On a Positive Note

Im a lucky guy. My bosses at Magic 89.9 are great. My fellow DJs are the best friends and mentors a young rookie can ask for. Show of hands: How many of you like your bosses and/or the people you work with? Let me see those hands. Don't worry, i'll wait. Not a lot of fingers in the sky i see. Which brings me back to the first point: I'm a lucky guy. :)

I host a radio show called "On A Positive Note" on the Magic, Sundays 10AM-2PM. It used to go from 12-2 while i spent 10-12 playing requests. As of last Sunday though, i've gone 4 hours with the good stuff. This is great for programming i hear, better for fluidity, more effective for presentation, etc. However the most glaring aspect of it to me is this: the responsibility.

On my show i speak of being positive, i attempt to inspire. I share stories of overcoming obstacles, achieving triumph, doing good, and yes, burying hatchets. I'm many things, that i know. But the last thing i wanna be is a hypocrite. I know how difficult it is to see the bright side when it's pitch black and i know the silver lining can sometimes be awfully thin. I also know that forgiveness is harder to give away than a pair of front-row Paramore concert tickets. I ain't sayin it's easy.
I ain't saying i do it all well. All im saying is, we owe it to ourselves to try. To genuinely try.

I've hit my rough patches as a DJ. I've made mistakes that i'm ashamed of. I can chalk it up to stupidity, to youth, to impulse. but a mistake is still a mistake. Now sometimes you pay for it. Sometimes you run way. But sometimes, when you're lucky, and you have the right guidance in your life, you're given an opportunity to prove yourself, to better yourself, and more importantly, to help others be better.

So now on Sundays, you'll hear this kid on the radio for 4 hours. He ain't the best DJ around. Doesn't sound spectacular, doesn't give away cars. But i promise i'll try to make your day seem better than how you initially thought. Because most probably, it is. I'm lucky. I was a kid with a dream. Now im a kid with a chance, an opportunity. And it's not even about proving myself, it's about proving that the right attitude is always the catalyst of everything good.

This ain't a plug. You can listen to the show, or you can choose not to. This ain't about me. After all, im just another kid with a microphone. This is about how much we practice what we preach. DJ or not, we all speak of being positive, attempt to inspire, share stories of overcoming obstacles, achieving triumph, doing good, and yes, burying hatchets. What's stopping us from giving it all a try? A genuine try?

I'm not an expert. I'm not better than you are. All im saying is, listen to the songs in the soundtrack of your life. If you're lucky too, you'll hear that no matter what happens, they're always playing on a positive note. :)