A Dent in the Apple

     A morning ritual for me is my daily apple, which Nette Smith, our cafeteria manager and dear friend prepares for me before our school day begins. An apple a day, you know, keeps the doctor away kinda thing. Well one morning not too long ago as Nette pilfered through the apple box, she came upon an oddly shaped little fella that did not look exactly like a "normal" apple. The typical apple is of course shaped in a circular fashion a little larger at the top possibly, yet round would be the best description fitting of this delicious, nutritional treat. The apple in discussion did not meet that criteria. At first glance it was typically round, yet in one area of the apple the shape was indented, not from bruising or some other type of incidental contact, but as Nette and I concluded it must have laid up against a branch of the tree during it's formation causing the apple to not fully reach it's full potential. As Nette and I stood there hypothesizing about the apples shape, I told her there's a lesson to be learned here, and thus here is today's Flat Tire Ministries Thought for the Week!
     I read a quote once that went something like this, "If you rest on your laurels, you will only squish them." meaning if you get content in life you will only tarnish the growth and success you have experienced up to that point in your life. Much like the apple that sat too long against the branch of the tree, we too have to be careful that we do not get complacent with our position in life and not seek to grow or expand our knowledge base. There is way too much to accomplish in life and way too many needs to be met to ever think we have reached our destination and now we can sit back and celebrate our past successes and everything else will take care of itself. The aforementioned apple did not have control over it's situation in nature. The fruit was situated beside that branch and it's growth or non-growth in this case could not have been controlled without human intervention. Mankind, on the other hand, completely has control over our own choices in life.
     To choose to sit around and wait on someone else to do what needs to be done simply because you have already done your share is the quickest way to dissolve any progressive change you have made in life. To get comfortable and situate ourselves on a branch of the tree can only lead to a lasting indention on the potential we have to make a difference. My choice is to keep moving, keep seeking, keep knocking on doors, and to keep finding new ways to make life better for someone else in their life. Fortunately for me I have the grand opportunity to make that difference in the lives of young people everyday. It is my duty, no, my responsibility to find ways to place the leaders of tomorrow in a position to make a difference in the world they live in and to learn themselves to never be complacent with the way things are.
     It would be easy to get to that place where I might think I have done my share and now it's time for somebody else to step up, but I have to remember that as long as I have breath in my lungs to breathe then I have work that still needs to be done! Don't be that apple with an indention, don't squish your laurels by sitting on them, make a difference each day because that is what you were created to do! Have an amazing week and everyone around you will benefit from it!
Coach Carter

