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During moments of personal victory Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs used to hit his chest twice then point to the sky. I'm one of very few that didn't believe in the grateful ways he was projecting. I felt it was part of the act. It sold tickets. It's always been one of those silent spots in my heart. Do any of us truly know what being grateful is all about? We know the word. Preachers use it every Sunday. It must be a safe place to stand. On this podcast I dig in deep and openly admit that I believe God looks at me and shakes his head from side to side saying "You have no idea what grateful is." Such thinking opens my heart and mind but does it activate the reason for the change in the season? To be grateful doesn't mean you're in constant victory. How often do you push yourself away from a dinner plate of heavy changes and challenges? Making it through those storms is a step toward gratefulness. Walking away from them is a completely different painting on the wall, "Thank you God for getting me out of that mess!" What if you were meant to be there to pick up a life lesson? Now put it in forward motion.
Friday, September 28, 2018
Thursday, September 27, 2018
You Are The Seed Part Two To Testify
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The first part of this blog/podcast brought out the awareness of how many seeds each of us carry forward. The majority of those seeds of inspiration, influence, positive change go unnoticed because we live in a society that wants an R.O.I. Return of investment. The idea that great careers don't instantly begin brings a lot of people down. I've been to those top rated radio stations performing the greatest shows of my career. The ratings showed a different story. I tossed a lot of my seeds out of this system of choice. My artwork was once featured in galleries across the country. Til I had a bad show in New Orleans. I've not painted since. Seeds... On this podcast we leap into a subject many don't want to deal with. When we raise our arms begging the universe to set us free are we doing it for selfish reasons? How to turn selfish into serving. Wait! Don't run off and think you know how you were chosen to serve. Anybody can walk into a non-profit organization and take on the challenge. Is that the serving you were chosen for? That's an extremely tough question to activate. We can spend all day helping others serve. What are you being called to serve? There's a huge difference on your walk locked in forward emotion.
The first part of this blog/podcast brought out the awareness of how many seeds each of us carry forward. The majority of those seeds of inspiration, influence, positive change go unnoticed because we live in a society that wants an R.O.I. Return of investment. The idea that great careers don't instantly begin brings a lot of people down. I've been to those top rated radio stations performing the greatest shows of my career. The ratings showed a different story. I tossed a lot of my seeds out of this system of choice. My artwork was once featured in galleries across the country. Til I had a bad show in New Orleans. I've not painted since. Seeds... On this podcast we leap into a subject many don't want to deal with. When we raise our arms begging the universe to set us free are we doing it for selfish reasons? How to turn selfish into serving. Wait! Don't run off and think you know how you were chosen to serve. Anybody can walk into a non-profit organization and take on the challenge. Is that the serving you were chosen for? That's an extremely tough question to activate. We can spend all day helping others serve. What are you being called to serve? There's a huge difference on your walk locked in forward emotion.
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
You Are The Seed
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Before I arrive to write each morning I take two walks. The first is at 4:30 am. The second is nearly an hour later. I'm two completely different people during each walk. The first is the grateful stroll. I listen to the atmosphere of the forest with the owls, the full moon with all it's shadows and anything else that wants to be seen in darkness. It's my way of saying "I'm mindful of this moment." The second walk takes on a little more serious tone. I call it my Intention Walk. I must look like a crazy fool talking out loud, "My intention today is to reach people. My intention today is to create better than I did yesterday. My intention today is to help someone locate success." It sets up the mindset before entering the studio to record. On this podcast I go extremely deep on where the majority of us are in this thing called 2018. We aren't anywhere near where we're supposed to be. Sadly, we've allowed it to happen. Walk out into a forest or a park and put your fingers in the soil. What do you feel? The dampness from a storm that's passed? The roots of another living thing? If you were to look beneath the surface you'd see seeds. Lots of seeds. Your mind body and soul are no different. Inside of you are seeds. You're endlessly dropping off dreams, wishes and ambitions. They fall to your forest floor and just lay there. They need to be cultivated. Your soil needs to have activation. Take that Intention Walk and tell yourself, "My intention today is to grow forward."
