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Speaker 1: It's one of the greatest love stories of my life.

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For thirty four years, I was teamed up with Ernie

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the Blue Crown Conyer. We were both called to this

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collection of trees in South Charlotte, North Carolina. We created

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a podcast called The Lyrics from Ernie's Forest. Now on

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erow dot net, Aroe dot net. Enjoy the exploration stream thinking.

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It's learning how to trust what is in your present

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place of right now. To get there is going to

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require some practice. It's one sheet of paper every day,

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just a sheet of paper, ten minutes write about whatever

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is moving through your present place of right now. It

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doesn't have to be a TMZ style story. It doesn't

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have to be a Dear Diary or a Dear John

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or a Debbie Downer. There's absolutely no judgment. It's just

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one sheet of paper, just ten minutes a day. Stream

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thinking will sharpen your skills as a listener, as a communicator,

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and as an activator. It is learning how to trust

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what is right now. This is stream thinking today. We're

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reading from January third, twenty twenty six. We are raised

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to believe in the power of human connection. Nearly everything

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that's reached the masses with success has been more of

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a collaboration than a solo adventure. I mean, look at history,

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look at how many teams there have been, or teams

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that were unveiled many years after the success story. But

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do you ever stop to recognize the spirit of lifting

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that's also included in your daily decisions? Now, Ernie had

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been with me for nearly thirty four years. He's a

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Blue Crown conyer. There while I was going through a divorce. There,

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while radio was evolving and at meant switching stages. There

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when my daughter became a teenager and then my grandchildren

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became teenagers themselves. My boy boy, Ernie thirty four years,

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never gone. Even while I felt I was gone, You, Ernie,

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were always in my heart. You are my Ernie Bird,

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my boy boy. I am because of you, and I'm

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so so grateful the collaborations we have in our everyday life.

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We think it has to be with a human, but

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nothing else when it comes to all things natural. I

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live in a forest here in South Charlotte, North Carolina.

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This forest has been a huge part of my life

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since nineteen ninety two. It is credited for everything that

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I do and who's been there with me my other collaborator,

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Ernie the Blue Crown Conyer, my boy boy, if you

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take the time to look around you at the things

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that are not human, and you see how their placement

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in your life has inspired you, has really opened up

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a door of new growth has been there during challenging

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times where you thought it's over. God, I don't know

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why I'm even here, What the hell is happening here?

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Think about the collaborations that you have been in the

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center of, and do you give them credit, such as

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my boy boy Ernie. Now do I know what I'm

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going to do now that thirty four years have passed

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and I'm on day number two of not having my

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Blue Crown Conyer. Of course I'm going through withdrawals. Of

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course I am mourning the loss of a seriously close

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partner as well as a family member. Is that the

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reason why you don't invest in identifying the other collaborations

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in your life? Maybe it's music. It could be a

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stream in a park. Who and what and why and

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how is your collaboration that one play that gives you

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a reason to step forward. I'm row and that's stream thinking.