"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." - Winston Churchill

"It is a very funny thing about life - if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it." - W. Somerset Maugham

"Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness." - Oliver Wendell Holmes

"A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position." - John Maxwell

"The difference between a successful person & others is not a lack of strength not a lack of knowledge but rather a lack of will" V Lombardi

"We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible." - Vince Lombardi

"Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing." - Vince Lombardi

"The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success." - Vince Lombardi

"Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing - the result." - Vince Lombardi

"Be a love pharmacist: dispense hugs like medicine - they are!" - Terri Guillemets

"Be a love pharmacist: dispense hugs like medicine - they are!" - Terri Guillemets

"Be a love pharmacist: dispense hugs like medicine - they are!" - Terri Guillemets

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"It is time 4 us all 2 stand & cheer 4 the doer, the achiever - the 1 who recognizes the challenges & does something about it" - V Lombardi

"It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere." - Agnes Repplier

"Our strength is often composed of the weakness that we're damned if we are going to show." - Mignon McLaughlin

"Where there is love, there is life." - Mahatma Gandhi

"Love builds bridges where there are none." R. H. Delaney

"Man has never made any material as resilient as the human spirit." - Ben Williams

"I love the recklessness of faith. First you leap, and then you grow wings." - William Sloane Coffin

"The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart." - Menicus

"You don't love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her." - Anonymous

Urgent Prayer Request

Please pray for the daughter of my good friend Kevin and his family...
See message below. Thank you to all! Pass it on...
God Bless,

Keira our one year old has a bad GI bug and has been getting sick since last Wednesday. We took her to the walk-in clinic near our house where she got to see another pediatrician. This pediatrician has identified Keira as under weight (10th percentile, i.e. 90% of children her age are bigger!), and has order an upper GI and other blood tests (something our current doctor has been asleep at the wheel with)

At any rate we are looking for your prayers for Keira! That we find out what is wrong with her and find a course of treatment that will help her start to grow big and strong! Here is a picture of her so you can think about who you a praying for. The power of group prayer rocks! So I’m counting on you folks!

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"Love is the most priceless treasure life affords us." - Alan Harris

"Love is life .... And if you miss love, you miss life." - Leo F. Buscaglia

"Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone; it had to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new." - Ursula Le Guin

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." - Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." - Albert Einstein

"You just keep pushing. Your just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing." - Rene Descartes

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"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it." - Rene Descartes

"It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well." - Rene Descartes

"It's never too late to start doing what is right." - Charles Swindoll

"Beware the barrenness of a busy life." - Socrates

"Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. And lo, no one was there." - Anonymous

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage." - Lao-Tzu

"The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love." - William Wordsworth

"There is a boundary to people's passions when they act from feelings; but non when they are under the influence of imagination." - E. Burke

"The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul." - G. K. Chesterton

"We become what we think about all day long. The question is, what do you think about?" - Dr. Wayne Dyer

"The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions." - Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

"Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose." - Leonardo da Vinci

"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly." - Langston Hughes

"There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see." - Leonardo da Vinci

"For peace of mind, resign as general manager of the universe." - Anonymous

"After all it is those who have a deep & real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life" - E Underhill

"Don't wait for your ship to come in. Row out to meet it." - Anonymous

"By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that could not become a defect." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; When health is lost, something is lost; When charater is lost, all is lost!" - German Proverb

"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart. And try to love the questions themselves." - Rainer Maria Rilke

"If you know what to do to reach your goal, it's not a big enough goal." - Bob Proctor

"Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned." - Peter Marshall

"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination." - Tommy Lasorda

"The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running." - Anonymous

"A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step." - Lao Tzu

"The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running." - Anonymous

"Better light work that takes a long time than a hard job that is quickly done." - Sayings of the Desert Fathers

"Be your own hero, it's cheaper than a movie ticket." - Doug Horton

"Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose." - Dr. Wayne Dyer

"Great acts are made up of small deeds." - Lao Tzu

"At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want." - Lao Tzu

"He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty." - Lao Tzu

"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live." - Anonymous

"Without dew and light flowers fade. Charity and love are the dew and light of the human heart." - De Gentis

