What If We Knew The Story

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What are we eight weeks deep into a vat of fat dubbed social distancing?  The moment someone tries to pull free and do something on their own they end up being pulled back.  I've had bosses that admitted to loving that way of life.  There's nothing worse then hauling around sacks of unexplained and useless weight.  On this podcast we leap into a subject not being talked about.  At first it's going to come to you a little quirky but in the end you could find yourself on a different journey toward locating answers.  We've heard so much about the Spanish Flu of 1918.  Watched the pictures of the people gathering.  Heard the modern reporters putting their own spin on something that up until recently remained a secret in many cities.  They didn't want to identify the exact number of those lost.  I do believe in one thing.  The Kevin Bacon six degrees of separation.  That being said.  In my Native American studies I learned very quickly that what we do today will affect and infect the next seven generations.  Hold onto that for a moment.  The next seven generations.  That tells me.  You.  Me.  Our circle of internet friends and family.  Through the Kevin Bacon rules of six degrees of separation probably have been affected by the events lived out during the Spanish Flu.  What if we knew the story?  While daily writing this morning two important thoughts fell from the nib of my writing instrument.  The first was "It's a day of renewal.  A moment of continued trust.  Now that you've leveled the dust."  That was my general reaction to last nights horrible rainstorm and flash flooding.  I literally felt like I was supposed to sit and listen to all of it at two this morning.  In doing so I heard more than nature.  It's a day of renewal.  A moment of continued trust.  Now that you've leveled the dust.  Cleared eyes to see.  Lungs that can breathe.  The walk is forward.  But what happens if finding focus at the center of the heart is wanting to reinvent the circumstance?  Quote number two.  What happens if finding focus at the center of the heart is wanting to reinvent the circumstance?  This isn't about living in a past you can't change.  It's not about declaring war on uncertainty.  You're gonna lose that one.  It's about renewing your relationship with uncertainty.  Over the past two weeks two huge steps have been made in helping to bring peace to those suffering from Covid-19.  Over the past eight weeks businesses have discovered brilliant ways to communicate better while delivering products they didn't know they could bring forward.  The education system is communicating with students in mind blowing one on one ways that only seems like a disconnection but in the years ahead it will be fine tuned and perfected.  Uncertainty?  You are living history.  Say it to yourself, "I am living history."  Seven generations from today will they know the story?

Just Ten More Minutes

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I don't know where to begin.  Only because during my daily writing this morning put the best part of the handwritten conversation in the final thought.  My discipline is three pages.  That's it no more.  There are other journals that are to be used.  Not these.  Talk about treating your creative self like a child right?  On this podcast I put a ton of energy into the final thought of today's writing.  Now... Before you judge or your inner feelings of belief get heated up and you want to fire back.  Look at the entire picture.  The written out thought was: The distance of a day is still only twenty four hours yet the way we play a lifetime could last just ten more minutes.  What?  The distance of a day is still only twenty four hours yet the way we play a lifetime could last just ten more minutes.  Here we go.  Lets dive into this.  This is where the real test begins.  Today, a portion of the county to which I live is reopening.  Some businesses and recreational areas.  I'm not trying to put into place a wall of protection but a willingness to learn without anxiety stepping forward. The distance of a day is still only twenty four hours yet the way we play a lifetime could last just ten more minutes.  I grip the fact that we've got to get moving.  After my heart attack in 2009 the hospital had me up walking the next day.  The picture I hold is how odd I always feel watching war movies and action packed dramas with big guns, huge car crashes and buildings falling down.  You see I have feelings for every person including the extras used in those scenes to make it look real.  My weakness in life is developing a feeling for the pain those characters went through so the hero could walk away into the sunset.  Just an observation from a present place of getting it back on.  Has that curve been flattened yet?  The distance of a day is still only twenty four hours yet the way we play a lifetime could last just ten more minutes.  Which hero is gonna walk away into the sunset?

The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 199

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Being transparent has always been my walk. Not always a good place to stand. Not everybody wants to tune into where reality currently hangs its hat. Growing up my parents were always extremely honest. When times were bad Dad let us know about it. When times were good we were eating at the nearest family restaurant. The Lyrics from Billy's Forest is nothing more than the words that move through me while sitting inside these trees in South Charlotte,NC. We've been together for twenty eight years. The transparency of this story is based on the whereabouts of how this Coronavirus is going to play out. Economically how will it hit all nations? There's no room for big talk and or fantasy visions. It's time to buckle down and prepare for what could be a division. On this podcast I honestly speak of my hidden fears about this forest. Because I can't predict the full impact of this moment in human history the heart can't help but find wonder if the trees and I are on the edge of a new beginning? I come here to breathe. To listen. To study. To participate with. Will those that follow me love this lay of land or dot on the map as much as a poet that found something to write about for nearly three decades? I come to the forest to let go. To which I ask you where yours is located. Is there a place in your yard or home that rejuvenates your mind body and soul? Where do you grow newly designed empowered shoes to get through the crumbles of a world we once knew? Where are you locating air? Maybe its time you let people know where it is. So much of you is left in that place over and over. Your energy never disappears. Only the days on the calendar.

