned. If you're lucky enough to locate enough room on that invisible layout of ideas, the physical actuality of experience doesn't guarantee a true payoff. Where in your universe is there room. On this podcast I get a little preachy which just freaks me out. I'm not qualified to preach. I keep telling the bigger voice that he or she needs to find a different outlet. It doesn't always work that way. On this show the message isn't bent in the way that we receive all that we assume we need but rather the focus is put on where you stand with who you've chosen to be part of your path. I get it, we have incredible working relationships with our coworkers and bosses and all that's brought to the surface can sometimes feel like winning a playoff game. I openly admit many of my greatest moments in life have nothing to do with family and everything to do with who I've blessed to collaborate with. Where in your universe is there room? The older we get the more consumed we become. I'm seriously guilty of living out a fun place to be over and over again. Um that was an event that unwrapped itself ten or fifteen years ago. To create room you have to know where you are in the moment. I do laugh when I see all these storage buildings being built. Once you've placed your items inside how long do they stay on your mind? Same is true about your life and experiences. You always wanted that dream job to march into your heart but it feels like it's never going to arrive. You honestly don't have the room. There's too much in your mind body and soul. Your life and style are like your smartphone. You've got a lot of apps demands energy from the battery. Uncovering the truth about where you are hurts like hell. That's because you're going to have to toss some stuff out. Preparing your purpose for that plan is a choice. Know that you're never alone. Unless you've declared it to be true.
I'm not really sure where on this path that life suddenly took over and everything began to move quicker then a double shot of Red Bull. No matter where you stand or want to belong there's always something standing in the way of realizing what's been planned or envisioned. If you're lucky enough to locate enough room on that invisible layout of ideas, the physical actuality of experience doesn't guarantee a true payoff. Where in your universe is there room. On this podcast I get a little preachy which just freaks me out. I'm not qualified to preach. I keep telling the bigger voice that he or she needs to find a different outlet. It doesn't always work that way. On this show the message isn't bent in the way that we receive all that we assume we need but rather the focus is put on where you stand with who you've chosen to be part of your path. I get it, we have incredible working relationships with our coworkers and bosses and all that's brought to the surface can sometimes feel like winning a playoff game. I openly admit many of my greatest moments in life have nothing to do with family and everything to do with who I've blessed to collaborate with. Where in your universe is there room? The older we get the more consumed we become. I'm seriously guilty of living out a fun place to be over and over again. Um that was an event that unwrapped itself ten or fifteen years ago. To create room you have to know where you are in the moment. I do laugh when I see all these storage buildings being built. Once you've placed your items inside how long do they stay on your mind? Same is true about your life and experiences. You always wanted that dream job to march into your heart but it feels like it's never going to arrive. You honestly don't have the room. There's too much in your mind body and soul. Your life and style are like your smartphone. You've got a lot of apps demands energy from the battery. Uncovering the truth about where you are hurts like hell. That's because you're going to have to toss some stuff out. Preparing your purpose for that plan is a choice. Know that you're never alone. Unless you've declared it to be true.
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 132
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I'm not a weatherman but I do enjoy studying the way of the rain. As much as I want to believe each drop is sent to feed the roots of a tree it's never met, the other side of my creative mind believes rain is sent to locate an ocean. This far inland how can such a thought be possible? You like to dream right? Your thoughts are single drops of rain. Somehow someway you get to touch the opposite side of a rainbow. A gentle rain is no different. A single drop unknowing to us, will make it's way to a larger body of water. During my daily watches of weather moving through us, I've learned that most of us don't truly like to put ourselves in places where the water from the sky dampens our desire to be in such a place of receiving. Birds and even deer enjoy the offering from the sky. Each have a special dance or way of accepting. Not the human. We quickly run inside to do nothing but complain. Have you ever interrupted a raindrop's day? Maybe you got in the way of it touching the shores of a far in the distance ocean. On this podcast I talk about how many times the average person tends to complain about what they are presently doing with their career. The storms that each of us face but we don't truly learn from the challenge or accept the rain. That causes a lot of disconnection in our wishes and or personal demands. Some withstand the daily grind while others spend a lifetime looking for a job that makes them happy. Really? Your boss has a boss who has a boss. No matter how much you try to be greater then yesterday your place of business will always have a new collection of rain. Stand in it. Let it drench your every purpose and reason. Your boss is a label. Beneath it, he or she is just another raindrop seeking the scent of an ocean shore. Two raindrops collected create a trickle. Imagine if you made it less about you and more about the process of progress. Let the presence of your raindrop locate a puddle then a creek then a lake and beyond.
