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I openly admit that I find myself arguing with the great mystery several times a week. All I want is to see the path. I'm that person that has to plan things out. I need to create a map before getting on the path. In order to bring all that's been shared forward my only request is to know where my next step is going to land. On this podcast I talk about my way of challenging the Creator in the way of needing to know so we can better prepare. We have full sight of a past we can't change. Why can't we see where we are growing toward? It's an honest request. The problem with the situation is totally based on who we are as people. We are perfectionists. If we saw our future we'd spend endless hours writing and rewriting the story. We'd drive ourselves insane because in all things we do it has to be something we accept. Even that isn't good enough. Living up to our personal expectations is a chore. Preacher people and those connected to the pulpit have no problem telling their community of believers that we need to have more trust and faith. That lasts for how long? Then I heard something in my heart while recording this broadcast, "If you truly know me. You already know the way."
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Friday, May 3, 2019
Command To Be Lifted
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I'm gonna get in trouble for this podcast. Each of us deal daily with coworkers and family members that have an amazing way of ripping your plans from the path and tossing them into areas of unprepared expectation. It formulates a day of doubt, fear, shame, guilt and whatever other emotion that volunteers to burn every bridge connecting your mind to the body and soul. Have you ever looked up the definition of the word Lift? It gives off a pretty cool ray of light. The empowerment of identifying the strength of the original seed. To move to a higher place. Doesn't that give you the power of strength? Look... I don't know how people pray or meditate I just know for um-teen billion years I knew in the depths of all things present that I had to be doing it wrong. Nothing was going right. You feel empty and unworthy. The cause and effect of such storms invades your system of choice. On this show I felt it to be. I share a thought that's never fallen from me before. Yet after it arrived it was if the willingness of a giving universe whispered, "Now you're getting the idea." Command to be lifted.
I'm gonna get in trouble for this podcast. Each of us deal daily with coworkers and family members that have an amazing way of ripping your plans from the path and tossing them into areas of unprepared expectation. It formulates a day of doubt, fear, shame, guilt and whatever other emotion that volunteers to burn every bridge connecting your mind to the body and soul. Have you ever looked up the definition of the word Lift? It gives off a pretty cool ray of light. The empowerment of identifying the strength of the original seed. To move to a higher place. Doesn't that give you the power of strength? Look... I don't know how people pray or meditate I just know for um-teen billion years I knew in the depths of all things present that I had to be doing it wrong. Nothing was going right. You feel empty and unworthy. The cause and effect of such storms invades your system of choice. On this show I felt it to be. I share a thought that's never fallen from me before. Yet after it arrived it was if the willingness of a giving universe whispered, "Now you're getting the idea." Command to be lifted.
Thursday, May 2, 2019
Stop Searching For Your Purpose Teach The Experience
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I don't really care how old you are. Everyday is another classroom. It's our choice to walk from the educators. Lets turn that around. What if you're the teacher and those who need to hear your experiences can't find reason in your purpose? On this podcast we step onto that path. To see what you have lived as being the lesson learned. By choice we accept it. Sometimes we forgive the journey with it's misguided downfalls. We shove it into a box and hide it from the rest of the planet then sit around wondering why we are who we are so late in the game of life. Once again I don't care how old you are. I've met 21 year old's that think they've got one foot in the grave. Each of us are on separate paths. They aren't to be compared. They're to be shared. Teach it. I'm a firm believer that a person of homeless is a genius. They know how to survive. Whereas the rest of us accept life for what it is. Well? What is it? That's like asking someone what their favorite song of all time is. You think your job sucks? Go clean a movie theater after there's been 279 people sitting in those chairs. We are a third world generation that's been convinced that we have first world problems. Teach. Take what you know and what you've experienced and build upon the presence of a new tomorrow. Through teaching you physically become the better student. Don't dominate. Don't mandate. Don't manipulate. Don't think your life is better than any other. Teach your truth. Luck has nothing to do with your experience. We all have toilets that overflow and the damn dishwasher never properly cleans. But that's not what we think the real world wants to see. The way businesses hire is proof of that. They're allowing computers to sift through the resumes and cover letters without meeting the better talent. Those with greater experience. Teach...
