Love

Love is our true destiny.

We do not find the meaning of life 

by ourselves alone - we find it with another.

~ Thomas Merton ~

Happy Valentine's Day

The Donut

     On this Fastnacht Day, I am reminded of a billboard I would see when as a child I would travel to Philadelphia via the Ben Franklin Bridge. It read:

   "As you ramble on through life, whatever be your goal, keep your eye upon the donut and not upon the hole."

      It reminded me to always focus on the positive things in life (the donut) and not on the negative things (the hole). 

                                                      Happy Fastnacht Day!

Character and Reputation

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow.

The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

~ Abraham Lincoln ~

Happy Birthday, Mr. Lincoln!

Afraid to Fail?

     I think the big thing is don't be afraid to fail.  I think in our society today, Instagram, Twitter, it's a highlight reel. It's all the good things. And then when you look at it, when you think like, Wow, when you have a rough day, 'My life's not as good as that,' you think you're failing.  Failure is a part of life.  It's a part of building character and growing. Without failure, who would you be?  I wouldn't be up here if I hadn't fallen thousands of times and made mistakes.

     We all are human; we all have weaknesses, and I think throughout this, it's been important to be able to share that and be transparent.  I know when I listen to people speak and they share their weaknesses, I'm listening because it resonates.

     So I'm not perfect.  I'm not Superman.  I might be in the NFL;  I might have just won a Super Bowl, but, hey, we still have daily struggles, I still have daily struggles. And that's where my faith comes in; that's where my family comes in.

     I think when you look at a struggle in your life, just know that's just an opportunity for your character to grow. And that's just been the message. Simple. If something's going on in your life and you're struggling?  Embrace it, because you're growing.

~ Nick Foles ~

Quarterback

Philadelphia Eagles

Never Be Disappointed

Blessed is he that expects nothing,

for he shall never be disappointed.

~ Benjamin Franklin ~

Keep Your Mind Young

Anyone who stops learning is old,

whether at twenty or eighty.

Anyone who keeps learning stays young.

The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.

~ Henry Ford ~

Until Its Done

It always seems impossible

until its done.

~ Nelson Mandela ~

Winning

It takes a lot of people to make a winning team.

Everybody's contribution is important.

~ Gary David Goldberg ~

Congratulations to the Philadelphia Eagles!!

The Game of Life

The game of life is a lot like football.

You have to tackle your problems,

block your fears, and score your points

when you get the opportunity.

~ Lewis Grizzard ~

Go Eagles!!

A Habit

Winning is a habit.

Unfortunately, so is losing.

~ Vince Lombardi ~

What You Can Do

Do not let what you cannot do

interfere with what you can do.

~ John Wooden ~

Lack of Will

The difference between a successful person

and others is not a lack of strength,

not a lack of knowledge,

but rather in a lack of will.

~ Vince Lombardi ~

Want to be Average?

Who wants to be average?

Average is that place in the middle.

It's the best of the worst,

or the worst of the best.

~ Bob Moawad ~

The Right Attitude

Adopting the right attitude can convert

 a negative stress into a positive one.

~ Hans Selye ~

Perseverance

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect

before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

~ John Quincy Adams ~

Stupidity

If stupidity got us into this mess,

then why can't it get us out?

~ Will Rogers ~

One Deed

A thousand words will not leave

so deep an impression as one deed.

~ Henrik Ibsen ~

Accomplishments

We would accomplish many more things

if we did not think of them as impossible.

~ Vince Lombardi ~

I Believe

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge.

That myth is more potent than history.

That dreams are more powerful than facts.

That hope always triumphs over experience.

That laughter is the only cure for grief.

And I believe that love is stronger than death.

~ Robert Fulghum ~

What is Happiness?

But what is happiness except the

simple harmony between a man

and the life he leads?

~ Albert Camus ~

A Butterfly

There is nothing in a caterpillar

that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

~ R. Buckminster Fuller ~

The Power to Forgive

We must develop and maintain the power to forgive.

He who is devoid of the power to forgive

is devoid of the power to love.

There is some good in the worst of us

and some evil in the best of us.

When we discover this, 

we are less prone to hate our enemies.

~ Martin Luther King, Jr. ~

The Same Boat

We may have all come on different ships,

but we're in the same boat now.

~ Martin Luther King, Jr. ~

Glory of the Climb

Every day you make progress.  Every step may be fruitful.

Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening,

ever-ascending, ever-improving path.  You know you will never

get to the end of the journey.  But this, so far from discouraging,

only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.

~ Sir Winston Churchill ~

A Lie

A lie can travel half way around

the world while the truth is

putting on its shoes.

~ Charles Spurgeon ~