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Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 415: “100 Percent Today”
“The secret of life can be summed up in one word…” —Louis
Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 409: “Hitting The Reset Button”
“I try and step back and look at other people’s religion. If someone wants to tell me about it I try to… Religion is for good. It’s not for battle… If somehow we could loose the racism, it opens us up to everything else” —Jeremy
Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 407: "Why Me?"
“Embrace what you are going through, and understand that sometimes we don’t want to drink of the bitter cup…” —Rod
Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 402: Nancy Advises… “Let’s Start From Fresh”
“I think we are nearing the bottom of a tremendous economic crisis…” —Nancy
Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 399: “Under The Thunder”
“I think love, forgiveness and compassion are three things that we cannot have enough of in our lives, we often forget to give to ourselves…” —Matt
It’s a thunderous day today, and I’m water-logged rushing to make today’s time stamp. Not a bad thing, California has been going through a rough a drought and the rain is quite a blessing. But as the clouds rages, I find my self-wading in my own storm of turbulence.
Seems that half of my audio of today’s interviews of 3 amazing new friends has gone astray, corrupted by a faulty microphone cable. My monitoring was perfect, just the signal to the camera went south on us. Or should I say, became all washed up (Oh Richard, please, for the sake of all humanity, stop with rain metaphors).
But there is a silver lining… Of our three awesome new friends, (Lidia, Cindy and Matt), turns out that Matt’s words were salvageable. So Lidia, Cindy, please accept my sincerest apologies. If you would like to get together to interview, just get in touch with me. We can call this first go around a rehearsal.
Matt, the stage is yours, and I have a feeling that Lidia and Cindy are OK with what your sharing. Your words truly do sum up what you all had to say.
Talk tomorrow my good friends,
Richard
Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 394: “Why Don’t We Quite Ourselves?”
“I am humbled to think of the possibility of future where people are serving one another. Not just because they are of the same religion, race or of the same anything, but, simply for the fact that they are another person who has a story just like they do. Everyone wants to tell their story… but they don’t necessarily want to hear someone else’s…” —Brian
Something about them drew me in. Perhaps it was the feeling as we passed on the sidewalk. Maybe it was my mind profiling those who seemed open and approachable. Or quite possibly it was the fatigue setting in as I fought off the day end weight of tired and heavy eyelids. But whatever it was, it stopped me in my tracks to interview todays “Strangers…” now “Friends,” Brian and fiancé Melissa.
In watching their interview, it is not a far reach to realize that Brian and Melissa are people with great conviction of their beliefs– smiling and enthusiastic followers of Jesus Christ. Speaking with ministerial excitement they express perspectives on sharing, listening and what’s to come.
Brian sums it up. “Why don’t we make it a future of looking outwardly, laterally, around us, and not just inwardly at ourselves; and ultimately, my prayer is, that we would look upwardly.”
Brian, Melissa, thank you for your faithful word. May we all take them into consideration as we ponder our own spirituality? For at the core of our discussion there is one undeniable condition. We are all of similar blood and have right to worship as our heart and spirit dictate. As Brian and Melissa have so eloquently displayed, so shall we be inspired to shine our light upon the world around us.
Talk tomorrow my good friends,
Richard
Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 386: "Dream Big… The Right Way"
“All things that happen in your life is designed… That God put people in your life for a reason… Faith is first… then it is integrity.” —Kenny
He resembles Hall of Fame’s Dave Winfield, Frank Thomas and Ozzie Newsome as he played for the Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres and Montreal Expo’s. Then there is his time with the Buffalo Bills when he realized that the skies the limit in playing two Super Bowls. But his depth is deeper than his athletic success, charming character and pleasant disposition. Today’s stranger… now friend, Kenny, speaks of faith, respect, community, love and culture.
With the confidence of a seasoned coach he encourages us to dream big… the right way.
He quotes, “That is all I know how to do.”