Before I arrive to write each morning I take two walks. The first is at 4:30 am. The second is nearly an hour later. I'm two completely different people during each walk. The first is the grateful stroll. I listen to the atmosphere of the forest with the owls, the full moon with all it's shadows and anything else that wants to be seen in darkness. It's my way of saying "I'm mindful of this moment." The second walk takes on a little more serious tone. I call it my Intention Walk. I must look like a crazy fool talking out loud, "My intention today is to reach people. My intention today is to create better than I did yesterday. My intention today is to help someone locate success." It sets up the mindset before entering the studio to record. On this podcast I go extremely deep on where the majority of us are in this thing called 2018. We aren't anywhere near where we're supposed to be. Sadly, we've allowed it to happen. Walk out into a forest or a park and put your fingers in the soil. What do you feel? The dampness from a storm that's passed? The roots of another living thing? If you were to look beneath the surface you'd see seeds. Lots of seeds. Your mind body and soul are no different. Inside of you are seeds. You're endlessly dropping off dreams, wishes and ambitions. They fall to your forest floor and just lay there. They need to be cultivated. Your soil needs to have activation. Take that Intention Walk and tell yourself, "My intention today is to grow forward."
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 126
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How often do you go back into your social media posts? It says a lot about how you express. At times I feel like I'm a magnet to everybody's bad day, mood or misunderstanding. It's like an old episode of Batman. Boom! Pow! Biff! That's not the subject of this podcast. Today it's having the courage to go back into what we've written and see how we've grown from those unfiltered moments. I'm a daily journal writer. To be in the presence of 24 years of dug in deep written words is a journey, a task, a misguided step and everything else that unfolded. Here's the thing. What we deliver by way of written word can easily be used as a future tool. It's what we felt in the moment. Do you still agree with what was shared? In my early years of writing I was a hidden speaker. I never let my true heart hang out there. It was a fear of someone reading the material. I came up with my own language. In going back to read it the message is very clear. I'm weird. In Chapter 126 the writer openly talks about how he's not returning to those hidden speak ways. The only reason why he brings it up is because since May of 2016 the written thoughts have evolved from dark thoughts to enlightened structures. In an everyday world someone who is inspired by the song of the bird is quickly labeled of being a hider or up to something. In essence I'm calling myself out. I do so by reminding the writer and creative mind that I have a separate area for the darker moments where I can be brutally honest. The only reason why it's not in the daily journal is because I write at 5 in the morning. It's not healthy to begin a new path with a matchstick.
Monday, September 24, 2018
His Place And Space
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How did we arrive in this place where your space means nothing to other people? I don't remember my father speaking of co-workers or passerby's disrespecting his process of delivery. He always told me to do the job then go home. This is a tough blog to write because it's not a negative but rather an open door for all levels of respect by way of taking note of the space taken. Authority is an earned honor. In martial arts we bow to our Master to showcase respect. The workplace is no different. Always respect. On this podcast I share the story of a preacher laying his Bible on my computer keyboard. The very board that was controlling the music playing through fairly large speakers. Very politely I asked that he move the great book because I feared the Devil was about to break out and the cause would create an effect. I lifted the book three times and each time he placed it back on the computer keyboard. I finally removed the book and placed it on a table behind me. How dare I right? I mean it was the big book! Instantly I began to think about the preachers pulpit. If I had walked up those stairs to his area of worship and placed a Pepsi can near his message how would he have reacted? Not once but three times. We've become a really oddly shaped nation of doers. It's getting tougher to locate people that respect not only your space but time. Developing a great relationship and working environment needs to be fed by a river of openness. I believe the preacher should've asked "May I place this on your computer keyboard?" I would've suggested that it's not a good place because you know how computers act and react when too many keys are forced inward. The lesson learned is more about the awareness of how higher level people still don't see themselves as us. The only way to grow from this is to know through our changes that we don't evolve into them. Be in your moment while being respectful of all levels of people and challenge.
How did we arrive in this place where your space means nothing to other people? I don't remember my father speaking of co-workers or passerby's disrespecting his process of delivery. He always told me to do the job then go home. This is a tough blog to write because it's not a negative but rather an open door for all levels of respect by way of taking note of the space taken. Authority is an earned honor. In martial arts we bow to our Master to showcase respect. The workplace is no different. Always respect. On this podcast I share the story of a preacher laying his Bible on my computer keyboard. The very board that was controlling the music playing through fairly large speakers. Very politely I asked that he move the great book because I feared the Devil was about to break out and the cause would create an effect. I lifted the book three times and each time he placed it back on the computer keyboard. I finally removed the book and placed it on a table behind me. How dare I right? I mean it was the big book! Instantly I began to think about the preachers pulpit. If I had walked up those stairs to his area of worship and placed a Pepsi can near his message how would he have reacted? Not once but three times. We've become a really oddly shaped nation of doers. It's getting tougher to locate people that respect not only your space but time. Developing a great relationship and working environment needs to be fed by a river of openness. I believe the preacher should've asked "May I place this on your computer keyboard?" I would've suggested that it's not a good place because you know how computers act and react when too many keys are forced inward. The lesson learned is more about the awareness of how higher level people still don't see themselves as us. The only way to grow from this is to know through our changes that we don't evolve into them. Be in your moment while being respectful of all levels of people and challenge.
