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During moments of personal victory Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs used to hit his chest twice then point to the sky. I'm one of very few that didn't believe in the grateful ways he was projecting. I felt it was part of the act. It sold tickets. It's always been one of those silent spots in my heart. Do any of us truly know what being grateful is all about? We know the word. Preachers use it every Sunday. It must be a safe place to stand. On this podcast I dig in deep and openly admit that I believe God looks at me and shakes his head from side to side saying "You have no idea what grateful is." Such thinking opens my heart and mind but does it activate the reason for the change in the season? To be grateful doesn't mean you're in constant victory. How often do you push yourself away from a dinner plate of heavy changes and challenges? Making it through those storms is a step toward gratefulness. Walking away from them is a completely different painting on the wall, "Thank you God for getting me out of that mess!" What if you were meant to be there to pick up a life lesson? Now put it in forward motion.
Friday, September 28, 2018
Thursday, September 27, 2018
You Are The Seed Part Two To Testify
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The first part of this blog/podcast brought out the awareness of how many seeds each of us carry forward. The majority of those seeds of inspiration, influence, positive change go unnoticed because we live in a society that wants an R.O.I. Return of investment. The idea that great careers don't instantly begin brings a lot of people down. I've been to those top rated radio stations performing the greatest shows of my career. The ratings showed a different story. I tossed a lot of my seeds out of this system of choice. My artwork was once featured in galleries across the country. Til I had a bad show in New Orleans. I've not painted since. Seeds... On this podcast we leap into a subject many don't want to deal with. When we raise our arms begging the universe to set us free are we doing it for selfish reasons? How to turn selfish into serving. Wait! Don't run off and think you know how you were chosen to serve. Anybody can walk into a non-profit organization and take on the challenge. Is that the serving you were chosen for? That's an extremely tough question to activate. We can spend all day helping others serve. What are you being called to serve? There's a huge difference on your walk locked in forward emotion.
The first part of this blog/podcast brought out the awareness of how many seeds each of us carry forward. The majority of those seeds of inspiration, influence, positive change go unnoticed because we live in a society that wants an R.O.I. Return of investment. The idea that great careers don't instantly begin brings a lot of people down. I've been to those top rated radio stations performing the greatest shows of my career. The ratings showed a different story. I tossed a lot of my seeds out of this system of choice. My artwork was once featured in galleries across the country. Til I had a bad show in New Orleans. I've not painted since. Seeds... On this podcast we leap into a subject many don't want to deal with. When we raise our arms begging the universe to set us free are we doing it for selfish reasons? How to turn selfish into serving. Wait! Don't run off and think you know how you were chosen to serve. Anybody can walk into a non-profit organization and take on the challenge. Is that the serving you were chosen for? That's an extremely tough question to activate. We can spend all day helping others serve. What are you being called to serve? There's a huge difference on your walk locked in forward emotion.
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
You Are The Seed
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Before I arrive to write each morning I take two walks. The first is at 4:30 am. The second is nearly an hour later. I'm two completely different people during each walk. The first is the grateful stroll. I listen to the atmosphere of the forest with the owls, the full moon with all it's shadows and anything else that wants to be seen in darkness. It's my way of saying "I'm mindful of this moment." The second walk takes on a little more serious tone. I call it my Intention Walk. I must look like a crazy fool talking out loud, "My intention today is to reach people. My intention today is to create better than I did yesterday. My intention today is to help someone locate success." It sets up the mindset before entering the studio to record. On this podcast I go extremely deep on where the majority of us are in this thing called 2018. We aren't anywhere near where we're supposed to be. Sadly, we've allowed it to happen. Walk out into a forest or a park and put your fingers in the soil. What do you feel? The dampness from a storm that's passed? The roots of another living thing? If you were to look beneath the surface you'd see seeds. Lots of seeds. Your mind body and soul are no different. Inside of you are seeds. You're endlessly dropping off dreams, wishes and ambitions. They fall to your forest floor and just lay there. They need to be cultivated. Your soil needs to have activation. Take that Intention Walk and tell yourself, "My intention today is to grow forward."
