"Notes" of An Elder

Just remember when you think all is lost, the future remains.

October 23, 2020

Nothing in life is of any value unless it is shared with others.

"Notes" of An Elder is a depository of pertinent information, knowledge and wisdom. Available weekly will be an elder's "thinking menu" for your use. Enjoy this bounty.

  • “Reappraise the past, re-evaluate where we've been, clarify where we are, and predict or anticipate where we are headed.” ― Toni Cade Bambara

  • People's Expectations: Why carry things that don't belong to you?

  • “Beware of his false knowledge: it is more dangerous than ignorance.” ― George Bernard Shaw

Visual Positioning

  • Look within.

  • Look around.

  • Look into distance.

  • Look into the future.

  • Take an empty person and fill them up with knowledge.

  • Manage the unavoidable. Avoid the unmanageable.

  • Each day we witness the aggressive disruption of a "traditional lifestyle."

  • Just remember when you think all is lost, the future remains.

  • The luck you make for yourself has nothing to do with blind chance. Luck is what the Chinese call: Opportunity. It knocks every day at your door. But it isn't enough to hear it knock. You have to greet it fearlessly and work with it.

  • I found my hero, and it is me.

  • Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy. You can't build on it. It's only good for wallowing.

  • A wise person once said, "If it is to be, it's up to me."

  • The most important thing in your life is not simply to capitalize on your gains. Any fool can do that. The important thing is to profit from your losses. That requires intelligence, and it makes the difference between a person of sense and a fool.

  • What really matters is what happens in us, not to us.

  • I learn to love others before I learned to love myself.

Do you think this is true?

P.S. Searching for a book recommendation? Our team at The Daily Coach highly recommends Be All In: Raising Kids for Success in Sports and Life by Christie Pearce Rampone and Dr. Kristine Keane. Soccer star and Olympic gold medalist Christie Pearce Rampone and sports neuropsychologist Dr. Kristine Keane share the best practices that athletes, parents, and coaches can use to turn the lessons learned through sports into lifelong skills.

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