June 4, 2016
You have to be hungry in tennis. The best players hope the next ball is going to be hit to them. One more chance to shine.
June 4, 2016
The sun will rise again tomorrow and millions will remember fondly the brash boxer from Louisville who will always own the title….The Greatest!
June 3, 2016
“A dog will teach you unconditional love. If you can have that in your life, things won’t be too bad.” Robert Wagner
May 30, 2016
One of my neighbors used to have a beautiful tree in her front yard. Her Dad had planted it for her when it was nothing more than a twig and for years it seemed to barely grow at all. Yet, after a time it started to shoot towards the sky with amazing speed. Soon it […]
May 30, 2016
I’ve learned that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help. I’ve learned that writing, as well as talking, can ease emotional pains. I’ve learned that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. I’ve learned that you […]
May 30, 2016
Ed Wright is an avid tennis player who, at age 77, teamed with son Jody in our Saturday morning doubles league. Last fall, Ed was stricken with what he calls, “the Whammo.” His doctors call it a spinal stroke and Ed is being treated at the Craig Rehab Center in Denver. Recently, we received an […]
May 30, 2016
A well known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a twenty dollars bill. In the room of two hundred people, he asked, “Who would like this twenty dollars bill?” Hands started going up. He said, “I am going to give this twenty dollars bill to one of you. But first, let me do […]
May 30, 2016
Some people get stuck on the word IMPOSSIBLE while others embrace I’M POSSIBLE
May 30, 2016
Thom Ortiz was the very successful Arizona State University wrestling coach. One morning, he arrived at his office and received an e-mail which read, “I’m on my way to work, driving down Rural Road, thinking about how much pressure I’m under, and how tough I have it, and there’s a bunch of wrestlers running on […]
May 30, 2016
Once upon a time there was cowboy who used to be very tall. Slowly, very slowly, he seemed to shrink a bit over time. Oh sure…..his wife and children looked up to him….but things were changing. Cowboy Bob now needed a small step ladder to mount his horse named Ranger. One day, he had just […]
May 30, 2016
Imagine you are set point down in a long rally. You are fighting, trying to stay in the set with everything you have. Then your opponent hits a cross-court backhand off the net cord. You watch the ball pop in the air and land on your side. Despite your best efforts, you are now a […]
May 30, 2016
It was one of those moments when you are overwhelmed with the feeling of being blessed. It was a Saturday afternoon and I was raking leaves on the front lawn. Their colors—-yellow, red, and orange—-blended together perfectly. I marveled at the colors , and then I looked up and saw my two –year-old daughter’s face […]
May 30, 2016
“I don’t believe in frettin’ and grievin’ Why mess around with strife. I never was cut out to step and strut out. Give me the simple life… A cottage small is all I’m after Not one that’s spacious & wide A house that rings with joy and laughter And the ones you love inside. Some […]
May 29, 2016
Sometimes it takes a wake-up call, doesn’t it, to alert us to the fact that we’re hurrying through our lives instead of actually living them; that we’re living the fast life instead of the good life. And I think, for many people, that wake-up call takes the form of an illness. Carl Honore
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