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It's around us more than bad news and chocolate. We're endlessly being measured by how and when we are growing. As much as we want to point an evil crooked finger at bosses and or other decision makers, I believe we do more damage to ourselves without them. We spend months and years wondering why an inch doesn't feel like a victory but rather a twelve mile high mountain of doubt, fear, shame and guilty. Through meditation and learning the strength connected to mindful thinking and living you begin to develop a process of forgiveness. What is reality but what we're dealing with in the moment? That's not a free ticket to check in with your 16 year old self trying to get away with something your parents wouldn't like. Nor is it the visionary in you planning for peaceful new beginnings sometime next week. Opening your heart and mind isn't a magic trick. It's putting focus on your present. It sounds wacky and out of shape to put your power of thinking into a mode of being nothing more than a willow swaying with the wind. It works. There is no distance in the present. It's happening now. You don't have to reach or bend backwards. Getting caught up in what you can't control infects the layout of how you greet people, perform on the work front and welcome life after you've given it all away. Is it easy to live in the now? If it was everybody would be doing it. When you are stressed and feel like being broken is the new you. Calmly tell your inner self, "Open your heart. Open your mind." Listen to the atmosphere as it moves through you. Take notes. No matter who you are in life. You're always a student.
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 117
<a class="spreaker-player" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/15318190" data-resource="episode_id=15318190" data-width="100%" data-height="350px" data-theme="light" data-playlist="show" data-playlist-continuous="true" data-autoplay="false" data-live-autoplay="false" data-chapters-image="true" data-hide-logo="true" data-hide-likes="false" data-hide-comments="false" data-hide-sharing="false" data-cover="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/images.spreaker.com/original/4b5773c832c2c110acdc05f533b8ba7b.jpg">Listen to "The Lyrics From Billys Forest Chapter 117" on Spreaker.</a><script async src="https://widget.spreaker.com/widgets.js"></script>
I struggle with memories. It's not that I can't remember. I don't feel in this age of continuous growth that we need to feed our creative minds with memories. Being upfront and honest. How many of your memories have been rewritten by your imaginations curse to always want the best of times? My most recent trip back home to Montana wasn't designed to catch up on memories or check in with chapters already lived. I sat in the center of Optimist Park on a very cold June afternoon and challenged myself to write extremely fast. Not to think about anything falling into the journal. I wanted to come back to the page on a later date and see what living in the present was truly like. I challenged myself to be in the moment. Look at what we do when we check in with radio stations that play oldies. Are we there for the memories or are we trying to invite a great song into the presence of our present? Feels Like The First Time from Foreigner ignites me each time I hear it. Rather than think about being a teenager locked up in his bedroom pretending to be a radio disc jockey, the power of the song moves through me in this moment. Sitting at a dog park with Jazzie the rescued dog that has a fun loving way of being a loner. When I hear the song in 2018 it has a new meaning. It has a fresh start and finish. Then I put it away and can't wait to share another music date. I didn't fare well with the jotting down of thought at Optimist Park. I turned it into a flashback to which my modern self tries to defend. If it was a true memory writing moment the writer forgot some very important parts that took place on those waves of extremely green grass and now very tall trees.
I struggle with memories. It's not that I can't remember. I don't feel in this age of continuous growth that we need to feed our creative minds with memories. Being upfront and honest. How many of your memories have been rewritten by your imaginations curse to always want the best of times? My most recent trip back home to Montana wasn't designed to catch up on memories or check in with chapters already lived. I sat in the center of Optimist Park on a very cold June afternoon and challenged myself to write extremely fast. Not to think about anything falling into the journal. I wanted to come back to the page on a later date and see what living in the present was truly like. I challenged myself to be in the moment. Look at what we do when we check in with radio stations that play oldies. Are we there for the memories or are we trying to invite a great song into the presence of our present? Feels Like The First Time from Foreigner ignites me each time I hear it. Rather than think about being a teenager locked up in his bedroom pretending to be a radio disc jockey, the power of the song moves through me in this moment. Sitting at a dog park with Jazzie the rescued dog that has a fun loving way of being a loner. When I hear the song in 2018 it has a new meaning. It has a fresh start and finish. Then I put it away and can't wait to share another music date. I didn't fare well with the jotting down of thought at Optimist Park. I turned it into a flashback to which my modern self tries to defend. If it was a true memory writing moment the writer forgot some very important parts that took place on those waves of extremely green grass and now very tall trees.