Don't Lose Control

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Now that the daily number of Coronavirus deaths aren't earth movingly high in New York newsrooms across the nation are reaching toward the new story. Oh I know! Lets put focus on the mental conditions caused by the impact of these forty plus days of social distancing. I've been begging for this news day approach for seven weeks. Now they're just getting to here? I spoke last week with a national narcotics officer who laid it on the line. "Opioid use is going to skyrocket. Starting first with young adults then moving through the age groups." That was a tough pill to swallow. Can I say that? On this podcast we break open a new can of awareness. Beliefs. How I believe shouldn't be compared to how you believe. What each of us has experienced is only part of the lesson. We can share the moments all day but can we do it without having to judge another persons character? I put up on social media yesterday my beliefs. The reopening of businesses in some states is legalized gambling. They are gambling with human life. Then I followed it with two completely different waves of thought. 1. The only guarantee we have is Gods word. 2. What does such a thought mean to a non-believer? Wait! Shouldn't we have to define what a non-believer is first? Make this a mantra. Don't judge because someone might not see you're point of view. Listen to their belief. If it doesn't sit well. Walk away. Don't shove your word down someone's personal experience. Each of our beliefs may not be in harmony but it doesn't make anyone a non-believer. I believe the world hasn't endured the full impact of the Coronavirus shut down. The sickness is only part of the story. I'm not in fear but I am aware of what could happen economically. Because I believe in being prepared my circle of loved ones are beginning to prepare for what might become. Belief. You don't have to believe. You have you're own beliefs to which I respect. So... why did I have to bring up the world of news in the beginning? They're delivering stories about how you are or might soon feel mentally. They are planting seeds. Oh its a bad day. I guess I should be stressed because the news people said it so. Don't lose control. I meditate a lot. I use meditation frequency music you can get free on YouTube. You don't have to meditate. You may not believe in it. I'm ok with that. I only suggest it so that can have five minutes away from Top 40 and Country Music to make your own choice of how you want to feel. Don't lose control of that need to be in control. Be aware of how you feel. You decide if its what you feel. You aren't new to the world of survival. Your tool box has the right words.

What Is Your Jazz

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There used to be a time when anything with sound drove me insane. It must be a radio thing. Sitting in a production studio trying to craft a great feature and or commercial and the commotion outside the door bled onto the recording tape or digital device. I had to start over. Time I wasn't going to get back. On this podcast we travel into that area again by looking at noise as being a tool more than an interruption. During these days of social distancing and having to work from home with your spouse in one room and kids and animals in another there really isn't anything more bothersome than having to deal with an atmosphere you aren't used to. I invite you to pause. Go to YouTube and listen to Jazz. Learning to look beyond sound teaches your senses how to be less affected by the collaboration of all things in your moment of Now. Jazz isn't a concept. Its an exploration into a huge wilderness of opportunity. Look around you. Everything inside these Coronavirus days has gained the identity of a new texture. Business is done differently. Churches lead in ways that were once seen only as a lazy persons walk without having to step into a church. Now its the only connection. New games are being played on Zoom by family members you haven't see in awhile. The new Jazz. It's not the way you're used to. During my early years of Top 40 Radio I cringed at the idea of listening to anything outside of popularity. A totally out of control selfish way to accept music. One morning while daily writing in my journals I took note of every sound coming to life at 4:30 am. My birds, the shower, the owls outside, early departing airplane zooming over the house combined with traffic reporters in helicopters near the crowded highway. And in that moment of Now I realized it somehow fit together. I took the experience to music. First, I admit I don't listen to the lyrics of a song. I don't hear them. I'm completely tuned in to the bass guitar and drums then everything else associated. Vocals aren't present. Until you realize how important each word is to the process of the reach. It becomes your Jazz. If you ever have time, listen to what's beyond my thoughts on the podcast. You can hear my doves and Blue Crowned Conure. You can hear the occasional lawnmower or the mailman driving by the house. Jazz. The sound of the universe. If all you want is perfect silence you're truly missing out on the better connection. Trust me your listeners or clients aren't sitting in padded studios or offices expecting the perfect pitch. Being out of tune brings forward your artist self. Trust in the Jazz.

