P.S. See you at a Christians In Commerce meeting soon.

I don’t really understand why Prop8 can’t be discussed- you blogged about marriage and, heck, as a fellow Catholic you know the sanctitity of marriage is SO important to society.

As Catholics we have to inform our consciences, we cannot decide issues based solely on what we “feel” or what we see on t.v. or read in the media. Lucky for us we have a solid Bishop & he wrote a great article about marriage & prop8 (www.diocese-sacramento.org/herald/hopeandjoy/080705hope.html)

ANYWAY, regarding marriage, a great www site with LOTS of great info & tips is found here: http://www.foryourmarriage.org

Pat, it’s great to see your marriage blossoming!

God bless,

Steve

Great Blog. I look forward to reading more. Your life experiences can be a great source for others to live vicariously. I just had my coaching staff place these quotes in their binders to use as additional tools for themselves and our athletes.

Mediocrity is the path of least resistance.

“Being average means you are just as close to e bottom as the top.”

o “Big things are accomplished only through the perfection of minor details.”

o “The best way to improve the team is to improve yourself.”

o “He who is good at making excuses is seldom good at anything else.”

o “Don’t mistake activity for achievement.”

o “Pain is temporary. Pride lasts forever.”

o “If you don’t find the time to do it right, you will find the time to do it over.”

o “If your life is too hard, how easy would you like it”?

o “Practice makes perfect.”

o “Perfect practice makes perfect.”

o “Practice makes permanent.”

o “You may forget how you behaved when the going got tough, but others won’t.”

o “We find comfort among those who agree with us, growth among those who don’t.”

o “There are no shortcuts to anyplace worth going.”

o “Pay now, play later. Play now, pay later.”

o “We first form habits. Then habits form us.”

o “Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be mended.”

o “Don’t ask for a light load, but rather ask for a strong back.”

o “If the going is easy, beware, you may be headed down hill.”

“He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.”

1) Yes dear.
2) I’m sorry.
3) You are right dear.

Exciting new site, please continue to keep it clean with fewer mentions of ass and more about making mad $$.

Great start on the blog!

I love your first topic. I often hear people congratulate couples on the length of their marriage. I do it myself…as if the expectation is to end the relationship with a divorce. I find this odd. Marriage IS for life. Is it congratulation on not being dead?

Heather and I are “celebrating” 11 years this month. We dated for 5 years prior and are very happy. Here’s the secret…love each other every day…I do not love Heather the same as the day I “met” her. I love her more. The saying, “I love her as much as the day I met her,” should not apply! The relationship has grown. We have grown – together. We have gone through hard times (mostly me being a jackass) and we have gone through great times. We are happy together, we are sad together…we get angry with each other…but in the end we talk, love each other, and fill our lives with honesty and trust.

As for the religious side…yes, we pray together, we even work together at an Episcopal school (chapel EVERY day!). We attend our Catholic Church every Sunday and even sit in the second row on the right…just like my family did every Sunday at SI.

Anyway, thanks for the prompt.
Dan