Monday, July 23, 2018
Are Preachers Travel Agents
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A lot of crazy thoughts and words drop off the tip of my daily writing instrument. Sometimes a simple entry can shape the rest of the day. Especially when the chicken scratch left on the page asks what seems to be a simple question but this one comes with weight. Are preachers travel agents? I watch and listen to a long list of spiritually driven men and women who know in their hearts that there's this place where everything will be brilliantly landscaped with love, forgiveness, compassion, no sickness or pain. They sell it! I'm not in question or doubt. I'm just seeing something that most don't want to talk about. With so many huge volunteering hours and dollars dropped in the plate, I've talked with multiple many that feel entitled. They believe they're getting the best seat on the boat as it sails into Heaven. Long gone will be your human form but what if what you were sold doesn't live up to the expectation? God's gonna give you this! You're going to receive that! You are guaranteed! I love those odds. The agent said, "Guaranteed." Then I'm reminded of how the J man rode a donkey into town. He didn't want to look greater or better than. Feeling entitled is a scary place. I know a lot of car dealerships that couldn't live up to their 100,000 mile warranties. It didn't matter how much they backed it up the vehicle that brought you into the present wasn't living up to what you were sold. Break that down. Being a student of Christ is a brilliant walk in life. Know that you will be challenged and there will be change. Know it's about serving his plan and purpose and not how you arrive. Be the donkey. Carry wisdom forward by way of truth.
A lot of crazy thoughts and words drop off the tip of my daily writing instrument. Sometimes a simple entry can shape the rest of the day. Especially when the chicken scratch left on the page asks what seems to be a simple question but this one comes with weight. Are preachers travel agents? I watch and listen to a long list of spiritually driven men and women who know in their hearts that there's this place where everything will be brilliantly landscaped with love, forgiveness, compassion, no sickness or pain. They sell it! I'm not in question or doubt. I'm just seeing something that most don't want to talk about. With so many huge volunteering hours and dollars dropped in the plate, I've talked with multiple many that feel entitled. They believe they're getting the best seat on the boat as it sails into Heaven. Long gone will be your human form but what if what you were sold doesn't live up to the expectation? God's gonna give you this! You're going to receive that! You are guaranteed! I love those odds. The agent said, "Guaranteed." Then I'm reminded of how the J man rode a donkey into town. He didn't want to look greater or better than. Feeling entitled is a scary place. I know a lot of car dealerships that couldn't live up to their 100,000 mile warranties. It didn't matter how much they backed it up the vehicle that brought you into the present wasn't living up to what you were sold. Break that down. Being a student of Christ is a brilliant walk in life. Know that you will be challenged and there will be change. Know it's about serving his plan and purpose and not how you arrive. Be the donkey. Carry wisdom forward by way of truth.
Friday, July 20, 2018
Feeling Guilty About Today
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A constant question my father asked, "Why did you do it?" Even while walking in a pair of adult shoes I hear my father's expressions. Not concerns but expressions. The reason why he asked why I did something was help me locate awareness. That's why I don't jump off cliffs. I'd be the fool that would ask why in the center of the fall. There's a common tone I keep hearing but you have to listen carefully to understand the language. From family members to co-workers to people you've just met, more and more people are feeling guilty about their day. What does that mean? Guilty that you didn't accomplish a goal. Guilty that demands weren't met at work. Guilty that your child just gave you the glare of the century. I'll be the first to admit that messages from church leaders have a way of bringing on the guilt. That's when I'm brought back to my father's question,"Why did you do it?" Learning how to break down guilt is worse then making sure the trash is always at the curb on pickup day. We love to brag about having mountains of success with pictures inside the smartphone to prove it. The moment we come up to a mountain of challenges the guilt sets in. Guilty that we're not as mentally checked into technology as we thought we were. Guilty of what you had for lunch when it would've made a great dinner. Guilty that you forgot to congratulate your sister for being dry for 24 years. Mountains! My first radio job was in Lewistown, Montana. It's surrounded by seven different mountain ranges. I used to sit outside and stare into their energy never once realizing that life would deliver more. How do you stop feeling guilty about today? By recognizing the importance of what you bring. Today it might have been a simple smile. Next week it could be maple bars from QT. An odd ball quote fell from my writing instrument today that might easily warm things up. "I know the soil is hard as granite. With you Lord we can replant the seeds in new mud." We feel guilty about today because everyday before this day is rock hard on our paths of choice and decision. Grab a shovel and lets get some new air into that field of dreams.