No More Labels

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While in prayer this morning this thought fell from my journey moving forward "A question of who and what is really in control of the human need." Obviously I must have spent some time reading CNN.com, ABCNEWS.com and visited a local television station website and none of them are on the same page. Is it journalism or are we satisfied with getting points of view. I'm extremely guilty of putting stuff on social media with all strings connected to something that's been experienced. It doesn't make me a top dog reporter or a valued go to guy for the news but every level of the industry is going in multitudes of direction with no true solid line of these are the facts. No wonder anxiety levels are starting to bring medical experts to the new front line. I have three interviews today with people that deal with where so many real people with real problems are headed and one of them is a doctor that foresees a huge rise in Opioid use in America. Young adults are looking for a quick release from these uncertain times and what do you think they're reaching for? A question of who and what is really in control of the human need. One of the hardest hit most invisible places of what will probably never be talked about is what its going to be like for regular people to return to an eight hour job under the strict control of a company that needs performers to keep the company out of bankruptcy. What are you doing as an employee of any business to recondition yourself for your return to Corporate rules and structure? I'm on day 37 of quarantine. Our Zoom meetings are amazing because each of us involved in every project are equal. There are absolutely 100 percent no labels. We're all playing the same game with no company ladder to wave in your process of building success. Once you get back will you return to fearing that email or phone call from the boss to see him or her in their office? Will you be more giving to the company purely gripped by the fear of if you don't you'll be fired? No more labels! We need to learn from this social distancing that we all bring something to the center of the story and in order to regain a relationship with clients it has to start with being who the client is freshly delivered to a new world. No more labels. We must remain equal.

What If The Planet Needed A Rest

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I walked into the morning air at 5:30 am and literally heard four owls tossing vocals back and forth through the forest. Loud, robust, vibrant and message making. Because I've studied animal spirituality for decades I did take a moment to sit and listen. To become part of the circle of conversation. The owls visit means conserve your energy until the times right. Be observant of your surroundings. Owls normally sit in silence. Remove yourself from the noise. Remember owls can see through darkness. Heavy heavy right? Our days have been overtaken by something we can't see nor can our bank accounts predict. Uncertainty is generating a new wave of anxiety to which we are seeing at our state capitols. Exercising that voice is what we've always done. Until election day or the moment Johnny's school is holding a fund raiser and they need some funding to buy books or sports equipment. Then that voice tends to lean in an opposite direction. First... I grasp the get back to work drive. I want this nation to be stronger than what it was in January and February 2020. My only question is based on where have these protesters been for the other problems we've endured as people? I'm not challenging anyone to do anything but be themselves beyond this moment of speaking out and vocalizing freely. On this podcast we talk about the message of the owl. Mainly because its Earth Day. What? Yeah people used to protest for that too. But found reason to continue ripping down the trees and planting taller buildings and homes too large for the human to use. A couple of days ago a friend sent me a note expressing his love for the planet. He felt that maybe all of this is nothing more than the earth grabbing us by the nap of the neck and saying, "Ironman is a false idol and so is Tom Brady. Give me ten minutes of rest and we can get you back on the road." But no! We've chosen to fight the invisible beast. To take in six weeks of uncertainty and then shout out, "We're done!" What we need is unity. Right now we've got nothing more than choices to go in every direction beyond what we can control. If this didn't work yesterday or the day before we're going to try this then that oh wait how about this? The planet needs a rest. It tried to bring you onboard but oh well. Guess its back to what we truly know. Get up. Go to work. Bitch about our jobs. Hate the boss. Go home and complain about nothing being on television. Only to get up. Go to work. This isn't a new normal. Its a new texture that should include your voice being heard at work. Build your new tomorrow by physically beginning a process of participating with progress. Lets get back to work but lets do it in a way that makes us more than paycheck collectors. You know what unemployment feels like now. Push beyond it.

The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 198

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What language are you listening too?  I mean with so much being thrown onto social media and our ears overtaken by the world of news and opinions, it's completely natural to find strength in selective hearing.  There's a lot of movement outside the human drive to get their bodies back in shape before checking back into work.  The message I keep hearing is how the mental stress caused by the Coronavirus is an issue that we're gonna have to face as business leaders and co-workers.  The typical reaction would be to toss things aside and keep pumping forward but the experts that are looking beyond the lock down are forecasting a change in the mannerisms we once called our path.  On this podcast I step into the early moments of the virus appearing in the states.  March 4, 2020. The writer isn't sure of what's happening or how long it's going to last.  While reading his notes I actually chuckled because its already April 21, 2020 and nothings really changed.  While local and state governments struggle to bring life back to the streets of everyday America, the people that'll be the life are biting at the bit caused by several different explanations as to what's still happening versus what's going to happen.  One news report puts focus on washing everything just purchased at the grocery store while another jumps all over the idea of retail businesses opening in South Carolina.  I chuckle again when the headlines read how the beaches will open today but not in Charleston or Myrtle Beach.  It gives you that feeling of, "Hey... um.  My mom and dad always said what's good for one is good for all!"  Look... I'm all about staying healthy and you can probably tell that there's a lot more patience in me to wait this stuff out.  But back to the original question. What language are you listening to?  Are you being swayed by AM Talk Radio hosts and or television networks striving to one up the other? My choice is to watch nature.  Yeah!  Have you seen what's taking place this season?  It's been amazingly colorful!  The birds are unbelievably louder and I still find enough space in my uncertainty to take note of how the stems of flowers look to be reaching outward in ways that trip the human imagination as it walks by. There's a lot of languages being shared by way of the universe. It's only difficult to understand when you choose not to pay attention.  Yeah yeah we're gonna get back to work again.  And in the months that follow you'll be yearning for the distance time provided to each and everyone of us that needed to feel longer than a two week summer vacation.  Savor this one.  It's got purpose. 