Thursday, September 20, 2018
All That Is... Is
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The title says a lot. All that is... Is. How we got to this moment required a story. A journey. A trail of challenges and changes and in this moment of now it seems our history is what we post on social media. I took in the movie Life Itself. No spoilers here. It's about connection, relationship and the lack thereof. It's pretty much a movie about now. Native American spirituality has taught me that what we are doing in this moment will affect the next seven generations. That's a lot of pressure to put into your day. Look at how music has become part of so many young lives. They love Sinatra, The Stones Zeppelin straight up to P Diddy. How many generations has Pop Music infected? Same is true about actions and reactions. On this Podcast we dive into that single thought "All that is... Is."
The title says a lot. All that is... Is. How we got to this moment required a story. A journey. A trail of challenges and changes and in this moment of now it seems our history is what we post on social media. I took in the movie Life Itself. No spoilers here. It's about connection, relationship and the lack thereof. It's pretty much a movie about now. Native American spirituality has taught me that what we are doing in this moment will affect the next seven generations. That's a lot of pressure to put into your day. Look at how music has become part of so many young lives. They love Sinatra, The Stones Zeppelin straight up to P Diddy. How many generations has Pop Music infected? Same is true about actions and reactions. On this Podcast we dive into that single thought "All that is... Is."
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
The Continuation Of Flow
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I've always been attracted to things locked on moving forward. As a child I'd spend hours in the garden watching the water from the hose push direct down little ditches I created to study it's behavior with all that surrounded it. Life is no different. The problem isn't the cost of the flow in our chapters not yet written but rather the dams we build to keep us from moving forward and outward. On today's podcast I talk openly about how many people I talk with that are extremely disappointed with how their careers have played out. There are a lot of middle aged people still trying to grip the reins of a dream come true. The idea of becoming part of a career has ended up being a series of party time positions. What's keeping you from flow? Fear? Doubt? The lack of acceptance? We've become the generation that dumps friends so often that it's no longer important to build a relationship. That includes you understanding you. We're addicted to feeding our outside needs and not putting love trust and support into the mind body and soul that's been with us since birth. Putting flow in your life is a task. It's a journey. A willing heart and way can't be stopped by a past that won't change. I get it! Those were the good ole days! To which I say "When you go back remember you can't take technology with you." Living in your past without the comforts of today's modern world won't gift your walk with happier times. Invest in today. Let your moments of now be the walk in forward motion
I've always been attracted to things locked on moving forward. As a child I'd spend hours in the garden watching the water from the hose push direct down little ditches I created to study it's behavior with all that surrounded it. Life is no different. The problem isn't the cost of the flow in our chapters not yet written but rather the dams we build to keep us from moving forward and outward. On today's podcast I talk openly about how many people I talk with that are extremely disappointed with how their careers have played out. There are a lot of middle aged people still trying to grip the reins of a dream come true. The idea of becoming part of a career has ended up being a series of party time positions. What's keeping you from flow? Fear? Doubt? The lack of acceptance? We've become the generation that dumps friends so often that it's no longer important to build a relationship. That includes you understanding you. We're addicted to feeding our outside needs and not putting love trust and support into the mind body and soul that's been with us since birth. Putting flow in your life is a task. It's a journey. A willing heart and way can't be stopped by a past that won't change. I get it! Those were the good ole days! To which I say "When you go back remember you can't take technology with you." Living in your past without the comforts of today's modern world won't gift your walk with happier times. Invest in today. Let your moments of now be the walk in forward motion
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 125
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I sat in my forest in south Charlotte, NC as Tropical Storm Florence made her way across our lay of land. As the rain began to fall I listened to it's pleasant voice as it fell between the leaves still attached to the trees. I guess you can me a true tree hugger. It's more than that. I've written in this forest since 1994. A lot of thoughts and word shapes were put into play because of an energy within its presence. So to sit with the forest while a monster storm began it's journey through our present place was no different than sitting with a friend. I saw the deer with their young. Two fawns bouncing around like nothing was happening. I watched the birds dance in the strong gusts of wind. They had no reason to rush off to the store to purchase everything off the shelf. I stared at the long grass that so many around me would call weeds. They seemed to be waving as the wind threw everything at them. The creek was still dry. I knew that would change. It did on day two of the storms growth. I studied it's strength while being aware of the trees. Weather men said they would fall. I didn't lose one during the storm. Just sitting with a friend. Offering a little support to something that's not human. Then again... During your own personal storms with no way to predict the final page... Do you ever sit with yourself and just listen?
