1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: Creativity is an addiction, unplugged because we will always say 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:07,519 yes to creativity, totally uncut because we all make mistakes. 3 00:00:07,719 --> 00:00:10,759 So turn it into a tool. This is arrow, unplugged 4 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:14,080 stream thinking, learning how to trust what is in your 5 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:18,000 presence now. To get there requires some practice, some patience. 6 00:00:18,679 --> 00:00:22,760 My exercise each day is one sheet of paper. Ten minutes. 7 00:00:22,839 --> 00:00:26,399 That's it. Write about whatever is moving through your presence 8 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:31,480 of right now, with absolutely no judgment. Stream thinking sharpens 9 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:34,560 your skills as a listener, as a communicator, and as 10 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:38,200 an activator. Learning how to trust what is right now. 11 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:42,039 This is stream thinking today. We're reading from May twenty seventh, 12 00:00:42,039 --> 00:00:46,079 twenty twenty three. I call it living the life on 13 00:00:46,119 --> 00:00:49,359 the Google calendar. Basically fill in the blanks, baby. I 14 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:53,280 rarely ever say no to another opportunity. It's who I've 15 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:56,840 always been. I mean to say, yeah, I did. It 16 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:00,359 is an honor and an educational tool. He's been a 17 00:01:00,359 --> 00:01:04,079 part of my journey. I never know where I'm growing. Therefore, 18 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:07,400 I call it the great Mystery. I'm not saying it's 19 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:10,480 a good or a bad decision, but it's allowing the 20 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:14,879 system of living and thinking to be available every day, 21 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:20,560 to be a different experience. I like that it's never mundane. 22 00:01:21,159 --> 00:01:23,599 I might be exhausted and weirded out by not knowing 23 00:01:23,599 --> 00:01:25,159 what day of the week it is, but I just 24 00:01:25,239 --> 00:01:29,640 know that I lived up to my Google calendar's expectation. Oh, 25 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:32,719 I'd say it's borderline addiction, the need to always have 26 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,280 something to do. How many people do you know in 27 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:39,719 your personal life that just consistently tell you how much 28 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:43,359 they hate their job. When I hear that from people, 29 00:01:43,799 --> 00:01:46,920 I always remind them you made a choice to come 30 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:49,959 to work today, and in that choice, the one that 31 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:54,200 you championed, you're adding darkness to it by saying I 32 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:58,840 don't like the choices that you made. Dig beyond your 33 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:03,280 personal outer life personality. You've got to understand that no 34 00:02:03,319 --> 00:02:05,760 matter what you do in your day, be it a 35 00:02:05,799 --> 00:02:08,400 Google calendar life like mine, or just go to the 36 00:02:08,439 --> 00:02:11,120 same job every day, the same time, in the same 37 00:02:11,199 --> 00:02:15,280 car on the same highway, that you made a choice, 38 00:02:16,319 --> 00:02:19,800 believe in that choice. You're doing it. Why, Well, you've 39 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:21,840 got bills to pay, You've got things that you need 40 00:02:21,879 --> 00:02:24,000 to buy, you need to fix things up around the house. 41 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:28,479 I understand that, but you still made a choice. You 42 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:32,400 were still the leader in this battle of growing forward. 43 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:36,280 Trusting that choice is a very difficult thing. That's why 44 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:38,599 I became a daily writer in July of nineteen ninety four. 45 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:42,199 I no longer had control of the choices that I 46 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:46,639 was making. I was just walking through life. But life 47 00:02:46,719 --> 00:02:49,400 is more than that. You are a student of all 48 00:02:49,479 --> 00:02:53,000 things changing, especially in this present day of so much 49 00:02:53,159 --> 00:02:57,439 constant change, be it universal or personal. But no matter 50 00:02:57,520 --> 00:02:59,759 what you do, the moment your eyes open and you 51 00:02:59,759 --> 00:03:03,199 put your feet on the floor, the next step is 52 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:09,000 your choice. You're in control, not your boss. You made 53 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,759 the choice to go in now, go make the choice 54 00:03:12,879 --> 00:03:15,599 of being the greatest that you can be in that 55 00:03:15,719 --> 00:03:18,719 moment of now. But how do you do that if 56 00:03:18,759 --> 00:03:21,120 all you know is how to quit, or how to 57 00:03:21,159 --> 00:03:24,960 set things aside, to procrastinate and to not do how 58 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:27,680 do you suddenly become a champion of your choices of 59 00:03:27,719 --> 00:03:30,360 having a greater, better day without having to run to 60 00:03:30,439 --> 00:03:32,599 McDonald's or some sort of fast food place to kind 61 00:03:32,599 --> 00:03:35,120 of re energize what you think is a positive moment. 62 00:03:35,919 --> 00:03:39,039 Look for the little things, put your hands on those 63 00:03:39,039 --> 00:03:42,000 things that are invisible to everybody else, and say I 64 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:45,039 did this, this was my choice. Now here's the thing 65 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:47,280 that you can also do if you want to take 66 00:03:47,319 --> 00:03:50,919 a little darker route, when you have those moments where 67 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:54,560 you say, God, I hate so and so in that office. Man, 68 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:58,520 they're never friendly. Okay, you created that decision to think 69 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:01,639 that you felt that way. That's yours. You own it, 70 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:05,719 so change it. If that person in that office is 71 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:08,719 driving you nuts, then why don't you take the steps 72 00:04:08,759 --> 00:04:11,280 forward to share a conversation. Just go out and say, 73 00:04:11,599 --> 00:04:13,039 how's your date today? Is there anything I can do 74 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:15,800 to help you out? All right? Man? Excellent. I know 75 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:18,240 I'm a little bit busy, but if you need something, 76 00:04:18,399 --> 00:04:20,680 I'm here. Because the thing about it is, though, is 77 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:24,600 that in your choice, you don't know what their choices are. 78 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,000 You don't know what's going through their head and heart. 79 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:28,720 They might be having problems at home, they could be 80 00:04:28,759 --> 00:04:31,040 having problems with the people above them. You don't know 81 00:04:31,079 --> 00:04:33,319 what's going on with their banking account, and yet you're 82 00:04:33,319 --> 00:04:37,120 picking up on their negative energy. Congratulations, you can read 83 00:04:37,319 --> 00:04:41,079 body language. Now what do you want to do about it? 84 00:04:41,079 --> 00:04:45,079 It's your choice. Be the leader of that choice. I'm 85 00:04:45,079 --> 00:04:46,480 Marrow and that's stream thinking.