Bloggin 365: Day 12

This is a repost of a Bangin Beats newsletter article. Dream bigger! REL, dream bigger! What I’m about to share with you is not just about material things; material things are just part of the equation. Let me start this way; REL, dream bigger! Now; [insert your name] _____________, dream bigger! Almost two years ago I moved into a luxury apartment from the (finished) basement of my momma’s house. While looking at one of the empty rooms of this (considerable) living conditions improvement I envisioned, in finished fashion, The Garden (my music production studio). To the naked eye there was one window, four walls and beige carpet; but, I could see The Garden where every track on the website has been created. I envisioned it in its final form even when the room was empty. I saw all of the equipment, most of it still un-purchased, and where it would ultimately be. I saw the lighting, the book shelves and even the painting I created for the wall behind my mix position. This all came through vision before actuality; thought before manifestation.

Today I drive a Mercedes E320, I have a two month old beat website that my good friend and webmaster Rick Brock and I first conceptualized over two years ago. BanginBeatsByREL.com is here now along with something born after the fact; a newsletter with 89 (so far) subscribers.

I took a six year break from music after producing 12 albums and hundreds of demos. I thought I was done with music. Why? Because, while I’ve never been a millionaire, I’ve traveled to other countries and tasted the fruits of success, performed on stages and got what I thought I wanted (money and stuff) yet found myself unsatisfied.

The Word says “Without vision the people perish”. No vision, no dream, equals stagnation! (I added that last part, thehehehehehe). While I could have gotten more things and gone more places, I now recognize my desires were immature and my vision was limited.

I didn’t know how to see beyond myself. My question to myself: what will I give for all I get? How can I serve? Hummmmmmm. Dream bigger!

I’m basically continuing my career now after the six year pause with a clearer vision, and the results I’m getting are a byproduct of dreaming the dream and walking it out bigger. I never realized how easy it was to acquire things until I lost them and made a decision to get them back and then did the work.

What is the work? Dream bigger, tap into the passion; the “why” of it all. That for me means rapping, producing tracks and writing, whether it be songs, poetry, or my first book (writing it!) And, it is doing those things that I clearly see that I am to do like when I saw The Garden in the empty room.

These things give pleasure to me and others. I’ve seen in my own life what I can accomplish when I continue to dream bigger.

These are things I’ve never done: won a Grammy or an Oscar; written a best-selling book; spoken life inspiring words to a room filled with 10,000 listeners; saved a life with a touch of my hand and my presence; said “I do” to a woman; or looked back on my life and said I believe I have given my all.

I will do all of these things! And lives will be made better because I did! Now, dream bigger!

God was here today! REL.