A constant question my father asked, "Why did you do it?" Even while walking in a pair of adult shoes I hear my father's expressions. Not concerns but expressions. The reason why he asked why I did something was help me locate awareness. That's why I don't jump off cliffs. I'd be the fool that would ask why in the center of the fall. There's a common tone I keep hearing but you have to listen carefully to understand the language. From family members to co-workers to people you've just met, more and more people are feeling guilty about their day. What does that mean? Guilty that you didn't accomplish a goal. Guilty that demands weren't met at work. Guilty that your child just gave you the glare of the century. I'll be the first to admit that messages from church leaders have a way of bringing on the guilt. That's when I'm brought back to my father's question,"Why did you do it?" Learning how to break down guilt is worse then making sure the trash is always at the curb on pickup day. We love to brag about having mountains of success with pictures inside the smartphone to prove it. The moment we come up to a mountain of challenges the guilt sets in. Guilty that we're not as mentally checked into technology as we thought we were. Guilty of what you had for lunch when it would've made a great dinner. Guilty that you forgot to congratulate your sister for being dry for 24 years. Mountains! My first radio job was in Lewistown, Montana. It's surrounded by seven different mountain ranges. I used to sit outside and stare into their energy never once realizing that life would deliver more. How do you stop feeling guilty about today? By recognizing the importance of what you bring. Today it might have been a simple smile. Next week it could be maple bars from QT. An odd ball quote fell from my writing instrument today that might easily warm things up. "I know the soil is hard as granite. With you Lord we can replant the seeds in new mud." We feel guilty about today because everyday before this day is rock hard on our paths of choice and decision. Grab a shovel and lets get some new air into that field of dreams.
Thursday, July 19, 2018
Jaki Nelson
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Top 10, two-time Billboard dance artist Jaki Nelson is a singer and songwriter from Los Angeles. Her single, “What We Wanna Do” spent six weeks on the Billboard Dance Club Songs Chart and peaked at #29. Her follow-up single, “Uh Oh”, spent 12 weeks on the same chart and peaked at #9. “Uh Oh” also debuted at #12 on Beatport Future House, peaking at #4, and was featured as a Spotify Discovery Weekly track.
Jaki has performed at NY Fashion Week (2016/2017), LA Fashion Week (2017) and prestigious clubs including TigerHeat at the legendary Avalon Hollywood in 2018 (Previous performers include Lady Gaga) as well as LA Pride Weekend (2018) and a headlining spot on the main stage with powerhouse DJ Hector Fonseca (Beyonce, Rihanna) at San Francisco Pride (2018).
Now, Jaki is preparing for the release of her new “Dancing With Strangers” single, written and produced with GRAMMY winner Dave Aude who has created over 120 #1 Billboard dance remixes (Madonna, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Rihanna).
Open Door Policy
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I'm not afraid to ask questions. I wish those around me felt the same. Asking questions is better then learning from a book. Using the experiences of others is a brilliant tool for the preparation of awkward steps. We don't ask questions. We expect lessons. Show me how to do this so I can get on with the process. When something fails the obvious reaction is, "Nobody showed me how to do that." To which the reply is always, "You didn't ask." The same is true about personal visions and decisions. We totally forget the idea maker in our heart and head has a plan but the outside shell is determined to find victory without there being a riverbed of defeat. I wish I could say that every time I pop open the microphone the message shared is always better then the last. That's not going to happen. Being live on the air is a physical act of collected disciplines. It's no different then the Harris Teeter employee that drops a jar of peanut butter in one lane and a sack of sugar ten minutes later in another. How? Why? Where will the next mess be met with the reality of being human? Two years ago I was interviewed about an open door policy. What I felt then compared to now. Is there a better connection with the final outcome? Asking the right questions will always lead to a deeper truth. Assuming we know how things are being grown leaves your field unharvested.
