Wednesday, February 28, 2018

The Happy Place
There is a place that I go, a better place, one where I find peace. It’s not on the map nor can I arrive in a car. This happy place is only accessible by channeling sweat and effort into a rhythm that becomes ever smoother the further I go. My place of peace and power is not crowded or even desired by many. My destination is reached when my body becomes one with the motion and in harmony with all that I am. Don’t ask for an explanation, it defies description, it’s a place only felt by the heart and arrival is earned by the strength of the spirit. Lace up the runners, get moving, there is plenty of room in the land of magic and wonder for all who dare to discover it.
Dave

Sunday, February 25, 2018

Memories That Empower
We are born into this world an empty vessel. Throughout our lives we fill that vessel with memories. Good times resulting in amazing memories, feel the best when remembered in dreams, contemplated during quiet meditation or called upon when strength is needed. But when our vessel over flows with memories of experiences that left only heartache and pain, there is no more room for good. Those memories must be emptied out onto the ground, then walked away from. Their place is in the past, not hindering our future happiness. Learn from those unpleasant times but don’t continue to carry them.
The times we push our limits without giving in, become memories that will empower and strengthen us during our hardest trials. The toughest athlete is not the one that followed the easy road but the one that continued moving forward, leaving their previous failures behind. The strong give themselves the permission to leave the unpleasant behind. The winner approaching the finish is not reliving past failure, they are instead drawing power from the times they didn’t quit. Even if the victory they seek is merely to finish.
It’s not just a step, it’s a start.
Dave

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Step back from those nonbelievers or success will never come. Keep away from those that would doubt you, those same people that embrace excuse as their permission to fail. Find instead winners who have taken responsibility for their own lives. They tend to empower others with encouragement, not belittle another person’s efforts to improve. Surround yourself with people that will help bring out the best in you. Sometimes even the strongest need someone to tell them, “Yes you can”.
It’s not just a step, it’s a start.
Dave

Sunday, February 18, 2018

Sometimes you need to circle your wagons and stand strong behind your self respect. There are plenty of people out there that need to be mean, to feel they have worth.  Don’t allow it, let those people become part of your past instead of your present. Once you walk away from those mean and self centered people, don’t look back, the view is ugly. Learn from what they did and how it made you feel. Then surround yourself with people that make you feel you are indeed enough.
Dave

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

You can't help being influenced by those around you. Choose to hang with positive people, get to know the kind of people that believe that all things are possible if you put out the effort. Lose the losers in your life, you don't have time for the "poor me" crowd. They will just darg you down. Make sure your friends are the kind of people that will not let you sink into self pity but will be there with a hand up when you need it. Make damn sure your hand is ready to reach out when they need it to.

Dave

Monday, February 5, 2018

When there is the slightest chance, the tiniest spark, that keeps your hopes and dreams alive, do you just let that spark fade? Every day, gather twigs to fuel that spark and fan it into a flame?
Dave

Thursday, February 1, 2018

Sometimes we forget to remind ourselves that we matter. Each of us has worth, purpose and value. If you want the respect of others you must first respect yourself. Never judge your worth by the situation you are in. Judge your worth by the situation within you.
Dave.