Friday, November 9, 2018
I Became The Buzz Kill
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Tony Robbins is by far one of this generation's most positive motivational leaders. I often wonder how many friends he lost along the way. It's a real question. During our everyday walk, being a positive leader isn't always the accepted atmosphere. I once had an Operation Manager go all out on me, "I don't need your positive today. I need to you to get down here with the rest of us and have compassion." I never understood that. It changed the way I spoke. I took it as being a firm reminder that positive people do have a sway with their ray of light. Basically meaning we look at the glass as being half full not empty. That drives a lot of people crazy. On this podcast I open our eyes to a different type of positive person. It's no hidden fact that I am an Elevator. I study the word of God at Elevation Church. The keyword is study. I don't go to church. I study. Over the past couple of years I've found myself with fewer and fewer friends. It's kind of weird going into projects that were once designed by a community of creators. These days the travels are thin. Inside my daily writing I can see why. While studying the word. I wrote the word. I spoke the word. I lived the word. I became a buzz kill to a lot of people. Does that mean I'll change? Not at all. The awareness of our presence in the moment teaches us how to stay true to yourself while realizing you aren't missing anything. Too many times the average person returns to their old habits because losing weight made you look good and those nearest you felt fat. How do you move beyond our need for acceptance? Wait for it! Here comes Captain Positive! Accept yourself first. That's the greatest decision you'll ever make. Now grow forward and outward. Be you or be what everybody else wants you to become. Sadly we never see their names on the headstone.
Thursday, November 8, 2018
Caught Up In The Connection
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The last thing I want to do is sit inside this studio and point fingers at a past that can't be changed. Sadly, in order to bring light to the subject of codependency you've got to be transparent with where the seed was originally planted. I didn't come from a perfect family. My father took off at the age of three and my mother worked a lot of late night hours. Now toss in my best friend brother hating the world so bad that he felt a need to run away from home. Once dipped into a pair of teenager shoes and lifestyle, life presented me with someone willing to listen and dream with. Wow! Codependency totally took over my fears of losing everything including her. On this podcast I'm blunt. I open my heart to what it's like to beat the fear, shame, guilt and everything else you experience when alone. The words written were put down on paper over two years ago. Studying the mindset of the writer this many chapters out allows there to be no judgement but rather a celebration of discovery. I'm not alone when it comes to codependency. In looking back the enormous amount of hours I poured into my everyday world of radio was a huge sign of this mental sickness. Breaking free of it required no drugs or weekend shopping sprees at larger than life malls. I didn't have to pull in false friends and dream beyond my limits. I had to learn what emptiness truly was and is. Required wasn't a need to be filled but rather fulfilled.
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Circles Of Seekers
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I'm not afraid to share my openness about who and what makes a great Broadcaster. In every lecture I'm blessed to share you'll hear my clearly state, "You are not here by choice. You have been called and it took you this long to finally listen then activate." Those that know me realized in the very beginning how overboard I am on driving the passion for broadcasting home. I take it serious. Every break is another opportunity to reach through those speakers and help change a persons pattern of thought. Who better to know that than Talk Show hosts. On this podcast I answer questions brought up during a fish bowl conversation about why it is that I do and why I stand strong on why it is that I do. It's the kind of stuff that a normal radio show listener doesn't want to hear while at the same time their hearts begin to feel. Learning to use your words in ways that don't invade but rather invite. If the average person knew of my intentions they'd make that choice of wanting to participate with something positive or seek avenues of exchange that create disbelief in peace. I love it when program directors and consultants advice me to crank down the happy guy. It teaches me to reconstruct the way I bring thought into a conversation. These are ways that can be used in every shape of business. I get it! Nobody wants to work with Captain Positive. They find it difficult to keep up. Maybe the silence isn't in the actions of wanting to stay even but rather the words you place in your heart when you're alone. You always have the power to replace when you think is guiding you. Believe that your place in business is a single line of connection to changing peoples lives. Now you have purpose.
