inspiration

Jimmy passed away peacefully on the night of September 1st surrounded by his family, friends, music and dogs.

He lived his life like a song till the very last breath and will be missed beyond measure by so many. – Jimmy Buffett

If you want to change your life and maybe the world remember…

1. Start each day with a task completed
2. Find someone to help you through life
3. Respect everyone
4. Know that life is not fair and that you will fail often, but if you take some risks, step up when the times are toughest, face down the bullies, lift up the downtrodden and never ever give up. If you do these things then the next generation and the generations that follow will live in a world far better than the one we have today.
   -Admiral William McRaven

Know what the difference between hitting .250 and .300 is? It’s 25 hits. 25 hits in 500 at bats is 50 points, okay? There’s 6 months in a season, that’s about 25 weeks. That means if you get just one extra flare a week – just one – a gork… you get a groundball, you get a groundball with eyes… you get a dying quail, just one more dying quail a week… and you’re in Yankee Stadium. – Crash Davis

Sometimes you take a job for one reason only to find out later that the reality vastly exceeds your expectations. Keep an open mind in all things because you just might be surprised by the results. – Dad

Rules for being Human (Handed down from ancient Sanskrit)

1. You will receive a body.
2. You will learn lessons.
3. There are no mistakes, only lessons.
4. A lesson is repeated until it is learned.
5. Learning lessons does not end.
6. ‘There’ is no better than ‘here’.
7. Others are merely mirrors of you.
8. What you make of your life is up to you.
9. The answers lie inside you.

My father could have been a great comedian, but he didn’t believe that it was possible for him and so he made a conservative choice. Instead, he got a safe job as an accountant and when I was 12 years old he was let go from that safe job, and our family had to do whatever we could to survive. I learned many great lessons from my father. Not the least of which was that: You can fail at what you don’t want. So you might as well take a chance on doing what you love. – Jim Carrey