I am always seeking for ways to gain an extra edge, an additional motivational

button to be pushed inside of me, a process to find a new way to live and love in

life and enjoy every day like it is my last.

Both personally and professionally I found these to be great words to draw from…

“WHAT IS BEAUTY? IS BEAUTY A PRETTY FACE, A NICE SMILE, FLOWING

HAIR, NICE SKIN?  NOT TO ME, IT’S NOT.  TO ME BEAUTY IS LIVING LIFE TO

HIGHER STANDARDS, STRONGER MORALS, AND ETHICS AND BELIEVING IN

THEM, WHETHER, PEOPLE TELL YOU YOU’RE RIGHT OR WRONG.  BEAUTY

IS NOT WASTING A DAY.

BEAUTY IS NOTICING LIFE’S LITTLE INTRICACIES AND TAKING TIME OUT

OF YOUR BUSY DAY TO REALLY ENJOY THOSE INTRICACIES.

BEAUTY IS BEING REAL, BEING GENUINE, BEING PURE WITH NO

FACADE-WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET.  BEAUTY IS EXPANDING

YOUR MIND, ALWAYS SEEKING KNOWLEDGE, NOT BEING CONTENT,

ALWAYS GOING AFTER SOMETHING AND CHALLENGING YOURSELF.

I BELIEVE THAT TO REALLY HONOR PAT, WE SHOULD ALL CHALLENGE

OURSELVES.

NO MORE I’M GOING TO DO THIS OR I’M GOING TO DO THAT. 

DO IT!

AS PAT WOULD SAY, PROBABLY ‘GET OFF YOUR ASS AND DO IT.’

WHY YOU ASK, SHOULD WE HONOR HIM THIS WAY? 

BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT PAT DID HIS WHOLE LIFE.”

This is from Jake “the snake” Plummer’s speech at the funeral of his good friend

and teammate of the Arizona Cardinals Pat Tillman after Pat was killed in friendly

fire in Afghanistan during the war.

The Snake is a guy described as someone who “worked harder than

everyone else, challenged authority, and was a life long teammate.”

Words to draw from each day the sun rises I feel…The Snake does.

Thanks for reading…ciao!