8/22/2011 Allie Yaw Ben Franklin Cosby Happiness
Before I get started I must apologize for not getting a group message out last week due to being all wrapped up taking down some decent sized ash trees in my parents’ yard, splitting them, and stacking hem near the edge of the edge of the yard these past few weeks. The process is ongoing and as long as I don’t injure myself greatly it will continue. I said greatly because last Thursday I either bruised or broke some ribs (either way they heal naturally.) And then Friday morning I had a collision between my face an a log and a log, trust me wood isn’t soft, and it resulted in seven stitches just above my right eye by 9:30 in the morning, but by nearly 11:00 that same morning I was back at it. Injury, unless drastic, can’t hold me down long, and even with any serious problem I at least make light of the situation and be the best I can.
I also found a friend who shares all my interests, at least everything we’ve talked about. Allie Yaw seems like an all American type of girl, introduced to me by Danika Boever. I’m really excited to have her as a friend. She currently lives out of this state (I mean OH not my state of mind,) though. I look forward to learning all about her. Talking to her has made me happy.
Now I must talk this week about happiness. What does it really take for you to be truly happy and where do you find your state of happiness? Many people pin happiness to external factors...if only we had more money...or a better house...or whatever your latest "want" is, they say that’s where you find happiness, but let’s investigate and explore happiness a little deeper. If you choose to disregard me now (or whenever) that is your option and right, and please let nothing I say derail you from your beliefs. Perhaps my rants will shed new light on various avenues and/or people you encounter or meet, respectfully. This week I’ll resort to quoting one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, as I talk about and try to find happiness, in this week’s first quote:
"The U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up to it yourself." ~ Benjamin Franklin
Now even though Mr. Franklin is from the colonial times era (1705-1790,) we can still find refuge in his life. The quote mentions the U.S. Constitution (the basis for this country,) and there is currently much debate on the legitimacy of adherence to it’s’ contents that I will not get into. This group is not intended o be political but motivating. And this week’s first quote also talks about happiness. I am still hoping to clarify that a bit, but first I must briefly mention Big Ben. And no I’m not talking about the often criticized Rothlisberger (for his life away from the NFL,) nor the great bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, when I say “Big Ben,” and I’m not even a Pittsburgh Steelers fan like some of you.
Today I’d like to share a situation and concept from the book, “The Road to Happiness,” by Mac Anderson and BJ Gallagher (and I love that last name for it makes me think of comedy and smashing watermelons,) for in it I find what I must do and where I can go to find happiness.
Mac talks about how he likes talking to taxi drivers when he goes from the airport to a hotel, convention center, or restaurant, because they’re often immigrants with fascinating personal histories and unusual cultural backgrounds. Mac asked one driver, after his usual question about where is the popular places he takes customers to eat and hang out, an hypothetical inquiry; ”If you could live anywhere in the world- and if money was no object- where would you live?” His driver gave a response to the question that would require most people to pause and think, at least a minute or two, about luxurious places without hesitation, and I think everyone can benefit from the drivers response.
The taxi driver said, “I live in my heart. So it really doesn’t matter where my body lives. If I’m happy inside, then I live in Paradise, no matter where my residence is.” Everybody heed that wisdom, because if you aren’t happy internally then we can’t truly be happy on the surface no matter the situation. That’s why I can reply, when somebody asks me where the best place to hang out is, by saying wherever I am, and that is NOT being cocky or arrogant; it’s the honest truth. I also like hanging with people I know or ones that have similar interests to me. That’s why I wish Allie Yaw lived a lot closer to me (maybe even in Northwest Ohio,) because I think catching a game with her, or even just having an in person conversation with her would be awesome. Maybe it will happen someday.
I don’t have much experience riding in a taxi cab, but I do hear stories from time to time. There is one more thing related to happiness and that’s humor, and I’ve found a quote on my new friend, Matthew Sharpe’s page, https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=517792559&sk=wall.
"If you can find the humor in anything, you can survive it."
-Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby is a well known comedian himself, but his quote speaks volumes. My family, immediate and my uncles/aunts, find humor in everything and at all events. That even goes for sickness and funerals of loved one’s, too. Personally I think laughing is a great way to cope with everything. Maybe that’s why my family is so close and that closeness survives through both thick and thin. Allie is fun to share a laugh with, too.
A smile/laughing/humor/happiness is like a flower with a pleasant scent, your smile can draw people close enough to see inside you. If you like people then I suggest that you smile. Or if you don’t like people then I suggest that you smile. It will make them jealous. Notice that Allie Yaw is the definition of happiness, throughout this week’s message. Please add your friends to this group.
~Matt~ Failure is the first step to success. Think about that one.