The Main Focus

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There is no struggle like trying to keep your eyes off the latest headlines. A billion different paths headed in every direction. A popular vote being the main candidate for the new alignment of the stars. Entering our sixth week of social distancing and the armchair quarterback sideline opinions are brutally using the power of inflection to convince those playing by the rules how wrong it is to take uncertainty and trust its invisible ability. On this podcast I flat out ask why is it we think we're God? Five weeks of this is enough. Everybody wipe the dirt off your knees lets get moving! I just responded to a preacher who had reached out to me. He wanted to know how things are. I'm not shy from speaking the awareness of now. The most uncertain part of this unwritten chapter is in the next few weeks. The armchair quarterbacks have their systems of needing comfort and security and getting back to work is that one and only way. I get it. I lost every job. What we have failed to remember in this time of methods being challenged and personal journeys always under attack by those that know best... Pause. Breathe. You ready? February 2020 the reports showed an amazingly high number of employees on the Corporate American front that hated their jobs and were choosing new careers. They hated their bosses and couldn't handle the hardcore hours of expected workloads. So... its only two months later and its time to get back to the show? If you think the pressure was on you in February 2020 wait until you get back in those four walls and face a company needing to survive. You're gonna hear the same speeches of how you are valuable and you are needed more today than any other time. But you aren't conditioned for that critical adventure yet. You've had six weeks to get your mind body and soul refocused on the main character. You. I honestly can't wait to get back to work. What I don't want to see is the workload that's going to be so heavy for us that its gonna generate another fear in life. You're going to leave. Sure right now, decision makers and company owners are equally involved in this journey. The moment those doors open it's game time. What is your main focus? I didn't ask about your bosses main focus is. I asked you. Your boss is gonna look like Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan. Dodging every bullet and bomb all in the name of winning this war. Do you ever truly go back to those scenes in the movie and study the entire picture. The main focus isn't Tom Hanks surviving but look at the entire process. The people falling next to Tom Hanks. Where is your main focus as we grow forward. Is it about comfort and security, the need to feel like you belong or a wishful thought of damn it lets go back to where you had better control during the social distancing days? You've got to face your truth. Grab a journal and begin a process of listening to yourself. Locate your main focus and decide who should get credit for the time and energy required to reboot America.

In The End Its Your Choice

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So they laid out the three rules that must be achieved before we can truly move toward reopening the state and the rest of America. The first is going to be the biggest hurdle. There can be no rise in the Coronavirus numbers in your region for fourteen days. Two more weeks added to the already lived and experienced five. On this podcast we take that on. Not as a middle aged man whose tires will probably be flattened and his strawberry fields raided. But to be physically present with the requirements and the first one already shouts out failure. Nobody is being held accountable for playing basketball in the school parking lots. I don't care how many golf carts there are on the perfectly paved trails people are still gathering at the tee. The pharmacist at CVS looked at me with a tear in her eye yesterday trying to explain how much it scared her that people have made the choice to use their store as a place to share conversation. They're in separate lanes but it's still being played. When does accountability begin? I've been inspired by the protesters trying to convince their local governments to reopen their states. I love it when people exercise their voice. What I'm not seeing in those places of protest are grown men with golf clubs and basketballs. I was introduced to a new term this morning Quaran-Teaming. People leaving their homes to be with each other. If it truly is to fully live in quarantine I'm all for it. But if its for dinner, video games and or a book club then back home. You might as well be running the Monopoly game bank stealing 500 dollar bills. This isn't prohibition where people gathered to pour some powerful juice into their systems of choice. This is a moment where its time to put on the big boy and girl pants and stop thinking you're invincible. I wish the leaders and news worlds would start painting the picture of life in America 1942. The long lines for jobs and food. Oh that won't happen to us right? Did you see the line of 6,000 in Texas? Accountability. Look it up on dictionary.com and practice it before fate catches up. Oh wait. This daily section is supposed to be motivational and always inviting to the creative mind and spirit. Dang it! Give me a second. Umm. Ok here goes. During the Depression my mother was forced to live away from her family and home nearly three years not because they couldn't afford to have her but she did all she could to make sure her family didn't lose their farm in Wyoming. Moral of the story? What are you willing to sacrifice in an age when Small Business loans burned up billions of dollars in the blink of an eye? Still not motivated? Dang it! Lets talk in 6 months when we're still closed.

