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You are to blame.If you fail to continue learning in life.If you fail to push yourself everyday.If you quit before even trying.If you assume because it’s never been done by you, it CAN’T be done by you.If you still hold onto who you were in your past.If you allow what others perceive you to be affect who you really are.If your kids learn nothing because you were taught nothing.If the chain that linked itself to your hitch, links itself to your children as well.If you fall and don’t get back up.If you never become you at its full potential like...

Without FearYou know kids come into this world and don’t have a fear of anythingThey do and try it all…no boundaries just curiosity and determinationIt’s new, it’s pure and it can be downright inspiring if you think about itThe only time those boundaries or fears come into play is when they are taughtWe teach them about limits, boundaries, fears etc.And often times the limits, boundaries and fears we have can interfere with how we teach themIf we’re not careful we can stunt their potential before it even has a chance to growThere are a lot of changes going on in...

  The Hard Road..I hiked Mission Peak for the first time this year and when we reached the top, someone asked which way we came from…When I told them, they said, “wow you took the hard route…”I didn’t know any better, but then again I was proud because we powered throughFor alot of us (myself included) our path in life has been hardNothing seems to have come easy or without a challengeAnd we almost always forget to be proud of how far we made it despite all of thatSee, I was proud knowing we blindly took the more difficult route...

Morning Talks…I’m starting to realize more of what I missed out on growing upSee, I have these small talks about important things with my son every morning as I drop him off at high schoolThings to look out for, how to move, how to be himself and that he can ask me anything he wants with no judgementI know at times they can be redundant, but I hope he understands it’s because I love him and want to assure him I’m here at all times to guide or just listenWe’re now at the fist bump faze where I get one...

This road. This road I’ve been on hasn’t always been paved. In fact for most of my life it’s been full of dirt, ditches and rocks. There were times I felt I knew where it was all leading me to…now I realize I had no clue. I’m like most, I seem like I know what I’m doing and where I’m going… But to be honest, I’m a soon to be 49 year old in a cowboy hat laughing at myself in the mirror… Why you might ask? Because once again I find myself shedding who I once was and transitioning...