Courage

May 30, 2008

“Courage is the first of human qualities, because it is the quality which guarantees all others.”

 -Winston Churchill

 

My favorite animal is the lion, it was my high school mascot.  My last name, Doughty, means courage in the dictionary. 

“God grant me the serenity to accept things I cannot chage, courage to change things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.”

“If you follow the American character, which is about always doing the right thing, you cannot fail.”  JMD

June 12th

May 27, 2008

Comedy Show

Thursday June 12, 2008 7:30 p.m.

Shangrila Chinese Restaurant 2727 Goliad Rd.

(210) 421-1972

Rose Tenorio hosts Nick Charles, James Munoz and Suzanne Brown with special guest

Big John as Elvis. Free

Open mike follows the show

The truth

May 27, 2008

“Honesty is the truth we tell others, integrity is the truth we tell ourselves.”

-Unknown

I used to have a coach who would end every training session by telling us to, “just do the right thing”.  

Courage, fools, & friends

May 26, 2008

“In America, a little courage goes a long way, especially for those who find themselves on the downside of opportunity.“ 

-Unknown

 

“Fools names like fools faces, always appear in public places.”

-Unknown

 

“True friends are like diamonds, few and rare, fake friends are like autumn leaves, found everywhere.”

-Unknown

Read, read, read

May 25, 2008

“The more you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go.”

- Dr. Seuss

 I’m thankful to a Coach/History teacher who required we read the newspaper and write about three articles everyday.  It’s still a habit.  JMD 

Better to give

May 24, 2008

“It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Footprints

May 23, 2008

‘When God leads you to the edge of the cliff, trust Him fully and let
go, only 1 of 2 things will happen, either He’ll catch you when you
fall, or He’ll teach you how to fly!’

-Unknown

I had a rough Thursday night, right before a comedy show I was pulled over and given two tickets.  I had just talked about not getting pulled over for some 10 years earlier in the day to a co-worker.  Now I have to fork over almost $400.00, actually I’ll take a defensive driving course and pay $111 plus the cost of the course.  My computer crashed, and after spending $100 to fix it, I’m not sure it’s any better.   It’s these small problems that can drive me crazy.  Life is good.

Go all the way

May 22, 2008

“Mediocrity always attacks Excellence.”

Celebrate the success of others & you too will succeed!

My philosophy is to put your entire heart and soul into what you are doing, or don’t bother.  JMD

Hang on

May 20, 2008

“Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.”

-William Feather

Times are tough and scary.  When the going gets tough, the tough get going.  I’ll be spending my summer weekends at The Alamo, working for Discovery Audio.  The audio tour is awesome, come see me  JMD

Baby

May 18, 2008

“We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.”

~ Immanual Kant

 

I’m not a cat and dog kinda guy, I’d rather have birds and a tank full of fish.  My first and last dog was Baby, a golden brown Cockerspaniel.  She would run away into the city of Midland, across the railroad tracks from our “Big House” on Main Street.  My step-dad would find her, but one time he couldn’t and she was gone forever. 

You can tell alot about a community by how they treat animals.  I’ll never understand why people fight roosters or horses or pitt bulls.  I had a great professor who showed me how to respect all life.  If she’d find a bug in the classroom, she scooped it up and set it free outside.   She had turtles and ducks in her back yard.  In her home snakes, birds you name it. 

JMD

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