Even after I finished it, I wasn't sure I wanted to show it to anybody. It had been such a healing process for me that I didn't know if I wanted to turn it into a product, but I sent it to a few people. My criteria was if people got

back to me and said, hey, this is like moving and meaningful to me, then I would take the hit

basically and be willing to let people see behind the curtain.

Sometimes I'll write poems and no one ever hears them like they're for me.

They're always for me first.

When you create a piece of art with your audience in mind,

I think you lose something.

I don't know what, but you're basically like strategizing creativity rather than experiencing creativity.

So yeah, I finished this thing and it was for me.

And then I had to decide if I wanted to give it away to other people.

Hey friend, welcome back to the Light Watkins show. I'm Light Watkins and I have conversations with ordinary folks just like you and me who've taken extraordinary leaps of faith in the direction of their path, their purpose, or what they've identified as their mission in life, and in doing so they've been able to positively impact

and inspire the lives of many other people who've either heard about their

story or who've witnessed him in action or people who've directly benefited from their work.

The goal of these conversations is to expose you to as many people as possible who've found

their path and to humanize them.

And after hearing story after story, hopefully, eventually,

you give yourself even more permission

to move further in the direction of whatever feels like

your path and purpose, because what you'll see is that anyone who's done that

has had to overcome many of the same obstacles that you might be dealing with right now.

This week I'm back in conversation with poet extraordinaire Adam Schmolehoss, who's more commonly referred to as

in-Q, which stands for in question.

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