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The Golden Arches – Monroe Journal – June 19, 2025

The Golden Arches – Monroe Journal – June 19, 2025

by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jun 23, 2025 | Uncategorized

“The two most important requirements for success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it.”          Ray Kroc  1954 – On the road in Central Missouri: Ray Kroc found a phone booth, stopped, and called the corporate...
Storms – Monroe Journal – August 22, 2024

Storms – Monroe Journal – August 22, 2024

by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Aug 26, 2024 | Never Lose Heart, Overcoming Adversity, Tests and Trials, Uncategorized

“The storms in our lives have a purpose. My journey through depression made me stronger. No matter your storm, it never rains forever.”     Ginger Zee  November 2011 – New York City: Two weeks before she began her dream job as a meteorologist on ABC’s Good Morning...
Too Small – Monroe Journal – March 30, 2023

Too Small – Monroe Journal – March 30, 2023

by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Apr 3, 2023 | Uncategorized

“If I had listened to all the people who told me you are too small to play basketball, I wouldn’t be in the NBA today. Always believe.”    Muggsy Bogues 1980 – Dunbar High School – Baltimore, Maryland: Muggsy Bogues was shooting basketball in the school gym when an...
Courage Under Fire – Monroe Journal – July 7 , 2022

Courage Under Fire – Monroe Journal – July 7 , 2022

by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jul 25, 2022 | Uncategorized

“There’s nothing wrong with being afraid. True courage is being afraid and going ahead and doing your job anyhow. Courage is the resistance of fear, the mastery of fear – not the absence of fear.”                                Norman Schwarzkopf April 1993 –...
The Reluctant Artist – Monroe Journal – April 4, 2019

The Reluctant Artist – Monroe Journal – April 4, 2019

by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | May 23, 2022 | Uncategorized

Don’t listen to those who say, “It’s not done that way.” Maybe it’s not, but maybe you’ll do it anyway. Don’t listen to those who say, “You’re taking too big a chance.” Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor, and it would surely be rubbed out today.       ...
Eye of the Storm – Monroe Journal – April 21, 2022

Eye of the Storm – Monroe Journal – April 21, 2022

by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | May 6, 2022 | Chasing Your Dream, Finding Hope, Uncategorized

“My friend, at one point or another, the sky will darken, the winds will rage and we will find ourselves in the eye of a storm. It is in the storms that God does his finest work, for in the storms he has our keenest attention.   Max Lucado 2014 – Boise, Idaho: The...
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