“When everyone is gunning for you, you must be doing something right. Athletics is one aspect that everyone in the school and community seems to rally around and take pride in.” Brian Rector

“When everyone is gunning for you, you must be doing something right. Athletics is one aspect that everyone in the school and community seems to rally around and take pride in.”---Brian Rector

Infuse your life with action

"Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth."---Bradley Whitford

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Thomas A. Edison

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."---Thomas A. Edison

“Rise and rise again until lambs become lions.”--Russel Crow in Robin Hood the Movie, 2010

“Rise and rise again until lambs become lions.”--Russel Crow in Robin Hood the Movie, 2010

"You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else."--Albert Einstein

"You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else."--Albert Einstein

"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world."---Harriet Tubman

"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world."---Harriet Tubman

"Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness." William E. Gladstone

"Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness."  William E. Gladstone

"A leader is a dealer in hope." — Napoleon Bonaparte

"A leader is a dealer in hope." — Napoleon Bonaparte

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence. Colin Powell

"Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence."---Colin Powell

This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. Neil Armstrong

"This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."---Neil Armstrong

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Thomas A. Edison

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."---Thomas A. Edison

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish. Sam Walton

"Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish."---Sam Walton

A lot of people, when a guy scores a lot of goals, think, 'He's a great player', because a goal is very important, but a great player is a player who can do everything on the field. He can do assists, encourage his colleagues, give them confidence to go forward. It is someone who, when a team does not do well, becomes one of the leaders. Pele

"A lot of people, when a guy scores a lot of goals, think, 'He's a great player', because a goal is very important, but a great player is a player who can do everything on the field. He can do assists, encourage his colleagues, give them confidence to go forward. It is someone who, when a team does not do well, becomes one of the leaders."  Pele

"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do."Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do."Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."---Theodore Roosevelt

"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."---Theodore Roosevelt

"And my dad drilled it in my head, you know, 'If you want it bad enough, and you're willing to make the sacrifices, you can do it. But first you have to believe in yourself."---Jennie Finch

"And my dad drilled it in my head, you know, 'If you want it bad enough, and you're willing to make the sacrifices, you can do it. But first you have to believe in yourself."---Jennie Finch

"Try not to get lost in comparing yourself to others. Discover your gifts and let them shine! Softball is amazing that way as a sport. Everyone on the field has a slightly different ability that makes them perfect for their position."---Jennie Finch

"Try not to get lost in comparing yourself to others. Discover your gifts and let them shine! Softball is amazing that way as a sport. Everyone on the field has a slightly different ability that makes them perfect for their position."---Jennie Finch

"I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion."---Mia Hamm

"I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion."---Mia Hamm

"The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty."---Zig Ziglar

"The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty."---Zig Ziglar

My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can. Cary Grant

My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.  Cary Grant

"Whether it's a friendly match, or for points, or a final, or any game - I play the same. I'm always trying to be my best, first for my team, for myself, for the fans, and to try and win."---Lionel Messi

"Whether it's a friendly match, or for points, or a final, or any game - I play the same. I'm always trying to be my best, first for my team, for myself, for the fans, and to try and win."---Lionel Messi

A good team, like a good show, comes into being when the separate individuals working together create, in essence, another separate higher entity - the team - the show - which is better than any of those individuals can ever be on their own. Gary David Goldberg

A good team, like a good show, comes into being when the separate individuals working together create, in essence, another separate higher entity - the team - the show - which is better than any of those individuals can ever be on their own. Gary David Goldberg

The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better. Tony Dungy

"The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better."---Tony Dungy

"You'll come to see that a man learns nothing from winning. The act of losing, however, can elicit great wisdom. Not least of which is, uh... how much more enjoyable it is to win. It's inevitable to lose now and again. The trick is not to make a habit of it." Uncle Henry Skinner

"You'll come to see that a man learns nothing from winning. The act of losing, however, can elicit great wisdom. Not least of which is, uh... how much more enjoyable it is to win. It's inevitable to lose now and again. The trick is not to make a habit of it."---Uncle Henry Skinner in the movie A Good Year  (2006)

"Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength."--Arnold Schwarzenegger

"Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength."--Arnold Schwarzenegger

"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal."---Albert Pike

"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal."---Albert Pike

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go. Hermann Hesse

  Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.  Hermann Hesse

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. Jimmy Dean

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.  Jimmy Dean

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."--Thomas Jefferson

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."--Thomas Jefferson

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself. Harvey Fierstein

  Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.  Harvey Fierstein

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.” ― William W. Purkey

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.” ― William W. Purkey

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me. Jim Valvano

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.  Jim Valvano

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. Michael Jordan

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.  Michael Jordan

Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides. Lao Tzu

  Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.  Lao Tzu

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.  Ralph Waldo Emerson

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Mahatma Gandhi

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.  Mahatma Gandhi

Birds of a feather flock together

Birds of a feather flock together

I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches. Alice Roosevelt Longworth

I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.  Alice Roosevelt Longworth

As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed. Vincent Van Gogh

  As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.  Vincent Van Gogh

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. John F. Kennedy

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.  John F. Kennedy

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. Robert Frost

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.  Robert Frost 

We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot. Eleanor Roosevelt

 We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot. Eleanor Roosevelt

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death. Leonardo da Vinci

  I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death. Leonardo da Vinci

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Henry Ward Beecher

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.  Henry Ward Beecher

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. George Bernard Shaw

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.  George Bernard Shaw

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

George Bernard Shaw

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These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor - and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror. Michael N. Castle

These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor - and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror.  Michael N. Castle

The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others

Audrey Hepburn said “remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.”

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Confucius

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.  Confucius

Life is a song - sing it. Life is a game - play it. Life is a challenge - meet it. Life is a dream - realize it. Life is a sacrifice - offer it. Life is love - enjoy it. Sai Baba

  Life is a song - sing it. Life is a game - play it. Life is a challenge - meet it. Life is a dream - realize it. Life is a sacrifice - offer it. Life is love - enjoy it.  Sai Baba

Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too. Will Smith

  Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.  Will Smith

"Even at the bottom of the darkest pit, if you have happiness, you are something and you have hope."--CDR

"Even at the bottom of the darkest pit, if you have happiness, you are something and you have hope."--CDR #cdr_writing

"I truly believe that no matter how high you climb or how low you sink without happiness you are nothing!"--CDR

"I truly believe that no matter how high you climb or how low you sink without happiness you are nothing!"--CDR #cdr_writing

I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other. Harvey Fierstein

I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other. Harvey Fierstein

Throw Back Thursday “The Long Step Forward”

Well it’s throw back Thursday again and that means we almost have another week in the books. If you squint really hard you may just see the weekend starting to peek over the horizon. I hope that everyone has made it thus far with fuel still left in their “Happiness Tanks!” Many times in my life, I have laid on the virtual boxing mat of life looking up at the arena ceiling beaten, battered, and my “Happiness Tank” on ‘E’. In those moments, life has seemed to have delivered a knockout blow! As I lay there with a million and one thoughts running through my head, I ask myself if it is even worth it. Is it worth getting up for one more round? Is it worth trying to fight again? Wouldn’t it be easier to just give up? Wouldn’t death be simpler than life? Each time I have found the energy to reach my feet and fight again. It isn’t the easiest choice, but it is the right choice. Below you will find my Throw Back Thursday post. This piece of writing took me close to ten months to complete and pen out the way I wanted it. It is the first chapter in my book by the same name. Within this one piece of work is power that a lot of work will never achieve. This one piece of work saved me, the author. It started of a book and a series. It became part of my first published work and it started a movement that I still try to spread to this date. I hope you enjoy it, because to me it is all about the “The Long Step Forward.”

“TheLong Step Forward”

10/20/03 12pm

Though only months since you left my side, it feels like a lifetime.

