From the monthly archives:

June 2008

photo credit: Paul Cheek
“More often in life, we end up regretting the chances in life that we had, but didn’t take them, than those chances that we took and wished we hadn’t.” – Anonymous

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What Good Is Practice?

June 28, 2008

photo credit: Darhawk
“It’s not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it’s what you put into the practice.” — Eric Lindros

With three kids in many differnt sports and music programs, it seems there is always a practice of some sort to go to. Right now it’s baseball, softball, and [...]

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photo credit: ryan loucks photography
“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime. ” ~ Babe Ruth
It’s youth baseball season here right now. Last night [...]

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What’s Your Excuse?

June 23, 2008

That which we really want takes effort, and time, and sweat, and tears, and failures, and practice, and …..
This applies to sports (here), and this applies to your life.
So, don’t make excuses. Instead, go out there and work for what you really want.

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photo credit: nicasaurusrex
Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness. ~Edward Stanley

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photo credit: PhotoGraham
“If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking.” – Ancient Buddhist proverb
Two days ago I was riding my bike on the bike path near our house. The bike path travels through a mostly rural and wooded area. As I was riding, [...]

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photo credit: Norma Desmond
“Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.” ~ Cicero
Have you ever had a bad day? Or just don’t feel quite as chipper as you usually do? A sure-fire way to change this is … exercise!
Every time I exercise, I come [...]

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photo credit: fd
” Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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photo credit: Edu-im
” There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.” — Roger Staubach
Effort: An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle directed to the accomplishment of an object; as, an effort to scale a wall.
Are [...]

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Save By Not Going

June 10, 2008

photo credit: Fortyseven
When are you most likely to spend the money you have (or wish you had)? You are most likely to spend when you go out. Sometimes you go out with the intention of "just looking". How many times do you end up getting something? Maybe [...]

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