061022 If You're Reading This...

In memory…

 

Marine Cpl. Jeffrey B. Starr

22 year old from Snohomish, Washington.

Passed on May 30, 2005  from small-arms fire 

while conducting combat operations against

enemy forces near Ar Ramadi, Iraq.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If You're Reading This...

If you're reading this
My Momma's sitting there
Looks like I only got a one way ticket over here
Sure wish I
Could give you one more kiss
And war was just a game we played when we were kids

I'm laying down my gun
I'm hanging up my boots
I'm up here with God and we're both watching over you

So lay me down
In that open field out on the edge of town
And know my soul
Is where my Momma always prayed
That it would go
And if you're reading this
I'm already home

If you're reading this
Half way around the world
I won't be there
To see the birth of our little girl
I hope she looks like you
I hope she fights like me
Stands up for the innocent and the weak

I'm laying down my gun
I'm hanging up my boots
Tell dad I don't regret that I followed in his shoes

So lay me down
In that open field out on the edge of town
And know my soul
Is where my Momma always prayed
That it would go
And if you're reading this
I'm already home

If you're reading this
There's going to come a day
When you'll move on
And find some one else
And that's OK
Just remember this
I'm in a better place
Where soldiers live in peace
And angels sing amazing grace

So lay me down
In that open field out on the edge of town
And know my soul
Is where my Momma always prayed
That it would go
If you're reading this
If you're reading this
I'm already home

Writers:

Brad Douglas Warren

Brett Warren

Tim McGraw

 

 

 

060922 quotes

 Oh, bless our God,

You peoples!

And make the voice

Of His praise to be

Heard.

Psalm 66:8

 

Example is not

The main thing

In influencing others.

It is the only thing.

- Albert Schweitzer

 

Have the courage to say no.

Have the courage to face the truth.

Do the right thing because it is right.

These are the magic keys

To living your life with integrity.

- Clement Stone

 

As years passed,

It became clear to me that kids see all,

Not just some of your actions but all.

Whether we like it or not,

We big leaguers are role models.

The question is…

Will it be positive or will it be negative?

- Cal Ripken Jr.

 

 

 

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060822 quotes

“Shout joyfully to the Lord,

All the earth;

Break forth in song, rejoice,

And sing praises.”

Psalm 98:4

 

 

Luck is what happens when

Preparation meets opportunity.

- Coach Darrel Royal

 

It's not the load that

Breaks you down,

It’s the way you carry it.
- Coach Lou Holtz

 

It’s not the will to win that matters…

Everyone has that.

It’s the will to prepare to win

That matters.

- Coach Paul Bryant

 

 

 

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060722 quotes

“Let them praise the name of

The Lord,

For He commanded and they

Were created.”

Psalm 148:5

 

Issue a blanket pardon.

Forgive everyone who has

Ever hurt you in any way.

Forgiveness is a perfectly

Selfish act.

It sets you free from the

Past.

- Brian Tracy

 

If you have integrity,

Nothing matters.

If you don’t have integrity,

Nothing else matters.

- Senator Alan K. Simpson

 

A person’s attitude, effort,

And commitment provide

The power and passion

That makes unique and

Special things happen.

- Coach Jill Sterklel

 

 

 

 

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052822 quotes in honor of our grand-son in Heaven Colson Lee Clark

Our grand-son Colson Lee Clark

Would be two years old today.

 

He passed on May 28th, 2020

 

I am posting today in his memory….

 

What are little boys made of?

Snips and snails,

And puppy dog tails;

That’s what little boys

Are made of.

 

Little boy blue,

Come blow your horn,

The sheep’s in the meadow,

The cow’s in the corn;

But where is the boy who

Looks after the sheep?

He’s under the haystack

Fast asleep.

Will you wake him?

No not I,

For if I do,

He’ll be sure to cry.

 

Baa, baa, black sheep,

Have you any wool?

Yes, sir, yes, sir;

Three bags full;

One for my master,

And one for my dame,

And one for the little boy

Who lives down the lane.

 

 

052722 quotes in honor of Memorial Day 2022

 

“Rejoice the soul of Your

Servant,

For to You, O Lord,

I lift up my soul.”

Psalm 86:4

 

We come,

Not to mourn our dead soldiers,

But to praise them.

- Francis A. Walker

 

The brave die never,

Though they sleep in dust:
Their courage nerves a

Thousand living men.

- Minot J. Savage

 

To these we owe the

High resolve that the

Cause for which they died

Shall live.

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

 

 

 

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052622 quotes

“Let us come before His

Presence with thanksgiving;

Let us shout joyfully to Him

With psalms.

Psalm 95:2

 

And they who for their country

Die shall fill an honored grave,

For glory lights the soldier's tomb,

And beauty weeps the brave.

- Joseph Drake

 

Do right. Do your best.

Treat others as you

Want to be treated.

- Coach Lou Holtz

The only reason for a defeat

Is to learn from it.

If you learn from it,

It’s just a result. 

