Great article - takes away excuses

What a great story!

Jeff Hawkins' Olin Commencement Remarks...

"Commitment, integrity, and a driving curiosity are far more important than working long 
hours" -- Jeff Hawkins
http://commencement.olin.edu/includes/Jeff_Hawkins_Commencement_Speech%202011.pdf

Trial by FIRE!!!

As my favorite Uncle; The Reverend Doctor Charles William Butler used to eloquently say, "...every now and then, The Good Lord renews your testimony... ."

Last week we had a fire in our living space.  We are living out of a single suitcase; sleeping in a double bed and eating with a $30 daily stipend.  We are living well in other words...

Given what we see and read in the USA Today newspaper delivered to our door each morning [in the dead of night], we have more than most and more than most to be grateful.

While I miss my local gym and my favorite instructors for yoga, aqua yoga, aqua Zumba, Pilates mat--I am struck by, as my Dad says, "...how well with us, things are...'  I am grateful noone was injured and for yet another lesson on how to learn to turn inconvenience into convenience.

My wife remains one of the strongest, most loving, most resilient women I know.  I only hope to live long enough to show her what she means to me... .