Tag Archives: adversity

Get an A+ in Marriage

Do you want to get an A + in marriage? Here are a few As to help you relate to your spouse and improve your marriage Acceptance Your spouse needs to know that you accept them as they are and that you are not always trying to change them and make them over into something they are not. They need to know they are loved unconditionally, not only when they do the things that please you and make you happy. Admiration Admiration might be as simple as telling your spouse that an outfit looks hot on them. Or it might … Continue reading →

Little Stevie Wonderful

One balmy night in 1963, I turned the big stereo “hifi” on and heard Little Stevie Wonder for the first time. It was an unusually warm night in the winter, even for Galveston. The ocean breeze was blowing in through the open windows and I was home alone. I remember hearing the harmonica and thinking what a catchy tune. It was “Fingertips Part 1”. I was hooked on Stevie Wonder; he and I were both twelve years old when he released that song. I learned later he was blind at birth, played not only the harmonica, but had also mastered … Continue reading →

Star Gazing

Ralph Waldo Emerson has said, “When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.” Adversity sometimes feels like it’s surrounding us, darkening our outlook, casting shadows on all that we once believed or hoped. But when we’ve survived enough of it, we are blessed with more and more enlightenment. I’ve always loved star-gazing. Astronomy-buffs know that when you’re really interested in viewing the heavens, you’ve got to go where it’s darkest. Perhaps the mountains, or the desert. You must escape “light pollution,” which is the haze created by the human race–our porch lights, store lights, street lamps, and glowing … Continue reading →

Building Through Adversity

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. – Mark Twain Our lives are populated by challenge. The particular challenges we focus on here in the Fitness blog are those of living a healthy and fit lifestyle. Exercise may seem as though it is our primary focus, but fitness incorporates all aspects of our lives – from our physical well being to our mental, emotional and financial. The challenges that permeate our lives are the adversities that help us to … Continue reading →

Stories That Inspire – Brooke Ellison Runs for State Senate!

Brooke Ellison was just a regular eleven-year-old girl growing up in Long Island New York. On her first day of middle school, while walking home, she was suddenly struck by a passing car. Instantly her life was changed forever. She became a quadriplegic, paralyzed from the neck down, dependant upon a ventilator to breathe. The girl who ran, laughed and played was now confined to a wheelchair, unable to move. This is a reality unfathomable to most of us. Yet Brooke decided she was not going to let a disability prevent her from achieving her dreams. She continued her schooling, … Continue reading →