Not Settling For The New Normal

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It's not selfish or the physical act of being spoiled. I'm just not interested in being what has been labeled the New Normal. I see it instead as a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience rebirth. We almost got there in 2001 when the nation took a hard hit then another in 2008 with the financial crisis. The big difference is how the entire planet didn't stop. I grasp why they're trying to call this moment a new way of life. Having a normal life is pretty much what the average person wants. Extravagant is beautiful in pictures but in the end those who we think they have it all really have but in ways of angst, depression, greed, uncaring feelings, comparison discomfort and the list goes on. I accept the rebirth. The computer reboot of an everyday world that was addicted to collecting paychecks and downloading free music. On this podcast episode we touch on the way we were in January and February 2020. Mainly because social media is flooded with people who want to return to a normal life. But you're smarter than what you were five weeks ago. You're stronger and more willing to accept ideas and other people. Being judged by what car you drive or what style of tennis shoes your kids wear is what we did in 2019. The rebirth is a physical interaction with creative minds brought together through amazing technology. In every meeting I've been involved in since March 2020 I instantly took note of how we've started listening to each other. Yes its been tough working from home in a world where your spouse has no idea what you've done with your career but now they can see how it all comes together and they want to help motivate and inspire but there are still corporate rules you have to abide by. The bombardment of the conspiracy hounds and internet troller's is louder than ever. We've heard their words. We have compassion for their emotions. Just don't hit reply. On this podcast though I do step out there with an answer to their deep passionate concern for the well being of our great nation. If all of this isn't really happening and it's a way to control the people and the businesses connected I ask that you donate your stimulus checks to a non-profit organization. Give it to the man or woman standing on the corner with a sign asking for help. Sadly with the way we're bickering about how and when we're gonna get back to work I can't help but be the total buzz kill in the way of maybe I should be asking the man and woman on the street how they survive. There's a big chance we're gonna be battling for that corner spot.

The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 197

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Not because I originate from Montana but because I truly have a passion to study animals and their behaviors that I'm given the daily opportunity to watch as nature teaches the human.  Especially during this Coronavirus outbreak.  The forest I've called home for twenty eight years is more brilliant this season then any other time.  It knows it has to be.  There are a lot of wanderers taking in so much content that the human mind and spirit are consumed by physical acts of hoarding.   Especially information which leads to opinions which lands in the center of a war of words on social media.  Talk about a brilliant moment to enact Ghosting!  No!  I learned a huge valuable lesson while writing in the forest the other day.  How every animal that's made its home within these trees and long grasses deals with daily survival.  The human on the other hand has had life handed to him and her.  Until now.  On this podcast we dive into the subject of what's really going to happen before during and after this virus.  As hard as some leaders are trying to get us back to work to strike up our global success as business leaders and deliverers of quality products we are in a moment of shutdown that's going to deafen our growth.  A squirrel family took up refuge in my BBQ.  I get it!  Why live in a tree if the human stick figure isn't using that nifty cool metal house on the deck? Jazzie the wonder dog knew something was up under that hood.  The squirrels knew there was no good outside that hood.  Boom!  Stop there. Nothing happens to the squirrels.  The lesson learned was fed 100% by survival.  Which many of us human people have no clue how to do.  The once a month camping trip isn't survival.  I can't predict what happens after May 1st when another month passes where people have to make a choice food or rent.  Survival.  Knowing the atmosphere that surrounds our present situation.  Begin a process of learning how to prepare for survival.  It's uncomfortable!  I want my internet and smart phone.  I want a Big Mac!   I want I want!  Lee and I are learning how to stretch our meals.  What do we really need to eat to stay healthy versus to be pleasantly plump?   I didn't purchase an RV ten years ago to take up camping.  I did it to have a second home just in case the economy lashes out like it did in 2008.  Survival. I volunteer at the Men's Homeless Shelter to ask questions about really surviving.  Reading the good book is great.  But if you don't activate the stories presented how do we expect to grow with its purpose.  Do a little homework.  Mindfully step into a moment of wanting and needing to learn more about what truly could be next.  Leaders prepare.  