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
Sunday, August 21, 2011
8/11/2011
Lauren/Angel Williams, www.facebook.com/TheQueenKnockout?sk=wall, is from Toronto, Ontario and that’s in Canada, but now she lives in Tampa, Florida. When I think of Canada I think of Joey Votto, because I am a sports nut (Votto is a Canadian born Cincinnati Reds baseball player.) But let me briefly talk about Lauren, and I possibly (I think that I did) use one of her quotes previously, but it was in the initial stages of this group… neither I nor the vast majority of you can recall for certain. Lauren had the following quote on her facebook page:
“Health, happiness, and success depend on the fighting spirit of each person. The big thing is not what happens to us in life- but what we do about what happens to us.”
-Lauren Williams
Even though Lauren says she only speaks French a little she was born in Canada, and when I took my foreign language in my junior year of high school the class went on a week long field trip one spring to Quebec, Canada. We locked in whether we were going early that school year and even though I never went (because baseball was in the springtime,) I have always associated French speaking people with Canada even though the majority of Canadians speak English primarily. Many of my classmates went there to “learn” the French language and culture (Lol, yeah right… it was a celebration,) but I was focused on sports and studies. I did tear my ACL, meniscus, and cartilage the winter of my junior year and was not participating in baseball at the time of the excursion, but I was locked in on rehabilitation (basketball was coming soon) so I never went on the field rip. Maybe if we would have travelled to France I would have gone.
Speaking of France makes me think of my friend Delphine Brun, www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1104893421&ref=ts, and she speaks their national language, but she also speaks English fairly well. She has a master degree, as I do, and I enjoy talking with her. She was a fan of the show “Lost” when it was on. I liked that show too, but the ending (or lack thereof) left a sour taste in my mind. I think she mentioned Elvis Presley last time we spoke, and Elvis was a big Gospel music guy. I am a fan of his hits, but not the following Elvis video, www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Nr-dukYATs .
I am running short on time this week since I am busy with cutting down trees in our yard that are dead (ash trees- www.emeraldashborer.info,) but I’ll put two more quotes. Every Ash tree we have is infected. The first one is kind of comical I think, but who knows (I’ve never been married):
“Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So each is inevitably disappointed.” - Albert Einstein
What I think of when I hear Albert Einstein usually involves books and gaining knowledge, definitely not love and marriage. I am relatively certain that he never spoke in fragments… like the ending sentence of his quote above. Therefore the certainty of it’s’ legitimacy remains somewhat uncertain in my opinion. The last quote is about life:
“Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning how to dance in the rain…”
-Vivian Greene
Have a great week everybody.
Thank you so much for being my friend and reading this message. Please add all your friends to this group by clicking “Add Friends” on the right hand side of the wall. www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_46959448480. Please share this message!
~Matt~ Failure is the first step to success. Think about that one.
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www.mattschroeder.org
Never stop trying to succeed!
“Health, happiness, and success depend on the fighting spirit of each person. The big thing is not what happens to us in life- but what we do about what happens to us.”
-Lauren Williams
Even though Lauren says she only speaks French a little she was born in Canada, and when I took my foreign language in my junior year of high school the class went on a week long field trip one spring to Quebec, Canada. We locked in whether we were going early that school year and even though I never went (because baseball was in the springtime,) I have always associated French speaking people with Canada even though the majority of Canadians speak English primarily. Many of my classmates went there to “learn” the French language and culture (Lol, yeah right… it was a celebration,) but I was focused on sports and studies. I did tear my ACL, meniscus, and cartilage the winter of my junior year and was not participating in baseball at the time of the excursion, but I was locked in on rehabilitation (basketball was coming soon) so I never went on the field rip. Maybe if we would have travelled to France I would have gone.
Speaking of France makes me think of my friend Delphine Brun, www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1104893421&ref=ts, and she speaks their national language, but she also speaks English fairly well. She has a master degree, as I do, and I enjoy talking with her. She was a fan of the show “Lost” when it was on. I liked that show too, but the ending (or lack thereof) left a sour taste in my mind. I think she mentioned Elvis Presley last time we spoke, and Elvis was a big Gospel music guy. I am a fan of his hits, but not the following Elvis video, www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Nr-dukYATs .
I am running short on time this week since I am busy with cutting down trees in our yard that are dead (ash trees- www.emeraldashborer.info,) but I’ll put two more quotes. Every Ash tree we have is infected. The first one is kind of comical I think, but who knows (I’ve never been married):
“Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So each is inevitably disappointed.” - Albert Einstein
What I think of when I hear Albert Einstein usually involves books and gaining knowledge, definitely not love and marriage. I am relatively certain that he never spoke in fragments… like the ending sentence of his quote above. Therefore the certainty of it’s’ legitimacy remains somewhat uncertain in my opinion. The last quote is about life:
“Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning how to dance in the rain…”
-Vivian Greene
Have a great week everybody.
