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With so many choices many of us have gotten caught up in playing the game but not living the lifestyle. Radio is a great example. Anyone and pretty much everyone thinks they can be on the air. In every lecture I always ask, "I think it's awesome that you have the confidence to pop open that microphone and share your personality. But do you have the courage to sit in that seat when the weather has produced a tornado? Do you have the solid behavior of a Broadcaster to not move from that studio if war broke out on our shores?" Every business has it's share of players without enforcing the employee to live the lifestyle. Being public with my Christianity came with a price. I miss a lot of my friends and believe many making decisions on the business front don't want a Jesus freak in the front seat. I tried to hide for years only to realize the importance of the spiritual growth isn't supposed to be tucked in a box. Did you know the most important person in Hollywood isn't the actor, writer producer or studio. It's the man or woman taking your ticket at the door. The very second you step inside the theater the way you're greeted makes or breaks the experience. Next stop is the popcorn. Are you being met by a player or someone that's made it their lifestyle? It's like purchasing a motorcycle for the thrill of the adventure then never riding it.
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Monday, July 16, 2018
Giving Gifts Versus Sharing
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I've struggled with this my entire life. Giving gifts versus sharing. This is a tough subject! There's a difference between the two walks. It's not just a Southern thing. We all enjoy opening people's hearts with the tiny or big items we buy. Sometimes it's out of kindness, respect, a reward for hard work or we leap into that huge hole of just wanting to be accepted. We gift others so much and for every occasion that it's become lost as to why we've given. My wife endlessly tells me not to visit someone empty handed. With so many exchanges underway the act of giving has led to a new age of re-gifting. Here's where my heart is. What are you doing with the gifts God is giving or has given you? This is a dark spot on a very bright day because the art and it's multiple steps and mediums placed upon my path have been plentiful. Wait! I'm not alone here. With only twenty four hours in each day the journey as a creative has forced a lot of my art into silence. It's become an overcrowded lane of rush hour traffic. If you hand the inspiration and experiences invited by creative energy to another... Isn't it re-gifting? How do we utilize its presence a different way? Knowing how we gift shouldn't we also be sharing? An unused gift from God is no different than tossing it into the trash. Nobody saw you hide it under those layers of other unwanted things. Adopting the sharing approach to all things has brought less struggle and more reason to keep learning. My broadcasting lectures aren't gifts freely handed out. It's my mantra or mission to share the art. I used to stand in front of large groups of people and shout, "I want you to steal my art!" I got burned badly. Takers don't respect the moment only the glory of knowing they own it. Stop telling people you've got to buy a gift for a good friend or coworker. Start sharing things. When you share, it actually feels like its a piece of you that's now a part of them. If it ends up at Goodwill or on the re-gifting table know in your heart that it was shared and not given. We'll put focus on the success of relinquishing a different day.
I've struggled with this my entire life. Giving gifts versus sharing. This is a tough subject! There's a difference between the two walks. It's not just a Southern thing. We all enjoy opening people's hearts with the tiny or big items we buy. Sometimes it's out of kindness, respect, a reward for hard work or we leap into that huge hole of just wanting to be accepted. We gift others so much and for every occasion that it's become lost as to why we've given. My wife endlessly tells me not to visit someone empty handed. With so many exchanges underway the act of giving has led to a new age of re-gifting. Here's where my heart is. What are you doing with the gifts God is giving or has given you? This is a dark spot on a very bright day because the art and it's multiple steps and mediums placed upon my path have been plentiful. Wait! I'm not alone here. With only twenty four hours in each day the journey as a creative has forced a lot of my art into silence. It's become an overcrowded lane of rush hour traffic. If you hand the inspiration and experiences invited by creative energy to another... Isn't it re-gifting? How do we utilize its presence a different way? Knowing how we gift shouldn't we also be sharing? An unused gift from God is no different than tossing it into the trash. Nobody saw you hide it under those layers of other unwanted things. Adopting the sharing approach to all things has brought less struggle and more reason to keep learning. My broadcasting lectures aren't gifts freely handed out. It's my mantra or mission to share the art. I used to stand in front of large groups of people and shout, "I want you to steal my art!" I got burned badly. Takers don't respect the moment only the glory of knowing they own it. Stop telling people you've got to buy a gift for a good friend or coworker. Start sharing things. When you share, it actually feels like its a piece of you that's now a part of them. If it ends up at Goodwill or on the re-gifting table know in your heart that it was shared and not given. We'll put focus on the success of relinquishing a different day.