I sat in my forest in south Charlotte, NC as Tropical Storm Florence made her way across our lay of land. As the rain began to fall I listened to it's pleasant voice as it fell between the leaves still attached to the trees. I guess you can me a true tree hugger. It's more than that. I've written in this forest since 1994. A lot of thoughts and word shapes were put into play because of an energy within its presence. So to sit with the forest while a monster storm began it's journey through our present place was no different than sitting with a friend. I saw the deer with their young. Two fawns bouncing around like nothing was happening. I watched the birds dance in the strong gusts of wind. They had no reason to rush off to the store to purchase everything off the shelf. I stared at the long grass that so many around me would call weeds. They seemed to be waving as the wind threw everything at them. The creek was still dry. I knew that would change. It did on day two of the storms growth. I studied it's strength while being aware of the trees. Weather men said they would fall. I didn't lose one during the storm. Just sitting with a friend. Offering a little support to something that's not human. Then again... During your own personal storms with no way to predict the final page... Do you ever sit with yourself and just listen?
Monday, September 17, 2018
Interpretation
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I often wonder how much damage we've done to ourselves accepting interpretation. The artist paints a blue fish and a passerby strolls by calling it an elephant without a trunk. The artist accepts the interpretation from the passerby. No! That's giving too much permission to someone that wasn't part of the journey. The moment we're allowed to accept interpretations as being a point of acceptance, that's when we begin interpreting our own acts and reactions. We get lost in the art of the self we were in 1985 only to spend the rest of our lives wanting to be them again. You can't. It's not real. Sure you lived it but your mind body and soul have forgotten valuable pieces of that full puzzle and going back to suck in the moment because you assumed it was right makes it all wrong. Many careers are dropped off the map because of the way we interpret a present situation. Instead of sitting down with the present maker of all that's unveiled, we allow ourselves to stand on the outside and pull in whatever we see is the path before we make a choice. We're sleepless at night not because it's human to get only so much sleep. Our imaginations are locked on trying to interpret what we feel is the situation. Stepping back to see what's on track is a tough cookie. Gaining access to who you presently are is a wall of judgement with no excuses to help forgive. So into the past we leap or we play a game of lets pretend. Tell me how many of those stories are being written via social media. Be more aware of what you share. The moment you begin to interpret you, a friend or family member you need to stop on the path and get into the present. Get the full picture. Assumption is an addiction.
I often wonder how much damage we've done to ourselves accepting interpretation. The artist paints a blue fish and a passerby strolls by calling it an elephant without a trunk. The artist accepts the interpretation from the passerby. No! That's giving too much permission to someone that wasn't part of the journey. The moment we're allowed to accept interpretations as being a point of acceptance, that's when we begin interpreting our own acts and reactions. We get lost in the art of the self we were in 1985 only to spend the rest of our lives wanting to be them again. You can't. It's not real. Sure you lived it but your mind body and soul have forgotten valuable pieces of that full puzzle and going back to suck in the moment because you assumed it was right makes it all wrong. Many careers are dropped off the map because of the way we interpret a present situation. Instead of sitting down with the present maker of all that's unveiled, we allow ourselves to stand on the outside and pull in whatever we see is the path before we make a choice. We're sleepless at night not because it's human to get only so much sleep. Our imaginations are locked on trying to interpret what we feel is the situation. Stepping back to see what's on track is a tough cookie. Gaining access to who you presently are is a wall of judgement with no excuses to help forgive. So into the past we leap or we play a game of lets pretend. Tell me how many of those stories are being written via social media. Be more aware of what you share. The moment you begin to interpret you, a friend or family member you need to stop on the path and get into the present. Get the full picture. Assumption is an addiction.
