#11 Stand on one side of a room and let your goal be to touch a target on the opposite wall. Touching the target symbolizes attaining anything you want to be or do or have. Take "two steps forward." This represents taking action, doing the things it takes to get what you want. Now take … Continue reading An Analogy of How to Reach your Goals
Author: Diary of a Mad Baseball Coach (Rick Clarke)
My name is Rick Clarke. I'm an old, retired baseball coach with a lot of stories to tell.
This will be a fun blog. A little bit of this...a little bit of that. Great Mississippi baseball stories, especially about the players and teams at Magnolia Academy and Hinds Community (& Junior) College. And some funny stuff and lots of savvy observations.
Let Your Light Shine
#10 Just like a lighthouse reveals light in the darkness for wandering ships, your face is a beacon that reveals friendliness, kindness and joyfulness for you and me. The look on your face, magnified by the look in your eyes, reveals on the outside, where all can see, what's going on in the inside; not … Continue reading Let Your Light Shine
Contraction Distractions
#9 Can’t, don’t, won’t, ain’t. These are "contraction distractions." Cannot, do not, will not, am not, be not, have not. The focus must never be on "not." If you focus on not, not is what you will get. Keep it up and you'll find that you’re a prophet. The brain "muscle" does exactly what it's … Continue reading Contraction Distractions
The Math of a Good Life
#1 Positive and negative have long been used as common modifiers for the word attitude; a "positive" attitude or a "negative" attitude with positive meaning "good" and negative meaning "bad." Positive is like in math, symbolized by the "+" sign and meaning add; "to add to." Negative is symbolized by the "-" sign, meaning subtract, … Continue reading The Math of a Good Life
Learn to Push the Right Buttons
#8 In life, you must learn to push the right “action” buttons; not literally, but figuratively. Delete (erase it from your memories). It has “happenE-DUH,” read it in the southern drawl of the great Zig Ziglar). The past is “past” tense. Over. Done. The only things you should bring with from your past are great … Continue reading Learn to Push the Right Buttons
Jesus is “The One”
#7 He was the One in the beginning. He's the One born of a virgin. He's the One who they nailed on Calvary. He is the One who paid the price for my sin. He's the One who died and rose again. And He's the One who's coming back for you and me. (Lyrics by … Continue reading Jesus is “The One”
Nobody Loves You Like Jesus
#6 "Who" you are depends on "whose" you are. Nobody loves you like Jesus. Trust Him. Never doubt Him.
Time is of the Essence
#5 How much time do you need to get saved by God's grace through faith in Jesus Christ? In 1 day there are 24 hours, 1440 minutes, 86,400 seconds. In 1 year there are 52 weeks, 12 months, 8760 hours, 525,600 minutes, 31,536,000 seconds. In my 70 years there are 3640 weeks, 840 months, 105,120 … Continue reading Time is of the Essence
There’s Something About That Name
#4 You don’t have to know everything. The only important thing is to “know” Him. He will take care of everything else. His name is Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! There's just something about that name. Kings and kingdoms, they will all pass away, but there’s something about that name.
A Great Prayer for Today and Every Day
#3 Here’s a great prayer for today and every day: ”Lord, help me be more Christ-like in everything I think, in everything I say and in everything I do. I pray this in the name of Jesus and for your glory! Amen.”
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