I have bumbled my way through life with a reasonable degree of success, I think.

Especially when you consider the number of people who have patted me on my head and told me that I didn’t need to understand what they were talking about because they would happily, “do all of those difficult things” for me if I would just hand them the checkbook and the keys.

I never did that, of course.

Head-patters are always convinced that I am a fool-child from Oklahoma because I never bother with a written plan, a budget, or a timetable for major undertakings.

But somehow, they always turn out okay.

Here’s an example of what I’m talking about:

When Pennie and I began filling 21 acres in Austin, Texas with large, complicated, and expensive buildings, I was asked at least once a day,

“How long will it take to build all of this, and how much will it cost?”

I always answered with the truth,

“It will take as long as it takes, and it will cost what it costs.”

That answer really alarmed people.

I didn’t say it to be shocking or cute. I said it because I honestly didn’t know and I genuinely didn’t care.

When you don’t borrow money, you can take as long as you want to do whatever you are doing. Rarely did Pennie and I have the money to do the things that we chose to do, but we knew that the money would find us.

That attitude drove people crazy. They were absolutely certain that we would utterly fail because I didn’t have a detailed plan.

I’m not suggesting that other people should reject written plans. Other people can do whatever they want.

But so can I.

Planning is something

I have never hated,

But I do believe

it is overrated.

I cannot,

(but maybe you can)

remember when

there was a plan

that let you sail

the river of

your dream

without

changing course

in mid-stream.

Planning is a

religion theoretical.

Yes, I am certainly

speaking heretical,

but I am depending

upon your receptivity

when I say that I prefer

Energy and Activity.

But now I am getting

ahead of myself

which happens when you

leave the plan on a shelf

and rely on your Commitment

to an Outcome agreed-upon

and not some soggy paper

that Circumstances peed upon.

Commitment and Creativity.

That’s my plan.

Plus Energy and Activity

and a frying pan

because a good breakfast,

you will remember,

is essential to Christmas Elves

in late December.

Commitment

and Creativity.

Energy and Activities.

Keep your eye

on the star stationary

and do whatever

you think is necessary.

And never forget

that in your hand

you carry a cast iron

frying pan.

Roy H. Williams

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One thing always leads to another

That’s why big sisters have baby brothers

And how King George gave away a nation

when he said “No” to representation.

He did not not know how much it meant

for those colonies to have seats in Parliament.

Think about it. The cry of the colonies was only this:

“No taxation without representation.”

What if King George had said…

“That is a fantastic plan!

Each colony needs to choose a man.”

And if the colonies had responded,

“We’d like to send two.”

And King George had said…

“Then two seats it will be!

Because you people are important to me.”

The difference that would have made in history,

Will forever be an unsolved mystery.

But I do know this, and I know it for sure:

That having an open mind is a powerful cure

for avoiding problems that can spiral out of control

and haunt you forever, wherever you go.

If there is a moral to this story,

I guess it would be this:

Never shout “No” when there is

a workable way to say Yes.

Never shout “No” when there is

a workable way to say Yes.

Never shout “No” when there is

a workable way to say Yes.

One thing always leads to another.

1. I was speaking with Clara, the wife of Danny, one of my clients.
2. Clara collects silverwork made by the world’s great silversmiths.
3. One of Clara’s hopes is to someday acquire an exceptionally fine piece of silverwork made by – “The British are coming! The British are coming!” – Paul Revere.
4. Were you aware that Paul Revere was a famous silversmith?

The unseen silverwork of that midnight man was floating in a slow circle in the asteroid belt of my mind when the haunting voice of Paul Revere whispered silently in my ear,

“What would have happened if King George had said ‘Yes’ and given each of his thirteen American colonies two seats in Parliament?”

A conversation about what Clara collected quickly became a quirky poem that quietly abandons seven words of subtle sexual humor to move into the story of a stupid king who launched a faraway war he could never win.

Creative thought is not sequential; it is relational, a pinball that ricochets off levers and bumpers at unexpected angles, the energy of the unexpected, triggering bells in the brain and flashing lights in the mind.

Crazy Jack Kerouac had rules for writing:

9. The unspeakable visions of the individual

8. Write what you want, bottomless from bottom of the mind

7. Blow as deep as you want to blow.

My few lines of accidental verse soon became a song sung by imaginary singers who are currently touring the world.

You can catch their show in the rabbit hole.

Roy H. Williams

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