Friday, July 13, 2018
Stop The Beaver
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I'm celebrating my 24th year of daily writing. So grateful for the trees that sacrificed their roots for me to tap into the invisible voices coming from the head and heart. After all these chapters have I learned anything? Not really. The best move was to remove the microphone from their hands. We all have fear, doubt, shame and guilt. Once those layers begin setting in you're like a tree limb weighed down not by a daily writer but vines from a past you can't change. We can try and rewrite the layout of events but ultimately your heart knows the bigger truth. How do you locate the strength required to bypass the chiseled sounds of a speaker unseen by those that make up your path and yet you hear them clear as a bell. Removing that microphone and putting it back in your hands is a tough journey to create. Meditation seems like a Holy Grail answer until you realize that one minute into the practice your brain is already thinking about things. Grrrr! Talk to your toes. Know how your body speaks to you. Not the voices in the head and heart. The body! While walking with Jazzie the rescue puppy I openly speak my Intentions for the day. Hearing your outer voice say the Intentions wakes up your senses. Create affirmations by listening to the moment. Your body already knows the daily hell you go through. You don't have to remind it. Listen to the body as thoughts are generated. Don't try to be Lennon and McCartney. Be yourself. Gift that self with a giggle or two when jumbled up words actually make sense. Today you are talking to your toes. It opens your path to mind blowing self forgiveness.
I'm celebrating my 24th year of daily writing. So grateful for the trees that sacrificed their roots for me to tap into the invisible voices coming from the head and heart. After all these chapters have I learned anything? Not really. The best move was to remove the microphone from their hands. We all have fear, doubt, shame and guilt. Once those layers begin setting in you're like a tree limb weighed down not by a daily writer but vines from a past you can't change. We can try and rewrite the layout of events but ultimately your heart knows the bigger truth. How do you locate the strength required to bypass the chiseled sounds of a speaker unseen by those that make up your path and yet you hear them clear as a bell. Removing that microphone and putting it back in your hands is a tough journey to create. Meditation seems like a Holy Grail answer until you realize that one minute into the practice your brain is already thinking about things. Grrrr! Talk to your toes. Know how your body speaks to you. Not the voices in the head and heart. The body! While walking with Jazzie the rescue puppy I openly speak my Intentions for the day. Hearing your outer voice say the Intentions wakes up your senses. Create affirmations by listening to the moment. Your body already knows the daily hell you go through. You don't have to remind it. Listen to the body as thoughts are generated. Don't try to be Lennon and McCartney. Be yourself. Gift that self with a giggle or two when jumbled up words actually make sense. Today you are talking to your toes. It opens your path to mind blowing self forgiveness.
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 115
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We hear a lot of talk about disconnecting. Getting away from the weekend versus disconnecting from one time working relationships aren't the same. Friends disconnect more than connect. What you think you once had is now part of that conversation, "Oh we went our own separate ways." Lebron James has helped teach this nation how disconnection is the advantage. It's not about anybody but himself. Ouch! The reality of how we work and play is always based on who were are surrounding our choices with. If it doesn't suit the moment then a disconnection must be made. There used to be a time when having a word or two served as a great way to help shape the stone that becomes the statue. A great idea these days is about super serving the moment. Society won't let creative minds and leaders rely on their talent but rather their ability to disconnect without having human feelings. You can hear it in the way we talk with each other. Chosen are the words and expressions that put importance on the moment. If you come back in ten minutes someone else has convinced the other to make a different move therefore a disconnection from the original idea is made and the relationship is over. I call that Bend Me Shape Me. If you're carrying any type of luggage you're going to have an extremely difficult time being picked up again. Study the act of disconnection and put into play the requirement of accepting more than rejecting. A lot of success is being lost because everybody wants to be an instant star.
We hear a lot of talk about disconnecting. Getting away from the weekend versus disconnecting from one time working relationships aren't the same. Friends disconnect more than connect. What you think you once had is now part of that conversation, "Oh we went our own separate ways." Lebron James has helped teach this nation how disconnection is the advantage. It's not about anybody but himself. Ouch! The reality of how we work and play is always based on who were are surrounding our choices with. If it doesn't suit the moment then a disconnection must be made. There used to be a time when having a word or two served as a great way to help shape the stone that becomes the statue. A great idea these days is about super serving the moment. Society won't let creative minds and leaders rely on their talent but rather their ability to disconnect without having human feelings. You can hear it in the way we talk with each other. Chosen are the words and expressions that put importance on the moment. If you come back in ten minutes someone else has convinced the other to make a different move therefore a disconnection from the original idea is made and the relationship is over. I call that Bend Me Shape Me. If you're carrying any type of luggage you're going to have an extremely difficult time being picked up again. Study the act of disconnection and put into play the requirement of accepting more than rejecting. A lot of success is being lost because everybody wants to be an instant star.