Cleaning Your Presence Of Now

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A quote fell from the nib of my writing instrument this morning, "For the purpose will feed each generation beyond where we are even though we still feel blind." Think about that. Take it beyond judging a book by its cover. "For the purpose will feed each generation beyond where we are even though we still feel blind." Where we presently stand we're choosing to allow the power of the internet and other content makers to get into our systems of belief and survival and in everything we've allowed to be accepted, although not one person on this planet has an answer or a way from the Coronavirus. We are blind and in this moment. We are affecting and infecting each generation beyond us. "For the purpose will feed each generation beyond where we are even though we still feel blind." I don't watch the news anymore. It's not journalism its interpretations. Even the experts are putting out there a view that's come to them. This is how they see it. There are so many puzzle pieces that it reminds me of a huge box my mother used to store our puzzles but not a single picture was every truly snapped together. The boxes tear and drop a piece there and over there and eventually all the puzzles in the box are in the middle of nowhere. "For the purpose will feed each generation beyond where we are even though we still feel blind." Our personal GPS systems controlling the way we are acting and reacting are telling us to take a left at the next road. When we arrive there's not even a path. We keep going only to hear the GPS shout for us to do a U-turn. And we do. When we get back to the next road it still doesn't exist. "For the purpose will feed each generation beyond where we are even though we still feel blind."

Thank You

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Can I say happy Good Friday or will it end up being a trip to the Linkdin HR department?   We're nearly five weeks into isolation so I don't care.  Happy Good Friday!   Yeah the day Jesus died.  If any of us would've been there not one person would've believed on this Friday what was going to happen in the days ahead.  Which is how I look at this entire Coronavirus situation.  What's in front of us?  Evidence of restlessness from the masses is starting to show up on social media.  It's gonna get worse.  On this podcast I jump into the mess and try to find light in the center of a horrid rain storm that came from out of nowhere.  I talk about the days when we had electric typewriters in the radio station.  No computers.  I will never forget when the internet was hooked up in our studio.  I didn't have to buy another USA Today or Charlotte Observer.  Sorry guys.  What about the fax machine?  Radio stations loved tapping into businesses to give them free lunch and things.  That's how I look at the Coronavirus stoppage.  Something is going to come out of this.  It may not be on this Good Friday but a different type of Easter is on the way.  Something is going to rise and from it people will be led to a better place.   Oh wait.   HR just sent me an email.  I'm walking to close to losing my job. Really? It was announced today that 17 million Americans currently don't have a job.  17 million!  Chew on that chunk of fat for awhile.  When you are allowed to go back what will you be walking into?  Have  you reached out to your old boss just to see how they're doing?  You need to.  Just because.  The new normal changes everyday.  I sit in this recording studio for nearly 14 hours everyday.  I show up because on the other side of this Good Friday is Easter.  We have to be ready.  Put structure back in your life.  Get dressed.  Floss your teeth.  Belong to something even though we're in isolation.  When we go back the demand is going to be far worse then your final week.  Be ready mentally and physically.  Have I thanked you yet.  Hi I'm Arroe.  I show up here every day knowing you might.  Thank you for taking the time to just say hi.

Open Your Palms To The Universe

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I don't hide behind any rocks or trees when it comes to my spirituality with nature and all things universal. Animal speak is very real and always worth my time while in studies. It's not that I opened a book one day and decided on the spot that this is what I was going to do. My entire life has been fed by this amazing source of energy that's shared between animals and their human counterparts.  So a lot of my personal studies have grown through a connection with Shamanism and Native American Spirituality.   I am no expert.  The forever student.  I'm that clown in the neighborhood that will stand in the center of the street staring into the soul of the deer in someone's yard. Watching the swishing of the tail and twitching ears. I've sat on the ground nearby countless times just listening to their aura.  The same is true when an owl sits only feet from my writing or other birds of prey.  I don't humanize it with conversation but rather presence.  Being in the Now.  It begins when you let go of your child like tendencies of wanting to stomp through a forest breaking branches and killing every insect that doesn't feel right in your moment.  Opening your palms when any animal comes close to your circle of energy.   Just open your palms and feel the atmosphere as its moving through you.   The thunderstorm this morning.  I stopped everything and just listened.  It felt incredible not to think of the Coronavirus.  Here was nature washing our paths like we wash our hands.  The most amazing thing about this shutting down of the life we know isn't how big this invisible monster is but rather how much greater nature is.   Let yourself go.  No humanisms today.  Belong to the moment by dropping your outside shell and let your inner core breathe in the fresh air of spring.  The animals are speaking.  Listen to them.  It starts with opening your hands...

