I decided the only way to get my views out there was by doing a Blog, FaceBook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube, Hangouts On Air and BlogTalkRadio. This all started an odyssey that I began in March of 2010.
We all see the world from our own perspective and/or how it effects us as we rush through it. So, please take what I write and say as just another tour guide along the path.
The wit and wisdom of John Rakestraw…
“When mentoring, I strive to maximize human potential. I look for the that spark of greatness that’s in each and everyone of us… we all have potential.”
“Mentoring is that brain to pick, an ear that listens, and that push towards greater understanding and wonderment!”
“Life hands us the people we need… we just need to remember to allow them their growth and discovery.”
“Multi-screen digital space is now leading our conversations… we who grab this new media will lead!”
“Time is the hardest enemy and the best ally we have…”
“True creativity doesn’t stand in lines and wait to be told if you measure up… it grabs you by your soul and invades your life!”
“Grammar even knows how to control and vex Kings, Queens and English Teachers!”
“Discovery is the main ingredient of good searching for me… a feast fit for a broader researcher!”
“It’s not the number of eyes, it’s the right eyes.”
“Social media today not only shares the news with us… we also driving the news…”
“I thought social media was about me, me, me… but, it seems to be about them, them, them!”
“Live for today, build for a better future and rejoice for the past you have lived.”
“I’m a ancient soul… with a young heart.”
“Debating is the death of all conversations. We close our minds and look for ways to win… ”
“A true conversation asks for no winners… it only wants to breathe life into social interaction!”
“We all have the same amount of time in a day… the only difference is how we use it!”
“We share ideas… we share dreams… we share hope… we share our time… we share!”
“We walk a new path everyday… we may use the same old feet, but they still have new meaning!”
“A sense of humor makes me enjoy my sanity… green jello helps too.”
“To life we owe our respect… but for ourselves we demand tribute!”
“Writers, we are content creators, it is what we do best!”
“We need to manifest opportunity into the gifts we need and want for ourselves in this new season.”
“To love someone is to hear the song of their soul and then sing in harmony with them!”
“Reading is a long silent conversation.”
“Be extraordinary… find that passion in yourself to succeed! You owe yourself that!”
“Don’t spend time chasing your tail around in circles. If you catch your tail… all you get is a mouth full of fur and a sore tail.”
“I’m more than a number… I’m a human being!”
“Our lives are being run by stupid algorithms more and more… how we fit the numbers counts more then who we are and the value they give us.”
“Listening to you audience is one thing… actually hear them is another. We want what we want, but sometimes we have to take what we are given…”
“Do we wait for circumstances to force our life choices, or do we take action, and in doing so… live!”
“I love entertaining, engaging and being enlighten by my friends (those wonderful audiences)… a life-time of creativity is a gift I live every day.”
“Creativity is one of those highfalutin words for the magic I do… writing, hosting Hangouts and vlogging!”
“Our creative minds dream into life the objects we love.”
“Creativity is already there… we merely have to will it up.”
“When creativity becomes the norm for the world, creative people will become the norm.”
“For me… creativity is the first steps towards a solution to the problem at hand!”
“I live with my creativity rushing forward in high gear.”
“A true conversation lives… where humor has more worth than wit and listening more weight than knowledge”
“My favorite way to have a beautiful day is having a great meal and a brilliant conversation.”
“Don’t you just hate how logic and facts get in the way of a conversation flow…”
“Creativity is born out of the unexpected…”
“I believe that a large part of creativity is group, or community based. That is why you will see art communities out there… a place where we can grow with our creativity. Be it art, sciences, math, engineering, etc. It is the group dynamic that fosters the soul to create.”
“Creativity is the magical way we connect things…”
“Life is to short to spend it behind doors and wishing we had just open it one more time.”
“Creativity is inherit in our genes… it’s a blessing bestowed by angels.”
“Creativity is the food of innovation… we should strive to instill it in all the people around us!”
“I just follow the flow of my creativity… it has always been a wild ride!”
“The greatest part of creativity is boldly walking towards the cliff… and then jumping.”
“Are we saying that not everyone has the ability to be creativity or are we actually saying that not everyone has the ability to be original with their creativity?”
“Are we stifling creativity by putting it on a schedule? NOW, BE CREATIVE!”
“I gave up thinking years ago. Thinking is the death of being creative. It makes you all self-conscious, and no one likes being self-conscious. We can’t just try to be creative. We simply just be…”
“Dare yourself to be more, to dream and then to create. Courage gives birth to brilliance, potential and an enchanting existence.”
“I never though I would sit on my couch at 50 years of age and text people…
Nor get my news, weather, income from a typewriter hybrid with a TV screen!
I read Future Shock back in the 1970′s and I don’t remember anything about the internet or a network like this… I do wonder where the flying cars are and the trips to Mars for a weekend of golf and family entertainment?”
