by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Dec 6, 2021 | Adversity, Chasing Your Dream, Determination Despite the Odds
“How it is, isn’t how it has to be – it is simply how it is right now. Your possibilities are as limitless as your dreams.” James Richardson 1985 – Pensacola, Florida: At midnight, 13-year-old Jimmy Wayne Barber sat alone in the bus...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Oct 28, 2021 | Chasing Your Dream, Limitless Possibilities
December 31, 1967 – Abingdon, Virginia: Five-year-old Doug Blevins and his father watched on TV as the Green Bay Packers beat the Dallas Cowboys in the inaugural NFL championship game, the coldest game in league history. On that cold Sunday in the foothills of the...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Oct 25, 2021 | Chasing Your Dream, Iron-willed, Refusing to Quit
2010 – Miami, Florida: Diana Nyad’s fire had gone out. With her 60th birthday on the horizon, she needed a big goal to re-fire her competitive spirit. She quietly decided to attempt the challenging Cuba to Key West swim, which had eluded her three decades before. The...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Oct 21, 2021 | Chasing Your Dream, Courage Under Fire, Enhanced Perspective
“No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.” Agnes De Mille March 30, 1981, 2:27 p.m. – Washington Hilton Hotel: “Shots fired,” echoed across the Secret Service radios. Six shots rang out...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Oct 11, 2021 | Chasing Your Dream, Long Shots, Never Lose Heart
“Very rarely are you going to hit a homerun right out of the box. You’re going go through a lot of trial and error. And the major thing is not to be discouraged because you learn so much more from your mistakes than your successes.” Roxanne Quimby ...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Sep 28, 2021 | Chasing Your Dream, Courage, Never Give Up
May 21, 1927 – Paris, France: Forty miles from Le Bourget Air Field, he began to see the flares. Less than 33 hours earlier, 500 people had watched the 25-year-old pilot take off from a muddy Roosevelt Field runway in New York. He hoped to become the first pilot to...
