The ride.

“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” ~ Babe Ruth Some of the fondest memories of my youth are of my brother and me playing catch in our front yard. We lived just three doors down from a minor league baseball park where we spent most of our summer nights chasing foul balls so we could turn them in for 15 cents, which was just enough money for a pack of cheap chewing gum back then. On the days when the team was playing away games, we’d jump the fence with our

“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” ~ Carl Bard Recently, I was reading some information about Henry Ford and the Model T. Though I can’t tell you how the combustible engine works, and am all thumbs when it comes to the mechanics of fixing cars, I like them. I like cars of all makes and models, but the older ones in particular. Much of the success of the automobile industry can be traced back to Ford

“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” ~ John Wooden I wonder how often we stop short of following a path of happiness and success due to being… too short, too tall, not educated in a thing, or not having experience in another. How often do we disqualify ourselves because we don’t meet some conventional set of requirements? I mean, what if we started looking at life through the hopeful lens of what we can do instead of the prohibitive narrative of