At times the pain has been more than my soul would like to bear.

I thought the loss of you and the pain associated with such a loss would destroy me the most.

How wrong was I?

When I buried you on that cold December day my tears flowed like an unstoppable summer storm and the pain cut deep into my soul.

At least with the pain I knew I was alive, on the verge of insanity, but I could still feel.

But one night not too long ago, I envisioned myself sitting in the corner of the world looking over past, present, and future.

As I sat there, I began to become numb to the pain and the insanity.

And at this very hour your body lies in a cold lonely tomb and I sit here numb to the world, not unlike the dead.

I never knew the power of pain until the day I became numb to the world.

Living but dead and dead but living, I am so numb to the world that

I can hardly tell that I am alive.

I thought the pain and tears would be my greatest enemy I would face, but it is the numbness I fear that will destroy me.

The numbness has made me so tired of everything in life, but I long

to awaken from this nightmare.

I am not willing to stand still and I refuse to step backward; forward is the only path for me.

I now realize for around ten months I have been stretching out my leg for the long step forward.

It may take me ten more months before my foot hits the ground and ten more before I lift my back foot off the ground to prepare for another step.

It is not the time that matters the most, it is the actions we take in that time.

Time to care!

Time to love!

Time to protect!

Time to think!

Time to hope!

Time to dream!

Time to live!

And in that such an hour, time to step forward, even though all your thoughts are of laying down and dying.

Surviving has very little to do with strength and almost everything to do with your passion to live and survive.

Passion forces you to do extraordinary things when your strength tells you there is no more energy to be given.

Passion forces you to take that long step forward and face the world

when all is dark.

It is all about the “The Long Step Forward.”

“The Long Step Forward" is a passage from my book “The Long Step Forward” published by Bad T Publishing & Productions.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself. Harvey Fierstein

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself. Harvey Fierstein

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

Harvey Fierstein

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The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters. Audrey Hepburn

The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters. Audrey Hepburn

The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters.

Audrey Hepburn

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The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters.

Audrey Hepburn

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I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death. Leonardo da Vinci

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death. Leonardo da Vinci

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

Leonardo da Vinci

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My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso. Pablo Picasso

My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso. Pablo Picasso

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. Aristotle

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. Aristotle

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. Jesus Christ

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. Jesus Christ

Believe in yourself!

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. Norman Vincent Peale

All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me..

 All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. Walt Disney

Never give up

Never give up and don't ask why because every situation does not need an answer. I'm a firm believer that I don't worry about anything I can't control. Eric Davis

Rise above the negative tide!!!

Happy Monday my fellow warriors of happiness.  Against all that is negative, I hope that the start of your week is off to a grand start. Again it is a late night in Indiana and I am just now sitting down to my laptop to write today’s blog. I hadn’t really decided what I was going to write and I try not to write when I am upset, but about an hour ago one of my “Emotional Siphoner’s” rolled on up on the informational superhighway and started throwing “negativity bombs” my way. As I cruised the net trying to relax and gather myself, I came across this quote, "Don't allow negative people to trap you in with their negative useless thoughts, be strong and break free," author unknown.

As I read that quote, it jump started something inside of me that I preach all the time and just like my dad would always do I said, “self you only have two choices here.” He was big on the “I said self” and then he finished his story. Sorry that is for another time, but thinking of my dad does make me smile. Thinking of him makes me happy and helps refuel my “Happiness Tank,” which is giving me the energy to write this blog, so I guess it kind of fits here. In one paragraph in real time, you my fans just witnessed the power of the happy thought as reference to the filling of the “Happiness Tank.”

Okay back to it. By no means am I the first to say this and I won’t be the last, but in every situation you always have at least two options. As I was being bombarded with these “negativity bombs,” I thought to myself this is the night that Mr. Happiness Guru loads his “negativity bombs” and fires back. Before I could get cocked and loaded that quote popped up. In that moment, I realized that I had the choice to walk away or engage him. If I fire back, I allow him to take the power of the situation away from me, because until that moment I still hold the power of the choice. Once I give it to him, I have allowed a negative person to trap me with useless words. Like my dad always said ‘stoop to their level and you become them and that is what miserable people want to make, more miserable people.”