Thank you so much for being my friend and reading this message. Please add all your friends to this group by clicking “Add Friends” on the right hand side of the wall. www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_46959448480. Please share this message!
~Matt~ Failure is the first step to success. Think about that one.
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www.mattschroeder.org
Never stop trying to succeed!
8/4/2011
Sent to the group: 8/4/2011
Often times, situations in your life (specifically yours now) unravel in such a way that we are quick to call a “mulligan” or do over. Let it be known that mulligan is a golf term that is often used in other arenas in life. I am not a golfer (not even a poor one at that nor average or good.) I have never golfed and even recorded my individual score on the course. However I have been to the golf course a four times (unless you count when their clubhouse was the wedding or gathering location. Two times, over the years, I’ve been part of scrambles for the Pizzeria, and two separate times I went to the driving range. Never have I started or completed an individual round of golf that is not Putt-Putt.
Let’s define a mulligan in golf again. A mulligan, most simply put, is a "do-over." Hit a bad shot? Take a mulligan and replay that stroke. They are never "legal" under standard golfing rules. Mulligans are typically employed during friendly rounds by golf buddies; or during charity tournaments where they are sometimes sold. If mulligans are for sale, that means the golfer can buy, say, three mulligans for a set price each. The sale of mulligans is sometimes used as an additional fund-raiser at charitable events. Therefore PGA golfers do not partake in these, yet there is a prominent golfer named Tiger Woods probably wishes he had a do over on his life and marriage. Time for the first quote:
“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.”
-Carl Bard
Once you start something you may as well make it look as good as you can at the end. If you don’t like what you’ve scored or you want to make an alternate attempt at a task, sometime that’s okay and you try again. On the other hand others things, especially in certain life events are done for good and they cannot be altered, taken back or done over. Like Tiger cannot make a new start to his life, the acts that most people would frown on are done (it’s anybody’s guess if Woods really frowns at his wrongdoings or even if he sees them as wrong,) but he can start from now and try to make the best out of his remaining earth dwelling time.
I am not full of knowledge about Carl Bard, and a good/quality biography of him dies not stand out when I just looked on Google. Instead many pages are found about his quotes. I don’t really care about furthering neither your knowledge nor mine, but let’s closely look at the quote in this message. I picked this particular quote, because it spoke volumes to me. I hope it will help you change yourself for the better, too. If you feel better about results and your endings anyone who crosses your path or walks beside you will likewise be happier. Your success and happiness is contagious. Whether you recognize it as being true or not matters not; people (friends, neighbors, parents, children, siblings, relatives, educators, etc.) are affected by the way you live. As nobody besides our Creator is omniscient (well my Dad…Lol I am kidding) we cannot have a do over of our past. Once a game, task, or day is over that’s it, because this is NOT “Groundhog Day” (1993) and we are not Bill Murray.
What we can do however is make happy endings; it’s all about what you do with the solid aspects you cannot change and the tangible things you can. Your life is about how you react. Just because you cannot change what already happened in your life, the ending can change drastically.
Stephanie Turner, http://www.facebook.com/Panda.pukalicious?sk=wall, is a friend that has recently joined this group. I’ll paraphrase something that she said, and then briefly analyze that which I found on her facebook page:
Life’s joys don’t come from a store, but the heart and the warmth put into it, make your final choices in life when He calls you home, but don’t regret a thing; it’s not worth the scorn.
- Stephanie Turner
Steph lives out near the west coast where she studies architecture at the Art Institute of Las Vegas, Nevada. She says she is only 20, but I have a hard time believing that. I guess she is just really advanced for her age in some regards. To me she is saying that you cannot buy happiness, and that says to disregard material possessions. And it’s up to your kindness and work ethic that matter when God brings you to heaven Then Steph only adds to her admire ability by saying don’t regret anything, because what’s done is done. Worrying is pointless. I’ve never heard of a twenty year old, that has not looked death in the eye, having such a great outlook on life. If you think what I have to say about anything is false then don’t believe but disregard it. I never held a gun to your head and said read this or else. If you’re still reading yo chose to do so. Thanks.
Thank you so much for being my friend and reading this message. Please add all your friends to this group by clicking “Add Friends” on the right hand side of the wall. www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_46959448480. Please share this message!
~Matt~ Failure is the first step to success. Think about that one.
▒♥_______/)______./¯"""/')
▒♥¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯\)¯¯¯¯¯'\_„„„„\)
www.mattschroeder.org
Never stop trying to succeed!
P.S. I am very hopeful that I will have an autobiography out by this time next year.
Often times, situations in your life (specifically yours now) unravel in such a way that we are quick to call a “mulligan” or do over. Let it be known that mulligan is a golf term that is often used in other arenas in life. I am not a golfer (not even a poor one at that nor average or good.) I have never golfed and even recorded my individual score on the course. However I have been to the golf course a four times (unless you count when their clubhouse was the wedding or gathering location. Two times, over the years, I’ve been part of scrambles for the Pizzeria, and two separate times I went to the driving range. Never have I started or completed an individual round of golf that is not Putt-Putt.
