Tag Archives: dreams

The Flow

Posted on November 22, 2012 by russtowne

I had a dark and haunting dream last night and awoke with a sad and jarring phrase running through my head over and over again. While these are certainly not the kinds of things I normally associate with Thanksgiving, I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, Gifts, Gratitude | Tagged dreams, flow, friends, Friendship, gifts, Happiness, happy, haunting, Love, Thanksgiving | 8 Comments

Every Great Dream

Posted on August 27, 2012 by russtowne

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer and is fulfilled by a doer. –Line one: Harriet Tubman –Line two: Russ Towne Russ

Posted in Action, Dreams, Observations, Quotes I Love, Words or Quotes I Believe I Coined but please let me know if you heard them earlier elsewhere | Tagged doer, dreams, fulfilled, great dreams, Harriet Tubman, Russ Towne | 6 Comments

Acting Out Of My Mind

Posted on July 31, 2012 by russtowne

“Before the deed comes the thought. Before the achievement comes the dream. Every mountain we climb, we first climb in our mind.” – Royal Robbins I love this quote, and have learned that at some point I still had to … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Dreams, LIfe Lessons, Quotes I Love | Tagged action, climb, deed, dreams, mind, mountain, Royal Robbins, thought | 12 Comments

My Beloved Jock and Rah-Rah

Posted on June 28, 2012 by russtowne

(I know, that is one seriously messed up title, but please hang in there with me as I hope to make it clear as to why it isn’t QUITE as weird as it sounds.) Between my Beloved and me, we … Continue reading →

Posted in Family "Fun", True Stories I've Written | Tagged atlesets, beloved, dreams, fencing, flag girl, humble, jock, jocks, league, lettered, pride, professional, proud, raah-rah, rah, rah-rahs, softball, wife, women's | 1 Comment

Morning Reflections

Posted on May 24, 2012 by russtowne

There was a time many years ago when I woke up exhausted every week day, crawled out of bed at about 5:30am and faced a daunting and life-sucking 1 hour and 40 minute 1-way commute to work, doing a job … Continue reading →

Posted in Abundance, Courage, Creativity, Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, Education, Family "Fun", Friendship, Generosity, Gratitude, Growth/Learning, LIfe Lessons, Observations, Optimism, Random Thoughts, True Stories I've Written | Tagged blessed, Career, child, children, Chocolate Lab, commute, Dog, dream, dreams, Duke, Family, fern, ferns, friends, garden, grateful, gratitude, grove, home, house, job, kids, morning, morning reflections, profession, redwood, redwoods, support network, wife, window | 5 Comments

Staying Young

Posted on May 6, 2012 by russtowne

“A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams” –John Barrymore In that case, I’m still a young whippersnapper for my ripe age and grandfather-hood. As they say, “It’s never too late to have a … Continue reading →

Posted in Grandparenting & Grandkids, Gratitude, LIfe Lessons, Optimism, Quotes I Love, Random Thoughts | Tagged a man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams, age, child, childhood, dream, dreams, fondest hopes, grandfather, Grandpa, Grandson, hopes, John Barrymore, young, youth | Leave a comment

Challenge Day

Posted on March 10, 2012 by russtowne

I recently learned about a program called Challenge Day that has a vision and mission that I wholeheartedly applaud. I went to its website at http://www.challengeday.org/ and saw: “OUR VISION Our vision is that every child lives in a world … Continue reading →

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Another Reason to Dream Big

Posted on February 20, 2012 by russtowne

Here’s yet another reason to DREAM BIG: “You aren’t old until your regrets are larger than your dreams.” This quote was sent to me by a buddy. I don’t know who originally said it, but I like it a lot.