The year 2022 started out with the promise of the end of the COVID-19 global pandemic but quickly showed us the doorstep of World War III with the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24th. As it comes to a close, I look back at all the events that took place this year. Some predictable, others not, like my diagnosis with stage-IV prostate cancer in July, and the shocking, though not too surprising tragic death of my son, Mitchell, in the Kansas City area only 2 weeks after my diagnosis.
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10 Common Causes of Failure
Back in my college days, I read Og Mandino’s book University of Success, which served as such an inspiration that I would refer to it from time to time throughout my professional career. The book is a series of “lessons”, but the one that most inspired me was Lesson 5.
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– Walt Kelly, creator of comic strip Pogo
The Two Wolves
Continue readingThere is a battle of two wolves inside us all. One is evil. It is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, lies, inferiority and ego. The other is good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, empathy and truth. The wolf that wins? The one you feed.”
– Cherokee Proverb
Admiral McRaven’s 10 Life Lessons
Admiral William McRaven, commander of U.S. Special Operations and a University of Texas alumni, delivered UT’s Commencement address in Austin on May 17th, 2014. A Navy SEAL for 36 years, McRaven reflected on his Basic SEAL training, culling out the 10 most important lessons learned during that training, and describing how by adhering to those lessons, one person can “change the world.”
Continue readingZach Sobiech, a Pretty Special Kid
I saw a video about Zach Sobiech’s heart touching story today – the first I’d heard of him or his dilemma. Apparently Zach’s song “Clouds” has become quite a sensation across the web.
Steve D.
Do Right Anyway
Mother Teresa’s Eyes
People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway.
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Wrap your hopes around …
Dreamcatcher 2 by skaterneogirl on deviantart.com
Wrap you’re hopes around
impossible dreams you dream,
an eagle soaring
Moving Onward
Every day you may 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