Speaker 1: It's one of the greatest love stories of my life.
For thirty four years, I was teamed up with Ernie
the Blue Crown Conyer. We were both called to this
collection of trees in South Charlotte, North Carolina. We created
a podcast called The Lyrics from Ernie's Forest. Now on
erow dot net, Aroe dot net. Enjoy the exploration stream thinking.
It's learning how to trust what is in your present
place of right now. To get there is going to
require some practice. It's one sheet of paper every day,
just a sheet of paper, ten minutes write about whatever
is moving through your present place of right now. It
doesn't have to be a TMZ style story. It doesn't
have to be a Dear Diary or a Dear John
or a Debbie Downer. There's absolutely no judgment. It's just
one sheet of paper, just ten minutes a day. Stream
thinking will sharpen your skills as a listener, as a communicator,
and as an activator. It is learning how to trust
what is right now. This is stream thinking today. We're
reading from January third, twenty twenty six. We are raised
to believe in the power of human connection. Nearly everything
that's reached the masses with success has been more of
a collaboration than a solo adventure. I mean, look at history,
look at how many teams there have been, or teams
that were unveiled many years after the success story. But
do you ever stop to recognize the spirit of lifting
that's also included in your daily decisions? Now, Ernie had
been with me for nearly thirty four years. He's a
Blue Crown conyer. There while I was going through a divorce. There,
while radio was evolving and at meant switching stages. There
when my daughter became a teenager and then my grandchildren
became teenagers themselves. My boy boy, Ernie thirty four years,
never gone. Even while I felt I was gone, You, Ernie,
were always in my heart. You are my Ernie Bird,
my boy boy. I am because of you, and I'm
so so grateful the collaborations we have in our everyday life.
We think it has to be with a human, but
nothing else when it comes to all things natural. I
live in a forest here in South Charlotte, North Carolina.
This forest has been a huge part of my life
since nineteen ninety two. It is credited for everything that
I do and who's been there with me my other collaborator,
Ernie the Blue Crown Conyer, my boy boy, if you
take the time to look around you at the things
that are not human, and you see how their placement
in your life has inspired you, has really opened up
a door of new growth has been there during challenging
times where you thought it's over. God, I don't know
why I'm even here, What the hell is happening here?
Think about the collaborations that you have been in the
center of, and do you give them credit, such as
my boy boy Ernie. Now do I know what I'm
going to do now that thirty four years have passed
and I'm on day number two of not having my
Blue Crown Conyer. Of course I'm going through withdrawals. Of
course I am mourning the loss of a seriously close
partner as well as a family member. Is that the
reason why you don't invest in identifying the other collaborations
in your life? Maybe it's music. It could be a
stream in a park. Who and what and why and
how is your collaboration that one play that gives you
a reason to step forward. I'm row and that's stream thinking.