Let’s define a mulligan in golf again. A mulligan, most simply put, is a "do-over." Hit a bad shot? Take a mulligan and replay that stroke. They are never "legal" under standard golfing rules. Mulligans are typically employed during friendly rounds by golf buddies; or during charity tournaments where they are sometimes sold. If mulligans are for sale, that means the golfer can buy, say, three mulligans for a set price each. The sale of mulligans is sometimes used as an additional fund-raiser at charitable events. Therefore PGA golfers do not partake in these, yet there is a prominent golfer named Tiger Woods probably wishes he had a do over on his life and marriage. Time for the first quote:
“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.”
-Carl Bard
Once you start something you may as well make it look as good as you can at the end. If you don’t like what you’ve scored or you want to make an alternate attempt at a task, sometime that’s okay and you try again. On the other hand others things, especially in certain life events are done for good and they cannot be altered, taken back or done over. Like Tiger cannot make a new start to his life, the acts that most people would frown on are done (it’s anybody’s guess if Woods really frowns at his wrongdoings or even if he sees them as wrong,) but he can start from now and try to make the best out of his remaining earth dwelling time.
I am not full of knowledge about Carl Bard, and a good/quality biography of him dies not stand out when I just looked on Google. Instead many pages are found about his quotes. I don’t really care about furthering neither your knowledge nor mine, but let’s closely look at the quote in this message. I picked this particular quote, because it spoke volumes to me. I hope it will help you change yourself for the better, too. If you feel better about results and your endings anyone who crosses your path or walks beside you will likewise be happier. Your success and happiness is contagious. Whether you recognize it as being true or not matters not; people (friends, neighbors, parents, children, siblings, relatives, educators, etc.) are affected by the way you live. As nobody besides our Creator is omniscient (well my Dad…Lol I am kidding) we cannot have a do over of our past. Once a game, task, or day is over that’s it, because this is NOT “Groundhog Day” (1993) and we are not Bill Murray.
What we can do however is make happy endings; it’s all about what you do with the solid aspects you cannot change and the tangible things you can. Your life is about how you react. Just because you cannot change what already happened in your life, the ending can change drastically.
Stephanie Turner, http://www.facebook.com/Panda.pukalicious?sk=wall, is a friend that has recently joined this group. I’ll paraphrase something that she said, and then briefly analyze that which I found on her facebook page:
Life’s joys don’t come from a store, but the heart and the warmth put into it, make your final choices in life when He calls you home, but don’t regret a thing; it’s not worth the scorn.
- Stephanie Turner
Steph lives out near the west coast where she studies architecture at the Art Institute of Las Vegas, Nevada. She says she is only 20, but I have a hard time believing that. I guess she is just really advanced for her age in some regards. To me she is saying that you cannot buy happiness, and that says to disregard material possessions. And it’s up to your kindness and work ethic that matter when God brings you to heaven Then Steph only adds to her admire ability by saying don’t regret anything, because what’s done is done. Worrying is pointless. I’ve never heard of a twenty year old, that has not looked death in the eye, having such a great outlook on life. If you think what I have to say about anything is false then don’t believe but disregard it. I never held a gun to your head and said read this or else. If you’re still reading yo chose to do so. Thanks.
Thank you so much for being my friend and reading this message. Please add all your friends to this group by clicking “Add Friends” on the right hand side of the wall. www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_46959448480. Please share this message!
~Matt~ Failure is the first step to success. Think about that one.
▒♥_______/)______./¯"""/')
▒♥¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯\)¯¯¯¯¯'\_„„„„\)
www.mattschroeder.org
Never stop trying to succeed!
P.S. I am very hopeful that I will have an autobiography out by this time next year.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Publishers wanted
Thanks to Lena's help I will have a manuscript done but am seeking a publisher that will print and publish.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
7/29/2011
Sent to group 7/29/2011
I would like to start this week’s message with talking about TJ Johnson a little bit. He lives in Omaha, Nebraska but studied Cinema and Theater at the University of Iowa (Iowa brings up another story which resulted in me knowing that the rest areas are all fairly clean in that state.) However nobody wants to hear about a young man’s battles with diarrhea while using a walker on a family vacation attempt just after high school graduation, unless you’re twisted mentally, so I’ll avoid mentioning that Iowa episode again. I’ll reinforce part of his credo and tear up the rest in the next paragraph, but if you’d like to know more about this personal consultant, Mr. Johnson, here is his page, www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=502660835&sk=wall.
TJ’s personal credo: “We can only control two things in this lifetime. Our attitude and our reactions; everything else is out of our control.”
