Noise. The world is full of noise. And distractions…
Some days I wake up and it
rings in my ears immediately…other times, I was restless during a night’s sleep
thinking about what I would say to the noise…who would listen to
mine…sometimes, we dream of noise.
This week, I decided to
detoxify my body. Through disciplined consumption of fruits, some vegetables
and, protein, and other fluids, it has been my goal to cleanse my body of any
toxins that may be present in an attempt to jump-start my progress towards
physical fitness goals. It is my hope
that this detox will supplement the healthy choices I’ve been making for about
three months now. I also seek to remain
motivated and dedicated to the healthy lifestyle that I have finally found my
way back into.
I decided that now would be a
good time take a step back and re-evaluate where I stand professionally. I have recently become frustrated with my
position in life all over again. I see
the vision God has given me daily…it tugs at my heart every time I see a young
person struggling with the do’s and don’ts of life – with the relationships
their in, with the transitions that they go through.
The vision is vivid. And although I recognize the colors as mine,
and even some of the shapes and smells of the vision, too often, I place that
vision on the back burner to support the dreams and ideas of others. To promote music and events and people who I
believe in…oftentimes failing to support and believe in myself.
Through the use of social
media, I have gathered an outstanding network of people. Many who are visionaries and driven towards
success just as I am. We build
daily and encourage one another
regularly and I know without a shadow of a doubt, that many of these vary
people will be some of my greatest supporters when the time comes to buy my
book, promote my shows or invite me to speak to their youth group or
organization. Many have already
displayed great potential in being a part of the network that God will use to
catapult my vision to levels that I have yet to imagine.
Facebook and Twitter both
started out as a great way for me to network and promote artists/events that I
support but it QUICKLY became a whole lot of everything but that.
Again, a lot of what I long
to do professionally is based around social media. From promoting artists and
events that I'm involved with to networking and promoting myself as a
writer/speaker/vocalist, social media can be a phenomenal tool...
...on the same token, being
that I am such a transparent and social person, it is easy to get distracted
with simply being a "life commentator" (as I've been called) and
being "social" instead of focusing on the potential business...
I want every tweet to be
meaningful, that way, when people see me in their timeline, they truly value
what I have to say and not just disregard my tweets because I'm talking about
what I made for dinner...
If I am to build a brand and
use social media as a means of building that, then, it needs to be more
purposeful...
Communication.
“Everything is driven my
communication. We are constantly talking
to each other…determined to be heard.
“The enemy has us so busy communicating with each other, that he’s using
systems to make us talk to each other…” and in turn, we’re failing to
communicate with God.
Our communication with each
other is an expensive trick…we’re being charged to talk to each other. It’s costly to keep speaking to each other
and even more costly to not speak to God.
