Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that held its ground.
Memories of our lives, our works and our deeds will live in others.
Rosa Parks (1913-2005) was an American civil rights activist. She has sometimes been called the “mother of the civil rights movement.”
Journey always homeward
Strengthened with each sunrise
Leaving embers of darkness
Visions of tomorrow’s prize
Faithful compass leads on
Surrounded without light
Rising to face each challenge
Perseverance maintains flight
Soul’s courage reaches out
Destined to discover
Marching to harmony’s joy
Another hour uncovers
Tranquility’s campsite
Filled with memories past
Inviting blessed night’s rest
Single dream forever lasts
Face everything that you’re afraid. Go do it.
Push beyond your self-imposed limitations and do it often.
Thom Shea is a retired American Naval Special Operator. He served 23 years with distinguished valor as a Navy SEAL.
Around life’s corner
Failure’s waiting train
Our very fiber
Split open with pain
Chasing newest dreams
Success sometimes waits
Failure comes knocking
What will be life’s fate?
Unavoidable
Failure hitting hard
Inevitable
Drawing life’s harsh card
Fear of failure breathes
Spreading, holds us back
Life fogging over
Success now off track
Vulnerable vibes
Feeling passed over
Alone in darkness
Where’s life’s sweet clover?
Lessons from failure
Past trials teach us
Embrace them and learn
Ride fortitude’s bus
With renewed purpose
Learn while improving
Plus motivation
Success now moving
From the words of American writer, Meg Dowell: “Failure will teach you to be vulnerable. Failure will show you what it means to chase a dream. More importantly, your past failures will change the way you value your successes.”
It takes a lifetime to build a tradition.
Failure is success if we learn from it.
Mario Andretti (born 1940) is an American race car driver. Now retired, his career is one of the most successful in all of auto racing.
Writing is manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.
Because one has written other books does not mean the next becomes any easier.
John Gregory Dunne (1932-2003) was an American writer.
Never give up because you never know what the tide will bring in the next day.
When you live a life with no boundaries, there’s less joy. If you can eat anything you want to, what’s the fun in eating anything you want to?
Tom Hanks (born 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Easily transitioning between comedic and dramatic roles, he has become one of the most honored and respected in his profession. He is an avid collector of manual typewriters with a collection of well over 200.
One more experiment
Searching for master key
Exhausting, sleepless night
Forever lost at sea
Mankind’s boundless journey
Seeking answers today
Unlocking wisdom’s gate
Outlook no longer gray
Hope fills lifetime’s errand
Harvesting one more thought
Meeting darkness head on
Tomorrow ties each knot
Nugget of knowledge found
Opening one more door
Sharing unfiltered light
Fresh discovery pours
Breath of perseverance
Building each cornerstone
Shaping journey’s outcome
Ripened beyond what’s known
Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve done before.
Four key words–helped make my dreams come true. They are: dedication, balance, risk, and love.
Bonnie Blair (born 1964) was an American speed skater. She competed in four Winter Olympics where she won five gold medals and one bronze medal.
Dressing in layers
Furnace running at top speed—
Now, who loves winter?
Kitchen’s window view
Yard’s relentless, frozen scene—
Calendar says “Spring”
Welcomed arrival
Spring bursting with treasured breath—
Red robin flies in
