August 14, 2020
What is it like to not be a daily writer? To be in this huge moment caused by a global pandemic and not feeling the need to jot your thoughts. Not a guilt trip! No judgement. I’m just asking a simple question from this side of the fence. What is it like to not be a daily writer? I compare the moment to the opening days of when I stand with tomorrows Broadcasters. There they are! Day one. Their hearts full of ripe fresh dreams. I find enjoyment in listening to what they think being on the radio and television is all about. Then I become strong in my message. From this day forward you’ll no longer be an innocent listener. You’re going to see and learn things that listeners know nothing about and it will change you in ways that you’ll struggle through because it didn’t match your dreams and ambitions. On this podcast episode the goal isn’t to push my writing beliefs on you but help you understand the importance of learning how to locate mindfulness and gratefulness with yourself and universe by a jotted thought. A sentence on paper that becomes a paragraph then pages of many. It doesn’t happen overnight and the experience itself will keep you awake at night. Every walk of life. Every business on the planet relies on creativity. You cannot locate success without creative people. We’ve got the description of creativity wrong. It’s not about paint on a canvas, songwriting, authoring a book and cooking in a beautiful kitchen. Every soul on this planet has a love hate relationship with the source of their creative self. We tend to throw ourselves into situations we deem comforting and blessed with security then complain about the decision long after the seed broke through the soil. I daily write to have a conversation with a self I was born with while being available for whatever the universe is going to move through me. You’ve heard a lot of creative people use this line, “Your art doesn’t belong to you. Give it back to the universe.” Being creative is a physical and mental connection to people you don’t know and through whatever you do at work you’re going to affect and infect someone’s life beyond you. Wanna mentally get through this Covid-19 mess? Layout your experience on a posted note. Yeah that tiny in the beginning. A billion shapes of inspiration are moving you at all times. Grab a posted note. Jot your thought. This is one that hit me harder than a brick being tossed through a window. While trying to explain my dark mood yesterday I took the time to ask myself to describe what our present place in history feels like. “A lot of time has been wasted going nowhere fast.”