Coach Kenji

What Is Life?

"What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the Sunset." ~ Crowfoot, a leader of the Blackfoot nation

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Infinite Force: the god of our understanding

"Regardless of the name a person uses for the Infinite Force that holds us together, it is the source of our miraculous, unpredictable creativity and our dignity." ~ Ashok Gangadean from "Towards a Culture of Peace," Elixir Magazine, Autumn 2007

Do All That You Can

"Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can." ~ John Wesley

Building a Ship

"If you want to build a ship, don't herd people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work but rather, teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The Real Voyage

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." ~ Marcel Proust

Giving Cheerfully

"When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed." ~ Maya Angelou

Burning Bushes

"Earth's crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God." ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sunny Day

"May the sun bring you new energy by day, may the moon softly restore you by night, may the rain wash away your worries, may the breeze blow new strength into your being." ~ Apache Blessing

Sunshine is to Flowers

"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable." ~ Joseph Addison