Thoughts for Today

[Gatlin5]

Thanks Amy, its good to be back. Had a lot to work through over the last few years. Hopefully I can get back to helping out a little more directly again. You all have done an awesome job, not an easy task.

Thanks! :flip:

[Gatlin5]

To all the hard working people of RiderDown:

To love what you do and feel that it matters -- how could anything be more fun?"

--Katharine Graham,
American publisher

[Gatlin5]

"The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas, and throw the bad ones away."

--Linus Pauling,
American scientist

[mx24mom]

Some view the world as flat and uninteresting, running the risk of complacency as they live down to diminished expectations. The adventurous, however, envision the unimaginable, embrace the challenges and confront the vast extremes, opening their eyes to spectacular possibilities as they ride on the razor's edge of extraordinary achievement.

[mx24mom]

For many people, an excuse is better than an achievement because an achievement, no matter how great, leaves you having to prove yourself again in the future but an excuse can last for life.

[Gatlin5]

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal."

--Henry Ford,
founder of Ford Motor Co.

[Tatonka]

"We have to distrust each other. It's our only defense against betrayal."

- Tennessee Williams

[Tatonka]

This email was sent to me this morning (thanks Amy!) and I thought I'd share it with you all here......

Subject: 7%

Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio

"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written."

My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.

13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.

16. Take a deep breath.. It calms the mind.

17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'

27. Always choose life.

28. Forgive everyone everything.

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

33. Believe in miracles.

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.

37. Your children get only one childhood.

38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's,we'd grab ours back.

41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

42. The best is yet to come.

43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

44. Yield.

45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."


Its estimated 93% won't forward this. If you are one of the 7% who will, forward this with the title '7%'.
I'm in the 7%.
Remember that I will always share my spoon with you!

Friends are the family that we choose for ourselves.

:) :D :thumb

[mxsMom]

"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."
~David Brinkley

[mxsMom]

"Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us--and those around us -- more effectively. Look for the learning."

~Eric Allenbaugh
American Author of ''Wake-Up Calls''

[Tatonka]

"I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles."

- Christopher Reeve

[Tatonka]

We'd better learn to share the trail before there are no more trails to share............

[Gatlin5]

"A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory."

--Arthur Golden

[roaringrory]

May the sun shine all day long,
Everything go right and nothing go wrong.
May those you love bring love back to you
And may all the wishes you wish come true!

[Gatlin5]

"If I have seen farther than others, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants."

--Sir Isaac Newton,

[Tatonka]

"An oak and a reed were arguing about their strength. When a strong wind came up, the reed avoided being uprooted by bending and leaning with the gusts of wind. But the oak stood firm and was torn up by the roots."

- Aesop

[quadyricks]

The harder I work, the lucker I get!

[quadyricks]

Life is a gift we shouldn't squander--either by frivolous risk, or excessive avoidance of it!

[mx24mom]

This is the speech my son wrote for his public speaking contest...he won 1st place, now it's off to the state competition...thought you all would enjoy this:

Braaaaap! Braaaap! Braaaap! That's what I say as I walk around the house before race day and well, every other day too. Most people don't know what that means but if you are part of the motocross world whether you're 4 or 40, you probably do the same thing. My name is Jonathan Mayzak, I'm 10 years old, and I'm a motocross racer. Motocross began in 1924 in Britan but didn't come to America until 1966 when Tortsen Hallman rode an exhibition event against America's top TT riders in Simi Valley California. From then on, motocross grew like crazy. It is now one of the fastest growing sports in the world with crowds over 60,000 at some events. You can see motocross and supercross on TV. Sometimes it takes place in a stadium or it can be in the outdoors on an open track. Motocross is a competition for dirtbikes. It is made up of a gate of up to 42 riders. There are jumps, turns, doubles, triples, tabletops and whoops. You jump over a 100 feet long sometimes and to be 30 feet in the air is just normal for motocross racing. You may have heard of the big guys like Doug Henry, Jeremy McGrath, or Ricky Carmichael, but what you don't know about is the thousands of families that spend every weekend together racing motocross. My family is one of those families. My mom, dad, brother and even little sister race motocross. Some people say, "Oh my gosh, it is so dangerous, you might get hurt!" Motocross is dangerous. I have broken a lot of bones, had concussions, got to ride in an ambulance and even had my best friend die racing motocross. But motocross is my life and I will ride til the day I die. It isn't just going fast, or being inches from another rider 20 feet in the air, or the feeling I get when I cross the checkered flag in first that makes me love motocross. It is the motocross family and the lessons I learn that make me love my sport. I spend every weekend and two or three days a week at a motocross track. I ride a lot but mostly I spend time with my family and friends. I am in a place that everyone loves each other and helps each other. We cheer for one another and even though we might be racing hard and throwing an elbow or block passing each other on the track, when we finish, we high five and hug each other. We are a family. A family of racers. You will never find a closer group of people than at a motocross track. There is no skin color or religion. Nobody cares if you make a million dollars a year or a thousand. We are a family. There are no kids drinking, doing drugs, or hurting each other, just good people that take care of each other and love motocross racing. Motocross is the best sport in the world and it has taught me a lot of lessons:
1)If you let up for a second, that's where you'll finish
2)Pain heals, chicks dig scars, but glory lasts forever
3)Tell your friends and family that you love them every day. You never know when it will be the last time you get the chance
4)you don't get your dreams by making wishes. You get them by working harder than everybody else.
5)we take a risk every time we do what we love, we lay it all on the line just for fun, we would rather eat dirt than steak, we support each other no matter what your team, race, or gender is and we get high without drugs.