Thursday, September 13, 2018
Allow It To Have Life
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Paging through my daily writing, expressions put down in May of 2016. I was forced to take a second and third glance at what was in front of me. Being on the outside of the thoughts, I found it to be oddly shaped by the honesty and courage of being in such a mental state. He was coming across as being spiritually grateful to the point of hiding nothing. As Christians we talk a pretty good game. We don't need to know the verses to be part of the winning circle. We are called to lead by the word not only in privacy but public. Not such an easy task for most. I wasn't shocked about what was written over two years ago. I was actually amazed at how I don't remember taking the writing to a less bitch and complain state of release to an all out conversation with God. From those open moments I'm grounded. The whereabouts of how and why sit in front of me via these daily writings. On this podcast the writer speaks of words. It's our choice to use them, listen to them and physically relocate them during a different time and mindset. Admitting that we're all nothing more than a breath of air, a very small moment and barely a pinch of sugar... We should be aware of how we use our words as they make their way through and toward seven generations.
Paging through my daily writing, expressions put down in May of 2016. I was forced to take a second and third glance at what was in front of me. Being on the outside of the thoughts, I found it to be oddly shaped by the honesty and courage of being in such a mental state. He was coming across as being spiritually grateful to the point of hiding nothing. As Christians we talk a pretty good game. We don't need to know the verses to be part of the winning circle. We are called to lead by the word not only in privacy but public. Not such an easy task for most. I wasn't shocked about what was written over two years ago. I was actually amazed at how I don't remember taking the writing to a less bitch and complain state of release to an all out conversation with God. From those open moments I'm grounded. The whereabouts of how and why sit in front of me via these daily writings. On this podcast the writer speaks of words. It's our choice to use them, listen to them and physically relocate them during a different time and mindset. Admitting that we're all nothing more than a breath of air, a very small moment and barely a pinch of sugar... We should be aware of how we use our words as they make their way through and toward seven generations.
Wednesday, September 12, 2018
I Have No Weight
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Losing weight and staying in shape has always been part of our path of choices. It's hard work to keep ourselves away from all that adds things to our hips, thighs and behind. Interestingly enough there's not much said about the weight held tightly in our heart. It's not that it's invisible. People's emotions are easily read in the shades painted on their face. Stress, fear, shame, guilt and other people's greed are tossed inside the assumed incinerator. Except all of that weight doesn't burn away. It's horded in caverns created by sadness, angst and whatever other emotion that's willing to admit it's part of this present place. On this podcast I talk about a very dark hole that had trapped the center of my soul in an unfulfilled presence that honestly had no future yet it gripped me tighter than a mother fighting to keep their child from falling off the cliff. Then I heard in my heart "You have no weight. Turn the page." What's that supposed to mean? I have no weight? Stepping on the scale I quickly found that statement not to be true. I had weight. As in body mass but not inside the once captured heart. I heard "You have no weight. Turn the page." Inside that moment I realized the sound of a page being turned has the most unique appeal to a wandering mind. Try it sometime. Turn the page. Now tell yourself, "I have no weight." Amazing is the freedom you feel. With no weight you're no longer clogged up with yesterday's mistake. No weight means new beginnings and the energy to achieve. I have no weight. Turn the page. Don't just say it. Activate it.
Losing weight and staying in shape has always been part of our path of choices. It's hard work to keep ourselves away from all that adds things to our hips, thighs and behind. Interestingly enough there's not much said about the weight held tightly in our heart. It's not that it's invisible. People's emotions are easily read in the shades painted on their face. Stress, fear, shame, guilt and other people's greed are tossed inside the assumed incinerator. Except all of that weight doesn't burn away. It's horded in caverns created by sadness, angst and whatever other emotion that's willing to admit it's part of this present place. On this podcast I talk about a very dark hole that had trapped the center of my soul in an unfulfilled presence that honestly had no future yet it gripped me tighter than a mother fighting to keep their child from falling off the cliff. Then I heard in my heart "You have no weight. Turn the page." What's that supposed to mean? I have no weight? Stepping on the scale I quickly found that statement not to be true. I had weight. As in body mass but not inside the once captured heart. I heard "You have no weight. Turn the page." Inside that moment I realized the sound of a page being turned has the most unique appeal to a wandering mind. Try it sometime. Turn the page. Now tell yourself, "I have no weight." Amazing is the freedom you feel. With no weight you're no longer clogged up with yesterday's mistake. No weight means new beginnings and the energy to achieve. I have no weight. Turn the page. Don't just say it. Activate it.
