NEVER SAY NEVER

It had not happened since 1977. Not in 32 years had their been such a lopsided statistic. But there it was!

Regardless of the situation and how bleak it might look, never say never. Don't quit. Don't give in! Dig deep and go straight ahead. Find the will to win!

Last night, the Indianapolis Colts only had the football for just over 14 minutes for an entire game! Statistically they were getting killed.

They dug deep. Peyton Manning willed his teamates to victory. Some people just refuse to accept the notion that odds and statistics are to be accepted as reality. The true champions are those that look at them and brush them off and shoot right past them!

That's what the Colts did last night.

WHAT A GREAT WIN YESTERDAY!

The Washington Huskies pulled off a HUGE 'W' yesterday and I found this picture.

Hilarious!!

WHAT TO DO WITH IT?

The mighty men of Troy roll into Husky Stadium this Saturday!

I remember when the Huskies were the King of the Pac! Now, the gold and deep red rule the roost!!

So what do you do when you face such an opposing foe? What do you do when on paper you are outmanned, your previous record stinks, and you just don't have the personal pedigrees of the 'other guys'? What do you do when you feel the first tweaky twinge of fear?

Fear is a knee buckler. Fear is a perspective grabber. Fear takes your breath away, immobilizes you, makes your mind numb and your brain freeze!

Fear robs you of your joy, rips off your dignity, squanders your opportunity and just plain makes you a loser.

What to do with it?

Look at it squarely. Don't negotiate with it. Move past it. And don't recall it.

Don't let the fear of the past or fear of the future cause you to miss your opportunity TODAY!

Just like the Huskies are not fearing USC, you had better not let your fear of what you are facing rip you off from the moment that is your's for the taking!

HUSKIES, SEAHAWKS, ICHIRO...

What a great weekend!

The Huskies finally get a 'W'!

The Seahawks rumble, bumble, fumble, stumble, mumble, and humble the St. Looie Rams!

Iciro get's his 200th hit in a single season.....again!!!! I think he's up to nine times in his career.

Sunday service was awesome and exciting!!

We all want to pile up some wins in our lives. The Huskies were 0-12 last year; the Hawks were 2-and whatever; Ichiro did his usual hitting but the team stunk!

Individual wins are great, but the team win is so much more enjoyable. Why? It is the culmination of many individuals working hard while encouraging each other to rise their best level. Besides, celebrating the a bunch of people is more fun than just celebrating by yourself!

The key to successive wins is successive and tireless effort. Training. Attention to detail. Focusing upon preparing the mind and heart to put in the work. Sustained endurance. And so much more.

Here's the great clincher: those teams and those individuals that define greatness/success are those who have a short memory after a loss.

It All Looked So Promising At The Start...

There we were at the start of the race. Full of hope and dreams of victory! We were confident
in our team. Confident in our individual abilities. Confident in our game plan: crush the opposition!!!

Then someone hollered GO!

We were a solid one step out of first place at the turn and suddenly it all went south.

We made the turn and inexplicably our hopes went from fame fortune and riches, to horror, agony, and disbelief. Our strap of cloth that tied our dreams and legs together broke in one single stride and there we were disqualified from the race!

The sad part of this story is that even with four legs untethered, we still ended up in last place!!!!

The moral of the story: none!!! We wanted to win!!!!!

IT'S ON!!!

I really look forward to this time of year. It's not that could care less about all the other times of the year, but I just really love now!

Do you have certain times of the year that you like a tad bit more than others?

For me I love that it's football season. The Seahawks play tonight! Oregon and Boise St. are going to mix it up on the blue turf! Tahoma High School has their first game this Friday night (and my awesome daughter will be in the front row of the cheer squad!). The other huge one for me is that the hunting season gets going during this time of year.

Just as the earth has it's seasons, we have our seasons. I am working more diligently at 'soaking up the seasons of life.' Drinking them in. Enjoying them. Less frenetic and more observatory. Because when IT'S ON, I fully understand that like any other season, it will end. So I'm just wanting to drink it all to the full while IT'S ON!!!!

ONEAONE

When Shelby was a toddler, we had a game we called 'higher like a flyer'. I would lay on my back and bounce her up and down in the air with her lying on my legs. She would laugh and giggle and when I would get tired and stop, she would scream 'One a one! One a one!!'



Each September our kids get to go back to school...one a one! They get to do it again...one a one!



I can't believe my baby is a Senior this year. Makes me wish just a bit that the 'one a one' days were still here!