Burnt Shanty

There is a beautiful mountain road named Burnt Shanty that I came across recently and was intrigued by the name and its origin. The name of the road came from a logging village that was removing lumber from the Pocono mountains when a fire swept through the village burning the shanties where the lumberjacks and other folks lived.  

Now a 100 years later a beautiful town has risen from the ashes where hundreds of beautiful homes surround a stunning lake. 

The Burnt Shanty has been transformed and may it shine for another 100 years. 

With Love,

Coach K

Drama

 One of the easiest things we can do to improve our quality of life is to remove the Drama from our lives. Turn down the negative news and Social Media clips that are meant to get a reaction, but most importantly focus on the loved One in your life. We all know that family and those closest to us can push our buttons, but we have the power to control how we react. Drama causes stress and that can steal our health and well being. 

We have the choice to choose Peace, Love, and Kindness regardless of what others our doing. This concept of Peace in our lives is very powerful. We know the saying don't sweat the small stuff and remember it's all small stuff. Why should we let little inconveniences steal our Joy. 

We are in Control. 

One of the ways we can expand our Peace and Joy is to immerse ourselves in Nature. We spend too much time inside and on screens.  We need to disconnect and get Outside.  Fresh air and Sunshine does a body good. 

Let there be Peace on earth and let it begin with me.

With Love,

Coach K

The Tortoise and the Hare

 

The Race does not always go to the swiftest but those that keep on running. A gentle reminder from the Tortoise and the Hare to keep moving forward, and to run your race. 

With Love,

Coach K

Choosing Grace

 I took my niece Neeva Grace who loves horses to the Horse farm and while her Uncle was acting a little grumpy she looked at me and said, "I know you love me Uncle Tom."  A smile came across my face, I laughed at said your are absolutely right my Love. 

Out of the mouth of Babes. 

With Love,

Coach K 

Lenny

 Be A Giver

Lenny is a Giver.  Why is it that those with the least give the most.  My friends Reno and Jimmy who could not have children of their own helped raise over twenty children and directly impacted thousands of lives in the community. 

 

Lenny is loved by the Community and will give you the shirt off his back. Ask him for anything and he will find a way to help. you. He was honored by the town in a parade where everyone came out to cheer him. 

Lenny will do anything for a child and just the other day at the end of the school year a child came up to him and said Thank You for saying Hi to me every day you really made me feel special. 

Just those simple acts of kindness can make all the difference in a person's life. We should all try to be more like Lenny. 

How may we serve. 

With Love,

Coach K

Investing

 One of the great investors Peter Lynch of the incredible Fidelity Magellan fund always advise to invest in what you know.  Invest in great companies and hold for the long term. “When you sell your great companies and add to the losers, it's like watering the weeds and cutting the flowers."

A wonderful company especially those run by the Founders is like a beautiful flower that we need to just keep watering. Invest in yourself and your future. Wealth is within your reach.

With Love,

Coach K

Freedom

 "We take the stars from heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her, and the white stripes shall go down to posterity, representing our liberty." —George Washington

With Love, 

Coach K