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 124
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Magnifying the image of where courage and strength come from is a very difficult subject for many to openly discuss. I know a lot of people that try to laugh off the compliment, "You know how it is. You stick to something you like and eventually it pays off." On today's podcast the Poet in the Forest has no fear of sharing his heart in the way of making sure that his relationship with the Greater Power is personalized and should never be bragged about. Only to see the closing thoughts echo this vision, "You want me to write then talk about it. Aren't you asking for a lot?" Ouch! Does it seem over confident and self driven? Looking beyond the matter and situation the truer path exposes a newer way to grow by way of sharing without having to say, "I am! I am! I am!"
Magnifying the image of where courage and strength come from is a very difficult subject for many to openly discuss. I know a lot of people that try to laugh off the compliment, "You know how it is. You stick to something you like and eventually it pays off." On today's podcast the Poet in the Forest has no fear of sharing his heart in the way of making sure that his relationship with the Greater Power is personalized and should never be bragged about. Only to see the closing thoughts echo this vision, "You want me to write then talk about it. Aren't you asking for a lot?" Ouch! Does it seem over confident and self driven? Looking beyond the matter and situation the truer path exposes a newer way to grow by way of sharing without having to say, "I am! I am! I am!"
Monday, September 10, 2018
Getting Prepared
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As Hurricane Florence continues to gain in strength off the coast of Carolina, I'm reminded of the enormous amount of time I've spent preparing for events that didn't go as planned. Being in radio all these years shaped my thinking patterns of always being ready. No break goes on the air without it being written or planned out. I've never been a winger. So, the let down has always been what causes so much fear. Pretty much our entire lives we've heard, "If you build it they will come." In the major of all cases that statement is false. How many small businesses do we see closing their doors after only a few moments of what if? We invest a lot of drive, passion, loyalty and dedication into visions that feel like this is the moment. This isn't a Debbie Downer podcast. On today's show I openly talk about how preparing to be let down has become our bad habit. We go into projects convincing ourselves that something isn't going to work. We believe it will help soften the let down. You can't grow like that. I compare it to the second coming of Christ. While communities gather to greet the Great Creator, I'd be behind the massive amount of people rushing to prepare even more than what I have. We are addicted to being prepared. My mother endlessly warned her three boys to always change our underwear because if we're put in the hospital the doctors won't think badly. That's why my biggest dream in life is to one day be rich enough to wear brand new underwear everyday with a clean pair of brand new socks. How do you prepare for Hurricane Florence? Make not only yourself aware of the situation but loved ones outside the winds. We've been through a lot in the past ten years. Nobody wants one of these things knocking on their door. Companies bank on us being over prepared. Don't allow the letdown become your new battleground.
As Hurricane Florence continues to gain in strength off the coast of Carolina, I'm reminded of the enormous amount of time I've spent preparing for events that didn't go as planned. Being in radio all these years shaped my thinking patterns of always being ready. No break goes on the air without it being written or planned out. I've never been a winger. So, the let down has always been what causes so much fear. Pretty much our entire lives we've heard, "If you build it they will come." In the major of all cases that statement is false. How many small businesses do we see closing their doors after only a few moments of what if? We invest a lot of drive, passion, loyalty and dedication into visions that feel like this is the moment. This isn't a Debbie Downer podcast. On today's show I openly talk about how preparing to be let down has become our bad habit. We go into projects convincing ourselves that something isn't going to work. We believe it will help soften the let down. You can't grow like that. I compare it to the second coming of Christ. While communities gather to greet the Great Creator, I'd be behind the massive amount of people rushing to prepare even more than what I have. We are addicted to being prepared. My mother endlessly warned her three boys to always change our underwear because if we're put in the hospital the doctors won't think badly. That's why my biggest dream in life is to one day be rich enough to wear brand new underwear everyday with a clean pair of brand new socks. How do you prepare for Hurricane Florence? Make not only yourself aware of the situation but loved ones outside the winds. We've been through a lot in the past ten years. Nobody wants one of these things knocking on their door. Companies bank on us being over prepared. Don't allow the letdown become your new battleground.
