You have a place to come to when your are done with the navy, I want you to live in the house I am in. You have a very bright future!!

You have an aunt named Kathy her email is kathygleasonmsu@gmail.com. She would like to hear from you.

Your grandfather must have set a goal of saving $1000 dollars while he was at Korea. That was about 25-30% of his entire pay while serving. You should set a similar goal of about 25-30% saved for your future.

I know that the Navy is telling you what to do 24/7, but some things you need to do when you leave the service. 1.YOU MUST WRITE DOWN ON PAPER your goals for tomorrow, this week, this year and long term or they will not happen. It should be on one piece of paper and you need to carry the list and a pen at all times.(when you can at this time) The list will need to be rewritten every week or two. One goal you might have is to write your mother a hand written one page letter once a week, not a call or email. One page and keep it positive even if things are rough. Short and sweet. Practice writing lists over and over until years from now you will have a list the will set the direction for the rest of your life. Pro tennis and golf players missed the ball the first few times they played, the lists you make will get better with time.

4/25

“Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.” – Lao Tzu

4/20

“He who blames others has a long way to go on his journey. He who blames himself is halfway there. He who blames no one has arrived.” ~ Chinese Proverb

Working out is hard, being unfit or obese is harder.

Mastering a skill is hard, living without skills is harder.

Building meaningful relationships is hard, being lonely is harder

Quitting addictions is hard, living with addictions is harder.

DO HARD THINGS, AND YOUR LIFE WILL GET EASIER. DO EASY THINGS, AND YOUR LIFE WILL GET HARDER.

“Everyone must choose one of two pains: The pain of discipline or the pain of regret.”

“Ships don’t sink because of the water around them; ships sink because of the water that gets in them. Don’t let what’s happening around you get inside you and weigh you down.” -Unknown

“Never argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience” -Mark Twain

“Most people die at 25 and aren’t buried until they’re 75”

“Two things to remember in life. Take care of your thoughts when you are alone, and take care of your words when you are with people”-Unknown

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Will Durant

4/12

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain                                           

When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don’t see the one which has opened for us. Alexander Graham Bell

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt

 And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln 

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Thomas Edison

The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas. Linus Pauling

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and follow where they lead. Louisa May Alcott

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. Albert Einstein

4/10

“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”

“Better to want something you don’t have then to have something you don’t want”

“The time that you give yourself is just as important as the time you give to other people”

If I’m having a disagreement or argument with someone, I hold my tongue for a while and stop engaging with the conversation. 9 times out of 10 the other party will calm down, apologize, or just have a better understanding of the conflict if you both just simmer down for a bit. As good as it feels to snap back at someone when they’re annoying you, just shut up for a minute and you’ll probably be surprised.“Cultivate your own gardens.” it means concentrate less on what others are doing and more on the standards by which I live my own life.

  Elvis said it best. Happiness is having something to do, somewhere to go, someone to love, and something to hope for.

“Every action made in anger ends in sorrow.”

“Nothing will work unless you do” – Maya Angelou.

Sometimes regardless of how good a person you are, how hard you try, and how sincere you feel. There are people who will mistreat and take advantage of you. And more importantly them doing that usually isn’t your fault. It’s more often a product of who they are and wasn’t as personal or important of a choice for them as it will feel for you.

“Be a good person but don’t waste time to prove it”

Don’t make permanent decisions based on temporary feelings.