Be INSPIRED!!!

I'm the recipient of a daily inspirational report from a gentleman by the name of Jeff Young. Jeff is a Single Dad. And he's lived with Lou Gherig's Disease since the 80's. If anyone knows anything about Lou Gherig's, you know that the prognosis is not good. To beat all odds and live not just a few months or a few years, but YEARS AND YEARS beyond an original diagnosis...is amazing and inspiring all by itself. Add single parenthood to the mix and you've truly got yourself a super hero. I'm grateful for the reality check that lands in my email box every day.

Here is today's message:

"Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability." - John Wooden

John Wooden coached the UCLA men’s basketball team to ten national titles, including seven in a row between 1967 and 1973. Yet, he never implored his team to beat another team. Coach Wooden believed that the scoreboard was irrelevant to whether or not you won or lost. He told his players that only they would know whether or not they had won, because winning was determined by whether or not they had given everything they had to give. He told them there was no honor in outscoring another team simply because the other team was lousy or because they got lucky. Likewise, there was no shame in coming up short on the scoreboard if you had given it your all.

Be very careful when comparing yourself to others, because disappointment via unrealistic expectations is often the seedbed of failure. Can we get over the notion that life is supposed to be fair? It’s not fair, and it is never going to be fair. Because everyone plays the game of life with advantages and disadvantages others do not have, we must begin measuring our success based upon our own abilities. What would you do with someone else’s ability? Not a damn thing if you’re not already utilizing the ability that you already have. Regardless of where you are in life, start disciplining yourself to give your all in all that you do and you won’t be there for long.

To sign up for Jeff's Inspirational Quotation for Today, send an e-mail to warriors-on@friendsofjeff.com or use the automated link on the website (www.friendsofjeff.com).

Even in the limited state of his body, his brain and spirit are alive and well and still setting goals. He has a goal now of adding 10,000 readers to his email distribution. Let's all gather and push him over his goal! I encourage you to copy and post to your blog so all of your readers may be inspired, as well!

Today's goal status: Readers Added Wednesday 2, Total 3,157, To Reach Next Goal 6,843

Let's all be Friends of Jeff! :O)