Friday, September 7, 2018
Picking Up Breadcrumbs
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Those moments. We all hold them. The attempt to toss them to the side is always present. Then one day you arrive in the very place you once stood. What did you learn? How can it be taught? Carefully placed in the center of your adventure are everyday seeds. Rather than ask questions about the shape of a present storm, we do all we can to get out of the rain. On this podcast I go back over two years into my daily writing to fall witness to a growing season. The budding moments. Not in the name of victory but rather the furthering of study. Being a daily writer is truly nothing more than dropping itty bitty chunks of bread onto an invisible path of hope. Too often we think a timid squirrel has come along and taken away what we require in order to find our way back. Writing gives me the blessed opportunity to move forward to locate your past. An oxymoron? How do you move forward to your past? Mindfully I live in the present. The now. Now is all we truly own. How we arrived serves as a reminder to remain whole. Grateful doesn't just happen. Being transparent with others is a beautiful place to walk. But are you being just as truthful to the self you're carrying forward? It doesn't take too much to convince the selves we are to step a little to the left. Eventually the invisible path looks nothing like you envisioned. Moving forward to your past.
Those moments. We all hold them. The attempt to toss them to the side is always present. Then one day you arrive in the very place you once stood. What did you learn? How can it be taught? Carefully placed in the center of your adventure are everyday seeds. Rather than ask questions about the shape of a present storm, we do all we can to get out of the rain. On this podcast I go back over two years into my daily writing to fall witness to a growing season. The budding moments. Not in the name of victory but rather the furthering of study. Being a daily writer is truly nothing more than dropping itty bitty chunks of bread onto an invisible path of hope. Too often we think a timid squirrel has come along and taken away what we require in order to find our way back. Writing gives me the blessed opportunity to move forward to locate your past. An oxymoron? How do you move forward to your past? Mindfully I live in the present. The now. Now is all we truly own. How we arrived serves as a reminder to remain whole. Grateful doesn't just happen. Being transparent with others is a beautiful place to walk. But are you being just as truthful to the self you're carrying forward? It doesn't take too much to convince the selves we are to step a little to the left. Eventually the invisible path looks nothing like you envisioned. Moving forward to your past.
Thursday, September 6, 2018
From Focal To Vocal
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Growing up in Montana meant we got to plant a lot of seeds in the ground. I was always fascinated with the potato. It didn't come from seeds. It was a continuation of once being. We'd let a bag of those oddly shaped monsters sit in the garage and things would grow from their sides. Dad would take out his knife and cut out what he called the eye. Then we'd put it in the soil. Through careful gardening we'd come back at the end of summer and there'd be 5 to 15 potatoes in very place my father put that eye. He went from focal to vocal. He envisioned a successful harvest and made sure it was a success. We had bags of potatoes that would last through the Montana winter. Focal to vocal. Your career, friendships, religion and or just you being you. Placed in your garden everyday are new ideas and thoughts. How many seeds make it to the soil? I wrote this morning in my daily journals about trust. We think we've got it mastered. Then I asked, "But how do we get to it?" Not trusting others but trusting yourself to plant those seeds and nurture that soil. Not for a week or whenever you're in the mood but daily. Focal to vocal has a tremendous payoff. The investment of time and energy is why so many run away. On this podcast I openly talk about my transition or transformation to take my spiritual walk from focal to vocal. I begin by asking why I didn't have a paper and pen after taking my first fall while trying to walk. First love, new job, questions about new challenges. The opportunity to hold the seeds are there but it's going to require an activation from the heart to realize how the eye of a potato can grow into 5 to 15 in a matter of months. It's time to move your adventure from focal to vocal.
Growing up in Montana meant we got to plant a lot of seeds in the ground. I was always fascinated with the potato. It didn't come from seeds. It was a continuation of once being. We'd let a bag of those oddly shaped monsters sit in the garage and things would grow from their sides. Dad would take out his knife and cut out what he called the eye. Then we'd put it in the soil. Through careful gardening we'd come back at the end of summer and there'd be 5 to 15 potatoes in very place my father put that eye. He went from focal to vocal. He envisioned a successful harvest and made sure it was a success. We had bags of potatoes that would last through the Montana winter. Focal to vocal. Your career, friendships, religion and or just you being you. Placed in your garden everyday are new ideas and thoughts. How many seeds make it to the soil? I wrote this morning in my daily journals about trust. We think we've got it mastered. Then I asked, "But how do we get to it?" Not trusting others but trusting yourself to plant those seeds and nurture that soil. Not for a week or whenever you're in the mood but daily. Focal to vocal has a tremendous payoff. The investment of time and energy is why so many run away. On this podcast I openly talk about my transition or transformation to take my spiritual walk from focal to vocal. I begin by asking why I didn't have a paper and pen after taking my first fall while trying to walk. First love, new job, questions about new challenges. The opportunity to hold the seeds are there but it's going to require an activation from the heart to realize how the eye of a potato can grow into 5 to 15 in a matter of months. It's time to move your adventure from focal to vocal.
