1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Creativity is an addiction unplugged because we will always say 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:07,280 yes to creativity, totally uncut because we all make mistakes, 3 00:00:07,599 --> 00:00:10,599 So turn it into a tool. This is arrow unplugged. 4 00:00:10,839 --> 00:00:13,400 While in prayer this morning, I whispered these words. There 5 00:00:13,439 --> 00:00:17,079 are times that we're getting only half the word. We 6 00:00:17,199 --> 00:00:21,559 need to be patient while receiving and not instantly spending everything. 7 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:24,719 You know, so much can go into a thought like that. 8 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:28,239 Instantly I had flashbacks of my early years as a 9 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:31,600 newlywed in Lewistown, Montana, my very first full time job 10 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:36,280 in radio. We spent every cent when that money came in. 11 00:00:36,439 --> 00:00:40,520 We were at the store buying everything, learning the fine 12 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:44,560 art of living from paycheck to paycheck. Oh, it took 13 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:48,399 some time, but we evolved. You know, life is no different. 14 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:51,280 We choose to ignore the tough times and the lessons 15 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:55,119 required for future growth. We all want those victories right 16 00:00:55,159 --> 00:00:58,320 now and then turn around and spend what little we 17 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:01,399 just got. I see it with those that are playing 18 00:01:01,439 --> 00:01:04,879 the scratch off lottery. Some will spend forty bucks to 19 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:07,840 get sixty bucks. Then they turn around and lose it all. 20 00:01:08,239 --> 00:01:11,840 They felt that moment of victory and then they realized 21 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:17,120 they lost one hundred dollars, receiving one word at a time, 22 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:21,680 learning how to hold on to it and letting it grow. Hey, 23 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:25,000 it's arrow. This is the Daily Mess, A chronological walk 24 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:28,760 through an everyday world. I am a silent wolf. I 25 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:34,200 love to watch and observe and learn from, take notes, 26 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:37,680 do research, and then come back and say, hey, you're 27 00:01:37,719 --> 00:01:39,319 not going to believe what I saw the other day. 28 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:42,480 And I bet you did too. This is the daily Mess. 29 00:01:43,079 --> 00:01:45,840 So what is it? In the beginning, we thought it 30 00:01:45,879 --> 00:01:49,400 was a bat, you know, in this selfie moment of Hey, 31 00:01:49,439 --> 00:01:51,760 here we are with these cameras on our phone. Do 32 00:01:51,799 --> 00:01:54,239 you think that we took a picture of this so 33 00:01:54,359 --> 00:01:57,400 called bat. We didn't know what it was. No, we 34 00:01:57,439 --> 00:02:00,000 didn't take a picture. We just thought it would be there. 35 00:02:00,079 --> 00:02:02,159 Next morning, we would take a snapshot in the daylight. 36 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:07,599 Nump gone. Then we endured night number two, it was back. 37 00:02:08,159 --> 00:02:11,719 What is it? The first step? Oh, we took the 38 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:15,199 picture and we enlarged it to see what it was. 39 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,319 We still couldn't figure it out. Maybe an owlet, which 40 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:23,240 is a baby owl. Some say it's a wren, But 41 00:02:23,319 --> 00:02:26,120 the thought of a bat is now totally out of 42 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:28,319 the picture. See this is why I love living inside 43 00:02:28,319 --> 00:02:30,879 of a forest. From the baby fawn laying in the 44 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:33,800 tall grass near the slow moving stream to the black 45 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:38,319 snake slowly climbing into the chipmunk's hole. Nature is very 46 00:02:38,439 --> 00:02:41,879 vibrant and always willing to share. As a human being, 47 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:45,479 the question is how much are you willing to give up? Now? 48 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:48,479 Two raccoons in my attic earlier this year. No, no, no, no, 49 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:53,199 that was an invasion, a very costly invasion. Spiders with 50 00:02:53,319 --> 00:02:56,599 huge webs just outside my door. Oh they're welcome. Oh yeah, 51 00:02:56,599 --> 00:03:00,680 the insect population in my yard not so over, because 52 00:03:00,719 --> 00:03:03,960 I love my spiders. We would love to see the 53 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:08,039 flying visitor in the daylight, but it's already gone by sunrise. 54 00:03:08,319 --> 00:03:11,599 So I'm asking that question as we go into maybe 55 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:17,039 night number three? What is it nature and its endless 56 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:21,000 amount of mystery? The goal for all of us as 57 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:24,360 human beings with all of this destruction around us, from 58 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:28,280 the financial destruction to the wars in other countries, to 59 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:31,319 the challenges and changes to the political system, all of 60 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:37,400 this destruction and nature is and bothered. Nature is willing 61 00:03:37,479 --> 00:03:41,080 to give its story to teach each and every one 62 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:47,479 of us peace, love, compassion. It's around you. If you 63 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:50,840 just allow it to flow through you, you may not 64 00:03:50,919 --> 00:03:52,800 be as lucky as I am to have a forest 65 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:55,080 in South Charlotte, North Carolina. This forest, by the way, 66 00:03:55,159 --> 00:03:57,560 was not a forest when I came here in nineteen 67 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:01,000 ninety two. We created this forest by planting the right 68 00:04:01,159 --> 00:04:05,639 natural trees, and nature came. Maybe you have a park, 69 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:07,919 or you've got a green way near you, maybe you 70 00:04:08,039 --> 00:04:10,719 live in an uptown or a downtown area. You know 71 00:04:10,759 --> 00:04:14,919 those are just as beautiful and as vibrant as a force, 72 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,120 because I love listening to the sounds of the city 73 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:24,480 in motion. Find your force, find your nature, plant things. 74 00:04:24,879 --> 00:04:27,879 Even if you live on a tall skyscraper, grab yourself 75 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:31,279 a little pot, put some seeds in it, and bring 76 00:04:31,399 --> 00:04:37,360 love and life to your journey. I'm Errol, and that's 77 00:04:37,519 --> 00:04:38,279 the daily mess.