Speaker 1: Creativity is an addiction unplugged because we will always say
yes to creativity totally end God, because we all make mistakes.
So let's turn it into a tool. This is arrow unplugged.
I write in a forest. I go into this forest
to do nothing but listen. What started at the Billygraham
Library in twenty fifteen, right here in Charlotte, North Carolina,
has evolved into a lifelong commitment and journey. Something is
always moving through each and every one of us. It's
our calling. These aren't my words. These are the lyrics
from Billy's Forest, Chapter number three hundred forty seven. December
twenty fourth, twenty twenty two, Christmas eve Day, in this
forest in South Charlotte, North Carolina, the mighty chill of
winter upon us nine degrees. Yet if you look up
at the giant blue sky, it doesn't share the same story.
So much sun, so many places for the birds to fly,
no wind to get in the way. Yet it's bitterly
cold today and it will be for many on the way.
There's something quite cozy about being in this moment of now,
the processing of thought inside a cold snap on Christmas
eve Day, while sipping on hot caramel coffee. Looking upward
at the tree tops, naked of their leaves, they stand
like warriors, protecting everything around them. All that's experienced to
be placed into an annual ring. I often wonder if
anyone stops to count those rings anymore. It's what we
did during our childhoods. It was the expectation to see
how old this mighty, mighty tree once was, now given
to the earth for continued growth and exciting new things
for other living things. Nine degrees, so silent, the air, calm,
no stress, a place of peace, and I'm just listening
the preservation of how we experience life and mother nature.
Christmas Eve Day, twenty twenty two. You know, it's moments
like this when people say, do you ever get angry?
Do you ever have depression? I have things like this.
I document those special moments of spiritual travel and those
moments where you have received something from the universe for
future use. It's not just that moment where you're experiencing it,
it's that time period where you're going to need it.
It's almost like something has planted this seed in your mind,
body and soul. And you know how human nature is.
We tend to forget about it. We tend to hey,
this is all mine. I want to experience it right now.
Oh my god, it feels incredible, And then you do
have that bout with fear, depression, lack of concentration, and
instead of doing a red Bull pop of a pill,
smoking something or drinking something, I pick up my writing
and I go through the experiences and I offer that
to you. It's not about reading into something. It's not
about oh my god, he's bringing his junk to me. No,
it's about you. This journey is your journey. It's your
personal relationship with all things in you, around you, and
things that are going to move beyond you. Take the
time to document those moments, those feelings. I'll give you
a good example. When I'm first waking up in the morning,
it takes me a long time, and I think the
reason why is because there is an essence of meditation
that consumes my entire body. It feels like I'm on
a cloud and I do. I'll lay there in bed,
my eyes closed, and I feel that unbelievable acceptance of
what is in that right now. It's like your body
is going, Am I really here? I have to be
because I'm thinking, but I feel like I'm floating. It
sounds weird, but if you pay attention to the slightest
little moments of oh my God, save it for a
rainy day, I marril. These aren't my words, These are
the lyrics from Billy's Forest