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Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Unplugged and Totally Unplugged March 31st
Challenged By Challenge
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March 31, 2021
For some extremely odd reason I’ve been challenged by the
word challenge. While handwriting in the
daily journal the word challenge didn’t look right. It bothered me deeply. I grabbed the dictionary. I looked up challenge! My writing instrument is disconnected from
Spell Check. Words move through me at
the speed of light. Until one of them
doesn’t look right. How is this
possible? Over the past 50 plus weeks
the word challenge must have been handwritten 400,000 times. Yet today, challenge became my
challenge. I did some research. It’s called Semantic Satiation. It’s
psychological. When the mind temporarily
loses its connection. Some people call
it Wordnesia. Semantic Satiation can
also affect our verbal abilities. Have
you ever stopped yourself in midsentence and wondered why you chose those
particular words? Learning to live with
Semantic Satiation requires awareness. Don’t
just let a misspelled word sit there. Do
something to correct the situation. Has Spell
Check made us lazy writers? I love its
strength on the laptop. Feel like
Indiana Jones while in a journal. The
search is on! Did I spell challenge correctly?
Here’s the reason why it’s so important.
One day these daily writings will be viewed by other eyes. Dear Future Reader. I gave it my best. Thank you Mr. Dictionary. What truly scares me more than Semantic
Satiation is how we’ve accepted bad spelling on social media. Especially on Media websites. Nobody can afford a human professional
editor. We’re relying on the computer. So many daily posts from the rich and famous
to Johnny and Wilma Regular Robinson throw down their thoughts without
rereading. Oh! And the Automatic Correct on FaceBook, your
texting device and anything else with a tech brain changes everything. Not just the spelling of the words but
sometimes an entire thought. Challenged
by the word challenge. One look at my
writing from this morning and you might see why. How I write says I should’ve been a
doctor.
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Unplugged and Totally Uncut March 30th
Today March 30th on Unplugged and Totally Uncut!!!
The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 241
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March 30, 2021
There’s tremendous positive energy in a forest long before
the sun elects to arrive. A frozen
morning sky that’s barely lit by a sliver of the moon provides a bass beat for
the constantly hooting owls. It’s as if
they’re the tour guide. Taking note of
your Now. Mindful of the presence of
where you are. On this particular
writing day it was December where the forest floor was brittle from the cold. Listening. Only to ask the you, “What if many more of us
did this? To arrive before the rays of
light. To listen. More than ever so many are bogged down by the
effects of a normal life returning. The
grip on our hearts strangles the dreams once held. Other people’s expectations are higher than
the way it once was because fewer people are showing up with loyalty and
dedication. Fight or flight? We can no longer say, “Everyday feels the
same.” No! Have you ever been a school teacher? Have you ever walked the path of
medicine? Have you ever stood at the
register at a grocery store and let items slide by? Waiting for the sun to rise. Waiting.
In the hours before it arrives the temperature is always the
coldest. Is that how you feel about your
present moment? The forest isn’t the
only natural creation on a planet overtaken by a pandemic. You are a source as well. You are a gift. A seed.
A seeker of light. The single
blade of grass that reaches toward the sunlight. The future barer of fruit. The page in a story that creates a
continuation. Listening. A frozen
morning sky that’s barely lit by a sliver of the moon provides a bass beat for
the constantly hooting owls. It’s as if
they’re the tour guide. What if the sun
didn’t rise today? How dark will your
midnight become? Be the light. Believe so that others will too.
Monday, March 29, 2021
Unplugged and Totally Uncut March 29th
Today March 29th on Unplugged and Totally Uncut!!!
Heavy Metal Christian music? Images of Eden has carved out their own path in a way to Thrashers and Metal heads can appreciate. Steve and Gordon unmask the the identity of their true source of power. 11am post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44096641 It's Monday! That means another Pod Crashing. Introducing you to hot new podcasts. Actor Joe Pantoliano and his daughter Dani host No Kidding. Me Too. 1pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44098952 Mandi Thomas started singing at a young age and has been classically trained since she was 11. She continued her musical studies in college and began teaching vocal lessons after graduation. Mandi has dedicated herself to teaching and has put her own music career on the backburner due to struggles with self-confidence. Breaking that silent spot meant being part of Season 18 of NBC's The Voice. 4pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44099286 Then we're Playing It Forward with episode 222 I Got The Shot. I had the recorders working while stepping up to the needle. 7pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44103326Stream Thinking: Cancer Culture
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March 29, 2021
The life of a daily writer.
If you could only see the words on the page. If you could sit through the moments required
to move those words from the universe right into your eyes. A lifelong journey that shouldn’t scare you
from trying. The day to day experiences
are how you tap into collaboration of me myself and I with the disciplined
agreement to not make it about us but rather you. The exchange is mind blowing. Like songwriters. I’m amazed at how something they happened to be
inspired by becomes the hook that we constantly sing. An exercise I do every day is something I
call Stream Thinking. Free Form
Writing. Give yourself only ten minutes
to write anything. To open your
limitations without trapping it within the avenues of expectation. Challenge your creative self to show up and
it will. It needs to be held accountable
for its presence in your life. My Stream
Thinking exercise yesterday put the creative mind face to face with this cancel
culture society we’ve accepted. Except I
call it cancer culture. It’s poisoned us
and will continue to erase from our shaping why we took form. I didn’t start daily writing until July 1994. I was thirty two. That’s a lot of chapters and experiences that
weren’t written about. Those risqué early
teen years leading into a teen marriage.