Don't Deny Your Feelings

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What are we four weeks into this Coronavirus mess? Have you started to see how people are reacting to it? Shrugging our shoulders, saying you're ok with the moment or trying to shove it to the side like it's not happening. For many of us it's not until someone we know or a neighbor suddenly becomes ill. I honestly don't watch television news anymore. The stories are conflicting. So we go to the digital print of the event and you've got CNN.com hoisting stories out there about how this was a chemical weapon from the United States delivered to China and things got out of hand. This has to stop and the only way to do it is to stop dropping in on these news makers that we were designed to trust. I find great pleasure in washing the dishes these days. The extremely hot water reminds me that I can still feel. This isn't an three hour Iron Man movie. We need to be present with our emotions. If I ask, "Hows it going?" Tell me how bad it sucks right now and how we should be fearing the Great Depression looming in the aftermath. I can handle that. Fake smiles and really bad jokes aren't paying off during this fourth week. This podcast episode deals with learning how to recognize what emotion we're traveling through and how we should be aware of its impact on the outside of our mind body and soul. There's still a world out there. How it's going to be in two months cannot be compared to where you came from two months ago. I still believe the unemployment rate isn't the bigger issue here. Its when you do get back to work and you realize how much you've changed as a person and the way you were once treated can never happen again. You aren't a pawn. You aren't going to be bullied and warned about how open the door is and maybe you should think about walking through it. Don't lose your feelings during this time of wanting to walk away from it all. Be aware of what you're posting on social media. We all need to know how we may be equal by way of this virus but how we put things out there has the full power and energy to shove someone deeper into a corner with no map to get out. Find your focus. Build your foundation every day. Make room for endless change. We're just getting started. Wash your dishes by hand. Your body needs to be reminded of what its like to be alive.

Lanesha Latimer

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Sitting down with Lanesha was exactly what the mind body and soul required during this walk through the global shut down due to the Coronavirus.  Her excitement about music is contagious.  Creating with Mike Mosert with GoGo Tuner has been an adventure because in all areas that Lanesha has traveled Mike allowed her to explore the depth of her vocal presence. Sure we talked about the virus take over but through her spirit and energy you'll instantly see why creative minds are pushing beyond the soil and bringing a new age of harvest.

The Lyrics Fro Billy's Forest Chapter 196

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I've been absolutely amazed at how bright nature has been during these unwritten pages known as the journey through the Coronavirus Covid-19.  I live in a forest. It's not waiting for government leaders or medical officials to set itself free to belong to the energy provided by the universe.  That's not my way of saying stop practicing social distancing.  My forest is set in the center of a city.  It has it's places where it knows it can grow and where man will keep it under control.  But to the rest of nature all we need is this little piece of the world.  A small stream leading to a fairly large lake which serves as a feeding ground for birds of prey or a watering hole for beautiful deer, squirrels, the occasional beaver and whatever else wants to pass through without having to deal with mans ego.  I write this because in the reality of all things that could be a nightmare, your isolation may make you feel trapped and out of place but inside your source of room there's every reason to plant new things.  On this podcast I do speak of the missing things. Mainly people with all the sounds they bring in the spring.  It's what's inside each of us that should be the importance. This down time is perfectly ripe for old ideas to find their harvest.  There's no better time to sit down and ask yourself questions.  The news at 5pm doesn't hold any answer to who what where and why.  Let it go so you can grow. Become part of this new atmosphere by participating with the gift the imagination brings.  Let your mind think.  Let it think about whatever it wants.  Don't judge it.  Laugh about it.  Let it know you still exist out here. Yeah, your plans, dreams and bank account are on hold.  Mother Nature says it best, "Sucks to be you."  As humans we've forgotten about how many storms nature endures daily.  Awareness allows you to think.  Get back to believing in the real you not the person your boss shaped.  That was January and February 2020. Trust me when you go back to work you won't be the same or act the same.  Change is happening. Don't fight the evolution of the new you.

Seek Search Locate

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I bluntly ask, "Do you think the Coronavirus is the final page of this lengthy storm we've been dealing with going on four weeks?"  Step back!  The daily buzz kill has made his way through the crowded streets of digital word play and display!  Seek, search and locate.  There's no greater time then now to put your hands on what it's going to take to withstand the weight of what ten million unemployed people are going to do on a once robust economy,  Flattening the curve is only a letter in the alphabet.  This wild journey must be looked at like we grow as martial artists.  Becoming a black belt doesn't mean you've mastered the 2,000 year old method of living, protecting and rebuilding.   You've learned a few letters that may one day create a word but not an entire sentence.  On this podcast I invite listeners to step back.  To look at the entire picture that's slowly taking shape.  I spent the weekend trying to finish the paperwork required for unemployment benefits. The website endlessly crashes. It puts weight on your decisions to stay positive and healthy in personal growth.  We've become a nation of hardworking employees who've never really had to seek, search and locate because business leaders and decision makers have made up the path for us.  It's time to start focusing on your own journey because what is the reality that ten million people are headed back to their jobs once the President deems it safe in America?  Reality not a buzz kill.  New businesses will grow from this.   You can't shut off a great idea.  You don't need people to tell you no again and again.  The new age of growth is going to need your part of the story not what someone said you are and will do or there's the door.  Don't let others do your seeking, searching and locating.  This is your opportunity to step through the maze with an experience no book on the planet could've prepared you for.  Surviving Covid-19 is a huge thing right now.  What are your plans when Dorthy returns to Kansas without the scarecrow, tin man and lion?  Seek, search and locate.

