Monthly Archives: November 2014

Humility with Self

     At the conscious level of your mind there are thoughts. Some thoughts are fleeting, some turn into daydreams. Creating an awareness of those thought patterns can help you discern the things that you can change in your life to make it more positive and peaceful. Living the Virtues Series is a blog series that I started earlier this year. Each month, I take a look at a different virtue; how to implement it into your life. I...

Humility with Others

         Humility, by definition, is a modest regard for oneself. It is, in essence, a condition of humbleness. Humility with others is seeing eye-to-eye on many levels. It is knowing that we are tied to each other, in genetic make-up and awareness. This clear perspective that we are all one, is a view that not many people give into. Humility with others is putting one’s desires aside and being unselfish. This virtue is so difficult...

Game On?

So Nationals is over.  You’ve given it your best.  You cleaned your guns and put everything away until the 2015 season, right?  If, for one second, you can look back and objectify your performance, what would you find?  Maybe you’re disappointed with your overall FITASC score.  Maybe you realized that you should’ve just stayed with one gun.  Or perhaps, somewhere along the stations, your mental game got side-swiped.  Did you...

Humilty in Life

      Do you associate humility as a strong virtue in your life experiences? How does it come out in your perceptions? When you experience humility in life, you recognize that on a certain level, what you really know isn’t all that much. Life is so full of lessons. I think this quote by George Arliss really sums it up skillfully: “Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.”...

Interesting view on successful athletes:

This article is taken from the Ohio Center for Sports Psychology.  Written by Jack  J. Lesky, PHD

You don’t have to be a professional athlete or an Olympic champion to be a successful athlete. Nor do you have to have a room full of trophies, win a state championship, or make the front page of the sports section. Successful athletes that I’ve worked with include an eleven year-old figure skater who has not...