Amazing was lost, but I think I’ve found it in you. That’s right my friend “Amazing” is definitely inside of you, you just have to join me in believing that it’s there and commit to let it out.

So, may your amazing words be worthy of plagiarism, your amazing actions be worthy of duplication and the amazing thoughts and ideas lurking inside of you be outside of the box.

Now go ahead and let that “AMAZING” out and Make it absolutely GREAT!!!

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To you athlete’s both young and not-so-young please allow me to give you some unsolicited advice.

Make no mistake about it the objective in any sport is to do your BEST to “win” the game and have fun during the process. But, if your sincere “BEST” efforts do not produce a win, there’s no scoreboard in the world that can ever make you a loser.

So, simply put: In all that you do in every trial and test, give it your absolute BEST and we coaches and parents will settle for the rest without disappointment or stress.

In the game of sports and the game of life, let’s give it our BEST and Make it GREAT!!!

GREAT DAY young Grasshoppers!!!

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I was hanging out with some of my group-home boys a few days ago walking the railroad tracks. They really are easy to please when it comes to doing things adventurous. We’ve walked these tracks dozens of times before but this day I had an epiphany that caused me to stop and take this picture to capture the moment.

I remember a few years ago when I first started taking my little guys on our track-treks I would have to tell them which direction to take every time we reached a fork in the track. Even though I was prepared to tell them which paths would lead to a dead end, they never would ask me questions about the direction, they would just trust that I knew which direction to take. Years later, I’ve realized that I don’t have to tell them which way to go anymore. They know how to avoid the wrong turns and the dead ends.

While on our walk the other day I realized that the same also exist in life. I continue to make my best effort to guide them in the right direction and empower and equip them to make the right choices in my absence. Truth be told, at times there continue to be some challenges with them but I can only hope that their lessons learned and wisdom earned will keep them on the right track on their journey.

I’d like to encourage you to pick out one or two or even a few little ones in the days ahead so we can increase the chances that they will choose to Make this “good” life, GREAT!

GREAT WEEK!!!

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It appears that many of us parents that play an active, meaningful role in our kid’s lives are becoming more and more of an endangered species now-a-days. The risk of becoming extinct is imminent and inevitable if many of us don’t wake up soon and smell the coffee of neglect that’s brewing right under our noses.

This is no doubt due to the overreaching commitment and boundless loyalty and desire by many parents to succeed in the work place at whatever the cost. But, I say that the cost is indeed too high of a price to pay.

Simply put… Chasing the all-mighty $ (dollar) just doesn’t make good ₵ (cents/sense) when it’s at our kids expense.

So, I invite you to consider investing that overtime into giving those kids some time to strengthen their positive mind. Don’t put-off those vacation days and sock them away but use them for your kids at play. Call in sick a time or two when you’re sick-and-tired and go hang out with your little crew for that work will always be there waiting for you.

No matter what you do, when your crew is missing you, take a day or two to help them get through. Don’t get those priorities mixed up because success on any job can never ever make up for failure and neglect in the home.

Chew on this breadcrumb of wisdom this week and remember that it’s never too late to make some changes and start Making it GREAT!!!

GREAT WEEK!!!

Oh… And of course it’s always Ok to share if you dare… 😉

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Was having a little one-on-one chat with one of my little group-home boys today and to my surprise he told me that he now wants to be a Motivational Speaker when he grows up. After hearing this, I cracked one of my signature smiles at him then asked him “Why”. “Well, it’s because I want to motivate people when I grow up.” he said.

“Little Buddy, you don’t have to wait until your older to start motivating people, you can start now.” I said. “You can start leveraging your unique story of having an abusive, absentee Mom & Dad and in spite of it all you were able to break the cycle and become something special in the world.”

He smiled and said, “Can I start calling you Dad now?” “Naaah, Uncle “C” still works best for me little buddy.” I said with a smile. We both shared a hardy laugh then went back to shooting some hoops with the other fellas.

It’s times like these that really make me feel like I’m making a difference in service to this hurting humanity. There’s a “throwaway”, overlooked and underserved generation of youngsters out there who need our surrogate guidance and support now more than ever before if they are to have a reasonable chance to NOT just survive, but thrive in a society that’s poised and ready to pipeline them to poverty or prison.

Focusing on doing for a few what I wish I could do for the entire crew has been my mission and objective over the past five years with my group-home boys and I hope you will honestly consider using some creative ways to do the same.

No, I can’t pretend to know what the future holds for my little buddy, but I do know who holds his future and he himself has a lot to do with it.

I can only hope and pray that my future statement for my little buddy years from now will be that “He didn’t use his abusive childhood checkered past as an excuse to fail, he used it as a reason to do well and leave a positive trail.”

Simply put: I hope he decides to Make it GREAT!!!

Don’t miss your opportunities to do the same and stay in the game.

Always Ok to share if you dare… 😉

GREAT WEEK!!!

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