quote s of note.

These quotes were a shot in the arm for me when I read them. Enjoy. Inspirtation4u

Celebrate what you’ve accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed.
-Mia Hamm

Past experience should be a guide post, not a hitching post.
-D. W. Williams

You can’t do it unless you can imagine it.
-George Lucas

Slow down, simplify, and be kind.
-Naomi Judd

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander Time, for that’s the stuff Life is made of.
-Benjamin Franklin
The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.
-Pele
Look for players with character and ability. But remember, character comes first.
-Joe Gibbs
I like to train. I enjoy challenges, but most of all I like winning.
-Sugar Ray Leonard

The first thing any coaching staff must do is weed out selfishness.
-Johnny Majors

Even though they are paid differently, everyone has to feel appreciated.
-Roger Staubach

You can only milk a cow so long, then you're left holding the pail.
-Hank Aaron

A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
-Billie Jean King

Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. -Merry Browne
The most important work you and I ever do will be within the walls of our own homes.

-Harold B. Lee
Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.
-Lorraine Hansberry
Chance favors the prepared mind.
-Louis Pasteur
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, and then stand firm.
-Abraham Lincoln
Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.
Walter Elliott

Your Life's Work. Do what you are.

So often times, we go through u life thinking its just enough to survive and make a living on a job. We don't enjoy what we do--in fact we hate what we do, the jobs we perform literally make us sick from stress and at the end of a 20-30 year career we have little to show for a lifetime of work. At some point in our careers we need to re evaluate our goals. I decided to teach and counsel because that is what I enjoy sharing the life experiences that have rewarded me in wisdom.

It was a difficult decision to leave the familiar and the comfort zone but I knew I would never be fully satisfied settling to do something that did not fully utilize my gifts and talents or grew them either. Let the provoking thoughts of this next article make you think. Enjoy.

Defining Your Direction
Your Life’s Work

Many people are committed to professions and personal endeavors they never consciously planned to pursue. They attribute the shape of their lives to circumstance, taking on roles they feel are tolerable. Each of us, however, has been blessed with a purpose. Your life’s work is the assemblage of activities that allows you to express your intelligence and creativity, live in accordance with your values, and experience the profound joy of simply being yourself. Unlike traditional work, which may demand more of you than you are willing to give, life’s work demands nothing but your intent and passion for that work. Yet no one is born with an understanding of the scope of their purpose. If you have drifted through life, you may feel directionless. Striving to discover your life’s work can help you realize your true potential and live a more authentic, driven life.

To make this discovery, you must consider your interests in the present and the passions that moved you in the past. You may have felt attracted to a certain discipline or profession throughout your young life only to have steered away from your aspirations upon reaching adulthood. Or you may be harboring an interest as of yet unexplored. Consider what calls to you and then narrow it down. If you want to work with your hands, ask yourself what work will allow you to do so. You may be able to refine your life’s work within the context of your current occupations. If you want to change the world, consider whether your skills and talents lend themselves to philanthropic work. Taking stock of your strengths, passions, beliefs, and values can help you refine your search for purpose if you don’t know where to begin. Additionally, in your daily meditation, ask the universe to clarify your life’s work by providing signs and be sure to pay attention.

Since life’s journey is one of evolution, you may need to redefine your direction on multiple occasions throughout your lifetime. For instance, being an amazing parent can be your life’s work strongly for 18 years, then perhaps you have different work to do. Your life’s work may not be something you are recognized or financially compensated for, such as parenting, a beloved hobby, or a variety of other activities typically deemed inconsequential. Your love for a pursuit, however, gives it meaning. You’ll know you have discovered your life’s work when you wake eager to face each day and you feel good about not only what you do but also who you are.

prayer of encouragement

This was taken from beliefnet. This prayer encouraged me and I know it will do the same for you.
Dear Lord and Father of mankind,
Forgive our foolish ways;
Reclothe us in our rightful mind,
In purer lives Thy service find,
In deeper reverence, praise.

Drop Thy still dews of quietness,
Till all our strivings cease;
Take from our souls the strain and stress,
And let our ordered lives confess
The beauty of Thy peace.

Breathe through the heats of our desire
Thy coolness and Thy balm;
Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire;
Speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire,
O still, small voice of calm.