I'm not afraid to ask questions. I wish those around me felt the same. Asking questions is better then learning from a book. Using the experiences of others is a brilliant tool for the preparation of awkward steps. We don't ask questions. We expect lessons. Show me how to do this so I can get on with the process. When something fails the obvious reaction is, "Nobody showed me how to do that." To which the reply is always, "You didn't ask." The same is true about personal visions and decisions. We totally forget the idea maker in our heart and head has a plan but the outside shell is determined to find victory without there being a riverbed of defeat. I wish I could say that every time I pop open the microphone the message shared is always better then the last. That's not going to happen. Being live on the air is a physical act of collected disciplines. It's no different then the Harris Teeter employee that drops a jar of peanut butter in one lane and a sack of sugar ten minutes later in another. How? Why? Where will the next mess be met with the reality of being human? Two years ago I was interviewed about an open door policy. What I felt then compared to now. Is there a better connection with the final outcome? Asking the right questions will always lead to a deeper truth. Assuming we know how things are being grown leaves your field unharvested.
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Recognizing The Thunder
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We all have beasts and monsters. You aren't living life if you deny it. Most of these chunks of thunder are so large and loud they become the makers of every decision made. Being a daily writer I'm given the incredible opportunity to study the behavior of what it's like to have a creative mind. It didn't start out being transparent because it's easier to paint the walls of an old house then it is to rebuild them. Yet behind the sheet rock rests the spirits of the beasts and monsters. In May of 2016 I wrote about learning how to not only recognize the thunder but how to deal with the reverberation felt on the paths we walk. You can't show any emotion while face to face. Like a dog, the beast and monster want any kind of attention. Grasping onto the awareness of your present place is mindfully recognizing your stronger position. Ask them to leave. What? It can't be that easy! Ask them to leave. Through meditation I've learned how to control the atmosphere we're invited to participate with. The elements that make up your now don't need a buzz kill. They need a well rounded completely in control you. Ask the beast and monster to leave. Be in the moment without them. They are in your thoughts not out here where the rest of us can see. Ask them to leave. It's going to take practice. Once you begin to realize how your mindsets have changed and a more positive you is available you're going to start growing again. But wait! This is how unique the beast and monsters are... They'll begin to show up in the people and places around you. Awareness is the key factor. What you no longer hear in your head and heart will be spoken and or shown the way by way of the elements around you. Ask them to leave. Be open and honest. Mention to the passerby how there are certain things said or done by them that rock your system of choice. Learn together so you can be stronger in the place called now. It's the only thing you have control of. Make the right choice.
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 116
<a class="spreaker-player" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/15272132" data-resource="episode_id=15272132" data-width="100%" data-height="350px" data-theme="light" data-playlist="show" data-playlist-continuous="true" data-autoplay="false" data-live-autoplay="false" data-chapters-image="true" data-hide-logo="true" data-hide-likes="false" data-hide-comments="false" data-hide-sharing="false" data-cover="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/images.spreaker.com/original/4b5773c832c2c110acdc05f533b8ba7b.jpg">Listen to "The Lyrics From Billys Forest Chapter 116" on Spreaker.</a><script async src="https://widget.spreaker.com/widgets.js"></script>
With so many choices many of us have gotten caught up in playing the game but not living the lifestyle. Radio is a great example. Anyone and pretty much everyone thinks they can be on the air. In every lecture I always ask, "I think it's awesome that you have the confidence to pop open that microphone and share your personality. But do you have the courage to sit in that seat when the weather has produced a tornado? Do you have the solid behavior of a Broadcaster to not move from that studio if war broke out on our shores?" Every business has it's share of players without enforcing the employee to live the lifestyle. Being public with my Christianity came with a price. I miss a lot of my friends and believe many making decisions on the business front don't want a Jesus freak in the front seat. I tried to hide for years only to realize the importance of the spiritual growth isn't supposed to be tucked in a box. Did you know the most important person in Hollywood isn't the actor, writer producer or studio. It's the man or woman taking your ticket at the door. The very second you step inside the theater the way you're greeted makes or breaks the experience. Next stop is the popcorn. Are you being met by a player or someone that's made it their lifestyle? It's like purchasing a motorcycle for the thrill of the adventure then never riding it.
With so many choices many of us have gotten caught up in playing the game but not living the lifestyle. Radio is a great example. Anyone and pretty much everyone thinks they can be on the air. In every lecture I always ask, "I think it's awesome that you have the confidence to pop open that microphone and share your personality. But do you have the courage to sit in that seat when the weather has produced a tornado? Do you have the solid behavior of a Broadcaster to not move from that studio if war broke out on our shores?" Every business has it's share of players without enforcing the employee to live the lifestyle. Being public with my Christianity came with a price. I miss a lot of my friends and believe many making decisions on the business front don't want a Jesus freak in the front seat. I tried to hide for years only to realize the importance of the spiritual growth isn't supposed to be tucked in a box. Did you know the most important person in Hollywood isn't the actor, writer producer or studio. It's the man or woman taking your ticket at the door. The very second you step inside the theater the way you're greeted makes or breaks the experience. Next stop is the popcorn. Are you being met by a player or someone that's made it their lifestyle? It's like purchasing a motorcycle for the thrill of the adventure then never riding it.
