JOY THROUGH STRENGTH

 
   A whole lot of us, inspired by the Deuce Lutui story and how he fired himself up and created an inner place to come from called The Best Offensive Lineman in the NFL....(his text messages contain this code for commitment: TBOLITNFL)....are purchasing jerseys with Deuce's number 76 and then putting TBOLITNFL on the back.

    We call ourselves Deuce's Team and we watch Deuce block people on Sundays, or, as the announcers put it last Sunday, we watch him move defensive players out LIKE A ROAD GRADER!  

     Here's a cool email from our team leader the ultimate coach Steve Hardison:

     Dear members of Deuce's team:

     Judy Robinett is a member of Deuce's Team and after seeing Dusan modeling his shirt wrote, "I have got to get one of those 76 shirts!" Deuce wears a 5x, I wear a large and my Amy wears a small. I purchased nine more this evening. As far as I know there are just over 40 in existence. If you want to purchase them, click on the link below and put TBOLITNFL as the name. The pictures below show the color our "Deuce's Team" will be wearing. It could be one of the most fun $99 investments yet. Thanks for all your support of Deuce as TBOLITNFL.

http://www.nflshop.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2252402

 
 NINE LETTERS THAT ROCK THE NATION

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     Tony gets me fired up

 
       Years and years and years ago when I was just starting to recover from addiction, I didn't know what to do.  I didn't know who to be, or what to do with my life.  

     I didn't know how to succeed at anything, so I would read a book way back then that would really excite me-like a Napoleon Hill book or a Colin Wilson book or a Tony Robbins book and this was many, many years ago. Anyway, it would really excite me and then I'd kind of lose that and it would fade away and I was back to "normal".  

    Well normal isn't really normal.  

    Normal means I'm believing my old negative thoughts about life again.  That's my automatic default mode.....to believe all the past negative beliefs.  But the real me, the really exciting me, was the one that woke up when I read that book.  That's the real me.  

     That's what people don't get.  They think they were artificially pumped up by some book they read, but that's really them.  That's the real you trying to express and trying to tell you, "Hey, let's live like this all the time!!!!!"  

     So what I want to have handy is that book. I want to open it in the morning and re-read what I've highlighted. Speak aloud the paragraphs or sentences that excite me.  Sentences that remind me of what I'm like when I'm thinking in real possibility-oriented ways and really upbeat creative ways.  

    I want to practice with myself, returning to that state, because I can ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS return myself to a motivated state.  It doesn't have to come from outside of me. There is no "normal" me that has to show up as dreary and depressed and the same old, same old.  That is not normal.

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Comments

[Jessyka]

Totally agree! Those zombies were so awesmoe. Or, rather, Deuce and Fade were so awesmoe when they were kicking zombie butt! Or when they were flirting and being all sweet together :)

[Ziarre]

Keep on wtriing and chugging away!

[Selim]

Your's is the intelligent aprpacoh to this issue.

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We are wishing you well tomorrow and through the week. Can't wait to see the kids and keep them busy and distracted!Here's hoping the airport is the worst part, and the testing is a cinch.

[Air Jordan 23]

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis. Do you think so?

[Coach Bags Outlet]

So yes there is more change to come in my life, more routines that need to be created. NO NO NO, not the Parliament lights but instead school and a new desire to SUCK IT UP and make it through this entry level position that I arrive at before the crack of dawn so that I can leave as the sun is setting. (yes another habit and work ethic problem I have)

Yes this only child is drowning in change, when all I really want is a Sunday on a couch with some bad tv and maybe 4 or 5 hours of sleep.

Wish me luck, and keep ya posted ....

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"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important thing I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life, because almost everything--all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart." (Steve Jobs - 2005)

RIP Captain Chris

[G.E. Moon II]

I had never heard of Steve Chandler until I read your blog. Thank you for sharing this powerful and inspirational story.

Yours In Health!

G.E. Moon II
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