I don't really care how old you are. Everyday is another classroom. It's our choice to walk from the educators. Lets turn that around. What if you're the teacher and those who need to hear your experiences can't find reason in your purpose? On this podcast we step onto that path. To see what you have lived as being the lesson learned. By choice we accept it. Sometimes we forgive the journey with it's misguided downfalls. We shove it into a box and hide it from the rest of the planet then sit around wondering why we are who we are so late in the game of life. Once again I don't care how old you are. I've met 21 year old's that think they've got one foot in the grave. Each of us are on separate paths. They aren't to be compared. They're to be shared. Teach it. I'm a firm believer that a person of homeless is a genius. They know how to survive. Whereas the rest of us accept life for what it is. Well? What is it? That's like asking someone what their favorite song of all time is. You think your job sucks? Go clean a movie theater after there's been 279 people sitting in those chairs. We are a third world generation that's been convinced that we have first world problems. Teach. Take what you know and what you've experienced and build upon the presence of a new tomorrow. Through teaching you physically become the better student. Don't dominate. Don't mandate. Don't manipulate. Don't think your life is better than any other. Teach your truth. Luck has nothing to do with your experience. We all have toilets that overflow and the damn dishwasher never properly cleans. But that's not what we think the real world wants to see. The way businesses hire is proof of that. They're allowing computers to sift through the resumes and cover letters without meeting the better talent. Those with greater experience. Teach...
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Accepting Silence
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I find incredible joy sitting in a room blessed with no sound. I hear music. What? In the center of a silenced room I find music. I can't explain it. I just know it's there and I tap into it by way of picking up a writing instrument and writing. On this podcast we talk about how a doves cooing from several blocks away locates a path to your moment of mindfulness. I meditate and pray in the presence of silence. What I don't do is use words in prayer. I arrive as a listener. My home sits in a forest so the natural elements that move through trees also moves through me. Taking note of their presence in the middle of my Now creates a stream of creative energy. On this particular day I read from the daily writing marked August 5, 2016. That's almost three years ago. It's totally impossible for me to understand where I truly was in thought. I only have handwritten words that look to be incredibly positive. Because I know who I am and how I write, that's not always what the passerby assumes. I call it Hidden Speak. No matter how negative you might be feeling as a creative person you always have the ability to use your emotions as a positive expression. We talk about how to grow on that path of choice without having to down twelve cups of coffee followed by a Kit Kat bar. There's incredible energy around us at all times. Blend in with it. Grow with it without carrying the weight of why your mental state feels a little bent and out of place. Nobody wants to get caught meditating or praying. Locate a private place of energy at work, home, in a park or in a mall. With your eyes wide open feel the atmosphere as it moves through you. Clearing the mind doesn't mean opening the heart. Protect the heart. There's enough bad mojo out here without you putting the poisons of society into places you can't easy shake. Mindfully be in the Now. You'll begin to recognize the importance and purpose of your deeper presence.
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 151
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I remember what it was like to finally write with a pen rather than a pencil. My teachers were extremely strict about what I held in my hand. Was it because we could easily erase the mistakes we made during spelling tests and while trying to figure out addition and subtraction? On this podcast I dive into those moments of things we should erase but too many of us are documenting our lives with a pen. Sure you can try to scratch it out but I've learned as a daily writer that the truer story and or attempt still lives on the opposite side of the sheet of paper. Which is why I'll probably never reach for a digital way to keep whatever energy is moving through me. Computer screens don't require an eraser and once your thoughts are gone you can't come back to the truthful walk you can only assume you know what you were feeling. If we are to be living in the presence of Now shouldn't that come with an eraser and or computer screen that magically makes words disappear? I agree with that approach and yet I'm torn by why we erase things rather than heal from them. This isn't conceited but I locate knowledge in the pages written 18 to 25 years ago. Stuff my heart let go of reunites with where I stand today. There's no judgement, there's only experience. In all that we do daily, how you once lived can physically and mentally change someone's life during these moments of everyday change and challenge. Allow yourself to put faith in your worst days so others don't have to endure the same. Teach your journey. You've mastered survival.
I remember what it was like to finally write with a pen rather than a pencil. My teachers were extremely strict about what I held in my hand. Was it because we could easily erase the mistakes we made during spelling tests and while trying to figure out addition and subtraction? On this podcast I dive into those moments of things we should erase but too many of us are documenting our lives with a pen. Sure you can try to scratch it out but I've learned as a daily writer that the truer story and or attempt still lives on the opposite side of the sheet of paper. Which is why I'll probably never reach for a digital way to keep whatever energy is moving through me. Computer screens don't require an eraser and once your thoughts are gone you can't come back to the truthful walk you can only assume you know what you were feeling. If we are to be living in the presence of Now shouldn't that come with an eraser and or computer screen that magically makes words disappear? I agree with that approach and yet I'm torn by why we erase things rather than heal from them. This isn't conceited but I locate knowledge in the pages written 18 to 25 years ago. Stuff my heart let go of reunites with where I stand today. There's no judgement, there's only experience. In all that we do daily, how you once lived can physically and mentally change someone's life during these moments of everyday change and challenge. Allow yourself to put faith in your worst days so others don't have to endure the same. Teach your journey. You've mastered survival.
