Watching the TV special, “The 2019 Master’s: A Sunday Unlike Any Other,” reminds me how Tiger Woods overcame discouragement by making a simple decision.
After all, adversity drops in quickly like a duck on a June bug.
Peace of mind evaporates when . . .
. . . go up in smoke.
But, I’m intrigued how a person can change their life with one simple decision.
Continue Reading “How to Demolish Discouragement in One Step like Tiger Woods” A best friend recently told me, “I feel like quitting. I’m tired of of being told things will work out in the future, that relief is out there somewhere. Just give me the keys. Drive away. Leave everything behind.”
And then I told him the amazing turnaround story of Edwin Booth, the brother of Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth.
If anyone could ever justify quitting, it was Edwin Booth.
Continue Reading “How the best keep going and never give up” Imagine your great-great-grandparent’s ghost giving advice at their grave.
Advice like . . .
Walking up to my great-great-grandad’s tombstone, I imagined the Civil War veteran whispering.
A time travel tour ensued in Austin’s oldest cemetery.
His tombstone nudged me to Google his name, Alpheus B. Nuckols, Austin, TX.
One search shows he . . .
How do you go from defeat as a Virginia confederate soldier in 1865 and grow a photography business in Texas a few years later?
Continue Reading “Golden advice hiding at your great-great-grandparent’s grave” Isabella de la Houssaye was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer in 2018.
The disease took a big toll as she struggled to walk after chemo.
Nine months later, she completed the “world’s most difficult sporting event.”
Here are three takeaways for your performance in big scary moments.
Continue Reading “Cancer Survivor Defies Diagnosis in Iron Man Triathlon” I never expected the magical visitations after I buried my parents.
I’m not superstitious. But, I believe the supernatural pokes into the everyday world in a wide variety of forms and places.
An unexpected visitor surprised me at my mother’s grave two years ago.
A very different visitor appeared days after my father died.
The one whose image you see on his gravestone.
I captured this moment on video.
