February 10, 2024
A word came to me this morning on the way home from the grocery store. Imperturbable….always staying calm and controlled even in difficult situations that would cause others to come undone. In tennis, it’s Bjorn Borg as John McEnroe blew a fuse. The basketball genius John Wooden was imperturbable while rival Bobby Knight was a […]
August 4, 2023
A very young cowboy was pretty bummed when failing a first driver’s license exam in 1966. I had been really excited to try my new wheels…a 1949 Plymouth. Do you remember your anticipation of that first car…that Little Deuce Coup or 409 like The Beach Boys sang about? This morning leaving Mass, a driver was […]
September 13, 2022
It’s a pretty sure bet that The Denver Broncos learned something last night in their opening game loss In Seattle. You cannot make the offense feel like it’s in a fire drill on each series by sending plays in from the sideline. Just let the talented Russell Wilson call his own plays, take a deserved […]
March 18, 2022
In the summer of 2017, Sally and a very young cowboy were lucky enough to get free tickets to a Colorado Rockies game. It was a beautiful evening and a real treat to sit in the second row directly behind home plate. The Rockies were playing The Yankees and it took me back over 50 […]
December 25, 2021
‘It’s not fair’, four year old Ricky shouted. He knew the rules about bedtime at 8:00 p.m., but at that moment, all that sprung from his brain to his lips was that life is not fair…at all. Ricky was too young to understand when grandpa was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease at 58. He […]
December 10, 2021
Dr. Bob Rotella has authored close to a dozen books on golf and life. My terrific high school basketball coach, Bob McKendry, suggested I pick up a copy of Dr. Bob’s book entitled Make Your Next Shot Your Best Shot. I’m glad I did as it’s filled with tasty morsels. Since reading the excerpt below, […]
November 14, 2020
In these cwaaaazzzzy covid times, maybe we can learn from our neighbors in the animal kingdom. Evidently, golfer Dustin Johnson has. He has recovered from the virus and is leading The Masters late in the third round. The announcers say that he has that valuable ability to treat daily challenges like a 🦆 who just […]
August 29, 2019
You are the air traffic controller of your mental airport. You control the planes that enter and takeoff. Some people want to unload their toxic baggage at your terminal…they are like termites to oak trees. You deserve sunshine, laughter, and the divine assurance that there is a grand plan leading you forward. Surely, there will […]
August 29, 2019
Brad Gilbert was commenting today at The US Open. He referenced a player having a tough patch by saying…’he is in a spot of bother.’ It made me consider the spots of bother that come streaming into my life each day. Do I catastrophize them (all too often) or realize they are inevitable…can I take […]
June 21, 2019
Rob Mendez is a successful high school football coach and the 2019 recipient of The Jimmy V Award for perseverance. Just a guess but I’m thinking he is not too accepting of excuses from his student athletes. He proves that most all of our trials are mere trifles indeed. Being born without arms or legs could […]
June 14, 2019
Josh Rosen is the quarterback for The Buffalo Bills. His high school coach trained the players to incorporate a three letter acronym when adversity came their way. APO. Adjust…Persevere…Overcome. Love it! One of the greatest practitioners of APO is Conner Stroud who is one of the top wheelchair tennis players in the world.
April 19, 2019
Wise is the one who consciously and consistently fills a YES reservoir of efficacy affirming self statements. ‘Yes, I can do this…Yes, My effort matters more than the outcome…Yes, I deserve this.” Imagine if your internal reservoir had been filled…drop by positive drop, since the day you were born. There’d be no telling the life […]
April 7, 2019
It is rumored that Drew Goodman…the television voice of The Colorado Rockies baseball club will be leaving his position May 1st.. Those in the know say he’s accepted a job in southern Florida broadcasting senior lawn bowling competition. Who could blame him? At least he’ll witness some scoring and competitive games.
March 10, 2019
$300 million dollar sports contracts are becoming the new normal. Maybe we should apportion 20 per cent of every athlete’s salary over $25 million and gift it to a fund for first responder’s families who’ve lost a loved one. Or 30% if a hitter in baseball can’t break .275 or an NBA player averages a […]
March 10, 2019
If you want to know the truth, no one really wants to hear about the various ailments you feel compelled to complain about. They’d prefer that you just zip it and make the best of it.
February 4, 2019
Wowser…Gladys Knight gave a splendiferous/memorable performance of The National Anthem before The Super Bowl yesterday! Most people believe the game was a ‘yawner’ with about as much excitement as a segment of The TV show Jeopardy and that the halftime entertainment with Maroon 5 and friends was absolutely forgettable. Thank goodness for Gladys Knight!
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