"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith."
 2 Timothy 4:7

Mark

My favorite and something I saw on a BTer's post:

The main cause of failure is trading what you want most for what you want now.

"Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with the hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?" Unknown

I wish I was half the person that my dog thinks I am." --seen on bumper sticker

My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends- It gives a lovely light! - Edna St. Vincent Millay

In the 4.6billion years of earth's existence, every one of your ancestors had to survive long enough to reproduce so you could be here. They had to cheat death (by sickness, disease, injury, being eaten, or succumbing to any other terrible fate) long enough so they could continue the lineage. You come from a line of perfect survirors. Make the most of it!

"I can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or I can rejoice because thorn bushes have roses." Anonymous

"A heavy snowfall disappears into the sea. What silence!" Folk Zen saying

"I always wanted to be somebody... If I've made it, it's half because I was game to take a wicked amount of punishment along the way and half because there were an awful lot of people who cared enough to help me." -Althea Gibson

“I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you’ve probably misunderstood what I’ve said.” – Alan Greenspan

The Greatest Baseball Story Ever

 In 1937, Lou Gehrig, the outstanding first baseman of the New York Yankees, was asked to go to the Children’s Hospital in Chicago, while there to play the White Sox, and visit a boy with polio.  Tim, 10 years old, had refused to try therapy to get well.  Lou was his hero, and Tim’s parents hoped that Lou would visit Tim and urge him to try the therapy.

Tim was amazed to meet his hero.  Lou told Tim, “I want you to get well.  Go to therapy and learn to walk again.”

 Tim said, “Lou, if you will knock a home run for me today, I will learn to walk again.”  Lou promised.

 All the way to the ballpark, Lou felt a deep sense of obligation and even apprehension that he would be able to deliver his promise that day.  Lou didn’t knock a home run that day.  He had two.

 Two years later, when Lou Gehrig was dying with the dreaded muscular disease that to this day bears his name, on July 4, 1939, they celebrated Lou Gehrig day at Yankee Stadium.  Eighty thousand fans, the governor, the mayor, and many other celebrities paid their respects.  Lou was one of America’s great heros.

 Just before the mike was turned over to Lou to respond, Tim, by this time 12 years old, walked out of the dugout, dropped his crutches, and with the leg braces walked to home plate to hug Lou around the waist.

 That’s what Lou Gehrig meant when he exclaimed those immortal words: “Today I consider myself to be the luckiest man on the face of the heard.” – Mack R. Douglas