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Speaker 1: Creativity is an addiction. Unplugged because we will always say

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yes to creativity, totally uncut because we all make mistakes.

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So turn it into a tool. This is arrow unplugged.

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I'm not gonna step on anybody's toes about religion or

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anything like that. But I think there was a time

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in life where I was blind to the reality of

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the realms of the moment. Is that too much? Is

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that too poetic? In other words, I had blinders up

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in my radio world where I was able to envision

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people on the other side of this microphone. It was

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in twenty twenty where a higher energy said, nah, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

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You need to go out there. You need to walk

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the streets. You need to listen to how people are

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truly speaking. You need to embrace what is the real community.

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See what they're paying for groceries. Hear what they're paying

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for rent. Watch them as they try to struggle through

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several quarters in a couple of pennies just so they

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can get a black and mild, but they come up short.

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And what are you gonna do? You're gonna go on

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the other side of the cash register. Are you gonna

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pay for it so they can do it again, again,

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again and again. We are living some really weird times.

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We openly admit that, and we have been saying that

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uncertainty has become the king. And in these moments of uncertainty,

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we're putting our energy into the hands of other people.

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We want other people to make decisions for us. And

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if we stand up and say no, do not treat

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me this way, there's always gonna be somebody on the

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other side that's ready to fight. This war about going

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back to work. Going back to the job just continues

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to get the attention of so many big name people.

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Martha Stewart says, go to work. There are those that

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are now taking on the great Martha Stewart. Hey, Sarah,

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this is the daily mess, a chronological walk through in

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everyday world. I am a daily I don't envision this junk.

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It's happening. And we've got to be able to create

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the conversations so that things that have happened and have

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brought damage to people's dreams and ambitions. It goals and passion, compassion, unity,

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It needs to be talked about so we can light

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new fires. This is the daily mess. Paying bills is

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a subject that hardly anybody wants to talk about. Don't

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you talk to me about that. Literally, I'm gonna be

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honest with you. When it's time for me to pay bills,

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I walk into this office and I put on music

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of meditation. It is just the softest, most mind blowing music,

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because I've got to be able to go into a

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moment of calm to pay the bills. It's an expectation.

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I've been doing this since the age of fifteen. Pay

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the bills, but it plays with my heart. It's still

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a very important part of the process. To pay bills.

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One must be available to work to earn what's being

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called today's living. One look at that, and one look

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at us. There's something wrong here because it doesn't match

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what we're wearing, what we're eating, driving and watching. We

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have one amazing, out of control appetite. When rent isn't met,

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there's accountability, a price you're going to have to pay.

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In most cases, that place of business is going to

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fine you dollars and cents that you probably don't have.

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Here's the part about being a grandparent that you really

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don't read in books, and you sure in the hell

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didn't pick it up while you're in high school or college.

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Being a grandparent puts you too far from how to

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teach the actions and reactions of those on the other

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side of your children. We can mention and or suggest,

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but ultimately the one generation difference doesn't have a platform.

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This is the part of getting old that really sucks,

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because when you're falling witness to your children's children entering

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their own space without the requirements of survival. It's a

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tough thing to swallow because you're standing over there afar.

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We offer, but the wisdom of many chapters keeps itself

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at bay because of a Star Wars energy force is

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much bigger than I You want to write a book,

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you want to get into that field, research the relationship

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between grandchildren and grandparents in this modern age. I see

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it every day at the essential job where the grandparents

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are taking care of their children's children. But are they

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teaching the valuable lessons of the requirements of survival. I

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love it when they how the children to understand more

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of what an ATM card is or what Apple pay is,

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But it does ache in my heart when they say,

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what's our phone number? Oh, I don't know, I got

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to look it up. On the smartphone. I don't know

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even parents do that. What's your phone number? I don't

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know the requirements of survival in a modern age. If

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one thing bad should happen, can you do it? I'm

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not trying to be negative. I only want to help

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open a door that will help you put together the

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tools that'll be waiting for you when it does happen.

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It's not if it's when sitting down to keep a list,

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to keep an open face journal, having conversations with your

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future self. Did you do this? This is what this

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is like? Now? What will happen if you do do

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this and we prepared for it. I don't want to

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sound like your grandfather, but I think I probably sound

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like a crimudgeon, don't I the grandfather that deserves to

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have his tires flattened out there in the driveway. But

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the goal is to reach to find that path to

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teach because it's very difficult to listen in this modern age.

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I just had a great conversation with sheriff Paula s

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Dance from the A and E TV show Sixty Days In.

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She had a brilliant quote. The quote was, in jail

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is where we meet people, see the rest of us

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on the outside, we meet them before the crime, but

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the sheriff meets them for the first time on the inside.

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And that's why they are doing everything profusely to get

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them their GEDs, to get them to understand their skills,

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to grow with them so that when they are set free,

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they're not coming back. But how do they get in there?

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What are we doing on the outside? That is basically,

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what are we doing on the outside? What should we

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be doing on the outside to keep them from going inside?

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The physical act of survival comes with a price. Another

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quote that I got I was with Newt Gingrich, former

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Speaker of the House. I was with him about two

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hours ago. His quote was, it's not what I'm saying,

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it's what you're hearing. That's a life changer too, because

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we could both be listening to the same story over

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and over again and come up with two interpretations. Things

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to think about as you build your tool kit to survive,

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to be a leader. Words I wish I could share

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with my grandchildren. On the other side of my daughter,

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I'm Ril And that's the daily mess