We are the people of motocross.
My name is Jonathan Mayzak and I am a motocross racer.

[fastlearner]

Very cool, Keri. Give him a high-five for us.

[Tatonka]

Nice job Jonathan! Gotta get a video of you delivering that speech!!

!-!

[oldquadridr]

That is OUTSTANDING...def a thing to be shared

[TwinTurbos]

Great speech!!!

[Tatonka]

"If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it."

- Margaret Fuller

[KtmRacing]

This is the speech my son wrote for his public speaking contest...he won 1st place, now it's off to the state competition...thought you all would enjoy this:

Braaaaap! Braaaap! Braaaap! That's what I say as I walk around the house before race day and well, every other day too. Most people don't know what that means but if you are part of the motocross world whether you're 4 or 40, you probably do the same thing. My name is Jonathan Mayzak, I'm 10 years old, and I'm a motocross racer. Motocross began in 1924 in Britan but didn't come to America until 1966 when Tortsen Hallman rode an exhibition event against America's top TT riders in Simi Valley California. From then on, motocross grew like crazy. It is now one of the fastest growing sports in the world with crowds over 60,000 at some events. You can see motocross and supercross on TV. Sometimes it takes place in a stadium or it can be in the outdoors on an open track. Motocross is a competition for dirtbikes. It is made up of a gate of up to 42 riders. There are jumps, turns, doubles, triples, tabletops and whoops. You jump over a 100 feet long sometimes and to be 30 feet in the air is just normal for motocross racing. You may have heard of the big guys like Doug Henry, Jeremy McGrath, or Ricky Carmichael, but what you don't know about is the thousands of families that spend every weekend together racing motocross. My family is one of those families. My mom, dad, brother and even little sister race motocross. Some people say, "Oh my gosh, it is so dangerous, you might get hurt!" Motocross is dangerous. I have broken a lot of bones, had concussions, got to ride in an ambulance and even had my best friend die racing motocross. But motocross is my life and I will ride til the day I die. It isn't just going fast, or being inches from another rider 20 feet in the air, or the feeling I get when I cross the checkered flag in first that makes me love motocross. It is the motocross family and the lessons I learn that make me love my sport. I spend every weekend and two or three days a week at a motocross track. I ride a lot but mostly I spend time with my family and friends. I am in a place that everyone loves each other and helps each other. We cheer for one another and even though we might be racing hard and throwing an elbow or block passing each other on the track, when we finish, we high five and hug each other. We are a family. A family of racers. You will never find a closer group of people than at a motocross track. There is no skin color or religion. Nobody cares if you make a million dollars a year or a thousand. We are a family. There are no kids drinking, doing drugs, or hurting each other, just good people that take care of each other and love motocross racing. Motocross is the best sport in the world and it has taught me a lot of lessons:
1)If you let up for a second, that's where you'll finish
2)Pain heals, chicks dig scars, but glory lasts forever
3)Tell your friends and family that you love them every day. You never know when it will be the last time you get the chance
4)you don't get your dreams by making wishes. You get them by working harder than everybody else.
5)we take a risk every time we do what we love, we lay it all on the line just for fun, we would rather eat dirt than steak, we support each other no matter what your team, race, or gender is and we get high without drugs.

We are the people of motocross.
My name is Jonathan Mayzak and I am a motocross racer.

Hey, Buddy....you just gained a fan! Awesome!

[Tatonka]

"The beginning of atonement is the sense of it's necessity."

- Lord Byron

[Tatonka]

"Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself."

- Leo Tolstoy


:oops: I'm guilty...........

[fastlearner]

Good one, Bruce.

[Tatonka]

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.
~ Dutch Proverb

[fastlearner]

Another good one, Bruce.