Greg Wheeler
@gregwheeler
Idea shepherd. Story gatherer. Gold Miner.
Greg Wheeler
greg210.substack.com
Anticipating the Light
I was walking before sunrise when a rooster crowed in the dark. Later I learned roosters don’t need sunlight to crow. Their internal clock tells them: “It’s time. A new day is coming.”
That’s the shift: from responding to light to anticipating it.
In our idea work, anticipation means:
Catching subtle sparks before they slip away.
Faith Is Crowing Before Sunrise
The rooster doesn’t wait to see the sun before he crows—he announces it because he knows it’s coming. That’s faith.
Noah carried the same anticipation. Every swing of his hammer was a crow in the dark, declaring God’s unseen promise. He hadn’t seen rain, yet he built.
Faith isn’t just believing once the light appears—it
... See moreQuantity Breeds Quality
Observation
A photography study split students into two groups: one graded on producing hundreds of photos, the other on perfecting a single shot.
Connection
The quantity group grew exponentially in skill and creativity. Practice built their eye. Experimentation honed their craft. The quality group, stuck chasing perfection, fel
The life you’re not living is inside the prayers you’re not praying.
If we really knew the power of prayer, we would really be praying.
Prayer isn’t preparation for the battle— it is the battle.
May I encourage you?
Make some uninterr... See more
Brandon Robinsonsubstack.com
We feel better: awake, fulfilled, whole. By creating regularly, we access a new source of vitality. Turning an idea in your head into a tangible reality is one of life’s great satisfactions, whether the end result is a story, a photograph, a meal, or a business.
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Creating Consistently: What We’re Born to Do
Observation
The 100 Day Project invites: “Starting tomorrow, do one creative act you can repeat for 100 days.”
Connection
It reminds me of how I photograph the sunrise each morning. The ritual is simple, but over time the differences and similarities emerge. Patterns form. Stories unfold. What felt ordinary
