He was in a tough spot in his life, economically, when a singer named Chris LeDoux took a song he wrote in 1981 to the top of the country charts a decade later. Other rough points in Pyle's life were tied to addictions. Hence his introduction to 12-step meetings and a new way of thinking. People in recovery have such a positive outlook on life. In other words, he began to take responsibility for his life and his actions.
Life has ups and downs.
But suffering over it is a choice. You can either dwell on your pain or put it in your past and escape into the next best thing. For Pyle, things have gotten better and better. In addition to his 120 to 150 live shows a year, including many in Unity churches, he has planned a busy 1998. Between songs, the two characters exchange the same wisdom in different terms.