I'm not afraid to share my openness about who and what makes a great Broadcaster. In every lecture I'm blessed to share you'll hear my clearly state, "You are not here by choice. You have been called and it took you this long to finally listen then activate." Those that know me realized in the very beginning how overboard I am on driving the passion for broadcasting home. I take it serious. Every break is another opportunity to reach through those speakers and help change a persons pattern of thought. Who better to know that than Talk Show hosts. On this podcast I answer questions brought up during a fish bowl conversation about why it is that I do and why I stand strong on why it is that I do. It's the kind of stuff that a normal radio show listener doesn't want to hear while at the same time their hearts begin to feel. Learning to use your words in ways that don't invade but rather invite. If the average person knew of my intentions they'd make that choice of wanting to participate with something positive or seek avenues of exchange that create disbelief in peace. I love it when program directors and consultants advice me to crank down the happy guy. It teaches me to reconstruct the way I bring thought into a conversation. These are ways that can be used in every shape of business. I get it! Nobody wants to work with Captain Positive. They find it difficult to keep up. Maybe the silence isn't in the actions of wanting to stay even but rather the words you place in your heart when you're alone. You always have the power to replace when you think is guiding you. Believe that your place in business is a single line of connection to changing peoples lives. Now you have purpose.
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 131
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Living in the present is a tough walk. There are too many things taking place in our past to suddenly drop it off. To stay in a moment of "Now" I ask myself, "What are you feeling in the present?" Mindfully I accept as well as respect the surrounding atmosphere. This reminds me of my many walks through several forests. I find incredible pleasure in staring at the floor of collected limbs, leaves, needles, dried weeds and vines. If you've ever walked off the path then you know the dangers that await the wandering imagination. The forested floor doesn't expose where the tree roots and earth have eroded. There's a huge change that you're going to be met with a deep hole. A real ankle or leg breaker. On this podcast I talk about how each of our everyday chapters are no different than that forested floor. You are judged by outsiders by the way the leaves, limbs and needles are imperfectly stacked to look as smooth as a forested floor offers. What they don't see are your holes. You know they exist because you're experiences helped design them. Once the passerby takes note of the personal erosion the next step for them is to judge, to decide if your forested floor can become part of their forested needs. Learning to walk through a real forest requires confidence and the proper tools to sample the soil before your next step. What adds weight to the walk are the dogs we bring with us on the journey off the typical walk. Suddenly the legs are weakened by the partners expectations of walking under the broken limbs and you spend the rest of the afternoon trying to dodge thorny vines and long stemmed grasses vowing to trip you while walking. Awareness of your "Now" is a valuable tool to place in your vision. The forest floor is always going to be your past. Know that it's perfectly healing to break free of where everybody else is but spend no time seeking the depth of the unseen holes you'll meet.
Living in the present is a tough walk. There are too many things taking place in our past to suddenly drop it off. To stay in a moment of "Now" I ask myself, "What are you feeling in the present?" Mindfully I accept as well as respect the surrounding atmosphere. This reminds me of my many walks through several forests. I find incredible pleasure in staring at the floor of collected limbs, leaves, needles, dried weeds and vines. If you've ever walked off the path then you know the dangers that await the wandering imagination. The forested floor doesn't expose where the tree roots and earth have eroded. There's a huge change that you're going to be met with a deep hole. A real ankle or leg breaker. On this podcast I talk about how each of our everyday chapters are no different than that forested floor. You are judged by outsiders by the way the leaves, limbs and needles are imperfectly stacked to look as smooth as a forested floor offers. What they don't see are your holes. You know they exist because you're experiences helped design them. Once the passerby takes note of the personal erosion the next step for them is to judge, to decide if your forested floor can become part of their forested needs. Learning to walk through a real forest requires confidence and the proper tools to sample the soil before your next step. What adds weight to the walk are the dogs we bring with us on the journey off the typical walk. Suddenly the legs are weakened by the partners expectations of walking under the broken limbs and you spend the rest of the afternoon trying to dodge thorny vines and long stemmed grasses vowing to trip you while walking. Awareness of your "Now" is a valuable tool to place in your vision. The forest floor is always going to be your past. Know that it's perfectly healing to break free of where everybody else is but spend no time seeking the depth of the unseen holes you'll meet.
