Speaker 1: Creativity. It's an addiction unplugged because we will always say
yes to creativity, totally uncut because we all make mistakes,
so turn it into a tool. This is arrow unplugged.
I think one of the most interesting things about being
a daily writer isn't always connected to the from out
of nowhere moments. I'm blessed to share a lot of
conversations with multiple styles of writers and authors, most right
because it's their job. It's how they've agreed with family
and publishers to dedicate a certain amount of their time
to reach readers. Those from out of nowhere moments lead
to characters being energized and or created in ways that
catches the creative mind off guard. Journaling is only different
because as long as we're alive, the story never ends.
You don't have to relinquish any characters. And if you
want to write off a friend or a family member,
you just stop talking about them. The story does install.
As a journal writer, you're always open, Your heart is
always touching a new series of paths. Hey serow, this
is the daily mess, a chronological walk through in everyday world.
I am that daily writer. The story continues and being
a witness of life gives you that opportunity to see
the story, to see the path, to experience the moments,
even if they're coming from out of nowhere. It's something
that you can put on a page. This is the
daily mess. When people that know you make it known
that you aren't smiling, have you been in those moments
well being transparent while in public, I'm known to put
on display the candy coated plastic bathroom mirror smile. You
know what I'm talking about. It's not somewhat real, nor
is it fake. It's just there. It's part of what
we call in radio the nervous laugh. You know, those
people that laugh or smile when really nobody else is
doing it with them. I explained to the person that
I was currently caught up without a smile because my
mind was in two completely different places on making sure
that I got the right lottery tickets for them, and
I had a tip bill full of money in an
open space behind me. I didn't want someone to sneak
up and grab a fist full of dollars. Oh, she understood,
but I didn't. Rarely do I carry two types of stress,
such as that the right lottery ticket and a wide
open till it was very stressful and I was wearing it.
Those moments where somebody catches you in the reality of
your realm of what is right now. It's like they
want to talk about it because it's like, ahha, got you,
got you. I knew you weren't that happy guy all
the time. The candy coded plastic bathroom meer smile came
to me back in the nineteen nineties when I said,
no matter what I am moving through mentally, the outside
world cannot see it. Therefore I wrote about the candy
coded plastic bathroom meer smile. I put it in two
of my books because I want readers and I want
people to understand that you don't have to display what
you feel. One of my pet peeves people who cross
their arms. You've just closed yourself off to the whole world,
or you don't make eye contact. You're trying to be liked,
you're trying to be accepted, but when everything about your
body language is telling us, ooh, don't go there. The
thing is is that I am that guy that will
go there. Last night, at about man, it must have
been about eight o'clock, we had a woman that was
very suspicious in the store. I mean very suspicious doing
those things that pretty much set themselves up as a runner,
somebody who's going to fill their grocery store cart full
of groceries and then run for the door. Because we're
all trained not to do anything. Do not do anything,
Let them go. Your name is not on the building.
So we were watching her not only for one hour
or two, but went into three hours. And I was
about ready to leave at ten pm and I said,
wait a second, we're doing this all wrong. I've got
to go get in a conversation. I got to know
what is going on here, because we shut off one
side of the store and the other side had the guard,
so he was the one that is trained to do
what he was supposed to do. And in that moment
of now, I said, I've got to go get engaged
in a conversation, because in my training that's what we're told,
get into a conversation and then guide them to a register.
I heard one of the most beautiful stories by going
up and having that conversation. My thoughts were, tell me
something about you. You've got to be kidding. Really, you
experienced that you become engaged in their journey and within
about fifteen minutes, all of the groceries were paid for
and she was on her way. We went from assuming
that she was going to be a runner because everything
everything about her, and that card said this person's going
to run to somebody who paid everything off, and we
all went home. The candy coated plastic bathroom mirror smile.
It's going to get you into a situation of peace,
but there's always going to be somebody that's watching for
you to frown, and that's where you You've got to
be able to be ready for truth. I'm Maril, and
that's the daily mess