Touched By Blank
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I invite you to fill in the empty space. Touched by ______. Someone's hand? A thought? A moment of togetherness? On this podcast we put focus on how in 2019 we're spending less time taking note of what we are touched by and placing more energy into how we've been disciplined. We walk into every day knowing what's expected. The ability to succeed requires the right amount of energy and space to be used or how you're perceived will create a scene that some may call you out on. Therefore the little things that touch us go unnoticed and or unspoken. I was reminded of how powerful those little things are when a five year old I don't know and will probably never see again sat down beside his grandmother and I and placed on a one inch by one inch sheet of of paper his thoughts. What I didn't see was him taking the paper out of the very small book and placing it next to me. I noticed it while leaving. I gave it to his grandmother. The child raced over to take it from her and he gave it to me. I sat down with him and explained how important it was this moment we presently stood in. I said, "I'm a daily writer. Writing words on paper is so important to me. For you to share this with me is something I invite you to never stop. Writing has the ability to change peoples lives. Thank you so much for sharing your words." That one inch by one inch handwritten note from the five year old was securely placed in my daily writing journal this morning. Touched by ____.
Friday, April 26, 2019
Living In The Positive Now
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We all deal with it. Waking up in a bad or lazy mood. Then we carry it forward to our workday. Wow! What did your fellow creative people do to deserve that part of your personality? You can't hide a bad mood or shape of thoughts that aren't perfectly designed to motivate. You can though be in control of your Now. On this podcast we talk about hitting those invisible walls with absolutely no desire of wanting to penetrate them or throw them to the side. This isn't Jesus speak. Trust me living a Christian life means faces barrels of darkness not just on Monday's and Friday's but everyday. That's how you strengthen your faith. Face the wickedly weird beast and don't allow it to reach others by way of you spreading the moods that which have consumed you. Mood swings and uninspired times are usually caused by what we've done before this moment of Now arrived. You can't rewrite your past in a world where smart phone cameras are capturing everything. You can't live in a future where everything seems to be standing in the way of your success. Deal with your Now by identifying the purpose of your moment. Live a positive Now. Winning is a choice. Being upset is a choice. Hating your boss is a choice. It doesn't matter how much water you drink you can't wash away a bad mood. You have to change the way you accept your Now. Belong to it. Treat it like the way you want to be treated. Be respectful of it. Grow with it. We all have bad days and it's usually caused by bad thinking. Create your positive Now. Not everybody is gonna love that side of you. There are people that hate positive people. It doesn't matter. When all is said and done you have to live with yourself. Be truthful to that part of the journey.
We all deal with it. Waking up in a bad or lazy mood. Then we carry it forward to our workday. Wow! What did your fellow creative people do to deserve that part of your personality? You can't hide a bad mood or shape of thoughts that aren't perfectly designed to motivate. You can though be in control of your Now. On this podcast we talk about hitting those invisible walls with absolutely no desire of wanting to penetrate them or throw them to the side. This isn't Jesus speak. Trust me living a Christian life means faces barrels of darkness not just on Monday's and Friday's but everyday. That's how you strengthen your faith. Face the wickedly weird beast and don't allow it to reach others by way of you spreading the moods that which have consumed you. Mood swings and uninspired times are usually caused by what we've done before this moment of Now arrived. You can't rewrite your past in a world where smart phone cameras are capturing everything. You can't live in a future where everything seems to be standing in the way of your success. Deal with your Now by identifying the purpose of your moment. Live a positive Now. Winning is a choice. Being upset is a choice. Hating your boss is a choice. It doesn't matter how much water you drink you can't wash away a bad mood. You have to change the way you accept your Now. Belong to it. Treat it like the way you want to be treated. Be respectful of it. Grow with it. We all have bad days and it's usually caused by bad thinking. Create your positive Now. Not everybody is gonna love that side of you. There are people that hate positive people. It doesn't matter. When all is said and done you have to live with yourself. Be truthful to that part of the journey.
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