“Well… Romeo and Juliet’s love caused a lot of people to suffer, die and torn up a city. They were the Bonnie and Clyde of their time. I like to dwell on the simple love of Irene Adler (The Woman) and Sherlock Holmes… ;-]”
“I never stand in the way of creativity or sharp weapons!!!!”
“Once you understand your limitations, you can do many wonderful things!”
“The Internet…
It’s an area of great knowledge, wisdom and insight…. plus it’s full of lies, damn lies and somebody else’s truth.”
“When your mind and body are at their quietest, that is when our highest self, our Spirit does its greatest work. We can lift our thoughts and energy to a higher realm of being. Always find time to seek this place of beautiful solitude. Listen for that small, quiet, and nearly silent inner voice of the greater self as it speaks of truth, of beauty, and of your greatness!”
“It takes part of our life to write a book and the rest of it to market that book!”
“We all have our challenges and they’re all huge… because they are happening to you!”
“What the hell is a vacation… is that what they call the time between getting out of bed and walking to the computer?”
“I don’t own a Smartphone… neither iPhone nor an Android be!”
“Words have great power… how we use them can build worlds or stop a heart beat!”
“We can be a powerful force for change… we just have to choose to make a difference!”
“There is no post too small, no post too bold. The history of social media is the history of 100′s of millions of people posting, small and large, coming together at this points in history and empowering the masses. This is a power that governments cannot suppress. They will try and we the masses will find ways to post and to engage!”
“It’s not the strongest that survive, it’s not the smartest, but the one who can change the fastest.”
“I have loved and been loved (actually it’s love… like right now), I have lost, seen death, lived with fear and hate… missed changes and people, I have hurt some and been hurt by others. I have trusted and been trusted. I have seen humankind at its best and worst…
…and out of it all I have Lived.”
“I don’t make it my task to fix the whole world, but I do try to heal those parts of the world that are within my small reach.”
“Never suspect the truth to be apparent… always dig deeper.”
“We have a tremendous opportunity to build a brighter future for our world, all we have to do is picture it and make it so…”
“Our emotional attachment to our beliefs give us faith… but it can limits us also. Which keeps us from seeing more of the world around us.”
“The more we choose both fluidity of intelligence and transparency, we allow learning and positive change on many levels of our lives. This allows us to make better choices which serve both ourselves and the beautiful world in which we live.”
“Poverty isn’t the true issue… it’s how we blame people for being in poverty. That it’s somehow a life style that people choose and it angers us that they dare to need help.”
“In life compassion is a good start… understanding is the next and then hopeful action thrown in for good measure!”
“Theatre was a great way to grow in to my adulthood! I met so many wonderful people doing all those show, from Shakespeare to Musical Comedy. Follow your dreams everyone and you will never be disappointed!”
“Dare to dream! Plus, dream to dare…. We owe it to ourselves to reach for the stars!!”
“I think it funny how after 100 years of phone technology we have gone full circle back to the telegraph (text messaging). Everything old is new again!!!!!”
“Success is no mystery. It’s no ‘out of reach fairy tale’ that is only accessible by some. It’s time, staying power and faith in oneself!”
“The magic of life is that it’s all about a love spell from your heart!”
“GO FOR YOUR DREAMS and more… and don’t’ stop at anything until you’ve reached them.”
“Fear is CRIPPLING to us all!”
“The POTENTIAL to create literally anything you want in life is ALREADY inside of you. You merely need to “Mold” it into FORM. You do that through consistent practice, and consistent action. The more time you put into “Molding” your innate potential into anything you want… the more POWERFUL you will become!”
“I laugh in the face of fear… then run like hell!”
“Your success absolutely has to come from the fire you have inside… that’s the magic!”
“Love, we have to teach people, hate just comes naturally! Please take the time to teach love to all you meet.”
“Life… for the lack of a better word is wonderful! We just need to be open to all the possibilities.”
“When you run from something make sure you are not going to run into something even worse!”
“Change Your Double SOB (that’s BOSS Backwards!) Looking for that magical something that will change your life? It’s not magic! Join the Quest…”
“Follow your dreams everyone and you will never be disappointed!”
“Money is only green here in the States. Around the world it’s a rainbow of colors… Wealth knows no colors only numbers!!!”
“To listen is the greatest gift of all!”
“You know what women really want in bed? A good pillow! A good back rub! Their side of the bed! Someone to be there every night! To be listen to! Come on Ladies tell us guys what you really badly want in bed? I hope we men will be smart enough to listen.”
“YOU NEED TO OWN YOUR TRAFFIC!
I remember reading or hearing an interview with Bill Cosby (The Cosby Show, Storyteller and Comedian) some years ago. He was asked how he had become so successful on TV. At that time he was doing The Cosby Show, which was always in the top ten. He stated the usual things: good writing, good cast and being in the right place at the right time.
