A Hand to Guide Me is the title to a Denzel Washington book. I picked it up at the library today. So far, it has been a great read. Denzel talks about three people that made a difference in his life. One was a guy who worked at the Boys and Girls club. His name was Billy Thomas. He ran the place. He made Denzel and other kids who went there feel special.

   The rest of the book is other famous people sharing their stories of who inspired them and what they did to inspire others. Here is a list of some of the people you might have heard of. lol  Hank Aaron, Muhammad Alli, Yogi Berra,  Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Johnny Damon (ex Royals ball player),  Jamie Farr, Phil Jackson, and John 
Wooden, just to name a few. 

    One statement that I read that I think is great. People don't care how much you care, they are moved by how you make them feel. Make other's feel good. Be their biggest fan. We all need that someone in our corner, even when we mess up. Especially when we mess up. 

    Looking forward to a good read. I love it when I find a book worth reading. 

   I wanted to write about getting today right, or living in the present. I know that I struggle with this and I bet I am not the only one. I can think of examples where, instead of being present I am doing something else. My examples would be on my phone at home, (instead of talking) , watching TV, (instead of listening, and the list probably goes on and on. If I struggle, I be everyone else does too.

     Why do I struggle with this?  Part of my problem is I mutlitask. I do alot of multitasking at work. Multitasking hurts my productivity. I can do it, but to really get things accomplished I need to stay focused. If I am watching TV and talking to Mary Ann. Mary Ann and I may have a lull in the conversation. The TV show is not that great so I go to facebook and read post. Now I am doing three things at once, and the one that is the most interesting (at the moment) gets my attention. 

     i hear adults talking about their children being on their phone when they (and I) do the same thing. It's probably time to put away the stones and not do any rock throwing. 

       Another area I struggle with is focusing on tomorrow. What am I going to do on my day off?  What project needs done around the house? Can I put if off, for another week?  What will I do when I retire? Should I get a job? I can make a big list of things to think and worry about. 

      The smartest thing I could do is to pray about it, instead of worrying. Let God worry about tomorrow as I do what needs to get done today. That was so easy to type but so hard to live.  I decided that i want to blog more. I think I want to engage that creativity side of my brain, in hopes that it will create new ideas for songs. So I will write more. Getting today write.  

     Come on. That is the name of my new song that is out. It is a song that I wrote with my friend Fletcher. Fletcher is a great songwriter, producer, guitar player and singer. He is a great guy and I am proud to call him my friend. We have been writing songs together for a couple years. 

     This is a song that we wrote fairly recently. I would guess January. I could look it up but it's easier to guess. Fletcher pitches songs to artists and some he has been releasing himself. This is one that he just released. Hopefully he will make it big on his own. Kinda like Bailey Zimmerman. Songs- (Rock and a hard place and Fall in Love, )

     If fans listen and share I could see Fletcher having the same results. Check out Come Over. 

Fletcher Moudy

    I am glad that I didn't make a New Year's resolution this year to do a better job on writing on my blog. Today is February 23 and it is my first blog. It is a good thing that I am a songwriter and not a blogger. They probably pay about the same. lol

   I did make a list of 2023 songwriting goals. Here is my list for this year.

1. Submit 12 songs to NSAI (Nashville Songwriting Association International for evaluations.
2. Co-write with five songwriters
3. Pitch 2 songs to NSAI song pitch
4. Practice a 45 minute song set for performing
5. Start performances in October of 2023
6. Attend Kansas City NSAI meetings once a month (it not working)

    That is a pretty big list. I will need to stay focused to get it completed. Good luck as you chase your dreams. 

    Neglected and forgotten. I have had many things in my life that I have neglected to do. Yeah, I still have leaves in my yard from the fall and it is now winter. Yeah, I did some but they keep falling. Now I will have to neglect them till spring an when it warms up. I can hardly wait. It is below zero today. 

    Forgotten. I have forgotten important dates. The one I am the worse about forgetting is my anniversary. The great thing about it is that my wife forgets about it also. Still doesn't make it right but at least she isn't mad at me about it. When I combine neglected and forgotten together, I think about the blog on this website. 

    I get busy living life. Work, family, church, eating, and sleeping. Yeah, it's pretty easy to burn through a twenty four hour day. It's like burning off dead grass in the pasture. It can go too quickly and you can burn up other peoples time and pasture too. I was talking about this with my brother and how Dad would come burn off his pasture. That is why we have Fire departments. 

    Just wanted to write a few things on the blog. Not totally forgotten. Just easing my mind.