“I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.” —Ruth Bader Ginsburg 00

“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” —Leo Buscaglia 00

“I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.” –Ernest Hemingway 00

I drank coffee w a young man in his early 20’s the other night, he was doing me a favor. It was depressing. He confessed not liking conversations with older people. Why? Pause. “…because i don’t like having to brace…

“Practice puts brains in your muscles.” –Sam Snead 00

“In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.” –Mark Twain 00

“If you can believe, all things are possible for him who believes.” -Jesus I’ve seen nothing to suggest that Elon Musk believes in God, but he exemplifies a type of strong-willed determined faith that transforms impossible into possible by denying…

“The best way out is always through.” –Robert Frost 00

One day Jesus’s disciples asked him how to pray—which is hilarious when you think about it: here they are talking with God (aka Jesus) asking him, ‘How should we talk with you?’ Remarkably, Jesus gives them the lay of land:…

“First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice.” ― Octavia E. Butler, Bloodchild and Other Stories…

“People are not who you want them to be. Kill your idols. Sure there are things we can learn from people–but people aren’t going to be what you think they are–what they should be. “People, even those people you have…

It’s easier to tell other people to persist than to do so yourself. 00

“When you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note you play that determines if it’s good or bad.” —Miles Davis   00

Journal entry from 2013 It was touching last night to see daughter Michelle laying in bed with my youngest son Casey watching a National Geographic program on sharks. They were cuddled up in bed and Casey what was beaming with…

“Write your own book instead of reading someone else’s book about success.” -Herb Brooks 00

“Love is happiness”, a lonely young woman once told me. She said, “Nobody loves me, and I will never be happy until I am loved”. Do you feel unloved? Do you feel unworthy of being loved?  Have you been abandoned…

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner…

“If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you’ll die a lot of times.”– Dean Smith 00

“Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.” – Dale Carnegie 00

“Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything.” –Philippians 4:6 …and if you do worry, make it segue into prayer. 00