If you don’t learn from it,

It’s a disaster.

- Coach Jürgen Klopp

 

 

 

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052522 quotes

“In God is my salvation and my

Glory;

The rock of my strength,

And my refuge, is in God.

Psalm 62:7

 

There is only one thing that

Makes a dream impossible

To achieve…

The fear of failure.

- Paulo Coelho

 

Dreams are illustrations…

From the book your soul is

Writing about you.

- Marsha Norman

 

Don’t give up on your dreams,

Or your dreams will give up on

You.

- Coach John Wooden

 

 

 

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052422 quotes

“All the earth shall worship

You and sing praises to You;

They shall sing praises to

Your name.”

Psalm 66 4

 

All our dreams can come true,
if we have the courage to

Pursue them.
- Walt Disney

 

Nothing in life is to be feared,

It is only to be understood.
Now is the time to understand

More, so that we may fear less.
- Marie Curie

 

If success is not on your own terms…

If it looks good to the world

But does not feel good in your own heart…

It is no success at all.

- Anna Quindlen 

 

 

 

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052322 quotes

“Oh, sing to the Lord a new song!

Sing to the Lord, all the earth.

Psalm 96:1

 

Hold fast to dreams,

For if dreams die,

Life is a broken-winged

Bird that cannot fly.

- Langston Hughes

 

Without dreams,

There can be no courage.

And without courage,

There can be no action.

- Wim Wender

 

Man, alone, has the power

To transform his thoughts

Into physical reality;

Man, alone, can dream and

Make his dreams come true.

- Napoleon Hill

 

 

 

 

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052022 quotes

Fun is like life insurance.

the older you get,

the more it costs.
- Kim Hubbard

 

I don’t call it "Life Insurance,"

I call it "Love Insurance."

We buy it because we want to

leave a legacy for those we love.
- Farshad Asl

 

If a child, a spouse,

or a parent depends

on you and your income,

you need life insurance.
- Suze Orman

 

Every month that you send a check

to the life insurance company,

you're making a bet with them.

Don't worry, one day you'll win.
- Nitya Prakash

 

 

 

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051822 quotes

“He who blesses his friend

With a loud voice, rising

Early in the morning,

It will be counted a

Curse to him.

Psalm 27:14

 

 

Don't let your fears

Stand in the way of

Your dreams.
- Anonymous

 

Who never walks save

Where he sees men's tracks,

Makes no discoveries.
- J. G. Holland

Go confidently in the

Direction of your dreams.
Live the life you have imagined.
- Henry David Thoreau

 

 

 

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051722 Happy 1st Birthday Caragan!

Jesus loves me, this I know

 

Jesus loves me, this I know,

For the Bible tells me so;

Little ones to Him belong;

They are weak, but He is strong.

 

Jesus loves me… loves me still,
Though I'm very weak and ill;
From his shining throne on high,
Comes to watch me where I lie.

 

Jesus, take this heart of mine;

Make it pure and wholly Thine.

Thou hast bled and died for me;

I will live henceforth for Thee.

 

Jesus loves me, this I know,
as he loved so long ago,
taking children on his knee,
saying, "Let them come to me."

 

Yes, Jesus loves me,

Yes, Jesus loves me,

Yes Jesus loves me,

The Bible tells me so.

 

Jesus loves me he who died
heaven's gate to open wide.
He will wash away my sin,
let his little child come in.

 

Yes, I love Jesus.

Yes, I love Jesus.

Yes, I love Jesus.

In prayer I tell Him so.

 

- Lyrics: 

Anna Bartlett Warner 1859-60

 - Chorus and Music: 

William Batchedler Bradbury 1861-62

 

 

 

051722 quotes

“I remember Your name in the

Night, O Lord,

And I keep Your law.

Psalm 119:55

 

The imagination is literally

The workshop wherein are

Fashioned all plans created

By man.

- Napoleon Hill Foundation

 

Look at everything as though you were seeing it
either for the first or last time.
Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.
- Betty Smith

Today's affirmation…
I Receive ALL of Life with Thanksgiving -
I have gratitude for EVERYTHING
that has ever occurred to bring me to this moment.
I give thanks for the joys and the sufferings,
the moments of peace and the flashes of anger,
the compassion and the indifference,
the roar of my courage and the cold sweat of my fear.
I accept gratefully the entirety of my past and my present life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

 

 

 

 

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051422 quotes

“For whoever desires to save

His life will lose it,

But whoever loses his life for

My sake and the gospel’s will

Save it.

Mark 8:35

 

When you are offended

at any man's fault,

turn to yourself and study

your own failings.

Then you will forget your

anger.

- Epictetus

 

There is no such thing as

a hopeless situation.

Every single circumstance

of your life can change!
- Rhonda Byrne

To think bad thoughts is

really the easiest thing in the world.

If you leave your mind to itself, it

will spiral down into ever increasing

unhappiness.

To think good thoughts, however,

Requires effort.

This is one of the things that discipline …

training … is about.

- James Clavell 

 

 

 

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