It's On You

     One of my favorite channels on the radio during my morning and evening commute is WETS 89.5 out of Johnson City, Tennessee. This NPR channel provides a variety of news stories and special interest segments, one of which is Story Corps. Story Corps is an effort to archive interviews between two family members just sharing some aspect of their family's life with future generations. On WETS Story Corps is aired around 6:30 Eastern Standard time if you ever want to check it out. A few weeks ago one of the thoughts shared between a mother and her son really caught my attention. The interview session was about the son's grandfather that had passed away a few years ago, and the impact he had made on his life. The boy's mother prompted him with questions and provided him with insights about her father that the young man may or may not have known as a child growing up around this man he so revered. Towards the end of the interview her son made a statement about how much he missed his grandfather, and the mother's response is what really grabbed me and inspired today's Flat Tire Ministry Thought.  The young man's mother told him that "just because your grandfather is gone that doesn't mean you are off the hook in how you live your life." She explained that the things her father had taught the grandson and the life that he had lived in front of the grandson were all lessons about how to live his life and now it was his job to teach them to his children. In other words, the grandfather's legacy was not only intended to help the grandson, but was intended more for his great grandson that most likely he would never meet. That puts things in a completely different perspective if you really sit back and think about it.
     In the New International Version Bible Proverbs 17:6 puts it like this "Children's children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children." Our grandchildren are like a crown made of gold with diamonds and other precious stones embedded within and around the entire royal headpiece. The lessons we teach, and more importantly the life example we live, will be like a road map for our children as they grow and mature and eventually have a family of their own. What do we hope for them as parents? How do we want them to raise our grandchildren? The second part of the scripture in Proverbs 17:6 says "parents are the pride of their children", we know our children are always looking up to us, but do we remember that they are not just looking at us, but they are watching us and storing up memories of how to handle situations and how to react when the "going gets tough". Are we honest in front of our children in our dealings with others or are we guilty of telling little white lies or fudging on certain things that we honestly wouldn't want our children to teach our grandchildren in the future? Do we argue and fuss over matters that we hope our children will handle in a different manner when they have children of their own?  How about our habits and our lifestyles? Are we involved in the type of activities we hope our children will get their families involved and behaviors we hope they will model to their children? The basic thought today is if our children's children is our legacy, what type of legacy will we leave through the life of our children?
     For our family's future our choices obviously matter, but what about taking this concept and expanding it to our circle of influence? Dependent on where you are in your life you may not have children, but does that let you off the hook? I would stand on the side of "not a chance". In your job, at your school, wherever you spend your days you are interacting with people and they are watching you and learning from you. What legacy are you creating for their future generations? Regardless of what you think, what you do in your life and how you live your life will have a direct impact on the future of this world we live.
     If the pressure of that responsibility is too much for you to comprehend on your own, join the crowd because it is an awesome responsibility. Why do think our children's children are compared to a crown? Accomplishing a positive model for our children to raise their children by is comparable to the responsibility of a king, ruler, or even a president and the guidance and direction they lead the people they are charged with governing. The life they live and the choices they make will impact the lives of countless millions in the future. The impact of their legacy will be monumental. As you live each day going forward keep in mind that your life and the way you live it will have a direct impact on the lives of those you may never see. Then ask yourself these questions, "How do I want their lives to be?", "What legacy do I want my grandchildren to leave their grandchildren?" You are never off the hook and you never will regardless of the route you take it will leave a legacy. Make it a good one, you have the ability to make that choice. What an awesome opportunity to make a difference in the world you live! Go for it and live life intentionally every minute of every day!
Coach Carter

The Bitter Root of Anger

     The story of the prodigal son found in the book of Luke, chapter 15, is a story that is very familiar to most of us. In many cases it actually is describing us at some point in our life. The son decides he is ready to take his part of his father's inheritance, squanders it living lavishly, hits the bottom of  life's barrel, decides to go back home and beg his father to let him be a servant, and upon his return the father celebrates the return of his son that was lost and now is found by placing a ring on his son's hand, providing him with new clothes, and then hosting a festive party in honor of his son's return. A true example of forgiveness that each of us can learn a lesson. Well, sorry that's not the part of the story that our FTM Thought is about today. Instead I would like for us to look at another character in this parable that many times gets not much more than a slight mention at the end of the story.
     The elder brother in this parable is the true and loyal son that stays at home and manages his father's businesses and estate. He is the one that while the younger brother was out living it up, he was hard at work doing double the work, carrying the load, and staying the course. With the feast in full swing, the elder brother returns home and questions what the festivities are all about. When a servant tells him that his younger brother has returned and their father has ordered a calf to be roasted and a huge party be held to celebrate the return of his lost son, the elder son goes off. He finds his dad and basically says this isn't fair. He states that he has been the one that has stayed loyal to his father and worked the fields, sweating and toiling in the hot sun while his brother went out and wasted away what his father had given him. The elder son complains that his dad hasn't ever even given him a goat to roast and share with his friends.
     Dad explains to the elder son that all that he has is his and that he should be celebrating because his brother that was lost is now found, he was dead but now he has come back to life. And that is pretty much where the parable ends, but there is one piece of information that is still unresolved. What happens with the elder brother? He has a choice to make, will he forgive his brother and join the celebration of his return? Or will he hold on to his anger and create a grudge against his younger brother because he went out and wasted his part of his father's estate on wine, women, and wild times and now has just came back home to take part of what is rightfully the elder's inheritance? We do not receive the answer to our questions in the parable, but we do know what the outcomes of his choice will produce in either situation.
     If the elder son chooses to follow his father's advice and forgive his younger brother regardless of how upset he is at his younger brother then all is good and life moves forward. But what if the elder brother remains angry and holds a grudge because his baby brother got to go out into the world and still gets his father's blessing equal to his own? That is the topic of today's Flat Tire Thought.
     Hebrews 12:15 describes anger as a bitter root that destroys our opportunity to enjoy life to it's fullest. Anger, resentment, grudges, and hard feelings rob us of our happiness. We sit around and say "well that isn't fair" or " I'll never be able to forgive them for that", while all the time life is moving forward. As we harden our resolve we deepen the bitter roots of anger into our life. Think of anger as a network of roots digging deep into the ground, spreading out it's tentacles, feeding the anger, and increasing in strength with every word of resentment and each thought of revenge that we create and allow to fester in our words and actions. The sad part of holding on to anger is as much as we want to enact revenge or see someone "get what they've got coming", the anger we hold on to actually only hurts us. Our anger is ours and it will only steal away our joy in life.
     Anger is a choice, just as forgiveness is a choice. The father in the story provides the example of the same type of forgiveness that is offered to each of us in life by our Heavenly Father. 1 John 1:9 tells us that "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." If it came right down to it most of us would probably be deserving of a little punishment for the life we have lived and the decisions we have made along the path of life's journey. But we are able to ask for forgiveness and it is given. On the other hand, we want to see those that have wronged us get paid back for what they have done to us. We want justice served for the hurt they have invoked on us and if they don't receive the justice we feel is due them we scream "well that isn't fair". 
      Why should it be any different in our lives than it is in our search for redemption. We want to be forgiven, yet we won't forgive those that have wronged us? Well the result of that choice is to create a root, a bitter root of anger in our life that will only destroy our joy in life. To choose forgiveness is the example we should live by and in so doing we are granted a sense of peace that allows us to move forward enjoying the life we have been given to live. 
     This week give some time to a relationship that you have that is currently under the strain of anger. Are you holding on to the anger of unresolved situations or choices with a friend or relative? How about someone at work or at school?  Don't feed the bitter roots of resentment and anger, go to that person, sit down and talk with them, and sincerely forgive them. That forgiveness will set you free and dry up the bitter roots of anger in your life. Life's too short to live it in anger. Make this week an amazing week to be alive! 
Coach Carter