It was illegal for us to get married in Montana so we ran away to
Wyoming. She ripped up the wedding
license two hours after saying “I do.”
If I only had a writing instrument then.
But because I’m remembering it means I’ve probably rewritten my
history. Cancel culture. Repositioned it in a way that allows myself
to forgive the moment. Hey wait! The marriage wasn’t over! I was blessed with twelve years with this
incredible person. Would I have written
that sentence on February 26, 1981 at the age of 19? Cancel culture starts with us. In fact I heard a quote over the weekend, “The
only person who can cancel culture is the one who started the situation that
caused the cancel culture.” How many
middle aged men and women are like me? At 19 my teenage girl friend and I faced
a decision that could’ve led to a family.
I had no voice. I could only
experience. My only choice was to grow
beyond in ways where the collaboration made better decisions. I wish I would’ve had a writing instrument
when my face was buried in that pillow and the stepfather figure sat next to me
asking what he could do. The only real
time I felt like I had a Dad. Until this
moment I’ve cancel cultured the situation because the history of it all has
been too weighty. I don’t daily write to
live in the past. I study the path. It removes the cancer culture.
Friday, March 26, 2021
Unplugged and Totally Uncut March 26th
Today March 26th on Unplugged and Totally Uncut...
Nobody Else
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March 26, 2021
Here’s the best way to instantly get pushed away from a
circle of collected people, “Do you ever listen to what you’re saying while
praying?” No seriously! Do you ever participate with the physical
action of listening to what you’re putting out there? I write my daily
prayer. I need to know what was moving
through the moment. Therefore it becomes
a tool for another day and time. We all
do it differently. You might not even
call it the P word. But through that P
word a single sentence was placed in the heart.
I challenge you to read it seven times before moving forward. There’s more to this single thought then a
quick glance. I wrote or prayed, “No
sentence can become a paragraph without the participation of single words.” What?
In all things you do. In all that
you’ve become. You are a single word
aiming to generate just enough energy to create a sentence that will shape a
paragraph. The physical act of creating
a single sentence either generates the existence of connection or puts us as
individuals in a place of question.
Who? What? Where? When? Why? Without a plow to turn that soil, the only
thing we hold is wonder. So often too
many of us feel disgruntled by the dull of ache of being left behind. Mastering the art of building a sentence with
single words formulates a process of forward motion. An active process. In this world of we want it now there needs
to be a button that turns off your curious ambition. Victory requires laps around the track. As a 3rd degree black belt the process
of travel put me mentally in places that weren’t being taught in class. The first black belt was because I feared due
100% to September 11th. The 2nd
degree showed me a better path toward teaching therefore I needed to learn more
about the spiritual flow of the universe.
The 3rd degree has been the most inspirational because it’s
opened my eyes and heart, the path, the walk, the way, to trusting the moment
of Now. It has nothing to do with brick breaks, tournaments, forms or
blocking. The deeper you participate
your personal presentation the more meaningful the day becomes. No sentence can become a paragraph without
the participation of single words. In
all that you do in your present place of change and growth what tools are you
using to succeed that were gifted to your journey years ago? Without those single words would you have the
strength to be present today? Now erase
your ego and read the question again. I
realize in all things you are great but it didn’t just happen. No sentence can become a paragraph without
the participation of single words.
Thursday, March 25, 2021
Unplugged and Totally Uncut March 25th
Today March 25th on Unplugged and Totally Uncut...
Finding Your Way
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March 25, 2021
Heavy subject.
Probably because I’m spending time with Joy Bauer from NBC’s Today Show.
The subject is pretty much what most people don’t want to talk about. Not unless they’re standing in front of a
mirror or sending off secret text messages to an extremely close friend. Learning how to be mentally measured without feeling
like you’ve lost hope in the self you are.
You aren’t alone in this.
Mentally aware of the ability while using its strength to keep doubt,
fear and shame at bay. As a collected
group of daily travelers, we might have an idea of where we once stood or how
we dreamt but through the energy of experience there’s no physical way of
getting back to the un-tame innocent self that felt comfortable in the purpose
and plan of a world that never saw itself as normal. Not until it was no longer normal. Learning
how to be mentally measured without feeling like you’ve lost hope in the self
you are. I’m deeply inspired by the Mars
Rover Perseverance. It’s slowly and
steadily studying the red planet for the potential of there being evidence of a
past life. Whereas on earth, we’re
endlessly running in circles trying to regain our life. It only required three blinks of the human
eye to get from March 2020 to March 2021.
Which is sad. With the new variants
there are 16 states seeing a rise in Covid sickness. I’ve started hearing people say, “It’s
ok. 2022 is going to be a better year.” Really?
Learning how to be mentally measured without feeling like you’ve lost
hope in the self you are. You wanted to
get back to normal and it looks like normal is picking up right where it left
off. Atlanta. Boulder Colorado. North Korea shooting two missiles into the
sky. All while Perseverance is slowly
and steadily moving across Mars.
Slowly. Steadily. If it required only three blinks of the human
eye to get from 2020 to 2021, how many will it take to shrug off 2023 and 2024
and call 2025 the best year ever? Learning
how to be mentally measured without feeling like you’ve lost hope in the self
you are.
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Unplugged and Totally Uncut March 23rd
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