Motivation « Covet Living

I think everybody has a handful of quotes that resonate with them… that kinda make everything make sense and get ’em right here (I’m pointing to my ticker), and this one has been my mantra as of late. I usually walk on the sunny side of the street and all, but I’ve definitely hit funks in the last few years when things were reeeeally tough and I thought, ah balls. I hope the best years of my life aren’t already behind me, because that would be dismal. And those are just 6 little words written in hot pink watercolor, but ever since I saw that picture, it shifted my outlook just a little bit. And when I moved to C-bus this summer, I framed it and hung it in my kitchen, so every morning when I see it, I look at it, grin, and then slap it on the way out the door like I’m running out of the Notre Dame football locker room and onto the field. Those are very simple words, but for some reason they seem very poignant and have some kinda effervescent effect on me… and I bet you have a few ditties of your own that have the same effect on you. So, fun weekend project (?) Print off your favorite one (here are some ideas), stick it in a pretty frame (can you say Marshall’s, $5.99?), and put it in a place where you’ll see it every day. Like this:

And then you can slap it, love it, chant it, sing it, shout it, bake it, shake it or deep fry it. Whatever gets you goin’.

Have a great weekend!

xoxo,

That’s a little quote from Winston Churchill – and one worth remembering the next time you feel defeated and are thinking about throwing in the towel. Clearly, David Freese must’ve read a little Churchill bedtime story every night for the past 28-or-so years leading up to last night’s World Series Game 6, because he and his Cards are a perfect example of what happens when you decide not to give up.

AHHHHHHHHHH! Best moment in sports history I’ve ever witnessed. As a former athlete, DANG. You gotta love a team that rallies like that in clutch time. My hat’s off to all the Cards… Even the ones with dingleberries of dip spit in their grizzly bear beards. And, here’s another hometown hero I love who is rallying pretty hard herself:

For those of you who missed this post, Andrea is a friend and former teammate of mine who was in the front row at the Sugarland concert back in August when the stage collapsed.

She was critically injured when a toppling steel beam crushed the back of her skull, leaving her knocked unconscious with severe head trauma and only minutes to live. Miraculously, two bystanders rushed her to an ambulance on a cot made of folding chairs; she arrived at the hospital with only 3 minutes to live. One 5-hour brain surgery, weeks in a medically induced coma hanging on by a thread, over 6,500 Facebook followers, and one small town painted hot pink in her honor later, Andrea is walking, talking, and slowly but surely on the road to recovery. The note above is one she penned last night on her own accord and asked for her family to post on Facebook, so that people would know how grateful she is to them for their thoughts & prayers. What a great kid. Cheers to Freese and Voss for setting a stellar example for the rest of us.

Have a great weekend!