Before I arrive to write each morning I take two walks. The first is at 4:30 am. The second is nearly an hour later. I'm two completely different people during each walk. The first is the grateful stroll. I listen to the atmosphere of the forest with the owls, the full moon with all it's shadows and anything else that wants to be seen in darkness. It's my way of saying "I'm mindful of this moment." The second walk takes on a little more serious tone. I call it my Intention Walk. I must look like a crazy fool talking out loud, "My intention today is to reach people. My intention today is to create better than I did yesterday. My intention today is to help someone locate success." It sets up the mindset before entering the studio to record. On this podcast I go extremely deep on where the majority of us are in this thing called 2018. We aren't anywhere near where we're supposed to be. Sadly, we've allowed it to happen. Walk out into a forest or a park and put your fingers in the soil. What do you feel? The dampness from a storm that's passed? The roots of another living thing? If you were to look beneath the surface you'd see seeds. Lots of seeds. Your mind body and soul are no different. Inside of you are seeds. You're endlessly dropping off dreams, wishes and ambitions. They fall to your forest floor and just lay there. They need to be cultivated. Your soil needs to have activation. Take that Intention Walk and tell yourself, "My intention today is to grow forward."
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 126
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How often do you go back into your social media posts? It says a lot about how you express. At times I feel like I'm a magnet to everybody's bad day, mood or misunderstanding. It's like an old episode of Batman. Boom! Pow! Biff! That's not the subject of this podcast. Today it's having the courage to go back into what we've written and see how we've grown from those unfiltered moments. I'm a daily journal writer. To be in the presence of 24 years of dug in deep written words is a journey, a task, a misguided step and everything else that unfolded. Here's the thing. What we deliver by way of written word can easily be used as a future tool. It's what we felt in the moment. Do you still agree with what was shared? In my early years of writing I was a hidden speaker. I never let my true heart hang out there. It was a fear of someone reading the material. I came up with my own language. In going back to read it the message is very clear. I'm weird. In Chapter 126 the writer openly talks about how he's not returning to those hidden speak ways. The only reason why he brings it up is because since May of 2016 the written thoughts have evolved from dark thoughts to enlightened structures. In an everyday world someone who is inspired by the song of the bird is quickly labeled of being a hider or up to something. In essence I'm calling myself out. I do so by reminding the writer and creative mind that I have a separate area for the darker moments where I can be brutally honest. The only reason why it's not in the daily journal is because I write at 5 in the morning. It's not healthy to begin a new path with a matchstick.
Monday, September 24, 2018
His Place And Space
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How did we arrive in this place where your space means nothing to other people? I don't remember my father speaking of co-workers or passerby's disrespecting his process of delivery. He always told me to do the job then go home. This is a tough blog to write because it's not a negative but rather an open door for all levels of respect by way of taking note of the space taken. Authority is an earned honor. In martial arts we bow to our Master to showcase respect. The workplace is no different. Always respect. On this podcast I share the story of a preacher laying his Bible on my computer keyboard. The very board that was controlling the music playing through fairly large speakers. Very politely I asked that he move the great book because I feared the Devil was about to break out and the cause would create an effect. I lifted the book three times and each time he placed it back on the computer keyboard. I finally removed the book and placed it on a table behind me. How dare I right? I mean it was the big book! Instantly I began to think about the preachers pulpit. If I had walked up those stairs to his area of worship and placed a Pepsi can near his message how would he have reacted? Not once but three times. We've become a really oddly shaped nation of doers. It's getting tougher to locate people that respect not only your space but time. Developing a great relationship and working environment needs to be fed by a river of openness. I believe the preacher should've asked "May I place this on your computer keyboard?" I would've suggested that it's not a good place because you know how computers act and react when too many keys are forced inward. The lesson learned is more about the awareness of how higher level people still don't see themselves as us. The only way to grow from this is to know through our changes that we don't evolve into them. Be in your moment while being respectful of all levels of people and challenge.