   
   

Road Maps and Instruction Manuals

     I believe it is in our DNA. I mean what is it with men and asking for directions when we happen to get on the wrong road and are headed in the wrong direction. Not only will we not admit to the other passengers in the vehicle that we might be "lost", but we will bull headedly continue to drive ahead stubbornly thinking to ourselves that just ahead there is going to be a magically placed connecting road sign that will get us back on the path we are supposed to be traveling. Then there's instruction manuals, I remember so many Christmas gifts and birthday presents that came in a box with over 500 pieces, a tool that I have still to be able to name, and a limited number of hours to get the thing together before the appointed celebration took place. The easy thing to do, but the thing that wasn't going to happen, would have been to follow the directions, 1. Make sure all pieces are included in your package. 2. You will need the following tools.... 3. Do not do step ten before you do steps 4,5,6,7,8, and 9, you get the picture. Many of you that are reading this know exactly what I'm talking about because admit it or not you probably are guilty of committing this breach of protocol, or you may have been the one sitting in the passenger seat or on the couch as the other person delved down the path of "doing it my way". I can't explain why it is the way it is, but I do know that when I in my own experiences tried to find the right road on my own, or when I tried to put that 500 piece Barbie playhouse together without following the instructions I generally just made a mess and wasted a great deal of time getting to my original destination. Honestly who really wants to end up in down south Mississippi when you are actually headed for Orange Beach, Alabama? Or who among us wants to put the whole project together just to find out that the one piece you left out is the one piece that allows the whole thing to light up or roll around the house?
     Whether we want to admit it or not this is not the only place that we fail to follow the directions or read the instruction manual in life. Unfortunately, too many of us, too many times try to do life without following the directions or reading the instructions before we proceed. In our lives we have been provided with an instructional road map that will provide us with the directions that will always lead us to the right destination. Solomon, the author of the book of Proverbs in the Bible, lays it out pretty plainly in Proverbs 16:9 "In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps." When we seek guidance, when we ask for directions in life's decisions, and as we are making plans for our day or for our future there is a ready made instructional manual that will guide us in all things. The reality of it is we try to do things "our way" or we think we know the directions to our destination so we attempt to get there without following the road map that is available. 
     If you seek guidance and you follow a map in your life currently you know how much easier it is to make it through the missteps and detours of life that are bound to happen. If you read, study, pray, and meditate on scripture the directions are right there for you to follow. If you don't believe me check out Matthew 7:7-8 "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you^.  For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened." The key to success in asking, seeking, and knocking is that you are looking in the right place for the answers you are seeking. 
     It would be too easy to advise you to pick up a Bible and tell you to just start reading and you will receive the answers to the questions you have. No, that may not be the easiest way to find the directions for your journey that you are seeking. Find a study, partner up with your partner, take part in a support group, join a small group at church, or go online and google devotional studies that are available. Your time spent in the Word needs to be purposeful, deliberate, and destination driven. If none of these seem to be working reach out to a mentor, a COACH hint, hint, and see if they can offer some advice. Just remember it's all about understanding that we can't do this life alone. Our children, our spouses, our co-workers, decisions on the job, decisions about finances, all of these are areas that are covered in our instruction manual for life. Will you ask for directions?  Will you read the instructions before you make the decision you are about to make? It's all a choice, put your pride to the side, commit to spending time in reading your instructional guide, and then put it to practice in your life. It will make a difference I know, I do it daily and the Lord establishes my steps! 
Have a great week and ask, seek, and knock it's all there waiting on you! Coach Carter