Indeed we control our attitude and reactions, but I find it to be a bit misleading when he says that everything else is out of our control. True that we can only be certain to control that which is our own lives, but everything in life stems from our attitude and reactions. When he says everything else being out of our control it refers to other peoples’ lives. Hold it right there! That happens to be false! You can as parents, friends, teachers, coaches, or motivational speakers mold, shape, impact, steer, or at least influence the lives of others. Only Joe can literally control what Joe does, but I think, correction I know that we can partially control others. You can make a difference in what others do.
Before I move on to another quote I will ask for some help. I need somebody to help me with my autobiography. If you can help write a book, or know of somebody who can, please contact me at matt@mattschroeder.org. Hopefully I have somebody who is going to build/ghostwrite on the 23,000+ words I have already, and one person who is willing to help, but they have a fee of $2000. Anybody who ghostwrites for me will get a 10% commission on all sales. The person who may help me write will and publish will end up making more than $2000 anyway, because my life is vastly intriguing.
The next source for a quote lives in Centerville, Ohio and works at Champs Sports. I’d like to thank Candace Michelle O’kelly, www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=621727553&sk, for the following quote:
“I love my life & I would never trade it for anything... Love your friends & family cause you never know what God has in store for us in the future.”
-- Candace Michelle O’Kelly
Candace, that makes me want to meet you, because our line of thinking is similar. Readers, I suggest living your life in a way so you can love it. As Kenny Rogers sings, and me too (lol,) “every hand’s a winner and every hand’s a loser.” Aside from that beautiful quote, Candace’s page also has a fascinating Bob Marley saying that I’ll link to: www.facebook.com/notes/candace-michelle-okelly/50585be4/10150265925456234.
Let it be known that Candace is somebody I’d love to meet someday, as is my friend from France, but I’m moving on to this week’s last quote. A friend of my friend suggested the source for the following quote:
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.”
--Maggie Betz
Maggie, www.facebook.com/betz2?ref=pymk, went to Mother of Mercy High School, which is in Cincinnati, but she currently attends Tiffin University. Her saying is great and I felt that you all should see it. That’s everything.
Thank you so much for being my friend and reading this message. If you add all your friends to this group it would really be great. Can you also please add your friends to this Facebook group, "The Rest is Up to You” (www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_46959448480?) Please share this message!
~Matt~ Failure is the first step to success. Think about that one.
▒♥_______/)______./¯"""/')
▒♥¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯\)¯¯¯¯¯'\_„„„„\)
www.mattschroeder.org
Never stop trying to succeed!
I would like to start this week’s message with talking about TJ Johnson a little bit. He lives in Omaha, Nebraska but studied Cinema and Theater at the University of Iowa (Iowa brings up another story which resulted in me knowing that the rest areas are all fairly clean in that state.) However nobody wants to hear about a young man’s battles with diarrhea while using a walker on a family vacation attempt just after high school graduation, unless you’re twisted mentally, so I’ll avoid mentioning that Iowa episode again. I’ll reinforce part of his credo and tear up the rest in the next paragraph, but if you’d like to know more about this personal consultant, Mr. Johnson, here is his page, www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=502660835&sk=wall.
TJ’s personal credo: “We can only control two things in this lifetime. Our attitude and our reactions; everything else is out of our control.”
Indeed we control our attitude and reactions, but I find it to be a bit misleading when he says that everything else is out of our control. True that we can only be certain to control that which is our own lives, but everything in life stems from our attitude and reactions. When he says everything else being out of our control it refers to other peoples’ lives. Hold it right there! That happens to be false! You can as parents, friends, teachers, coaches, or motivational speakers mold, shape, impact, steer, or at least influence the lives of others. Only Joe can literally control what Joe does, but I think, correction I know that we can partially control others. You can make a difference in what others do.
Before I move on to another quote I will ask for some help. I need somebody to help me with my autobiography. If you can help write a book, or know of somebody who can, please contact me at matt@mattschroeder.org. Hopefully I have somebody who is going to build/ghostwrite on the 23,000+ words I have already, and one person who is willing to help, but they have a fee of $2000. Anybody who ghostwrites for me will get a 10% commission on all sales. The person who may help me write will and publish will end up making more than $2000 anyway, because my life is vastly intriguing.
The next source for a quote lives in Centerville, Ohio and works at Champs Sports. I’d like to thank Candace Michelle O’kelly, www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=621727553&sk, for the following quote:
“I love my life & I would never trade it for anything... Love your friends & family cause you never know what God has in store for us in the future.”
-- Candace Michelle O’Kelly
Candace, that makes me want to meet you, because our line of thinking is similar. Readers, I suggest living your life in a way so you can love it. As Kenny Rogers sings, and me too (lol,) “every hand’s a winner and every hand’s a loser.” Aside from that beautiful quote, Candace’s page also has a fascinating Bob Marley saying that I’ll link to: www.facebook.com/notes/candace-michelle-okelly/50585be4/10150265925456234.
