Arroe Collins Forest Stories

Arroe Collins Forest Stories

Motivational messages and stories planted in an open field of daily growth. Written within multiple forests in North and South Carolina. The empowerment of true growth begins with listening to the whispers in the wind.

Episodes

Vocal De Frag Episode 183 Time Management Isn't Time Off

January 11, 2026 • 5 mins
We will brag all day about the art of knowing and executing our skills as time managers. Are you really playing by the rules or just looking for an easy out? Time management isn't running out to play golf during business hours. That's conceit and self-serving because there's an entire team of people still trying to make it through their day. No matter how hard they work on time management there's no way they can get out to play. It...
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The Lyrics From Ernie's Forest Chapter 434 Spiritual Versus Physical Presence

January 11, 2026 • 4 mins
When what's inspired and influenced us to reach higher levels of peace and success is no longer with us physically. It's now grown into a field of spiritual presence.
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Forest Stories Episode Ninety Six The Arrival Of Forest Holes

January 10, 2026 • 2 mins
Thanks for being part of the conversation I am the Poet In The Forest. A children series I penned out in the 1990s. None of it would be possible if it wasn’t for this forest in South Charlotte, NC. I talk about it so much that I thought maybe it’s time you get to meet all that inspires me. Thanks for being part of the conversation
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The Lyrics From Ernie's Forest Chapter 433 We Learn From The Squirrel

January 4, 2026 • 3 mins
They can be one of the biggest pains in your life. Yet! The squirrel is a very powerful totem animal. Are you willing to listen, study then activate?
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Forest Stories Episode Ninety Four The Bag Of Shame

January 3, 2026 • 2 mins
Thanks for being part of the conversation I am the Poet In The Forest. A children series I penned out in the 1990s. None of it would be possible if it wasn’t for this forest in South Charlotte, NC. I talk about it so much that I thought maybe it’s time you get to meet all that inspires me. Thanks for being part of the conversation
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The Lyrics From Ernie's Forest Chapter 418 Apple Trees Provide Hope Trust And Fruit

December 28, 2025 • 3 mins
The apple tree on Larry Lane was shared with the earth long before we brought 17 hundred other seedlings to this itty bitty forest in south Charlotte. A single apple tree is one of the greatest storytellers but to get to it there has to be a longterm relationship of trust.
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Vocal De Frag Episode 181 Is It Stress Or Anxiety And Are You At Fault

December 27, 2025 • 3 mins
Constantly we are reminded of other people's anxiety and or stress. How does it sit inside you? Are you the end result of someone else's bad day. Because you are so loving and compassionate, it makes you an automatic target to get hit by other people's emotions. How do you protect your heart and soul growing forward?
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The Lyrics From Ernie's Forest Chapter 432 Silence That Services Selfishness

December 27, 2025 • 4 mins
A pocket forest. A collection of beautiful trees set inside an overcrowded human neighborhood. You can kill the trees to provide for man, but you can't steal the life out of a pocket forest? I've been in this pocket forest for 32 years and the energy grows with no way of stopping it.
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The Lyrics From Ernie's Forest Chapter 431 Time Doesn't Care About Us

December 21, 2025 • 4 mins
Creatively I struggle with how we can write something one day and we revisit it 8 years later. It doesn't feel like that much time as moved through us! How are we supposed to live in the present if we locked in on the events of the past? Preparation is the answer. What?
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Vocal De Frag Episode 180 Helping Others But Not Yourself

December 21, 2025 • 5 mins
We're all extremely guilty of sacrificing a huge chunk of our life in the name of keeping peace on your street. What we do for others physically takes away from your efforts and dreams and most of the time you aren't getting that space back. As long as you offer your energy to others they will endlessly depend on it. Breaking that cycle in the way of realizing your own set aside dreams.
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Forest Stories Episode Ninety Three The Late Summer Cool Breeze

December 13, 2025 • 2 mins
Thanks for being part of the conversation I am the Poet In The Forest. A children series I penned out in the 1990s. None of it would be possible if it wasn’t for this forest in South Charlotte, NC. I talk about it so much that I thought maybe it’s time you get to meet all that inspires me. Thanks for being part of the conversation
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Forest Stories Episode One Hundred Six Embracing An Unpredictable Winters Bite

December 13, 2025 • 5 mins
Thanks for being part of the conversation…Welcome to Forest Stories.  A series of short-winded adventures within a collection of skyscraping trees stuck feet first in Georgia Clay right here in Carolina.  It’s been a huge part of my daily writing journey for over 33 years.I’m the Poet In The Forest.  A children’s series written and recorded in the 1990s.It’s grown into multiple podcasts that reach around the world.None of it would ...
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Vocal De Frag Episode 179 Stuck In A Past We Keep Rewriting

December 7, 2025 • 4 mins
It's completely natural to base your life story on the interpretation of where you presently stand. I'm no doctor to tell you it's healthy but the junk needs to get out of your trunk. We play the telephone game with how it really went down. Each time a subject is brought up it's given a little twist. After a few years leading into decades... what's the real adventure?
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The Lyrics From Ernie's Forest Chapter 430 The Scent Of Death

December 7, 2025 • 4 mins
Living in a forest for over three decades introduces your senses to many different experiences. One of them being the scent of death. Pulling back the lens, what can we learn from a change in the atmosphere that doesn't agree with our visions of moving forward?
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The Lyrics From Ernie's Forest Chapter 429 Share It Forward Or Steal It

November 30, 2025 • 5 mins
When we receive are we willing to share? They say that when you die you can't take anything with you. I don't agree with that. If you do not plant your gifts received in life forward by sharing with those next in line, you took it. It was never yours to keep.
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Vocal De Frag Episode 178 We Need Mandatory Face Time

November 30, 2025 • 3 mins
Being a huge part of the digital generation has come with a massive price that's come due. Being physically disconnected from human contact has turned us into solo hot shots that rely on text messaging and camera phones to think we are united with all we come in contact with. That's not how we were designed. The new age of friendship and family has finally turned itself around and we are getting together in ways where we can smell ...
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Forest Stories Episode Ninety Two The Infamous Pig Lady Is Moving Back To The Forest

November 29, 2025 • 2 mins
Thanks for being part of the conversation I am the Poet In The Forest. A children series I penned out in the 1990s. None of it would be possible if it wasn’t for this forest in South Charlotte, NC. I talk about it so much that I thought maybe it’s time you get to meet all that inspires me. Thanks for being part of the conversation
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Forest Stories Episode Ninety One The Prayer Stick

November 23, 2025 • 3 mins
Thanks for being part of the conversation I am the Poet In The Forest. A children series I penned out in the 1990s. None of it would be possible if it wasn’t for this forest in South Charlotte, NC. I talk about it so much that I thought maybe it’s time you get to meet all that inspires me. Thanks for being part of the conversation
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The Lyrics From Ernie's Forest Chapter 428 Adopting The Snails Pace

November 22, 2025 • 3 mins
We're constantly complaining about how fast life is moving. What if we started walking and learning things at a snails pace? Do we really need that much information in one lifetime?
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The Lyrics From Ernie's Forest Chapter 427 The Mood And Mindset Of A Forest

November 16, 2025 • 4 mins
A man once said to me that his generation used to rely on the physical use of awareness to be able to predict weather and other unstablizing conditions.  It taught me how to listen to a forest.  Tree's collect an ample amount of friends but are you choosing to take note?  
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