The New Texture

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I heard the term the other day.  Part of living in the new norm is learning how to adjust our lives to the new texture.  We're seeing it on local and national television news.  They're broadcasting from their homes.  Howard Stern is totally not like what it used to be,  Bob and Sheri the same.  They're still showing up like real Broadcasters but the new texture is getting used to what life really sounds like.  Whoa.  That's a tough pill to swallow.  What does life really sound like?  Movies?  Dinner?  Stealing music from the internet and now the makers of all that sound are truly in a place far worse then what Napster introduced?  In my recording studio I live a new texture.  I'm used to a totally empty home with the occasional snoring dog in the background.  It's all changed.  My wife is teaching first graders how to read, do math, to be in peace, to become leaders in all this change.  She's having Zoom meetings with other educators and helping to bring forward a world that could easily be forgotten.  The new texture.  So many people and families are having to readjust their circumstances in order to keep focused and in favor of where we presently stand without having to find reason to raise our war flags and verbal weapons.  The new texture.  We talk about it on this podcast episode.  What it's like to take a 4 in the morning walk and the only thing you have as a guide is starlight and not the sound of airplanes and cars on a distant highway.  Sipping on coffee in the morning is completely different.  My new texture sees me writing all the time.  I'm putting my writing instrument aside around midnight.  Then get up to do it again.  Not to be a buzz kill but I do bring up a question as to how you're going to be able to handle the reality of all that is when the starlight becomes clouded by what science has been predicting?  I really liked it more when people were horrified of a Zombie invasion.

Let It Be

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When was the last time you looked at.  Not listened!  Looked at the printed words of Lennon and McCartney's Let It Be?  A nice person would have copied and pasted them here right?  No.  Not gonna happen.  We are living in an age where we have to stop letting people do the searching for us.  I'm inviting you to look at.  Not Listen.  Look at the printed words of Let It Be.  Part of this new normal is knowing you still have the human instinct to seek survival.  To get that vision you have to be hungry for it.  To know what you're looking for.  To be ready for what you may or may not receive. This isn't a time for you to cling to the strings of a coattail that's as lost as you are.  A very famous man once shouted in the public streets, "Get Up!"  On this podcast I continue to be extremely transparent with what it's like living in the presence of Now.  I know what Now looks like on the 5 pm news.  I know what Now looks like in the bank account and gas tank.  Since 2012 the podcast The Choice has been feed by the daily written words from journals dating back 26 years.  I used those moments and the experiences that followed as tools to better understanding what it's truly like to live in a pair of creative shoes.  You know your creative Now.  I know my creative Now.  I can almost bet they aren't the same.  But there will always be some likenesses.  Last nights loss of Adam Schlesinger from Fountains Of Wayne and several TV shows and movies hit me extremely hard in the gut because this was a man that learned to trust the flow of his creative river.  He was never afraid to give it to the world so that we could have music and other forms of entertainment.  Ten minutes after learning of Adam a good friend wrote on Facebook.  He's been tested or Covid-19.  This friend and I had a serious falling out a few weeks back.  No reason to jump in to explain.  But in this presence of Now I realize that what we once had was nearly gone because of a pebble of sand on two different creative paths.  A pebble!  When was the last time you looked at.  Not listened!  Looked at the printed words of Lennon and McCartney's Let It Be?

You Cant Take Back A Regret

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I can't say we're all doing it but I admit I'm addicted. The daily headlines. No matter how much it hurts my soul to see how the world is turning, for some sick reason I keep feeling these ropes pulling me toward the world of news. I lost it when they announced that 700 people passed away just yesterday due to the Coronavirus in the United States. No matter how many times people are told to stay inside and to not get connected to circles of friends and family the importance of this still isn't sinking in. I took my frustration to social media. The trolls instantly gravitated toward me. I made no mention whatsoever about Covid 19 being anything more than a virus. Come on people stay away from each other. Those empowered by conspiracy theories felt they found a new stage. I responded. I regret making such a place open. But you can't take back a regret. This isn't just a Coronavirus thing but in all things we get involved in. We tend to do and say things we eventually regret. You can't take back a regret. In trying to peacefully walk toward a conclusion on the thoughts I posted the goal was to invite the voices on the other side to create a podcast, make a daily blog, grab the camera and make a movie be heard, be seen and be aware of who is receiving. You can't take back a regret. Quickly someone responded, "A movie? You don't want to interview them?" Two words fell onto the computer screen, "No story." Which was my way of saying "I'm not going to enter a moment of the opposite side knowing I'll probably regret it." No story. Grow from that. As the mountain gets taller and the four walls of your home feel more like a cave the inner core of your being is probably feeling that edge of wanting to respond to something. You meditate. you pray. You take walks. You workout. You're eating right. That other side of you is starting to feel less free. No story means don't start the fight. In this place of uncertainty there's no reason to think anyone's gonna win. It's only going to generate a reason to regret. You can't take it back.