Sometimes its lonely Sometimes its only me and The shadows that fill this room, Sometimes I'm fallin' desperately callin'... --Travis Tritt, It's a Great Day to be Alive The first time I heard the song, I had been on my feet for 16 hours straight. I hadn't simply been standing; from the hours of 2am-5am I'd …
Category: lessons for life
A Sequel
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. And experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.” --Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture "As long as you write a sequel." That's what my dad said after he read my book. He said he was comfortable with what I'd written because …
2012: The Year in Lessons
"Still, I am learning." -- Michelangelo What a difference a year makes. I wrote an upbeat post about this time last year, something I hoped contained a positive message. But I'll admit now, I struggled with it. You wouldn't think writing something positive would have been so difficult at that time; after all, the last …
The State Championship Game
Welcome to wherever you are. This is your life, you've made it this far." -- Bon Jovi "Are we still going to go to the game?" I bounded down the stairs of our three story, 3500 square foot house. Dad sat on the leather couch in our basement family room, his eyes glued to the …
I Believe in You
All we can ask in our lives is that perhaps we can make a little difference in someone else's." --Lillian Davis While working on this post a couple nights go, I pulled out a few quote books. In case you haven't noticed, I like to include quotes at the beginning of every new post. In …
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