Persistence

January 4, 2017

Bill Walton was the talented and controversial center for The UCLA Bruins basketball team in the early 70’s. Some interesting facts about the 6’11” redhead. He has attended more than 600 Grateful Dead Conerts. Walton led UCLA to 3 national championships and a win streak of 88 games in a row. Son Luke is the […]

Fruit

January 4, 2017

Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old. Franz Kafka

Flexibility

January 4, 2017

Success is rarely found on the straight and narrow. It usually takes navigating curves, cliffs, and calamities to reach your dreams.

Zest

January 3, 2017

Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive. Howard Thurman

Gold Medal

January 3, 2017

My good friend Cheryl on The Gold Coast in Australia contends that countless adults wear a mask every day. They live behind a barrier that is self protective. At one time, they suffered…had to hide…ran away…stuffed the pain so deep in hopes no one could see it. It wasn’t possible to erase. Internal scars are […]

Bailey

January 3, 2017

Many of the qualities that come so effortlessly to dogs – loyalty, devotion, selflessness, unflagging optimism, unqualified love – can be elusive to humans. John Grogan

Magic

January 2, 2017

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark. Victor Hugo

Reflection

January 2, 2017

A very young man was enjoying a daily walk today. Scratched into the pavement in his path was a large question mark. Twenty yards further and a question popped into the youngster’s head. ‘What is the first and most important question GOD is asking you to answer this year?’

Tough love

January 2, 2017

Lynette Federer was probably the most startled person on the planet. She and husband Robert had been flummoxed by twelve year old Roger’s fiery temper on the tennis court. Being the most gifted player ever can present challenges too…like the belief that perfection is a birthright and uncontrollable angst when you fall short. After one […]

High hopes in tennis

January 2, 2017

Some might think it demeaning to refer to another as a ‘junk yard dog.’ David Ferrer hails from Spain and stands five foot eight inches tall. Call him the above name and he’d undoubtedly take it as the ultimate compliment. In tennis, it means that he fights for every point like Joltin Joe Frazier used […]

Life lesson

January 2, 2017

An aging man marvels at the seven month old child. He sees eyes of hope, curiosity, and…most importantly, wonder. The man contemplates about these things and wonder comes to his mind too. He wonders is it possible that he could recapture that same hope…that his days could be filled with excitement and curiosity. Maybe the […]

Cha Cha

January 1, 2017

When the world’s pressing in on you and life is hard, I want to know If friends are few and you ache for more from life I want to know When your favorite music no longer puts a spring in your step I want to know If you ever feel lost and just need to […]

Congruence

January 1, 2017

The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart. St. Jerome

Appreciate

January 1, 2017

Enjoy this while you’re young, son. At some point, that swing will be infinitely shorter and less fluid. That hybrid that you now fly like a supersonic jet eventually will end up like a paper airplane. Take plenty of videos now so later you can revel in those free and easy…take it to the bank…flag […]

Hindsight

January 1, 2017

We roll on to the next day… giving little thought to the last, Failing to appreciate that the key to the future is in learning from the past.

Discretion

January 1, 2017

A skilled juggler can keep not just three…but five to seven balls going at once. What’s your limit? Maybe this is the year that you decide that three is more than enough…that adding this or that activity is overloading the system. Trust your intuition. She might be the best friend you have.

Katie

January 1, 2017

Katie lives a top of the world…give it your all…no excuses kind of life. No wonder she seems so happy and fulfilled. She’s always sending pictures from paradise. Katie wears really cool straw hats in the summer but can be a little gullible too. Like when she believed a cowboy was attacked by a mountain […]

Truth

January 1, 2017

Playing it safe is risky.

Happy New Year

December 31, 2016

New Year’s Day. A fresh start. A new chapter in life waiting to be written. New questions to be asked, embraced, and loved. Answers to be discovered and then lived in this transformative year of delight and self-discovery. Today carve out a quiet interlude for yourself in which to dream, pen in hand. Only dreams […]

Trevor

December 31, 2016

Being the last one chosen isn’t the worst thing…but it can seem like it.