Monday, July 16, 2018
Giving Gifts Versus Sharing
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I've struggled with this my entire life. Giving gifts versus sharing. This is a tough subject! There's a difference between the two walks. It's not just a Southern thing. We all enjoy opening people's hearts with the tiny or big items we buy. Sometimes it's out of kindness, respect, a reward for hard work or we leap into that huge hole of just wanting to be accepted. We gift others so much and for every occasion that it's become lost as to why we've given. My wife endlessly tells me not to visit someone empty handed. With so many exchanges underway the act of giving has led to a new age of re-gifting. Here's where my heart is. What are you doing with the gifts God is giving or has given you? This is a dark spot on a very bright day because the art and it's multiple steps and mediums placed upon my path have been plentiful. Wait! I'm not alone here. With only twenty four hours in each day the journey as a creative has forced a lot of my art into silence. It's become an overcrowded lane of rush hour traffic. If you hand the inspiration and experiences invited by creative energy to another... Isn't it re-gifting? How do we utilize its presence a different way? Knowing how we gift shouldn't we also be sharing? An unused gift from God is no different than tossing it into the trash. Nobody saw you hide it under those layers of other unwanted things. Adopting the sharing approach to all things has brought less struggle and more reason to keep learning. My broadcasting lectures aren't gifts freely handed out. It's my mantra or mission to share the art. I used to stand in front of large groups of people and shout, "I want you to steal my art!" I got burned badly. Takers don't respect the moment only the glory of knowing they own it. Stop telling people you've got to buy a gift for a good friend or coworker. Start sharing things. When you share, it actually feels like its a piece of you that's now a part of them. If it ends up at Goodwill or on the re-gifting table know in your heart that it was shared and not given. We'll put focus on the success of relinquishing a different day.
I've struggled with this my entire life. Giving gifts versus sharing. This is a tough subject! There's a difference between the two walks. It's not just a Southern thing. We all enjoy opening people's hearts with the tiny or big items we buy. Sometimes it's out of kindness, respect, a reward for hard work or we leap into that huge hole of just wanting to be accepted. We gift others so much and for every occasion that it's become lost as to why we've given. My wife endlessly tells me not to visit someone empty handed. With so many exchanges underway the act of giving has led to a new age of re-gifting. Here's where my heart is. What are you doing with the gifts God is giving or has given you? This is a dark spot on a very bright day because the art and it's multiple steps and mediums placed upon my path have been plentiful. Wait! I'm not alone here. With only twenty four hours in each day the journey as a creative has forced a lot of my art into silence. It's become an overcrowded lane of rush hour traffic. If you hand the inspiration and experiences invited by creative energy to another... Isn't it re-gifting? How do we utilize its presence a different way? Knowing how we gift shouldn't we also be sharing? An unused gift from God is no different than tossing it into the trash. Nobody saw you hide it under those layers of other unwanted things. Adopting the sharing approach to all things has brought less struggle and more reason to keep learning. My broadcasting lectures aren't gifts freely handed out. It's my mantra or mission to share the art. I used to stand in front of large groups of people and shout, "I want you to steal my art!" I got burned badly. Takers don't respect the moment only the glory of knowing they own it. Stop telling people you've got to buy a gift for a good friend or coworker. Start sharing things. When you share, it actually feels like its a piece of you that's now a part of them. If it ends up at Goodwill or on the re-gifting table know in your heart that it was shared and not given. We'll put focus on the success of relinquishing a different day.
