OK Solberg: 00:00

I wanna again welcome you to The 405 coffee break, guys. Beautiful day. Get you a cup of coffee, glass iced tea, a bottle of water. Let's see what's happening. Spring wheat, not doing much. $5.13 a bushel. It was that price in the 1970's Not for long, but it was. 550 pound steer calf in the words of Paul Harvey. Wash your ears out with this. $4.71, a pound on the top end. Butcher Hog in Iowa, 67¢ a pound and a 100 pound. Fat lamb in Billings, a dollar 99. But guys, there's more, much more.

OK Solberg: 00:43

Have you ever had a day where there is so much happening that you didn't get all your chores done?

OK Solberg: 00:50

Have you had the feeling that I might not get everything accomplished that I intended to today? Have you had a good feeling about having a great time and you're excited about how you're feeling, but you know you shouldn't feel so good because you have things yet to do? Well, if you can relate to me, I'm telling you about today. Guys, I had such a great evening. I had a wonderful morning.

OK Solberg: 01:18

Like, I'm feeling guilty for having so much fun and enjoyment. Did you realize that is exactly the feeling you need when it comes to writing? Writing is about a feeling. You may not have known that, but it's true. Writing is about a feeling, and since it's about a feeling, it's best to write while the feeling is upon you.

OK Solberg: 01:41

So here's the deal. I have the feeling, but I haven't yet completed my 405 episode for today. What will I do? What will I do? And I don't know what to write about.

OK Solberg: 01:55

I had 14 minutes before my next commitment. So I fired up the computer and started this episode, got to that comma right there, then I came back. And I have to have this recorded within an hour and a half, and this is as far as I am, harness that feeling. Writing is about a feeling. That feeling is what puts spark in your veins and words on the paper.

OK Solberg: 02:20

Now realize that negative feelings can do the same, and those feelings will leak out onto the paper also. I strive to write only a little when those feelings are upon me, and I use the writing sparingly. Now, see here, this is why I love writing, because when I started this episode, I had no idea where I was going. I now do. What made it happen?

OK Solberg: 02:47

I'll tell you. When I just wrote, realize that negative feelings can do the same, oh, now I have a story. Ready? I loved my mom. She loved us.

OK Solberg: 03:02

She taught me and all the other siblings about God. I will never be thankful enough to her for what she instilled within me when it came to spiritual matters. But our mother had a thing, and that thing was this. If she was having a bad day, you only needed to enter the room and without words even being spoken, you knew she was troubled. You knew she was upset.

OK Solberg: 03:34

You knew she was anxious. You knew she was distraught. As I observed that as a young boy in high school, I made a vow to myself right then and there. I will never let my mood dictate the look on my face nor allow me to take the wind out of other people's sails just because I'm having a bad day. How's it working for me?

OK Solberg: 03:58

You ask. Well, it would be better if you answered that question. If a psychologist heard me say that, they might well say, oh oh, but you deserve to have a bad day, and you need to not mask it, and you need it to be expressed. I have many ways to deal with my distraught feelings, and they work wonderfully.

OK Solberg: 04:25

Like, it reminds me of a Bible verse. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God, and the peace of God that transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and souls in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4.

OK Solberg: 04:44

So here's the point of the story. Are you gonna let your mood tear another person down? It's a simple question. It's fun to have fun, and you can even have fun when you're in a bad mood, but I'm in a good mood. Hey. I like me. My wife likes me.

OK Solberg: 05:08

So until next time, as you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.