When things get bad they tend to feel like the weight of the world is upon us.  So my theory and practice to take the "regular" days and string them together and notice the daily miracles each - then you know for sure the good truly outweigh the bad.  It helps to have loved ones, family, and friends to connect with during these times as well.  This week has gone from despair with two of my children to levels of resolution and a connection with a long missed friend and a check in call form a cousin I respect and regard.  My wife is beginning a new endeavor and used the words she feels "Liberated".  When I feel like a day is too much to bear I simply go to bed a little early.  Because I know for a fact the difference a day can make.  Thank you for all the beautiful people and events in my life that help me string the best of life together.

Love Always - Coach J

A friend of mine likes to live by the saying "When is the last time you did something for the first time?"  I align that in some respects to a thought I am having this morning.  I am living a once in a lifetime moment/life daily.  Savoring the company I have in my live, the blessings I am realizing, the coincidences, and the perfectly timed lessons.  I feel like in my youth I was tried that once in a lifetime was something so special you were lucky to have witnessed it once.  As I grow and learn to create my reality and accept all outcomes I am inspired to share with you that you can live a once in a lifetime type of life daily and it is invigorating, fulfilling, humbling, and rewarding.  Challenge yourself today to take inventory of the smallest miracles and victories and begin your walk down the road of a once in a lifetime lifestyle.  Thank you to all my family and friends that assisted me in this revelation by being amazingly beautiful at all times.

Love Always - Coach J

The term "water under the bridge" means to let things pass.  What is done is done, do not dwell on it - let it go.  When you hold on to thoughts or low energy emotions you are building a dam.  You restrict the flow and new things cannot come into your life.  You create pressure from the back log of water and you get tense and need to reinforce your dam.  It is an uncomfortable way to live.  Let it go, be free, let events come and go and flow. 

Love Always - Coach J

Cooking eggs and bacon this morning to the random YouTube mix of Dance Hall kicked off by Dawn Penn's No,No,No has been an absolute classic!  Throw on a nice reggae or dance hall mix to start your day and I promise you'll be off to a jammin' start.  Yesterday we woke to Baroque and the scene was just as beautiful.  What is the first sound you allow in your ears?  I hope it's not the news or Tel Lie Vision PROGRAMING.  Start the day right.

Love Always - Coach J

Yesterday morning as my toddler pondered the consequence of eating the oatmeal placed before him of resting his head on the table for a quick return to slumber he was staring at me, or better said kind of looking through me with an unfocused gaze of someone not fully awake.  He then proceeded to make a popping sound with his mouth, like when you are creating a spit bubble and just kind of pop your lips part and have that popping sound.  He hit a few different octaves in that sound to which I responded - slowly at first with my own popping sound.  Then I switched a few octaves.  Then he responded.  In my message I told him I love him, he was saying something like I am tired yet this is a fun and strange way to communicate.  Those special moments of bonding that you have with family and friends are so intimate they can alter your reality.  It made me recall the quote listed below and to encourage each and every one of us that we are restricted by our vocabulary to the volume we may experience life.  No need to be eloquent, make a noise of sound of joy, glee, or bliss when you don't know the words to express it properly.  Also continue to expand your vocabulary to expand your palate of life experiences.

"The world is richer than it is possible to express in any single language”

– Ilya Prigogone

Love Always - Coach J

I have witnessed a young man work hard at his academics and at his sport.  In high school he was an average performer that always had to apply himself to maintain around a 3.0 grade average.  He joined cross country in his junior year and fell in love with it but was not a top performer in that area.  He trained hard and got better and was very respectable.  His dream was to attend a university and run on their cross country team.  He got accepted by the school and pushed himself to unbelievable degrees and made the team after being denied the first year.  A side result of his training discipline is he became very focused in school and now maintains a 3.4 grade average at a top university.  Also after making the cross country team he joined a triathlon for sport and found this is where his heart really is.  His first major tri he placed second!  He had a coach reach out to him to help him train, he has a major sponsor.  He is breaking rookie records and is more fulfilled than he has ever been.  He put the work in.  Even when you are not completely sure what the work is going towards or you don't feel completely fulfilled any work you do, any strength you build is yours for future use.  I raise my glass high to know this young man and I know that anything he does in life will be successful.  I knew that from his first training sessions that junior year in high school when I had the pleasure of working with him because he's had the heart of a lion from the beginning.  The best part of this story for me is now he knows it is only going to get better - and he earned it all himself.

Love Always - Coach J

Today is Knowledge / Build or Destroy.  Recreate everyday.  You can build and start from scratch.  Take today to admire your work.  Start fresh tomorrow.  (Knowledge + Build or Destroy = Born) Happy Birthday to my very special inspiration.

Love Always - Coach J

When we reach a peak in our performance or understanding there is no feeling like it.  When we execute below that standard going forward we know we have missed the mark and tend to grade ourselves as less than the desired mark.  In the moment we are delivering not only what the receiver needs but on some level what we need as well.  Without those moments of less than stellar performance we may never refine ourselves further.  Without the fall there is no victory to overcome.  The beauty in the win is to overcome the struggle.  Even if it is unnoticed by others we build our reserve by acknowledging and getting back after it.  Being human and being able to err is one of the best gifts we have ever been given if we use it to grow.

Love Always - Coach J

It's easy to be grateful for the soft and beautiful things like flowers, birds, a sunset or rise, however I'll ask you when was the last time you were grateful for a challenge?  Working with some men this week we came across some challenges that had to voiced, raised and cleared.  At times during the challenge there was discomfort, confusion or emotions.  What made the session successful was that everyone kept asking or speaking until they had an understanding of the others position.  The result has been a week of victory by overcoming adversity.  And that feels great!

Love Always - Coach J

When subatomic particles crash into each other energy is released.  When people crash into each other energy is released.  Today I had the opportunity to have by vehicle crashed into.  It gave me the chance to raise my awareness and be present in that moment.  It showed me clearly without a doubt how much I have to be grateful for and that material possessions don't matter in an emergency.  What I truly hope is in the dealings with the other person, the police officer, insurance adjusters and all the other people I will come into contact with as a result of this "accident" that I give a great energy to them.  Thank you for always showing me the lesson and living through me.

Love Always - Coach J