Friday, July 13, 2018
Stop The Beaver
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I'm celebrating my 24th year of daily writing. So grateful for the trees that sacrificed their roots for me to tap into the invisible voices coming from the head and heart. After all these chapters have I learned anything? Not really. The best move was to remove the microphone from their hands. We all have fear, doubt, shame and guilt. Once those layers begin setting in you're like a tree limb weighed down not by a daily writer but vines from a past you can't change. We can try and rewrite the layout of events but ultimately your heart knows the bigger truth. How do you locate the strength required to bypass the chiseled sounds of a speaker unseen by those that make up your path and yet you hear them clear as a bell. Removing that microphone and putting it back in your hands is a tough journey to create. Meditation seems like a Holy Grail answer until you realize that one minute into the practice your brain is already thinking about things. Grrrr! Talk to your toes. Know how your body speaks to you. Not the voices in the head and heart. The body! While walking with Jazzie the rescue puppy I openly speak my Intentions for the day. Hearing your outer voice say the Intentions wakes up your senses. Create affirmations by listening to the moment. Your body already knows the daily hell you go through. You don't have to remind it. Listen to the body as thoughts are generated. Don't try to be Lennon and McCartney. Be yourself. Gift that self with a giggle or two when jumbled up words actually make sense. Today you are talking to your toes. It opens your path to mind blowing self forgiveness.
I'm celebrating my 24th year of daily writing. So grateful for the trees that sacrificed their roots for me to tap into the invisible voices coming from the head and heart. After all these chapters have I learned anything? Not really. The best move was to remove the microphone from their hands. We all have fear, doubt, shame and guilt. Once those layers begin setting in you're like a tree limb weighed down not by a daily writer but vines from a past you can't change. We can try and rewrite the layout of events but ultimately your heart knows the bigger truth. How do you locate the strength required to bypass the chiseled sounds of a speaker unseen by those that make up your path and yet you hear them clear as a bell. Removing that microphone and putting it back in your hands is a tough journey to create. Meditation seems like a Holy Grail answer until you realize that one minute into the practice your brain is already thinking about things. Grrrr! Talk to your toes. Know how your body speaks to you. Not the voices in the head and heart. The body! While walking with Jazzie the rescue puppy I openly speak my Intentions for the day. Hearing your outer voice say the Intentions wakes up your senses. Create affirmations by listening to the moment. Your body already knows the daily hell you go through. You don't have to remind it. Listen to the body as thoughts are generated. Don't try to be Lennon and McCartney. Be yourself. Gift that self with a giggle or two when jumbled up words actually make sense. Today you are talking to your toes. It opens your path to mind blowing self forgiveness.
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 115
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We hear a lot of talk about disconnecting. Getting away from the weekend versus disconnecting from one time working relationships aren't the same. Friends disconnect more than connect. What you think you once had is now part of that conversation, "Oh we went our own separate ways." Lebron James has helped teach this nation how disconnection is the advantage. It's not about anybody but himself. Ouch! The reality of how we work and play is always based on who were are surrounding our choices with. If it doesn't suit the moment then a disconnection must be made. There used to be a time when having a word or two served as a great way to help shape the stone that becomes the statue. A great idea these days is about super serving the moment. Society won't let creative minds and leaders rely on their talent but rather their ability to disconnect without having human feelings. You can hear it in the way we talk with each other. Chosen are the words and expressions that put importance on the moment. If you come back in ten minutes someone else has convinced the other to make a different move therefore a disconnection from the original idea is made and the relationship is over. I call that Bend Me Shape Me. If you're carrying any type of luggage you're going to have an extremely difficult time being picked up again. Study the act of disconnection and put into play the requirement of accepting more than rejecting. A lot of success is being lost because everybody wants to be an instant star.
We hear a lot of talk about disconnecting. Getting away from the weekend versus disconnecting from one time working relationships aren't the same. Friends disconnect more than connect. What you think you once had is now part of that conversation, "Oh we went our own separate ways." Lebron James has helped teach this nation how disconnection is the advantage. It's not about anybody but himself. Ouch! The reality of how we work and play is always based on who were are surrounding our choices with. If it doesn't suit the moment then a disconnection must be made. There used to be a time when having a word or two served as a great way to help shape the stone that becomes the statue. A great idea these days is about super serving the moment. Society won't let creative minds and leaders rely on their talent but rather their ability to disconnect without having human feelings. You can hear it in the way we talk with each other. Chosen are the words and expressions that put importance on the moment. If you come back in ten minutes someone else has convinced the other to make a different move therefore a disconnection from the original idea is made and the relationship is over. I call that Bend Me Shape Me. If you're carrying any type of luggage you're going to have an extremely difficult time being picked up again. Study the act of disconnection and put into play the requirement of accepting more than rejecting. A lot of success is being lost because everybody wants to be an instant star.