Monday, July 9, 2018
God Moving Through You Should It Be More Magical
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I never know what I'm going to write about when I sit down in the moments before the huge lights above click off and the Worship Band begins. The other day a note from my sister in Montana flooded my soul. She openly admitted, "I wish I could be more like you. To live life and not be stuck in a place where the only thing God wants from me is to take care of people." I've spent a long time talking with and reading about Caregivers. I love and respect the beauty of their hearts and the tremendous struggles each of them face by the minute. So I asked the Great Creator, "Can your miracles could be a little more magical?" In some circles those are fighting words. How dare I bring up such a subject! Everyday God moves through us and through faults of our own we don't recognize the endless shapes of his everlasting. I get it. I also see how the map maker is working through my sister and know exactly what she has done with everything she's faced and continues to invite into her loving soul. But how many Caretakers truly see the miracle of Christ moving through them? I can't imagine the doubt, fear, shame and guilt that floods their visions because they too would like to hit the movie, have dinner out or just sit on the sofa and watch TV without having to bump up against more troubles brought on by those God called you to council and help heal. Each of us serve the greater glory but do you know how? Non-believers to those in question aren't left out in the rain. The God I serve knows every language without having to create something magical. Remove the rocks from your stream and let there be flow.
I never know what I'm going to write about when I sit down in the moments before the huge lights above click off and the Worship Band begins. The other day a note from my sister in Montana flooded my soul. She openly admitted, "I wish I could be more like you. To live life and not be stuck in a place where the only thing God wants from me is to take care of people." I've spent a long time talking with and reading about Caregivers. I love and respect the beauty of their hearts and the tremendous struggles each of them face by the minute. So I asked the Great Creator, "Can your miracles could be a little more magical?" In some circles those are fighting words. How dare I bring up such a subject! Everyday God moves through us and through faults of our own we don't recognize the endless shapes of his everlasting. I get it. I also see how the map maker is working through my sister and know exactly what she has done with everything she's faced and continues to invite into her loving soul. But how many Caretakers truly see the miracle of Christ moving through them? I can't imagine the doubt, fear, shame and guilt that floods their visions because they too would like to hit the movie, have dinner out or just sit on the sofa and watch TV without having to bump up against more troubles brought on by those God called you to council and help heal. Each of us serve the greater glory but do you know how? Non-believers to those in question aren't left out in the rain. The God I serve knows every language without having to create something magical. Remove the rocks from your stream and let there be flow.
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 114
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Too many times we get caught up in conversations with coworkers and friends that seem to lean hard on how others treat them. Even my father would complain about how decision makers and worker bees endlessly took from him. He felt abused by the system of leadership and those that follow. When we enter those moments of exchange is it truly taking? We all knew what the snake was when we picked it up. Why should any of us feel shocked as to who what and why something is no longer within the grips of our finger tips? The dull ache is what feeds so many away from the center of a very good thing. What once seemed productive and constant eventually eroded due to that burning invisible pain of people taking things away. It's not always what you were hired to bring forward but rather the extra hours put in to help relieve someone of their stress and questions. To build upon the trails and trials of trying to extend the invitation of one day holding a position of decisions being observed and laid out by your own experiences. It doesn't always work that way. Your knowledge in this present state is free. The cost of consulting is an expense most don't want to take on so businesses rely on personal experiences to help build their platforms. Don't get caught up in that game. Your job interviews should be focused only on the position they have open. Stay away from lending your past performances to their growing needs. It doesn't make you more valuable only vulnerable. Then this thought hit me. Being a Christian I realize in all things I have lived and continue to receive none of this belongs or has ever belonged to me. I heard in my heart this morning, "I put that fruit on your vine so others can grow as you have grown. It was given to you so others can take." A very difficult place to stand. Is your talent up for grabs? Are you holding the door open for others to pass you by? If that's how it feels are you being selfish with these horrid feelings of not wanting to easily give up your knowledge? Is it ok to be protective or should the fields that which we mend and fill with seeds be the source of energy for others to find their own faith and success?
