Documented Prayer

Listen to "Documented Prayer" on Spreaker. Maybe it's because I'm a daily writer or a great note taker. I'm very guilty of documenting prayer. Things are shared during these moments of meditation and or conversation that are meant to grow outward from your mind body and soul. But what are you supposed to do with it? Wander through an old fashioned bookstore and count the number of financial and self help books there are. Are they all the end result of God moving through artists and authors? Not all of them. Just be aware of what you're feeding your current need. Julia Cameron's Artist Way changed me by teaching me to reach beyond the gift of performance. To study the physical presence of a higher reason and season. There are things we do this time every year and it always includes inviting change. But we forget to notify two of the most important pieces of the puzzle. Painted on our hearts is the aspiration to create change but without these two valuable tools included in the journey the open palm will reveal more emptiness.

Interviewing An Interviewer

Listen to "Interviewing The Interviewer" on Spreaker. I remember the conversation I was having with Joan London from Good Morning America. I chuckled at the beginning then softly asked, "Can an interviewer interview an interviewer?" It's not a game but rather an art to making sure the right moment takes place for the answer to be unique and quite possibly one of a kind. I save the questions people ask me. I want them to ferment. Not to grow old in age but to be part of the my present place in the now. To allow the question to grow inside of my head and heart. Every question is a learning tool for everyone involved. Slowly we're slowly getting back to it by way of tiny digital boxes from Amazon and Google. But are we asking the right questions. More importantly are we face to face with the right person? Maybe it's you interviewing you. How do you deal in moments of such exchange? It's completely natural to play it off or it will infect every depth of thought you travel. Learning how to ask yourself questions without damaging the legs that invited you to the dance. It's not like working out at the gym in January then quitting by March. Lifelong are the questions and even longer the days of hopefully holding a truer image of the self you are. Asking yourself questions is a brilliant way to build a personal relationship blessed with respect and compassion. Try it... every book store carries those pages that ask questions. Start there. Learn to see what asking questions looks like versus accusations.

The Lyrics from Billy's Forest Chapter 90

Listen to "The Lyrics From Billys Forest Chapter 90" on Spreaker. I recently shared with a friend, "While trying to prevent a storm I actually created one." Selected words from two days earlier were misinterpreted and it led to some serious judgement. There seems to be a lot of that going around. Instead of putting focus on the purpose and plan, we've developed this new habit of giving what we feel permission to rein over all things developed. No matter how far off the truth it is, our heart and brain see it as actuality. Instead of offering an open door or simple face to face time conversation. Assumption believes it has just enough evidence to give it permission to be King. We're throwing stones. Not playful skips across a smooth as silk lake surface. We've called in the diggers and they're bringing dump trucks of rocks to our front door. This isn't the first time in history something like this has happened. This dude of faith had returned to the city. The locals instantly brought out someone they had stamped guilty on. The visitor to the city knelt to the ground, wrote something in the sand, then stood up. The accusers were given a thought to hold. Once shared the visitor knelt again and wrote more words in the sand. The crazy day drew to a peaceful closing. I'm a daily writer. Taking the time to listen while documenting something from your heart has an incredible way to keep your palms free of stone throwing. Did this person deserve to have such harsh accusations thrown at them? I'm not the one to judge. Empty your hands and build a path of peace. It actually could start as simply writing something down before igniting your hearts energy.

In Between

Listen to "In Between" on Spreaker. I hear it all the time, "Nobody supports my ideas or decisions. I feel alone." Or how about this one, "People are always attacking me." During uncomfortable situations like this, it's always best that we take ten steps back and become aware of the process that led to the moment. I've yet to meet the person that doesn't like to hit life's everyday road and make it all their own. Yeah I get it team work and collaboration are the best highway. On the workplace front yes. But where the buddy buddy system fails are in lanes of driving home, sitting on the sofa without the TV on or trying to get sleep at night. I get it! The give and take policy that drives business up. But the taking part still generates a huge amount of silence. The plastic smiles we wear while building systems of victory are nice and polished. But once free of the design, the inner voice of each player grabs onto your heart tightly. You can deny it. Voices in the head are for crazy people. How do you put a buffer between the itty bitty indifference that's ripping your soul to shreds at night? Do you have to look eye to eye with the beast? Nope...

Get It Off You

Listen to "Get It Off You" on Spreaker. Yeah I know. We all want to be successful. Your heart busts its tail trying to put you in the right place at the right time. So much time and energy is spent on something you believe in and there doesn't ever seem to be a payoff. Sadly that's when most people get off what they assume is a sinking ship. And when that happens the wrong people are put into positions of leadership. Locating the true roots of success requires a process. A journey. The art of falling off a cliff and doing incredible damage to your mind body and soul. The difference between a successful person and someone trying to be successful is that word "Trying" You can try all day. But it doesn't put your feet in a pair of victory shoes. Be successful. Do the path. Study the behavior of the elements required to be a leader. Stop trying and just do it. There are too many bosses in positions of decision that try hard everyday to make their businesses the one thing that people want most. "Try" I truly can't stand it when I hear that word and in all honesty it serves as an invitation for me to leave the conversation. My circle isn't filled with those "Trying" Do what is required and take on the journey. Your personal victory is there

When God Shows Up In Your Writing

Listen to "When God Shows Up In Your Writing" on Spreaker. Yeah I know. I boast of being this daily writer. I put down on paper the existence of the present so that we may learn from it in the days that follow. But that doesn't always make the world a pretty place to be. Being open with my writing makes it a very dangerous walk in the way of giving permission for all states of expression to move through me. Not stand on the outside of the door and knock and we decide if the visitor can step inside. But it moves in. Takes over the remote control. Then empties the refrigerator of all things that would bring you positive energy. The way I am writing is what I call hidden speak. It's placed upon the screen in a way that you may or may not grasp but it doesn't paint the truer picture of the deeper vein of travel. But when God shows up in your writing. All that is poetic and free spirit no longer finds purpose in the plan. When God shows up in your writing. There is no knock on the door. It just happens and it becomes a choice to listen or to pretend seeing pictures only an image maker assumes it can create.

Paths Of Victory

Listen to "Paths Of Victory" on Spreaker. I've always been inspired by the paths we walk on the side of a mountain. Who was the first to take the step? How many people have been here before me? Who will one day follow? Yet in our personal lives the paths we make seem to march around in circles. How can we take our yesterday and make it a brilliant tomorrow without infecting what's available in our today? One of the most difficult journeys you can take on is learning how to live a healthy life in the "Now." Be present in your present means the paths you've made on the mountains you've crossed can only serve as a point of direction not correction. Being in the moment is sometimes quite lonely because we love to listen to old songs while watching classic television. So how do we become a modern leader inside a world locked and lost in a past that can't be changed. It can be challenged! But in the end who wins? The demands and commands of those kept tightly in your circle play a huge role in the decisions made. But how often do you lose balance in life because your heart can't seem to locate today's light?