I Pray (audio experience)

The Make It A Good Day Podcast

This is a podcast reflecting the single "I Pray, " recorded by Scintillating in 2019, available where music is sold. Here is the essay and audio reflecting the idea behind the song:

When I created “I Pray,” I had in mind all the various times in life I have had to become a “Man.” This is my literally form of, “I Pray,” in hopes that we as growing beings seek what greater cause we live for, often times the first step is finding it.

In it’s purest form, prayer is a formal and dignified request. It its is also used in treaty or exhortation. That is PRAY not PREY. The notion behind, to pray or, prayer is there is hope. In everything that I have every created, it has been with the hope that it provides an ounce of joy. Our cultures is in dire need of less judgement and more encouragement.

If you’ve never heard or know anything about me, I come from a broken home, poverty, depression, anxiety, loss of self worth, and experienced a hefty divorce all before the age of 33. I was always told one of two things: I would amount to nothing; whatever I did, it would be great. I’ve owned several successfully operated businesses. All of which I did the marketing, e-commerce, sales, and import/exports for…all of which I eventually allowed to see it’s next chapter. I have only worked for Fortune 500 companies since the age of 18, all one which I advanced to leadership level. I am the first in my family to graduate from college. I finished my Masters of Science in Psychology with an emphasis in Industrial/Organizational Psychology in 2017. I have had published and self published over five books. I am an example that having hope and having a desire in life can result to such desire regardless of the road.

Everything I experienced in my life, I felt like the world was against me. There was always a small voice that would tell me, “Just keep goin.” Amongst the fear of crowds, anxiety from tensive conversations, and an insecurity due to not understanding how to love my self… I was able to just keep going. Now I know, that small voice was my hopes and dreams I had as a child. The desires to be and become crying with tears to be heard. Yet, ignored due the the wiles of life we invoke with our selfish desires.

I learned to listed to that small voice of joy inside and now. I am a happy all the days.

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