“Think like a person of action, act like a person of thought.” - Henri Louis Bergson
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How do your actions display your thoughts?

“A person can know their strength only when standing in their weakness.” - Erwin Raphael McManus
 
What weaknesses have caused you to get stronger?

The Dean Schooled Them
 
 One night four college students stayed out late, partying and having a good time. They paid no mind to the test they had scheduled for the next day and didn’t study. In the morning, they hatched a plan to get out of taking their test. They covered themselves with grease and dirt and went to the Dean’s office. Once there, they said they had been to a wedding the previous night and on the way back they got a flat tire and had to push the car back to campus.
The Dean listened to their tale of woe and thought. He offered them a retest three days later. They thanked him and accepted his offer.
When the test day arrived, they went to the Dean. The Dean put them all in separate rooms for the test. They were fine with this since they had all studied hard. Then they saw the test. It had 2 questions.
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1) Your Name __________ (1 Points)
2) Which tire went flat? __________ (99 Points)
Options – (a) Front Left (b) Front Right (c) Back Left (d) Back Right

Moral: Always be responsible and make wise decisions.
 
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“As long as the ego runs your life, there are two ways of being unhappy. Not getting what you want. Getting what you want.” - Eckhart Tolle
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How does your ego impact your happiness?
 

“Every person takes the limit of their own field of vision for the limits of the world.” - Arthur Schopenhauer
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How does your vision limit your world? 

“Vulnerability sounds like truth and looks like courage.” - Brene Brown
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How does being vulnerable make it easier to reach your goals? 

“Trust the wait. Embrace the uncertainty. Enjoy the beauty of becoming. When nothing is certain, anything is possible.” - Mandy Hale
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How do you embrace the uncertainty in your life? 

“Two things define you. Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.” - Unknown
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How do you define yourself? 

“Love heals violence and all its sources. Love only serves and does not calculate. Love gives without expectation, while hate carries an endless tally of debts. Hate controls everything it touches, but love sets everything it touches free.” - Bryant H. McGill
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How do you manifest love in your daily life?
 

“If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” - Jim Rohn
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What is preventing you from risking the unusual?

I am angered, I am saddened. I am enraged, sickened and discouraged. I am disappointed and depressed, I am repulsed, confused and more…so…To Gary Carlton, my basketball camp roommate in 1973; to Reggie Barnette, who was the first person to call me “JT”; to all of my friends and teammates; to all of the men I have ever coached; to my 3 sons; and to anyone else who may read this,
 
I was a third grader when the Durham Public Schools integrated, and I knew that was progress. By the time I graduated from Durham Jordan High School in 1979, I just knew that by the time we got to 2020 we would have a much better country and world. When I graduated from UNCG in 1984, I just knew that by the time we got to 2020 we would have a much better country and world. We have made progress, but obviously, not nearly enough.
 
In our conversations about racism, we must understand that what’s right is right and what’s wrong is wrong. Those who are good are good and those who are bad are bad, regardless of their skin color. To eliminate senseless, abhorrent murders and to prevent looting and burning cities, we must all listen, we must all work together, we must all be honest, and we must all be a part of the solution. We must all do this together, WE are ALL the HUMAN RACE. We should take the time to get to know one another and to DO WHAT IS RIGHT. It’s time. No it’s well past time.
 
To everyone I addressed earlier, I will continue to remain optimistic. I will continue to give my best effort to positively affect everyone and everything within my reach. I will also look to find new ways to impact the world, in any way I can, large or small.
 
Now I leave you with this: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” – Declaration of Independence. We are all CREATED EQUAL. We are all THE HUMAN RACE. We can do this. But to make it happen we need Black and White; Independent, Republican and Democrat; city, state, and national lawmakers and law enforcement; Jewish, Muslim, Christian and more to all be a part of it
 
Let’s start today!
 
With Love,
John Thompson
Basketball Coach
​North Carolina Wesleyan
 

“Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.” - Plato
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What drives your behavior?