I had an idea about a choice we face. Between choosing truth and beauty versus the negative and unhelpful stuff.
Stuff that was in my head, and maybe it is in your's too. It is up there, rummaging around causing all manner of trouble, sometimes haunting you and I, affecting our relationships, leading us down paths we do not want to follow, maybe reducing our wellbeing.
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Maybe there were others like me, wrestling with their inner thoughts, desperate not to take it lying down and fight back. I wondered if they too had noticed the rare silent balm of inner peace when there wasn't some ridiculous conflict in their head keeping them from their dreams.
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You know the stuff - the unrecognised mindsets and negative self talk that leaves you and I with untold arguments in our head and angst with our world as we toss and turn attempting to get some sleep.
Perhaps there were others like me. Despite all the loss, the grief, the devastation on the news, their pain ripping their relationships and heart apart, they too sensed that if they sought out the truth and found it, it was a beauty to behold - a beautiful day.
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There are stories worth telling - about compassion and revelation - about those who might have found themselves down a hole. I want to jump right on down into them with you. Why? Because it's the only way we ever get out.
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What kind of day would it be to accept the clarion call to have a hand in it and jump into the muck. What if I lightened up and began to have a laugh - mostly at myself.
What would happen if it were actually up to me to create a world through my choices - not grounded in fear or reactions to insecurity - but instinctively kind, compassionate, open and sharing? What if there actually was a world filled with truth and beauty?
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And so commenced the fulfillment of a promise, to myself really; to choose to look truthfully at circumstances, at events, at people and myself whenever I could - driven by the hope of a glance at the inherent beauty in life.
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It was a worthy challenge. A great story to tell.
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And so it began.
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Game Changers
Inspiration and favourites
that made a major difference to me, and to So It Begins
Writers & Authors
Harper Lee
Bryce Courtney
Tom Hanks
Stephen King (non-horror)
Aaron Sorkin
Rob Lowe
John Grisham
Richard Bach
Anthony Sharwood
What's Next
Bradley lives in a small town in NSW, Australia with his beautiful wife and love of his life, Linda - and their Schnoodle puppy, Olive.
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Aside from writing, Bradley is a well regarded education and self-development specialist. He has had more jobs than he cares to remember, been sacked more than once, held high-performing executive positions that while might have paid well, the cost was too high. His first job was collecting trolleys for a supermarket.
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On more than one occasion he has fantastical stories about being the 5th member of U2 , being on Aaron Sorkin's writing team, maybe written one or two speeches for JFK, and walked next to MLK in the Freedom Marches. When just a boy, he wanted to grow up to be an actor. He's not entirely sure if he's finished with any of that - especially the growing up bit.
After So It Begins was published, Bradley didn't do any writing for a while - it wasn't deliberate. He continued being a coach with TEDxCanberra - helping other people to create and deliver TED talks. But there weren't any words of his own. Those years were deafening in their silence, a persistent empty answer to 'what's next?', shocks of self-doubt festered Was that it? Just one book? I'm not ACTUALLY a writer.
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Nearly three years passed, until one night, the Tele turned to black and a lightning spark of an idea burst open. What if there was a world filled with love - and we didn't know it? There would be stories untold, stories worth telling.