By not engaging this person, I didn’t allow him the power over the situation. I exercised my right to the “block this person” button and I broke free of that situation. In that one action, I retained the status of Mr. Happiness Guru and I didn’t allow him the power to steal that title away from me. It has taken me many years to get here.  I am not perfect.  I am ever growing, ever changing, and ever evolving into the person I want to be. I will fall short many times on my own; therefore, I can’t afford to give my “Emotional Siphoner’s” the option to take my knees out from under me. In Robin Hood theMovie, 2010, Russel Crow’s character Robin Longstride states "Rise And Rise Again Until Lambs Become Lions” when asked by Little John (Kevin Durand) and Will Scarlet (Scott Grimes) what this saying meant, he replies “never give up.  Though I will fall, I can’t allow myself to be trapped by negative people and I can’t give up. I have to rise above the negativity in my life even when it pours down upon me.

When the negativity comes down so fast that it looks to flood my life, I have to remember I must swim for all I am worth and rise above the negative tide!!!

"May the fourth be with you!!!"

You can't do it unless you can imagine it.

George Lucas

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You can't do it unless you can imagine it.

George Lucas

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"You can't do it unless you can imagine it." George Lucas  

For the last week or so I have been reading “The BrandWithin” by Daymond John. This is the only time I will ever say this and I hope Mr. John appreciates this.  If you don’t own this book stop reading this blog right now and follow the link above to buy it. Don’t forget to come back though.

Now that you are back I want to review the Four Stages of The Product Evolution discussed in Mr. John’s book. I hope my paraphrasing of his four stages does them justice.

The Item: Generic product with no markings to link it back to any particular source.

The Label: A step up from the item.  It has a marking that can be linked back to a particular source but it isn’t a source that stands out.

The Brand: A place where labels want to be, kind of like Cheers, a place where everybody knows your name. A brand stands out and not only does it have a marking that can be linked back to a particular source, the brand itself is the link. It has almost an occult like following.

The Lifestyle: No longer is a link needed to a particular source because it has become the source. It is the inspiration that inspires avenues that were never envisioned in the beginning. It is the money maker! Slap a picture of Cher on a bag of dog food and that dog food will sale. Not because she knows anything about dog food, just because we all know Cher and we want that dog food.

I want to focus on the Lifestyle stage for this example. Today is May 4 and the occult following of George Lucas’s Star Wars franchise have deemed this as “May the fourth be with you” day, a play on words for “May the Force be With You,” a parting statement used in the franchise. Now I know all of you know this, but I just wanted to point out some things that I find interesting. The original Star Wars film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977. Now I am not sure of this because I would have only been a few months old, but I doubt anyone said on May 4, 1977 “Hey may the fourth be with you.” Yet thirty-seven years later it is unofficial holiday created by fans to honor the Star Wars Franchise and they call it Star Wars Day.

A quick internet search yields tons of T-shirts and other products being sold to honor this holiday. The Star Wars franchise itself has yielded astronomical figures in the merchandising realm and now it has spawned a side phenomenon that is selling its own merchandise. Star Wars has achieved a success that most of us only dream of and it has reached a level of The Lifestyle stage that it is now creating Lifestyle status in other products. All of this because a guy decides to write a line in a story on a piece of paper and then refused to give up forcing that line into a movie.

 
So as you guys prepare to start a new week and you prepare to chase your dreams, I say unto you follow wisely, never give up, but take time to rest and invest in those things that recharge your “Happiness Tanks.” The journey is long and sometimes the storms arise making that road impassable, but you just have to camp out and let those storms pass. It is not a sin to stop once in a while to recharge, it only becomes a sin when you fail to start again. So no matter what you are doing this week “may the force be with you” and today just for fun “may the fourth be with you.”