Too many times we get caught up in conversations with coworkers and friends that seem to lean hard on how others treat them. Even my father would complain about how decision makers and worker bees endlessly took from him. He felt abused by the system of leadership and those that follow. When we enter those moments of exchange is it truly taking? We all knew what the snake was when we picked it up. Why should any of us feel shocked as to who what and why something is no longer within the grips of our finger tips? The dull ache is what feeds so many away from the center of a very good thing. What once seemed productive and constant eventually eroded due to that burning invisible pain of people taking things away. It's not always what you were hired to bring forward but rather the extra hours put in to help relieve someone of their stress and questions. To build upon the trails and trials of trying to extend the invitation of one day holding a position of decisions being observed and laid out by your own experiences. It doesn't always work that way. Your knowledge in this present state is free. The cost of consulting is an expense most don't want to take on so businesses rely on personal experiences to help build their platforms. Don't get caught up in that game. Your job interviews should be focused only on the position they have open. Stay away from lending your past performances to their growing needs. It doesn't make you more valuable only vulnerable. Then this thought hit me. Being a Christian I realize in all things I have lived and continue to receive none of this belongs or has ever belonged to me. I heard in my heart this morning, "I put that fruit on your vine so others can grow as you have grown. It was given to you so others can take." A very difficult place to stand. Is your talent up for grabs? Are you holding the door open for others to pass you by? If that's how it feels are you being selfish with these horrid feelings of not wanting to easily give up your knowledge? Is it ok to be protective or should the fields that which we mend and fill with seeds be the source of energy for others to find their own faith and success?
Monday, July 2, 2018
Removing Your Fake Self
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Too often I've been accused of being way overboard positive. It truly is the way I live. For some sick reason the higher power has gifted the trails carved into the mountain with this ability to look at doubt, fear and shame and give it a different face. Two years ago I questioned that attitude. In my daily writing the question was brought up, "If someone screams out you're the man or you rock! You instantly label them fake. Why then when writing don't you do the same when putting words on paper during the presence of a storm or new season?" It's a very transparent question! Why is it easy to spot the fake motivators on the outside but I refuse to see the fake inspiration planted on my personal paths of choice? Dealing with it daily doesn't qualify me to be a professional. Because I am familiar with my mindsets and patterns I'm able to head the monster off at the pass. In doing so the decision to fake the emotion does in fact inspire the next decision to be that of less weight and drama. Getting around it requires a deeply dug in relationship with the inner core of thinking versus the hard working dedicated family guy and employee on the outside. I'm not afraid to let both sides of my personality work it out. If you were to read the daily writing you'd think I was interviewing a Rock Star or actor. The questions are genuine in the way that accountability meeting actuality. I'm not fake with the replies either side delivers. It challenges the indifference to be more open to acceptance which allows the multiple layers to be seen differently by way of accepting things more openly and compassionately. Friends and family members aren't always the best place to run to while being challenged. You've been living this life how long? Your personal experience is thicker than a book. I'm not saying to stay free of great local friends on the outside. I just believe a conversation with your inner and outer self goes a very long way. Stop ignoring those voices in your head and heart. Listen to them with love while being strong in discipline.
Too often I've been accused of being way overboard positive. It truly is the way I live. For some sick reason the higher power has gifted the trails carved into the mountain with this ability to look at doubt, fear and shame and give it a different face. Two years ago I questioned that attitude. In my daily writing the question was brought up, "If someone screams out you're the man or you rock! You instantly label them fake. Why then when writing don't you do the same when putting words on paper during the presence of a storm or new season?" It's a very transparent question! Why is it easy to spot the fake motivators on the outside but I refuse to see the fake inspiration planted on my personal paths of choice? Dealing with it daily doesn't qualify me to be a professional. Because I am familiar with my mindsets and patterns I'm able to head the monster off at the pass. In doing so the decision to fake the emotion does in fact inspire the next decision to be that of less weight and drama. Getting around it requires a deeply dug in relationship with the inner core of thinking versus the hard working dedicated family guy and employee on the outside. I'm not afraid to let both sides of my personality work it out. If you were to read the daily writing you'd think I was interviewing a Rock Star or actor. The questions are genuine in the way that accountability meeting actuality. I'm not fake with the replies either side delivers. It challenges the indifference to be more open to acceptance which allows the multiple layers to be seen differently by way of accepting things more openly and compassionately. Friends and family members aren't always the best place to run to while being challenged. You've been living this life how long? Your personal experience is thicker than a book. I'm not saying to stay free of great local friends on the outside. I just believe a conversation with your inner and outer self goes a very long way. Stop ignoring those voices in your head and heart. Listen to them with love while being strong in discipline.
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