Wednesday, September 5, 2018
The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 123
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I sat writing in the forest. On this particular day there seemed to be less birds. It looked as if the sun was dimmer then usual. I wasn't moved but rather bothered. It was the center of summer and the forest usually doesn't locate calm until the leaves begin to fall. Then it occurred to me. This must be what peaceful sounds like. In this age of so many sights and sounds we've lost our way. We assume peaceful is on a digital device or it's making sure we're always busy at work or throwing down a serious weekend party with the neighbors. Peaceful can actually be a moment of complete nothingness. On this podcast I talk about the struggles of not only locating peaceful arrivals and departures but my heart takes note of jotted down thoughts from today's daily writing. I speak of the sun and how it likes to skate across the sky. Then my writing instrument wrote this next thought: The sun doesn't move. The planets do. God doesn't move. People do. Peaceful is always in the same place.
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
The Narrator
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The majority of us struggle with sleepless nights. It seems too easy to pop a pill and it's an automatic six to eight hours. It's not falling a sleep that I have a problem with. It's staying a sleep. Not an adult problem. A lifelong issue. I got into radio because of the enormous amount of hours I spent slowly scanning that AM radio dial searching for out of town towers in huge cities across the nation. I was inspired by the Pied Pipers of late night broadcasting. Now I'm tired of wanting to be awake at night. Mainly because it's colliding with my real passion which is waking up at 4:30 am to get the day started. Over the past six months I've put a lot of love and attention into Yoga Nidra. It's the art of releasing energy without going all out crazy. It's a method of relaxation that requires you or someone next to you to peacefully speak the journey of letting go. Now go a little deeper. Relax. Honestly, it's been a brilliant tool! Until recently when I took note of the number of times I was still waking up. The sleep or rest is beyond explanation but it doesn't last long. The narrator has become judgmental "Oh this isn't a good vision or dream. Time to leave." It has the strength to invite me into moments of rest as well as pull me out. In doing research I've located nothing about how to get control of the narrators at night. It's not necessarily the typical voices we hear in our heads but a trusting narrator that thinks its got your back. Getting by the narrator has been a struggle in that you don't want to brush away something that's been working. Learning to be aware of what is your narrator and asking in peace that it leave your present place of resting does calm down the judgement. Yes, Yoga Nidra dreams or visions are very powerful. The narrator does act like a rope to pull you free from something that feels so real. It shouldn't control the atmosphere of rest. It's the little things like this the big books of Yoga never put focus on. Learning as you grow should always be your purpose of progress. Mindfully we are grateful of the moment.
The majority of us struggle with sleepless nights. It seems too easy to pop a pill and it's an automatic six to eight hours. It's not falling a sleep that I have a problem with. It's staying a sleep. Not an adult problem. A lifelong issue. I got into radio because of the enormous amount of hours I spent slowly scanning that AM radio dial searching for out of town towers in huge cities across the nation. I was inspired by the Pied Pipers of late night broadcasting. Now I'm tired of wanting to be awake at night. Mainly because it's colliding with my real passion which is waking up at 4:30 am to get the day started. Over the past six months I've put a lot of love and attention into Yoga Nidra. It's the art of releasing energy without going all out crazy. It's a method of relaxation that requires you or someone next to you to peacefully speak the journey of letting go. Now go a little deeper. Relax. Honestly, it's been a brilliant tool! Until recently when I took note of the number of times I was still waking up. The sleep or rest is beyond explanation but it doesn't last long. The narrator has become judgmental "Oh this isn't a good vision or dream. Time to leave." It has the strength to invite me into moments of rest as well as pull me out. In doing research I've located nothing about how to get control of the narrators at night. It's not necessarily the typical voices we hear in our heads but a trusting narrator that thinks its got your back. Getting by the narrator has been a struggle in that you don't want to brush away something that's been working. Learning to be aware of what is your narrator and asking in peace that it leave your present place of resting does calm down the judgement. Yes, Yoga Nidra dreams or visions are very powerful. The narrator does act like a rope to pull you free from something that feels so real. It shouldn't control the atmosphere of rest. It's the little things like this the big books of Yoga never put focus on. Learning as you grow should always be your purpose of progress. Mindfully we are grateful of the moment.
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