Monday, November 5, 2018
Awareness Connection Activation Reconnection
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It can fit into any shape of business striving to reach beyond the four walls of thought. Awareness + Connection + Activation + Re-connection. Seems like an easy task to fulfill until the requirement is to show up everyday not just when you're in the mood. Through daily writing I've become an incredible people watcher. From afar I study the mindset and patterns of employees that are there to make a difference versus collecting a few hours and dollars. We all can't be superstar stand outs! In those moments I do challenge myself to become the decision maker that made the hire. What is it about a tuned out nearly lazy person that always grabs the job from the hard workers still trying to locate employment? On this podcast we tackle the subject of what is serving? It feels pretty good to take the time on a weekend and serve a non-profit organization. We feel good in the moment only to never return or only come back during the holiday. Then there's serving. No matter how tired you are or which pro team is playing in town or on TV, you show up and serve. You make physical connections and re-connections with those in need. So lets break it down. Through awareness we reach out to serve. The connection is made. For most this is the breaking point. We served! We didn't activate. If you had the re-connection process would've been put into play. The same rule applies to your job. Awareness + Connection + Activation + Re-connection. So many great thinkers, doers and planners make the connection but once the expectations of activation step on the toes of personal needs and reasons to succeed its time to reshape the reasons for being there. Activation is where the party begins! You're not supposed to be in the mood or be motivated before the arrival. You're supposed to question your decisions to become part of. Once the activation creates a clear accomplishment then without a doubt there will be a re-connection. Serve or serve?
Friday, November 2, 2018
Let That Storm Be Your Strength
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I talk a lot about being a very faithful daily writer. I'm also a note taker. When someone asks me a question I offer the best available answer in the moment. From that point I take the question to my daily writing. I want to learn from all things in the present. Normally my answers on paper would bore the hec out of the question maker. I break everything down. There's always a reason and purpose to each step. On this podcast I talk about the trips, stumbles and falls that are required in an everyday world and how each time we get extremely tired of picking our dreams and ambition back up. Learning from the questions people ask is a motivator, a reminder of who, what, where and when? I don't hide from the idea that my totem animal is an elephant. The memory of this mammal has made me stronger on this path made of choices. Taking notes leaves my imagination wide open to continue receiving. I don't get bogged down with a past that can never be changed. Learning to take other people's questions to a different place to properly answer is an incredible tool for your future self. No matter how hard you may have fallen and the boss keeps reminding you of how stupid it made him or her look. Learn from the storm. Let it pass through you. A snow storm in Montana may make it through the Carolinas. Guess what? The snow melts. The storm has passed. There's no need to be a lightning collector. Let the questions be heard on paper and let your answers be there as part of the experience.
I talk a lot about being a very faithful daily writer. I'm also a note taker. When someone asks me a question I offer the best available answer in the moment. From that point I take the question to my daily writing. I want to learn from all things in the present. Normally my answers on paper would bore the hec out of the question maker. I break everything down. There's always a reason and purpose to each step. On this podcast I talk about the trips, stumbles and falls that are required in an everyday world and how each time we get extremely tired of picking our dreams and ambition back up. Learning from the questions people ask is a motivator, a reminder of who, what, where and when? I don't hide from the idea that my totem animal is an elephant. The memory of this mammal has made me stronger on this path made of choices. Taking notes leaves my imagination wide open to continue receiving. I don't get bogged down with a past that can never be changed. Learning to take other people's questions to a different place to properly answer is an incredible tool for your future self. No matter how hard you may have fallen and the boss keeps reminding you of how stupid it made him or her look. Learn from the storm. Let it pass through you. A snow storm in Montana may make it through the Carolinas. Guess what? The snow melts. The storm has passed. There's no need to be a lightning collector. Let the questions be heard on paper and let your answers be there as part of the experience.