Monday, July 9, 2018
God Moving Through You Should It Be More Magical
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I never know what I'm going to write about when I sit down in the moments before the huge lights above click off and the Worship Band begins. The other day a note from my sister in Montana flooded my soul. She openly admitted, "I wish I could be more like you. To live life and not be stuck in a place where the only thing God wants from me is to take care of people." I've spent a long time talking with and reading about Caregivers. I love and respect the beauty of their hearts and the tremendous struggles each of them face by the minute. So I asked the Great Creator, "Can your miracles could be a little more magical?" In some circles those are fighting words. How dare I bring up such a subject! Everyday God moves through us and through faults of our own we don't recognize the endless shapes of his everlasting. I get it. I also see how the map maker is working through my sister and know exactly what she has done with everything she's faced and continues to invite into her loving soul. But how many Caretakers truly see the miracle of Christ moving through them? I can't imagine the doubt, fear, shame and guilt that floods their visions because they too would like to hit the movie, have dinner out or just sit on the sofa and watch TV without having to bump up against more troubles brought on by those God called you to council and help heal. Each of us serve the greater glory but do you know how? Non-believers to those in question aren't left out in the rain. The God I serve knows every language without having to create something magical. Remove the rocks from your stream and let there be flow.
I never know what I'm going to write about when I sit down in the moments before the huge lights above click off and the Worship Band begins. The other day a note from my sister in Montana flooded my soul. She openly admitted, "I wish I could be more like you. To live life and not be stuck in a place where the only thing God wants from me is to take care of people." I've spent a long time talking with and reading about Caregivers. I love and respect the beauty of their hearts and the tremendous struggles each of them face by the minute. So I asked the Great Creator, "Can your miracles could be a little more magical?" In some circles those are fighting words. How dare I bring up such a subject! Everyday God moves through us and through faults of our own we don't recognize the endless shapes of his everlasting. I get it. I also see how the map maker is working through my sister and know exactly what she has done with everything she's faced and continues to invite into her loving soul. But how many Caretakers truly see the miracle of Christ moving through them? I can't imagine the doubt, fear, shame and guilt that floods their visions because they too would like to hit the movie, have dinner out or just sit on the sofa and watch TV without having to bump up against more troubles brought on by those God called you to council and help heal. Each of us serve the greater glory but do you know how? Non-believers to those in question aren't left out in the rain. The God I serve knows every language without having to create something magical. Remove the rocks from your stream and let there be flow.
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 114
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Too many times we get caught up in conversations with coworkers and friends that seem to lean hard on how others treat them. Even my father would complain about how decision makers and worker bees endlessly took from him. He felt abused by the system of leadership and those that follow. When we enter those moments of exchange is it truly taking? We all knew what the snake was when we picked it up. Why should any of us feel shocked as to who what and why something is no longer within the grips of our finger tips? The dull ache is what feeds so many away from the center of a very good thing. What once seemed productive and constant eventually eroded due to that burning invisible pain of people taking things away. It's not always what you were hired to bring forward but rather the extra hours put in to help relieve someone of their stress and questions. To build upon the trails and trials of trying to extend the invitation of one day holding a position of decisions being observed and laid out by your own experiences. It doesn't always work that way. Your knowledge in this present state is free. The cost of consulting is an expense most don't want to take on so businesses rely on personal experiences to help build their platforms. Don't get caught up in that game. Your job interviews should be focused only on the position they have open. Stay away from lending your past performances to their growing needs. It doesn't make you more valuable only vulnerable. Then this thought hit me. Being a Christian I realize in all things I have lived and continue to receive none of this belongs or has ever belonged to me. I heard in my heart this morning, "I put that fruit on your vine so others can grow as you have grown. It was given to you so others can take." A very difficult place to stand. Is your talent up for grabs? Are you holding the door open for others to pass you by? If that's how it feels are you being selfish with these horrid feelings of not wanting to easily give up your knowledge? Is it ok to be protective or should the fields that which we mend and fill with seeds be the source of energy for others to find their own faith and success?