Trial by Fire

     When I think of the phrase "trial by fire" my mind envisions a piece of unforged steel being cast into the midst of a pulsating bin of fire and coals and then pulled out only to be beaten and formed into it's eventual destiny of a razor sharp sword. When I looked up the origin of the phrase I found three different ways that "trial by fire" is used in context. None of these have to do with the testing of precious metals such as silver, gold, or even steel for that matter, but instead all three deal with the mettle of men and women in the face of some type of adversity. The first is when someone is exposed to flames to test their courage, truthfulness, or commitment, you get the picture. The second use of this phrase is when soldiers are faced with fire from their enemies and the testing is of one's fortitude in the face of this threat. The third usage for this trial by fire is found in any ordeal that "tests" someone's strength, endurance, or resolve.
     So it is, the essence of withstanding a trial by fire is not directly related to my visual image of a mass of steel being submerged into the fire, but instead it is directly related to how we, throughout our lives are tested and formed by the trials by fire in all the various forms those tests present themselves. Nevertheless, let's stay with my visual image and relate it to the trials by fire in our own lives. If we were that piece of unformed metal preparing to face the trial of fire what would we be thinking and how would we present ourselves? Would we willingly accept the adversity or would we "melt" under the heat of the fire?
     When we face adversity or affliction many times it is to test just how committed we are to our purpose in life. When the metal is placed in the fire it has to withstand the heat and maintain it's form. Regardless of how hot the fire gets we must persevere! Situations can test our fortitude or our ability to withstand uncomfortable circumstances, but when we endure the test our character is strengthened and those around us that look to us for guidance are assured that they are in the company of someone they can depend on and trust. It is our responsibility to endure for the sake of those that we have been entrusted to care for and direct along the way. Just like our comparison of the bar of steel that is forged and formed into a razor sharp sword, we must endure the heat and allow the blacksmith to create in us that same sharpened tool.
     Life is full of trials and unfortunately most of them are more along the line of the "fire" type. As you enter this week and as you journey forward keep in mind that the trials by fire in life are necessary to create in us what we are truly supposed to become. Stay the course and endure the test, the resulting impact will allow you to grow and mature into who you are meant to become! 