Then he mentioned how a few years before all this he ran into a young man who told him where he was going wrong with the branding of himself. Mr. Cosby looked at that upstart and asked, “what is it that I’m doing wrong?”
That young upstart looked into Mr. Cosby’s eyes and told him he keeps renting himself out to the highest bidder. What he needed to do was OWN what “Bill Cosby” did! If you own it… It’s yours, you have control! All I can tell you is that Mr. Cosby became a very wealthy man and control his brand after that talk.
The point being… You need to OWN your traffic and branding.”
“LOL… It’s Good For The Soul!”
“Remember if you can’t laugh at yourself, someone else will!”
“Hey you… over there by the computer machine… how come they call it a keyboard and not a typing-board. Plus . if it’s a keyboard… why can’t we type in the keys to happiness or life! Keyboard my foot… I can’t even find the locks that they work on! I was just saying.”
“Keyboarding… Is That Like Hangin’ Ten?”
“I was thinking… I know, here he goes again!
But really… You know the old saying. “give a person a fish and they eat for one day, but teach them to fish and you feed them forever!” Well.. how do the fishermen, the fishmongers and all the retail outlets feel about that!
Maybe that’s why Walmart sells both fish and fishing supplies. It just makes you wonder.”
“Are your surroundings slowly suffocating your soul? Maybe you need a quest? Time to just be you… sometimes we rush to much and don’t stop to look at our toes! Be sane today…”
“Lives with no purpose is like Hershey without chocolate, it meaningless!”
“We need to give our lives a kick start and give ourselves a passionate purpose. That will fuel you to reach that greater self and that greater goal!”
“Time is man made, the seasons are nature made… We need to get back to our connection with nature and the cycles of life. Our lives flow like a river, but we dam the river flow of our lives with regrets and should haves!”
“People will quickly forget what you say, they will forget how you did it, but… the way you make them feel stays with them a lifetime. Make those feelings the best you can give!”
“Marketing on Social Media can be a bear… don’t feed the wrong ones!”
“Relax, shut your eyes, take a few deep breaths and relax your body and mind. Dare to dream! Write that book..”
“At times I feel people want to teach us WHAT to think… I wish they would spend more time teaching us to think for ourselves.”
“In my case, all those “wasted” steps have pay me back a thousand times and has led me right to the many buried treasures in my life.”
“All the missed steps are worth it. For it’s the odyssey not the destination we should be living for…”
“Remember, No step is wasted. No education is for naught… Never forget that!”
“Every moment of love, hate, joy, loss, and the thousand and one other emotions will be your bag of tricks.”
“The guy I pay rent to is the one who truly inspires me to write!”
“Find the words, put them in the right order and you have a story. Change the order and you have another story… do it again!”
“The words don’t always flow… that is when I visualize the story first.”
“Self-awareness is the glue that gives all personal development it’s understanding, the processes that helps us all achieve our goals. We are in charge of our minds and of our results. When we reach beyond our limits, we grab our potential!”
“Writers need to write… so readers have something to do.”
“In a thriller, we writers are an active narrator… we heave, we pant, we run, we climb, we break windows, we scream and that’s before we even start writing!”
“Traffic, traffic, traffic everywhere! Why does it pass me by?”
“If a picture is worth a 1000 words, what’s radio worth?”
“I think we are looking for the first dot… and once we find it… all will make sense… until we connect it to the second dot, then it all starts over again!”
“We want absolutes… there isn’t any. Just awareness…”
“If Time Is Money?
And
Money Is Time?
Then
I Have Either Wasted A Lot Of Money
Or
I Need To Get Paid Better For My Time!”
“Storylines roll from my mind like little snowballs, before I know it they have grown into an avalanche!”
“The road less traveled is great for a few… the rest of us should travel the road where there is traffic enough to keep us with a readership, income and great interactions. You don’t start a business in the deserted part of town, you want traffic and you need numbers. Go where people are…”
“I write because these damn voices in my head won’t shut-up!”
“Writing isn’t the issue for me, it’s all of you who want to be able to read and understand what I write that gets in the way!”
“90% of life is just showing up… that last 10% is what makes giants of us all.”
“How many of us say… I’ll get to my dreams later when I have more time… it’s time NOW!!!”
“You need to believe in your abilities first, than those around you will believe in you!”
“Belief that you have in yourself, in your book, that gives power to that infectious confidence that you spread out there to your readership.”
“The biggest commodity in social media is… INFLUENCE. Once you have that, it’s all gold!”
“I write… therefore my fingers ache!”
“Get rid of the repetitive, obsessive thought patterns about failure and start living a life that is filled with passion and purpose!”
“Murder is a messing business… one stray hair and all is lost”