Let it be known that Candace is somebody I’d love to meet someday, as is my friend from France, but I’m moving on to this week’s last quote. A friend of my friend suggested the source for the following quote:
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.”
--Maggie Betz
Maggie, www.facebook.com/betz2?ref=pymk, went to Mother of Mercy High School, which is in Cincinnati, but she currently attends Tiffin University. Her saying is great and I felt that you all should see it. That’s everything.
Thank you so much for being my friend and reading this message. If you add all your friends to this group it would really be great. Can you also please add your friends to this Facebook group, "The Rest is Up to You” (www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_46959448480?) Please share this message!
~Matt~ Failure is the first step to success. Think about that one.
▒♥_______/)______./¯"""/')
▒♥¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯\)¯¯¯¯¯'\_„„„„\)
www.mattschroeder.org
Never stop trying to succeed!
7.29.2011 Candace Okelly TJ Johnson Maggie Betz
Sent to group 7/29/2011
I would like to start this week’s message with talking about TJ Johnson a little bit. He lives in Omaha, Nebraska but studied Cinema and Theater at the University of Iowa (Iowa brings up another story which resulted in me knowing that the rest areas are all fairly clean in that state.) However nobody wants to hear about a young man’s battles with diarrhea while using a walker on a family vacation attempt just after high school graduation, unless you’re twisted mentally, so I’ll avoid mentioning that Iowa episode again. I’ll reinforce part of his credo and tear up the rest in the next paragraph, but if you’d like to know more about this personal consultant, Mr. Johnson, here is his page, www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=502660835&sk=wall.
TJ’s personal credo: “We can only control two things in this lifetime. Our attitude and our reactions; everything else is out of our control.”
Indeed we control our attitude and reactions, but I find it to be a bit misleading when he says that everything else is out of our control. True that we can only be certain to control that which is our own lives, but everything in life stems from our attitude and reactions. When he says everything else being out of our control it refers to other peoples’ lives. Hold it right there! That happens to be false! You can as parents, friends, teachers, coaches, or motivational speakers mold, shape, impact, steer, or at least influence the lives of others. Only Joe can literally control what Joe does, but I think, correction I know that we can partially control others. You can make a difference in what others do.
Before I move on to another quote I will ask for some help. I need somebody to help me with my autobiography. If you can help write a book, or know of somebody who can, please contact me at matt@mattschroeder.org. Hopefully I have somebody who is going to build/ghostwrite on the 23,000+ words I have already, and one person who is willing to help, but they have a fee of $2000. Anybody who ghostwrites for me will get a 10% commission on all sales. The person who may help me write will and publish will end up making more than $2000 anyway, because my life is vastly intriguing.
The next source for a quote lives in Centerville, Ohio and works at Champs Sports. I’d like to thank Candace Michelle O’kelly, www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=621727553&sk, for the following quote:
“I love my life & I would never trade it for anything... Love your friends & family cause you never know what God has in store for us in the future.”
-- Candace Michelle O’Kelly
Candace, that makes me want to meet you, because our line of thinking is similar. Readers, I suggest living your life in a way so you can love it. As Kenny Rogers sings, and me too (lol,) “every hand’s a winner and every hand’s a loser.” Aside from that beautiful quote, Candace’s page also has a fascinating Bob Marley saying that I’ll link to: www.facebook.com/notes/candace-michelle-okelly/50585be4/10150265925456234.
Let it be known that Candace is somebody I’d love to meet someday, as is my friend from France, but I’m moving on to this week’s last quote. A friend of my friend suggested the source for the following quote:
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.”
--Maggie Betz
Maggie, www.facebook.com/betz2?ref=pymk, went to Mother of Mercy High School, which is in Cincinnati, but she currently attends Tiffin University. Her saying is great and I felt that you all should see it. That’s everything.
Thank you so much for being my friend and reading this message. If you add all your friends to this group it would really be great. Can you also please add your friends to this Facebook group, "The Rest is Up to You” (www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_46959448480?) Please share this message!
~Matt~ Failure is the first step to success. Think about that one.
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www.mattschroeder.org
Never stop trying to succeed!
I would like to start this week’s message with talking about TJ Johnson a little bit. He lives in Omaha, Nebraska but studied Cinema and Theater at the University of Iowa (Iowa brings up another story which resulted in me knowing that the rest areas are all fairly clean in that state.) However nobody wants to hear about a young man’s battles with diarrhea while using a walker on a family vacation attempt just after high school graduation, unless you’re twisted mentally, so I’ll avoid mentioning that Iowa episode again. I’ll reinforce part of his credo and tear up the rest in the next paragraph, but if you’d like to know more about this personal consultant, Mr. Johnson, here is his page, www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=502660835&sk=wall.