Thursday, November 1, 2018
Refocusing What You Can Identify
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You'd label me insane if I walked up to you in public and asked, "Can you paint for me your present place of now?" Who asks that kind of question? Tell me what you identify as your present place. The natural reaction would be to look around. Look upward at the sky or ceiling. Look back at me and say, "Um aren't we in the same place?" No. Just because the shell that carries you forward is in the moment doesn't allow those on the outside to know what's moving through the channels of the way you think. Painting your present place of now is one of those situations that instantly triggers the other emotions we hold to block out what someone on the outside is bringing. It's like standing on the corner of walk and don't walk. How we place our individual selves at the light before the crossing is how people perceive us. If you were to paint your present place of now the identity of who and what you're growing into would invite or push away what no longer needs to be part of the walk in forward emotion. On this podcast I'm transparent with what my present place of now looked like on the day it was lived in 2016. I go back to study the growth of that painted present. It's like a radio disc jockey, if we hadn't recorded our shows then gone back to listen to them, we'd hear no growth in the presentation. As normal everyday people we get hooked up on the way we think the memory should be. Paint for yourself the present place of now. You'll be amazed at what you discover in the weeks and months ahead.
You'd label me insane if I walked up to you in public and asked, "Can you paint for me your present place of now?" Who asks that kind of question? Tell me what you identify as your present place. The natural reaction would be to look around. Look upward at the sky or ceiling. Look back at me and say, "Um aren't we in the same place?" No. Just because the shell that carries you forward is in the moment doesn't allow those on the outside to know what's moving through the channels of the way you think. Painting your present place of now is one of those situations that instantly triggers the other emotions we hold to block out what someone on the outside is bringing. It's like standing on the corner of walk and don't walk. How we place our individual selves at the light before the crossing is how people perceive us. If you were to paint your present place of now the identity of who and what you're growing into would invite or push away what no longer needs to be part of the walk in forward emotion. On this podcast I'm transparent with what my present place of now looked like on the day it was lived in 2016. I go back to study the growth of that painted present. It's like a radio disc jockey, if we hadn't recorded our shows then gone back to listen to them, we'd hear no growth in the presentation. As normal everyday people we get hooked up on the way we think the memory should be. Paint for yourself the present place of now. You'll be amazed at what you discover in the weeks and months ahead.
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Genius Isn't An Art
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We all bring something to the path. Interestingly enough the majority of us walk away from why you're being called a genius. We're born to be creative. Where we aren't one in the same are the experiences that invited you to turn off that side of your creative process. If you've spent any time watching television or listening to the radio the top key words to motivate a sagging society are "You have a voice. Vote." Hopefully by the millions America will exercise that right. Sadly, that voice will go silent on November 7th. That's who we are. We accept what's been elected and impatiently wait for the next group of Vote For Me signs to appear in the neighborhood. Having a voice isn't a one day event. We get 365 a year. On this podcast I invite you to tear off the corner of the page and look deeper into the story. No matter how much homework you pour into having that voice on election day, there are so many swaying negative ads being aired that when you think you've got it under control something has created doubt. How many people walk into those polling booths to do nothing more than to show up? It doesn't matter what lever we pull we honestly don't have a voice. You do in the days that follow but it's going to require elbow grease. You have to get on the street and start making noise. Attending community meetings and reach for things other than the remote control and last nights sports stats. We live in an age of free form digital platforms. Exercise your voice. Be heard beyond that moment where just showing up at the polls earned you a free sticker.
We all bring something to the path. Interestingly enough the majority of us walk away from why you're being called a genius. We're born to be creative. Where we aren't one in the same are the experiences that invited you to turn off that side of your creative process. If you've spent any time watching television or listening to the radio the top key words to motivate a sagging society are "You have a voice. Vote." Hopefully by the millions America will exercise that right. Sadly, that voice will go silent on November 7th. That's who we are. We accept what's been elected and impatiently wait for the next group of Vote For Me signs to appear in the neighborhood. Having a voice isn't a one day event. We get 365 a year. On this podcast I invite you to tear off the corner of the page and look deeper into the story. No matter how much homework you pour into having that voice on election day, there are so many swaying negative ads being aired that when you think you've got it under control something has created doubt. How many people walk into those polling booths to do nothing more than to show up? It doesn't matter what lever we pull we honestly don't have a voice. You do in the days that follow but it's going to require elbow grease. You have to get on the street and start making noise. Attending community meetings and reach for things other than the remote control and last nights sports stats. We live in an age of free form digital platforms. Exercise your voice. Be heard beyond that moment where just showing up at the polls earned you a free sticker.
