Devoted...................................

“If there is one thing I’ve learned in my years on this planet, it’s that the happiest and most fulfilled people I’ve known are those who devoted themselves to something bigger and more profound than merely their own self interest”


-attributed to John Glenn

Alignment............................

     Spiritual commitment is energized by the alignment of the spiritual will with the attributes of the Divinity, which are truth, love, compassion, wisdom, and nonpartiality.  Devotion prioritizes one's life and attracts that which is of assistance.  To be a servant of God is a dedication whereby the goal takes precedence over all other positionalities, attractions or distractions.

-David Hawkins,  Discovery of the Presence of God:  Devotional Nonduality

Only 3,963 hours to go.....................

Remember Malcolm Gladwell's story about it taking 10,000 hours of practice to develop mastery?  Well, here's a 30-year-old guy willing to put it to a test.  Can he go from never having played golf to becoming a pro in 10,000 hours?

“The more he’s improved, the harder it’s gotten to get better. Going from bad to good is way easier than going from good to great. And going from great to world-class? That’s rare territory. The line is thin, but the gap is wide.”

My guess is that he can become a PGA professional and work at a country club somewhere.  I suspect being successful on tour is another story.  That game is as much mental (if not more) as it is physical.  Stay tuned though, I'm pretty much loving the experiment.

Quote taken from here.

The race is on.............All bets are off..................... Or, the ecstasy of agony..............

thanks Michael

A factory of sadness....................

This blog prides itself on its optimistic and sunny disposition. Sometimes, however, the dark side is soooooo inviting.

For those who care about such things, I grew up in Philadelphia. At that point in our nation's history, rooting for a Philly team almost always meant you were rooting for the underdog.  I have happily carried that habit with me for all my life.

When I moved to Ohio in the mid-1970's neither the Browns nor the Bengals appealed to me.  Then along came 1979 and Brian Sipe and Sam Rutigliano and the "Kardiac Kids," and I was hooked by the feistiness of the Browns.  That era passed, with heartbreak not triumph, but I remained a Browns fan.  Over those years they have occasionally been good, but mostly they filled my requirement for underdogness quite nicely.  

But................enough is enough.