by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Dec 8, 2025 | Beating the Odds, Crazy Ideas, Determination Despite the Odds
“A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could.” Zig Ziglar 1980 – Buttercup Bakery – Berkeley, California: After six years of waitressing at the Buttercup Bakery, 29-year-old Suze Orman knew...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Nov 29, 2021 | Beating the Odds, Determination Despite the Odds, Perserverance
“However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. My advice to other disabled people would be concentrate on things your disability doesn’t prevent you doing well, and don’t regret the things it interferes with....
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Nov 18, 2021 | Beating the Odds, Never Give Up, Tests and Trials
November 2015 – Highlands Ranch, Colorado: Michele Cushatt had enjoyed a wonderful dinner at a favorite restaurant on a beautiful fall evening. It was her first time out in months. After dinner, Michele bumped into an old friend outside the restaurant. Their...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Oct 7, 2021 | Beating the Odds, Hanging on to Hope, Long Shots
Monday, May 2, 2005 – Bridgeport, Connecticut: It was supposed to be an uneventful six-day sailing adventure to Bermuda on the 45-foot sailboat Almeisan. First mate Lochlin Reidy, age 58, had made 16 crossings with Captain Tom Tighe. The captain had made the 600-mile...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jul 12, 2021 | Beating the Odds, Courage, Determination Despite the Odds
April 1943: Captain Jack Glover tried to have Desmond Doss discharged from his Army company. A Contentious Objector, Doss wasn’t like the other soldiers. He didn’t eat meat, refused to carry a rifle or work on Saturday, his Sabbath. And he prayed all the time. Fellow...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | May 28, 2021 | Beating the Odds, Never Lose Heart, Thankful Heart, Underdogs
1940 – Great Britain: Adolf Hitler’s German war machine was rolling across Europe capturing country after country. When France surrendered in June 1940, Great Britain remained the lone holdout, the final domino in the German chancellor’s path. War-torn England still...