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
What Language Are we Speaking
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The other day a few words jumped out of my writing instrument that caught me off guard. We aren't speaking the same language. You, me, your neighbors and family. We're using our words but the listener and or receiver is relying on their interpretation to paint the photograph. On this podcast I openly admit that I've spent a lifetime doing all I could not to be looked upon as being a Bible Thumper. It's because I'm not qualified! I'm not good enough to wear the team jersey. I can't even be the water boy on the field with the real players. I do take a lot of notes while sitting in a circle of believers. A very good friend always wants me to send those notes to him. He says, "You hear things in the weekly messages then make it simple for me to understand." Interpretation. I feel horrible that he wrote that. I jot down what affects the moment. To grow from it. To heal in ways that books of motivation and empowerment can't touch. What's the language you're speaking? What's keeping you from being your truer leader self? There's something seriously wrong with who we are as a community. It all points back to a lack of communication. What if your voice is one of the lyrics missing from the song that helps heal? What language will you use to share it?
The other day a few words jumped out of my writing instrument that caught me off guard. We aren't speaking the same language. You, me, your neighbors and family. We're using our words but the listener and or receiver is relying on their interpretation to paint the photograph. On this podcast I openly admit that I've spent a lifetime doing all I could not to be looked upon as being a Bible Thumper. It's because I'm not qualified! I'm not good enough to wear the team jersey. I can't even be the water boy on the field with the real players. I do take a lot of notes while sitting in a circle of believers. A very good friend always wants me to send those notes to him. He says, "You hear things in the weekly messages then make it simple for me to understand." Interpretation. I feel horrible that he wrote that. I jot down what affects the moment. To grow from it. To heal in ways that books of motivation and empowerment can't touch. What's the language you're speaking? What's keeping you from being your truer leader self? There's something seriously wrong with who we are as a community. It all points back to a lack of communication. What if your voice is one of the lyrics missing from the song that helps heal? What language will you use to share it?
Monday, October 29, 2018
The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 130
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We measure a lot of who we are by the changing of seasons. When it's summer that gives us permission to run like children and play out things like never before. Fall and Winter are reminders to drop our old souls off and begin new paths of change and recovery. It all sounds nice but we keep forgetting about your image. On this podcast we talk about how current bosses and decision makers very rarely look at the enormous amount of resumes being sent in. They have computers that make the judgement call. Outside that image there still remains how you are seen or have been seen. Like leaves, does it fall from the core of your endlessly growing tree? Not really. As regular people the decisions made in chapters that have changed don't bring new rays of light to the process of growing. It's hard to take that in because no matter how much we've won or lost there's still that persona who what made it through the rain. Being a Christian, I know the enormous amount of importance it is to be a great student. Not everybody in my circle walks that same vision. Therefore the image of me going all out Christ in the earlier days of being public with my beliefs still haunts the hearts of those that don't want to hang out with a Bible thumper or they feel they can't talk about subjects around me because... well the Christian is present. Winter and Fall are not to be looked upon as a celebration of death and rebirth but rather rest. Being aware of who and what you are and growing together with those that see you as something else. Living in the present allows you to be here in the now. To talk openly about the wedges placed between friendship because the image didn't truly fit. Knowing the person always wins.
Monday, October 22, 2018
Frozen Morning Air
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The coldest part of everyday is usually before sunrise. The earth is constantly taking from the atmosphere and at this moment of change all that was once heated is no more. It takes several minutes for the rising sun to send out rays of radiation to replace what no longer exists. I'll never forget the chill that stuck to my bones when they lowered a good friends casket into the earth. As the man made box began to take up space, the air within the hole shot upward. Simple science! I get it. But being in that moment opened my heart by teaching me to be aware of where we place things or what we replace things with. What was in that moment before we arrived? On this podcast I draw attention to those areas of our life where we take note of inside invisible battles versus what the outside world sees us as. That core is no different than the earth. It's endlessly drawing the atmosphere toward its purpose. Before the sun arrives there are bitter moments of cold. Who gets up in the morning ready to rock their job? Getting regenerated requires the awareness of accountability. What's your daily atmosphere made of? How does it feed the inner core of your dreams and ambitions? Being in the moment is one thing. How you got there is another. Cold taking on the act of needing warmth and or support. Facing your truth.