Too many times we get caught up in conversations with coworkers and friends that seem to lean hard on how others treat them. Even my father would complain about how decision makers and worker bees endlessly took from him. He felt abused by the system of leadership and those that follow. When we enter those moments of exchange is it truly taking? We all knew what the snake was when we picked it up. Why should any of us feel shocked as to who what and why something is no longer within the grips of our finger tips? The dull ache is what feeds so many away from the center of a very good thing. What once seemed productive and constant eventually eroded due to that burning invisible pain of people taking things away. It's not always what you were hired to bring forward but rather the extra hours put in to help relieve someone of their stress and questions. To build upon the trails and trials of trying to extend the invitation of one day holding a position of decisions being observed and laid out by your own experiences. It doesn't always work that way. Your knowledge in this present state is free. The cost of consulting is an expense most don't want to take on so businesses rely on personal experiences to help build their platforms. Don't get caught up in that game. Your job interviews should be focused only on the position they have open. Stay away from lending your past performances to their growing needs. It doesn't make you more valuable only vulnerable. Then this thought hit me. Being a Christian I realize in all things I have lived and continue to receive none of this belongs or has ever belonged to me. I heard in my heart this morning, "I put that fruit on your vine so others can grow as you have grown. It was given to you so others can take." A very difficult place to stand. Is your talent up for grabs? Are you holding the door open for others to pass you by? If that's how it feels are you being selfish with these horrid feelings of not wanting to easily give up your knowledge? Is it ok to be protective or should the fields that which we mend and fill with seeds be the source of energy for others to find their own faith and success?
Monday, July 2, 2018
Removing Your Fake Self
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Too often I've been accused of being way overboard positive. It truly is the way I live. For some sick reason the higher power has gifted the trails carved into the mountain with this ability to look at doubt, fear and shame and give it a different face. Two years ago I questioned that attitude. In my daily writing the question was brought up, "If someone screams out you're the man or you rock! You instantly label them fake. Why then when writing don't you do the same when putting words on paper during the presence of a storm or new season?" It's a very transparent question! Why is it easy to spot the fake motivators on the outside but I refuse to see the fake inspiration planted on my personal paths of choice? Dealing with it daily doesn't qualify me to be a professional. Because I am familiar with my mindsets and patterns I'm able to head the monster off at the pass. In doing so the decision to fake the emotion does in fact inspire the next decision to be that of less weight and drama. Getting around it requires a deeply dug in relationship with the inner core of thinking versus the hard working dedicated family guy and employee on the outside. I'm not afraid to let both sides of my personality work it out. If you were to read the daily writing you'd think I was interviewing a Rock Star or actor. The questions are genuine in the way that accountability meeting actuality. I'm not fake with the replies either side delivers. It challenges the indifference to be more open to acceptance which allows the multiple layers to be seen differently by way of accepting things more openly and compassionately. Friends and family members aren't always the best place to run to while being challenged. You've been living this life how long? Your personal experience is thicker than a book. I'm not saying to stay free of great local friends on the outside. I just believe a conversation with your inner and outer self goes a very long way. Stop ignoring those voices in your head and heart. Listen to them with love while being strong in discipline.
Too often I've been accused of being way overboard positive. It truly is the way I live. For some sick reason the higher power has gifted the trails carved into the mountain with this ability to look at doubt, fear and shame and give it a different face. Two years ago I questioned that attitude. In my daily writing the question was brought up, "If someone screams out you're the man or you rock! You instantly label them fake. Why then when writing don't you do the same when putting words on paper during the presence of a storm or new season?" It's a very transparent question! Why is it easy to spot the fake motivators on the outside but I refuse to see the fake inspiration planted on my personal paths of choice? Dealing with it daily doesn't qualify me to be a professional. Because I am familiar with my mindsets and patterns I'm able to head the monster off at the pass. In doing so the decision to fake the emotion does in fact inspire the next decision to be that of less weight and drama. Getting around it requires a deeply dug in relationship with the inner core of thinking versus the hard working dedicated family guy and employee on the outside. I'm not afraid to let both sides of my personality work it out. If you were to read the daily writing you'd think I was interviewing a Rock Star or actor. The questions are genuine in the way that accountability meeting actuality. I'm not fake with the replies either side delivers. It challenges the indifference to be more open to acceptance which allows the multiple layers to be seen differently by way of accepting things more openly and compassionately. Friends and family members aren't always the best place to run to while being challenged. You've been living this life how long? Your personal experience is thicker than a book. I'm not saying to stay free of great local friends on the outside. I just believe a conversation with your inner and outer self goes a very long way. Stop ignoring those voices in your head and heart. Listen to them with love while being strong in discipline.
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