My readings this year have renewed my passion for seeing the unseen, finding out what has made the difference in people’s lives, and discovering more and more ways to make the music of our lives.
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Hopefully you are too.
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First, set your intention.
Then…
Speak it.
Name it.
Declare it.
Write it.
Proclaim it.
Do whatever must be done for it to be set, known, seen, and held in the light.
Then be intentional.
Robbie is best know for his career as a songwriter, recording artist & worship leader. Founding the Robbie Seay Band in 2001, RSB has released 7 albums including the critically acclaimed 2007 EMI release “Give Yourself Away”. Songs from these recordings have been featured in multiple tv shows and movies including American Idol, One Tree Hill & numerous shows on the ABC network.
In this episode, we talk about Robbie’s life as a singer-songwriter as well as rise role as a father, husband, and campus pastor.
Be sure to support Robbie’s art and work at http://www.robbieseayband.com/.
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Episode 18 is a short and sweet riff on this excerpt below from one of Rumi’s poems that I read this week and had to share!
Friends, we are traveling together.
Throw off your tiredness. Let me show you
one tiny spot of the beauty that cannot be spoken.
I am like an ant that has gotten into the granary,
ludicrously happy, and trying to lug out
a grain that is way too big.
Rumi
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You can approach your moments and your days with one of two postures.
The first posture is one of multiplication. Here you seek to enlarge your worldview, raise up those around you, experience and pursue growth, and increase your overall awareness. Another aspect of beauty also unfolds simultaneously here as you grow your capacities which further insures your ability to hold MORE of your approaching experiences. If you were to graph this posture, the trajectory would be up and to the right via hand-holding unity. If you were to pie chart this posture, the entire pie would be growing, not just your piece/good/worldview.
The other choice is a posture of division. Here, everything becomes an opportunity for some form of divisive warfare with opinionated guns shooting scare tactic bullets. The major problem here is that not only are you dividing everything and everybody, but you also are divided…which means we don’t get ALL of you.
Question: Why would you choose to ‘divvy’ out nametags showcasing another’s difference over handing out permission slips encouraging one’s divine uniqueness?
Alas, may we be the kind of people that multiply, enlarge, and grow those we come into contact with.
Ashton.Gustafson 