TJ’s personal credo: “We can only control two things in this lifetime. Our attitude and our reactions; everything else is out of our control.”
Indeed we control our attitude and reactions, but I find it to be a bit misleading when he says that everything else is out of our control. True that we can only be certain to control that which is our own lives, but everything in life stems from our attitude and reactions. When he says everything else being out of our control it refers to other peoples’ lives. Hold it right there! That happens to be false! You can as parents, friends, teachers, coaches, or motivational speakers mold, shape, impact, steer, or at least influence the lives of others. Only Joe can literally control what Joe does, but I think, correction I know that we can partially control others. You can make a difference in what others do.
Before I move on to another quote I will ask for some help. I need somebody to help me with my autobiography. If you can help write a book, or know of somebody who can, please contact me at matt@mattschroeder.org. Hopefully I have somebody who is going to build/ghostwrite on the 23,000+ words I have already, and one person who is willing to help, but they have a fee of $2000. Anybody who ghostwrites for me will get a 10% commission on all sales. The person who may help me write will and publish will end up making more than $2000 anyway, because my life is vastly intriguing.
The next source for a quote lives in Centerville, Ohio and works at Champs Sports. I’d like to thank Candace Michelle O’kelly, www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=621727553&sk, for the following quote:
“I love my life & I would never trade it for anything... Love your friends & family cause you never know what God has in store for us in the future.”
-- Candace Michelle O’Kelly
Candace, that makes me want to meet you, because our line of thinking is similar. Readers, I suggest living your life in a way so you can love it. As Kenny Rogers sings, and me too (lol,) “every hand’s a winner and every hand’s a loser.” Aside from that beautiful quote, Candace’s page also has a fascinating Bob Marley saying that I’ll link to: www.facebook.com/notes/candace-michelle-okelly/50585be4/10150265925456234.
Let it be known that Candace is somebody I’d love to meet someday, as is my friend from France, but I’m moving on to this week’s last quote. A friend of my friend suggested the source for the following quote:
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.”
--Maggie Betz
Maggie, www.facebook.com/betz2?ref=pymk, went to Mother of Mercy High School, which is in Cincinnati, but she currently attends Tiffin University. Her saying is great and I felt that you all should see it. That’s everything.
Thank you so much for being my friend and reading this message. If you add all your friends to this group it would really be great. Can you also please add your friends to this Facebook group, "The Rest is Up to You” (www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_46959448480?) Please share this message!
~Matt~ Failure is the first step to success. Think about that one.
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www.mattschroeder.org
Never stop trying to succeed!
7.20.2011 Kayla Miller Star wars Rocky
Sent to the group on: 7/20/2011
This week I think we will talk a little about stars and see where that leads this entry. I really want to talk about the Movie Star wars and certain characters in that film, and others that would be considered movie stars, but first I will mention who or what is a star to me. It goes without saying that the smartest person in the world, to me, and my hero and role model is my Dad, but there is a certain profession that I’ll speak on. There are many ways and many jobs you can do to help people. Anyone who really knows me, maybe they’re in my head, knows for sure what I’m going to talk about. That’s making a pretty darn big assumption, because at times even I don’t know, and everybody is unaware of, what I’ll say next.
I do speaking because that gives me the best chance to impact lives; I am well aware that doing therapy (PT, OT, or Speech) is a great way to help people regain normalcy, but the profession that I respect the most is nursing. I recently spoke with Kayla Miller, www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=500671808. She is from Delphos, OH, and currently attends Rhodes State and studies Nursing. I am in awe of her as I am anybody that’s a nurse or preparing to be one. Believe me I’ve almost died twice 12 years apart, for unrelated reasons, and nurses receive most of the credit for keeping me alive credit for keeping me alive.
Kayla, I’m impressed with you and what you do. That’s for sure, and to me you are a star. I realize that we may have met at a game sometime already, but I want to meet you sometime. Kayla says, “don’t pass someone you care about without telling them that you do, because you never know when that person will no longer be there.” With that in mind I’ll say that I care about you Kayla, and I care about everyone. I want everyone to make the best of the opportunities they’ve been dealt. Whether we have similar or different opinions, I care. Just because you are ordering a pizza with sauerkraut on it, I dislike that, I still care about it. If I’m going to eat it then I care what the toppings are; just because I say that I care doesn’t mean I like it. Now let me get past my personal stars.
Star Wars was a great series of movies, and now my nephews are big time into the characters. I tell you what even the youngest of my sister’s three boys, Nick at age three, knows every character, and they (my three nephews) even have action figures to play with. I’ll tell you I’ve learned some new characters. The boys rave about the new movies (which I understand are prequels,) but I’ve never paid enough attention to know some new names. I imagine that they are good, but I already know what happens a little later for I saw the earlier releases. I just don’t understand why they do that? To me seems like having Rocky Balboa fight the big Russian (Ivan Drago) and follow that with a bout against James “Clubber” Lang (played by Mr. T,) and the death of Mickey, his trainer. That would be Rocky IV (1985) before Rocky III (1982). That seems incoherent.