Running Uphill

  "Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win! All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize. So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing. I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified."  I Corinthians 9:24-27
     I started running a little over a year ago and know it has become a regular part of my weekly workout regimen. Of course my first motivation for running was health related, I started by walking only and have built up to where I can actually run a decent amount of distance. That was my other contributing factor, our school started a 5K run/walk last year and I wanted to be able to participate in it without falling over exhausted before I even completed the first quarter of a mile.
     The Storm Chaser 5K, as it is named us being the Tornados, is a little different from many normal runs due to the number of uphill challenges coupled with the obvious downhill accompaniments and nestled in the middle are two nice stretches of flat, straight pavement. In training for this run slatted for early April I am preparing both physically and mentally by running a similar practice route near my home that includes the same type of uphill challenges along the way. Each time I encounter an uphill section of the trail I have to dig deep to not give up and stop along the way and a tool that I have used frequently has been a big help. I find marks along the way such as a tree, a road sign, a rock, whatever happens to be available and as I reach each landmark I am encouraged that I made it that far and now I just need to make it to the next, and the next, and the next until I have ultimately reached the peak of that uphill ascent. Then after reaching the top of that hill there is invariably a down hill jog to recoup my breath. You have to train yourself to relax and take in some long, deep breaths as you go down the hill as to prepare for the upcoming hill in sight. When I make it to a stretch of flat ground then I am on cruise control and that is where you actually can make up some ground because of the easy grade of the flat terrain, knowing all along that this stretch is allowing you to get ready for the next uphill climb that is guaranteed to be right ahead.
     According to our scripture from above, Paul said you have to have a purpose in life's 5K. If we just go out to run without a purpose then it will soon feel as though we are running in vain with no goal visible. The uphill challenges will appear overwhelming, and we will run out of energy and endurance before we reach our destination. Even if we do make the pinnacle of an uphill challenge then we easily misinterpret the ensuing downhill accompaniment as a negative instead of an opportunity to prepare for our next challenge. Then when things are on cruise control in life we fail to take advantage of the place we are at and we don't give thanks for all that we have made it through and all that we have overcome that has created more endurance and perseverance in our minds, bodies, and soul. Life my friend is an uphill climb. If you aren't climbing a hill then you are sitting in a valley. Just a hint, the view gets better as you reach the top of the mountain!
     So having a purpose is of the utmost importance whether it is in athletics or if we are talking about life. Don't let yourself down by giving up on your run in life. Referring back to I Corinthians 9:24 paraphrasing Paul he says everyone is running the race, but only one will win the prize. Then he said, run or practice in such a way that you will be in contention to win. Have a purpose. Paul goes on to say that he isn't just going outside and running around in circles he has a goal, a purpose in his preparation. In your life you have got to do the same thing. If you are just going through the motions of getting up, getting ready for work, and then going to work, going through the day, finishing the day and then returning to home all without a sense of purpose or a goal accomplished you are probably feeling defeated and exhausted before you hit mile marker one in your daily 5K.
     In Angela Duckworth's book entitled "Grit The Power of Passion and Perseverance" she quotes Kat Cole, former president of the Cinnabon bakery chain as saying, "When I am around people, my heart and soul radiate with the awareness that I am in the presence of greatness. Maybe greatness unfound, or greatness underdeveloped, but the potential or existence of greatness nevertheless. You never know who will go on to do good or even great things or become the next great influencer in the world-- so treat everyone like they are that person."  If you feel like you don't have a purpose in life this would be a great place to start each day. Set your sites on helping one person realize their importance today and you my friend will be on the way to realizing your own purpose in life. I'm encouraged by the lyrics sung by the band Third Day in the song "The Mountain of God",
Even though the journey's long
And I know the road is hard
Well, the One who's gone before me
He will help me carry on
After all that I've been through
Now I realize the truth
That I must go through the valley
To stand upon the mountain of God
Run your 5k in life with a purpose and always remember you are never alone on the journey, run hard and run uphill! Coach Carter