How did we arrive in this place where your space means nothing to other people? I don't remember my father speaking of co-workers or passerby's disrespecting his process of delivery. He always told me to do the job then go home. This is a tough blog to write because it's not a negative but rather an open door for all levels of respect by way of taking note of the space taken. Authority is an earned honor. In martial arts we bow to our Master to showcase respect. The workplace is no different. Always respect. On this podcast I share the story of a preacher laying his Bible on my computer keyboard. The very board that was controlling the music playing through fairly large speakers. Very politely I asked that he move the great book because I feared the Devil was about to break out and the cause would create an effect. I lifted the book three times and each time he placed it back on the computer keyboard. I finally removed the book and placed it on a table behind me. How dare I right? I mean it was the big book! Instantly I began to think about the preachers pulpit. If I had walked up those stairs to his area of worship and placed a Pepsi can near his message how would he have reacted? Not once but three times. We've become a really oddly shaped nation of doers. It's getting tougher to locate people that respect not only your space but time. Developing a great relationship and working environment needs to be fed by a river of openness. I believe the preacher should've asked "May I place this on your computer keyboard?" I would've suggested that it's not a good place because you know how computers act and react when too many keys are forced inward. The lesson learned is more about the awareness of how higher level people still don't see themselves as us. The only way to grow from this is to know through our changes that we don't evolve into them. Be in your moment while being respectful of all levels of people and challenge.
Thursday, September 20, 2018
All That Is... Is
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The title says a lot. All that is... Is. How we got to this moment required a story. A journey. A trail of challenges and changes and in this moment of now it seems our history is what we post on social media. I took in the movie Life Itself. No spoilers here. It's about connection, relationship and the lack thereof. It's pretty much a movie about now. Native American spirituality has taught me that what we are doing in this moment will affect the next seven generations. That's a lot of pressure to put into your day. Look at how music has become part of so many young lives. They love Sinatra, The Stones Zeppelin straight up to P Diddy. How many generations has Pop Music infected? Same is true about actions and reactions. On this Podcast we dive into that single thought "All that is... Is."
The title says a lot. All that is... Is. How we got to this moment required a story. A journey. A trail of challenges and changes and in this moment of now it seems our history is what we post on social media. I took in the movie Life Itself. No spoilers here. It's about connection, relationship and the lack thereof. It's pretty much a movie about now. Native American spirituality has taught me that what we are doing in this moment will affect the next seven generations. That's a lot of pressure to put into your day. Look at how music has become part of so many young lives. They love Sinatra, The Stones Zeppelin straight up to P Diddy. How many generations has Pop Music infected? Same is true about actions and reactions. On this Podcast we dive into that single thought "All that is... Is."
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
The Continuation Of Flow
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I've always been attracted to things locked on moving forward. As a child I'd spend hours in the garden watching the water from the hose push direct down little ditches I created to study it's behavior with all that surrounded it. Life is no different. The problem isn't the cost of the flow in our chapters not yet written but rather the dams we build to keep us from moving forward and outward. On today's podcast I talk openly about how many people I talk with that are extremely disappointed with how their careers have played out. There are a lot of middle aged people still trying to grip the reins of a dream come true. The idea of becoming part of a career has ended up being a series of party time positions. What's keeping you from flow? Fear? Doubt? The lack of acceptance? We've become the generation that dumps friends so often that it's no longer important to build a relationship. That includes you understanding you. We're addicted to feeding our outside needs and not putting love trust and support into the mind body and soul that's been with us since birth. Putting flow in your life is a task. It's a journey. A willing heart and way can't be stopped by a past that won't change. I get it! Those were the good ole days! To which I say "When you go back remember you can't take technology with you." Living in your past without the comforts of today's modern world won't gift your walk with happier times. Invest in today. Let your moments of now be the walk in forward motion
I've always been attracted to things locked on moving forward. As a child I'd spend hours in the garden watching the water from the hose push direct down little ditches I created to study it's behavior with all that surrounded it. Life is no different. The problem isn't the cost of the flow in our chapters not yet written but rather the dams we build to keep us from moving forward and outward. On today's podcast I talk openly about how many people I talk with that are extremely disappointed with how their careers have played out. There are a lot of middle aged people still trying to grip the reins of a dream come true. The idea of becoming part of a career has ended up being a series of party time positions. What's keeping you from flow? Fear? Doubt? The lack of acceptance? We've become the generation that dumps friends so often that it's no longer important to build a relationship. That includes you understanding you. We're addicted to feeding our outside needs and not putting love trust and support into the mind body and soul that's been with us since birth. Putting flow in your life is a task. It's a journey. A willing heart and way can't be stopped by a past that won't change. I get it! Those were the good ole days! To which I say "When you go back remember you can't take technology with you." Living in your past without the comforts of today's modern world won't gift your walk with happier times. Invest in today. Let your moments of now be the walk in forward motion
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