today is a gift

that is why it is called the present

each day we unwrap the bow

the bow on a gift, a wonderful gift

the gift of a wonderful new day

bright with promise and hope

how we use each day determines our future

find your gift, use it, share it, become it

 honoring the memory of my children Kimberly & Johnny Jr.

The clock of life is wound but once

and no man has the power

to tell just when the hands will stop

at late or early hour

Now is the only time you own,

live, love, toil with a will.

Place no faith in tommorrow,

the clock may then be still. 

Five Chapters on Change

Chapter 1.
I walk down a street and there's a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. It takes forever to get out. It's my fault.

Chapter 2.
I walk down the same street. I fall in the hole again. It still takes a long time to get out. It's not my fault.

Chapter 3.
I walk down the same street. I fall in the hole again. It's becoming a habit. It is my fault. I get out immediately.

Chapter 4.
I walk down the same street and see the deep hole in the sidewalk. I walk around it.

Chapter 5.
I walk down a different street.

Author Unknown

"Insanity ... is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result."   

 Albert Einstein