You Can Lead a Horse to Water and You Better Make Sure it Drinks

     There's an old saying that goes something like "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink." Well, if the cowboys in the old westerns I grew up on would have lived by that motto, I would feel safe to bet a great many of them would have never made it across the expansive, dry prairie of the late 1800's. I can picture John Wayne preparing to head out on a round up across the unsettled U.S. and as he is getting ready to saddle up he leads his steed up to the watering trough and then watches as his horse stands there and refuses to drink. Well the Duke being the wise man he was would have known that the next watering hole could have been a great many miles away, possibly even a day or more out, so not getting a good, long drink would have not been an option as much as it would have been a necessity for survival across the vast, dry wilderness. I believe John Wayne or any real American cowboy would not have dared starting out across that desert like expanse without hydrating himself properly and making sure his mode of transportation was as hydrated as possible  as well. It just wouldn't make for much of a movie if the cowboy pulled up at the water trough, dismounted, and then as the his horse stands there defiantly denying the opportunity to store up some essential water, the cowboy says "please drink some water" and then "well if you're not going to drink I guess we'll just go ahead and move on anyway." Not sure if that movie would have sold many tickets at the box office. No, men and women of the "old west" were tough and determined, filled with grit and resiliency, not much in them in the way of giving up especially when they knew that the resulting outcome in such a case as this watering hole example would most certainly result in possible death of the horse and inadvertently create a life or death situation for the cowboy himself.
     My interpretation of this old saying is that you can provide someone with the right example, the right answer, the correct way of doing things, or even the means to a better end, but you can not make them accept it or receive it. Well as the title of today's FTM thought suggests, my take on this old adage is that if we know the importance of what we are attempting to accomplish in someone's life then we better have more persistence about us than just saying well I led my horse to the watering hole, but he didn't drink so I did my job and then move on into the desert of life unequipped or unprepared for what lies ahead.
     Being in education this example is evident in the story of many a child over my 25 years of experience. Educators are faced with "hard" cases where a child just isn't responding to the instruction provided and appears to not want a drink of water from the education well. Whether it is being obstinate, unmotivated, uninterested, or just plain old lazy there are students that appear to be content to not hydrate their minds before entering their journey of a lifetime of wildernesses and prairies they will most certainly encounter. Have we done our job if we provide the material to this child, possibly multiple times, and maybe even in several different formats and this  student refuses to accept it and embrace this education we are offering? What is our responsibility in this situation? We led them to the water, but we can't make them drink? Or knowing what lies ahead do we strive on, look "outside the box", accept the responsibility that we know this child is thirsty and that it may just take a straw, a bucket, or maybe even a swimming pool of water to get this young mind to accept what we are offering. The point is, it is too important to ever just say, I made it available and they refused to take it.
     This same principle is not restricted to the realm of education. In so many situations in life we want to do our "due cause" in helping someone get a hand up and then when it doesn't take or the person fails to succeed we feel justified in saying "Well I did my part they just didn't want to help themselves." Whether it be an education, a job skill, fighting an addiction, changing a habit, creating a change, or maybe even instilling hope we have to decide do we want to see this person be equipped for the desert that lies in front of them, the one that we all have to cross, or are we satisfied that we did our part and now it is up to them to take that nuturing drink?
     Well if we know what lies in front of these challenges and we settle on "we did our part" I think we need to ask ourselves did we do all we could do or did we do all we should have done? What if we had held on one more day, what if we would have tried one more time? When is enough enough? I guess each of us have to ask that question in the situations we are in and the circumstances we each encounter as we journey the trail of life's wilderness. But I would contend that we can't give up, especially since most of us have traveled some of the same trails that others are about to travel and we know what lies in front of them without the proper amount of "hydration" applied to the situation. It is too important, too critical, to give up, we must persist and apply the amount of grit necessary to see the situation through to the other side of the great expanse. Sounds like a calling, but how do we continue to support someone that apparently doesn't want the drink of water we are offering?
     First we never give up, we look at things through a kaleidoscope of options and adopt a mindset that I have more will power and perseverance and I won't give up on you. We look outside of the normal methods or practices and realize that an alternate route will get them to the same destination it may just take a little more time or effort. Understand that a drink of water is what we are attempting to accomplish and some will drink it through a straw while others need complete immersion to supply what is needed. And most importantly we have to have faith. If you are attempting to help someone or a group of someones and you don't have faith it will be that much harder to stay the course and see it through. Faith is unwavering in the face of adversity, it is accepting during a drought, and it is relentless when it looks like the desert is unending. Faith tells me that if we pray, if we ask for an answer, if we believe even when it seems impossible to believe that resolution is possible, then we will see success. Matthew 21:22 "And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.” (ESV) It is too important to let that horse cozy up to the water trough and stand there without getting a drink and excusing ourselves by saying "you can't make it drink". We must be relentless in our faith and hope that if we stay true to the course and we continue to seek a way to assure that horse gets hydrated, the deserts of life will be that much more conquerable and a cool drink of water will eventually be achieved.
Coaching you up and praying for a week of purpose and fulfillment of that purpose! Make the most of it, it's all you've got so don't waste a minute of it!
Coach Carter