I’ve only seen reruns of the early Sylvester Stallone as Rocky movies, and let me interrupt this week’s Star Wars conversation to mention the Italian Stallion known as Rocky Balboa. “Sly” also starred in many other movies, sometimes series (such as Rambo.) There have been six Rocky movies, with the possibility of a seventh. Sylvester Stallone has alluded to feeling the need to continue the Rocky saga, and has said, in effect, that the older he gets the more necessary it is to write another Rocky movie. I’ve seen the first six of the series (multiple times each,) and I see no reason why I would not see the next one. It seems safe to say the Stallone won’t star in a prequel (as he turned 65 years old On July 9, 2011,) but he is also a director, writer, and occasional painter. So who knows what they’ll dream up?
The whole Star Wars sequence doesn’t seem right but backwards to me (with the latest release being a prequel,) and that’s why I’ve not bought into all the latest hoopla regarding the new releases of Star Wars. Maybe I’m missing something marvelous, but that’s just going to be my loss, I guess. I don’t remember when the Star Wars movies were first released (as like I’m not aware of the first releases of most Rocky movies,) because I’m not that old (lol, but I am single and willing to hang out with people- even if they are overseas, right db.) I did do a bit of research on the Star Wars series though so I could be up to date with my three and four year old nephews, who are at my house all week. Mom and Dad think it’s their house, ha-ha, but I just let them live here. I’m merely kidding about who owns this house. I think my nephew’s favorite character is Darth Vader, but he is on the Dark Side, which is bad. They like Yoda, too, and he is a good guy so we’ll investigate him a little, because it will be a positive force and good for my motivational message.
He talks weird, Yoda does, but he speaks with remarkable intellect at times. Here’s an example:
"Named must your fear be, before banish it you can."
Yoda
What are your fears? The quote says you have to recognize and know what you gear before you can overcome it. Maybe that was a question that you’ll choose to answer silently or on this wall. I don’t mind which way you choose to answer. It can be a rhetorical situation, but I’ll tell you some of my biggest fears. Why do I do that you ask? It’s because Yoda told me to do so.
Probably my biggest fear is that I won’t live up to my own expectations. My expectations are to have a wife and kids, but the wife needs to happen before the kids. I want to have a mutual love with somebody. Believe me, even a guy as ugly as me gets his opportunities, but I’m not just going to get freaky with some random girl. In fact if you were to want an offer that, it depreciates my view of you. Believe me I seek that, but only after I find somebody to love. Maybe that won’t happen, that’s my greatest fear, but I owe it to the Big Guy, and if He thinks a wife and kids would be best for me then we’ll fall in love. I thought I met a girl, who could be that someday, but the jury has not come to a verdict yet. Sometimes the judge calls a recess, too. What advice would Yoda give me in this situation, as if I listened to him?
As I was reading through Yoda’s sayings, it became clear that sometimes the old character forgets that we are only human. For instance, consider the following quote:
"Do or do not... there is no try."
Yoda
That quote cannot be more incorrect. I guess the story writers and movie makers created the green, short, and wrinkled character to be out of this world, and so some of his quotes are meant to be outlandish. This quote of Yoda immediately makes me want to stop reading Star Wars quotes. Although right for Yoda, it goes against every thought I have and what I say to you very often. I am feeling irate about now.
On January 5.2010 I mentioned the following, and I’ve been try to help people see this point over and over. Maybe you are unsuccessful in an attempt to win a game, a race, a contest, or a challenge (either personally set or one delegated by somebody else,) but your not having success initially does not warrant failure unless/until trials are ceased. Try is the essence of what I am saying. I wish the old green alien dude that most people recognize, know, or associate as Yoda could be at one of my presentations. He would see and realize that those “do not” or cannot (can’t, but I detest that word) situations may transform into can or “do” situations
Now typically if you try something for the third time time and you do not succeed people quit and say they failed. Listen up… they are half right! Technically it IS failure when you don’t succeed after three trials. Failure IS the first step to success the next time! Hop back on your horse and try again. In order to really feel good about succeeding, in some instances, it works out better to fail first. Give it another shot. That’s what I do. If you do things over and over again, you’ll get better at whatever you are trying.
Thank you so much for being my friend and reading this message. If you add all your friends to this group it would really be great. Can you also please add your friends to this Facebook group, "The Rest is Up to You” (www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_46959448480?) Please share this message!
~Matt~ Failure is the first step to success. Think about that one.
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www.mattschroeder.org
Have a good one, because I care!
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