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The Stillness

–About Life, Love and Living

The lake was still with the only sound being a distant whippoorwill, a sound so haunting and sad that it was almost painful.  There were no ripples upon the lake just a mirror image of the trees along the shore.  The clouds were dark and grey with a hint of light peaking through adding a splash of color to the barren landscape.

This is the time of day I love with the dreams of the dark night fading away to make room for our hopes and dreams of how this day will be.  The silence was so deep that you could almost hear the symphony of the universe, music so deep that even the trees sway in time to its song.  Words are without meaning here at this time of day for we listen to a sound that comes from a place that was here eons before we came.

This morning is a time to listen, to feel the tug of life, a time to be still and feel the calm within us.  It is then that we truly awaken to the possibilities of our life.  The morning teaches us to listen so that we may hear.  It teaches us to be thankful so that we may give.  The stillness of the lake reflects the universe that we see.  It is there to behold and stand in awe for this one moment in time.  Embrace this moment and make it a memory to always be remembered.

Larry Tyler
Larry Tyler
Awaken the possibilities … then unleash them. After 55 years of successful retail management, I have returned to my passion of writing. I write Poetry, Storytelling, and Short Stories. As a child, I grew up on front porch storytelling. I would sit and listen to my Dad and his brothers tell these great stories that were captivating, and I always wanted to hear more. I wanted to experience the things they talked about. I started writing at a young age and reading everything I could get my hands on. At twelve years old I started a storytelling group and several of my friends became writers or poets. At 16 I hopped box cars and worked the tobacco fields, orange groves, picked cotton, and spent many nights around a campfire listing to life stories. Someone once asked me why I wrote. It consumes an amazing amount of time and I assure you it is not going to make me rich. I write so that my children can touch and feel my words telling of the ones that came before us and the stories they told me. These are the chronicles of our family and even though they come from my childhood memories and are deeply rooted in a child’s remembrance at least they may feel what it was like in the time before them and cherish the things the elders left behind. I am a Columnist & Featured Contributor, BIZCATALYST360 and I have The Writers Café, a group on LinkedIn that features Poets, Writers, Artists, Photographers, and Musicians . On Facebook I have two groups and one page; Dirt Road Storytelling, From Abandoned To Rescue Dogs And Cats, and About Life, Love And Living. As writers, it is true that we honestly do not know what we hold within us until we unleash it. When our words inspire others only then will inspiration return to the writer. I will spend my twilight years in search of the next story, the next poem, and the next image. I will take the time to enjoy my Wife, our Dogs, and Cats, and our amazing new home and I will always find the time to walk down a dirt road I truly hope is that I never have to read another book on Leadership, be on a conference call or see another plan o gram as these were the tool for what I did in life and not about who I am.

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    • I think part of the connection is that we both look at life as an artist as well as a writer. I am often amazed when we write something together it’s like it comes from one soul instead of two writers. Your friend and collaborator Larry

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