The coldest part of everyday is usually before sunrise. The earth is constantly taking from the atmosphere and at this moment of change all that was once heated is no more. It takes several minutes for the rising sun to send out rays of radiation to replace what no longer exists. I'll never forget the chill that stuck to my bones when they lowered a good friends casket into the earth. As the man made box began to take up space, the air within the hole shot upward. Simple science! I get it. But being in that moment opened my heart by teaching me to be aware of where we place things or what we replace things with. What was in that moment before we arrived? On this podcast I draw attention to those areas of our life where we take note of inside invisible battles versus what the outside world sees us as. That core is no different than the earth. It's endlessly drawing the atmosphere toward its purpose. Before the sun arrives there are bitter moments of cold. Who gets up in the morning ready to rock their job? Getting regenerated requires the awareness of accountability. What's your daily atmosphere made of? How does it feed the inner core of your dreams and ambitions? Being in the moment is one thing. How you got there is another. Cold taking on the act of needing warmth and or support. Facing your truth.
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Possibility Is Opportunity
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I never travel back into my daily writing to glorify victory but rather study the steps of the wanderer seeking truth, trust and a pinch of faith. In June of 2016 a pleasant thought tumbled from the tip of the writing instrument, "What am I supposed to do with all the lessons I've learned?" We as a nation and a world believe happiness reins upon the paths of business success. Lnkedin is a beautiful platform for companies to brag about how incredible they are to work for. Happy people in bright colorful places. When you look away from posted pictures we're never introduced to the employees that gagged while drinking the juice. The path part. It's everyday. The student or employee carries with them lessons taught to them during the challenges of locating great. What are we supposed to do with them? On this podcast I dive deep into the presence of a bad boss and co-workers that pretty much stink. If every seed of success that lays on the edge of your skin were to bring you the brightest of days how do the oldest trees in the forest survive another windy day? Something or someone had to push that seed deeper into your soil. Those evil leaders that brought you sleepless nights should be thanked. They pushed your limits to clear the way for your truer self to arrive. It's not just going to happen. You have to farm the soil. Bring those seeds to a place of escape. To watch as the first leaf unfolds. Sounds like a Disney love story. Here's what makes it a reality. No matter how hard you work would you recognize success if it tapped you on the shoulder? Too often we base our visions of victory on the numbers other people tell us are happening. What are you doing with the lessons you've learned?
I never travel back into my daily writing to glorify victory but rather study the steps of the wanderer seeking truth, trust and a pinch of faith. In June of 2016 a pleasant thought tumbled from the tip of the writing instrument, "What am I supposed to do with all the lessons I've learned?" We as a nation and a world believe happiness reins upon the paths of business success. Lnkedin is a beautiful platform for companies to brag about how incredible they are to work for. Happy people in bright colorful places. When you look away from posted pictures we're never introduced to the employees that gagged while drinking the juice. The path part. It's everyday. The student or employee carries with them lessons taught to them during the challenges of locating great. What are we supposed to do with them? On this podcast I dive deep into the presence of a bad boss and co-workers that pretty much stink. If every seed of success that lays on the edge of your skin were to bring you the brightest of days how do the oldest trees in the forest survive another windy day? Something or someone had to push that seed deeper into your soil. Those evil leaders that brought you sleepless nights should be thanked. They pushed your limits to clear the way for your truer self to arrive. It's not just going to happen. You have to farm the soil. Bring those seeds to a place of escape. To watch as the first leaf unfolds. Sounds like a Disney love story. Here's what makes it a reality. No matter how hard you work would you recognize success if it tapped you on the shoulder? Too often we base our visions of victory on the numbers other people tell us are happening. What are you doing with the lessons you've learned?
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