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Speaker 1: I write in a forest. I go in there to

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do nothing but listen. What started at the Billigram Library

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in twenty fifteen, right here in Charlotte, North Carolina, has

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evolved into a lifelong commitment and journey. There's always something

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moving through each and every one of us. It's our calling.

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These are my words. These are the lyrics from Billy's Forest,

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Chapter number three hundred thirty three, September tenth, twenty twenty two.

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The sound of rain in this forest. So often we

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use YouTube to create the peaceful behavior of falling water.

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It helps us sleep or find us peace of mind.

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But this new day, we're blessed with real rain. Jokingly,

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I've said, nature has started its process of washing away

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the summer's graffiti. In a matter of weeks, all that

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was once green will become gold, red, brown, and other

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colors not yet named. The passing of time requires us

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to accept the rain, for all things cannot live beyond

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their unspoken lifetime. There's just something special within the sounds

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of that gentle rain. As it brings its place and

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purpose into play, It's almost like a whisper from heaven.

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There shall be peace, for in this moment of now

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your roots will gather the energy while the sun waits

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to warm your hearty soul so deep. And it's the

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rain that has brought such a thought here. Allow it

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to be heard in everything that you do. As a child,

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I did not like the rain, especially thunderstorms, growing up

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in the state of Montana. Just didn't like it. I

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was afraid of it. All I saw as a child

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were the floods from the Yellowstone River that goes through Billings, Montana.

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When it rained, the river would flood. So therefore I

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feared that the floods would eventually reach my home, and

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during those summertime thunderstorms, I would run to my bedroom

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and hide with earphones on my head and John Denver

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plane in my ears. I always believe that was the

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reason why I chose to get into radio, because once

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these eares zones go on, I disappear from the reality

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of what is now. But as I've grown older, I

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accept the sounds of rain because I believe it's a

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language all its own. The question is, do you understand

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the sound of rain? What do you feel in those

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moments of a downpour versus just a sprinkle. There's something

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in the moment of now when water does fall from

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the sky, I watch as the trees expand their branches

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and their leaves. Deer don't run away. I see the

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hawk flying when there's rain. There's something very magical or

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spiritual when it begins to rain, and for it to

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bring calm to our hearts so that we can sleep

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at night. That's amazing positive energy. It's almost like Mother

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Nature is saying, shhh, be calm, be filled with rest.

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Allow me to speak to your silences. By Marril. These

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are not my words. These are the lyrics from Billy's Forest.