"The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home." - Confucius

"In every success story, you find someone who has made a courageous decision." - Peter F. Drucker

"Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest." - Beatrix Potter

"Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true." - N. Hill

"Be your own hero, it's cheaper than a movie ticket." - Doug Horton

"Forgiveness is giving up the possibility of a better past." - Unknown

"The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their choice!" - Dwight D. Eisenhower

"Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Dream. Dream. Dream. Be idealistic. Dream the world can be a better place." - Archbishop Desmond Tutu

"Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies." - Nelson Mandela

"Out beyond the ideas of wrong-doing and right-doing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." - Rumi

"Conflicts are a call to creative problem-solving." - Louise Diamond

"We want to put an end to wars without giving up our violent intentions and violent relationships," - Arun Gandhi

"Plant yourself in the middle of what you love most--the thing within you that is most alive." - Yael Lachman

"Peace is as much about getting the bombs out of our own hearts as out of the Pentagon budget." - Colman McCarthy

"The first step is to come home to ourselves. You don't need to become a Buddha. You need to become yourself." - Thich Nhat Hanh

"The only way we can make peace is for each of us to be the peace we want to see." - Susan Collin Marks

Happy New Year, Welcome to 2010...

Wow 2010 has arrived.

The Start of a New Year...

a New Decade!

What an AMAZING and WONDERFUL time to BE Alive in this World!

There is so much Opportunity to Create more of the God given life that we have been given.

It really is a GREAT blessing for us all.

As I look back over the past year and decade since Y2K...

Hey remember Y2K?

All of the computers were going to Blow Up...

... and the World was going to End!

Well life has continued on.

I have been blessed in so many areas of my life.

Growing closer in relationship with God.

Celebrating 10 Great years of marriage with my Amazing Wife Julie.

The birth of my Daughter on August 10th, 2000.

Just to name a few...

As I look forward to the year 2010 and the Decade before us,

I see it as a time for...

Renewal,

Change,

and Tremendous Growth, Prosperity, and Abundance.

I am Truly Grateful for All of the AMAZING friends that I have made.

You have Encouraged, Inspired, and Blessed me Very Much.

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You.

You are all AWESOME!

My Hope and Prayers for All of You...

is that You and Your Families be Blessed

with Great Abundance and Prosperity

in All that you Do in 2010 and Beyond!

We are all created for Greatness and nothing less.

You deserve to live a Great Life!

Make this your Year and Decade for Choosing to do so!

Heres to 2010 being your Best Year Yet!

I AM so Grateful to be on this journey with Each One of You.

You each Mean so Much to me.

Strap on your Helmut...

It's going to be a Wild and Wonderful ride!

Let me know what your Goals and Dreams are for 2010...

and How I Can help You out to Achieve Them.

In the words of Larry The Cable Guy...

Let's Get 'Er Done!

Make EVERY Moment of this Great Year ahead of us BE a Good One!

God Bless,
-ed

"Think of yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too." - Voltaire

"A humble person is more likely to be self-confident . a person with real humility knows how much they are loved" - Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.

"Be your own hero, it's cheaper than a movie ticket." - Doug Horton

"I strive to be as good a person as my dog thinks I am." - Anonymous

"Be determined to handle any challenge in a way that will make you grow." - Les Brown

"The truest greatness lies in the being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind." - Ella Wheeler Wilcox

"Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens." - Douglas Jerrould

"If you can dream it, you can do it." - Walt Disney

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." - Walt Disney

"I dream, I test my dreams against my beliefs, I dare to take risks, and I execute my vision to make those dreams come true." - Walt Disney

"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." - Walt Disney

"Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work it until it's done right." - Walt Disney

"Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell'em, 'certaily I can!' - and get busy and find out how to do it." - Theodore Roosevelt

"A great mentor of mine taught me that 'writing causes thinking'" - Bob Proctor

"It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping themself." - Emerson

"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily." - Zig Ziglar