Let Yourself Soar In 2022

The man with no imagination has no wings.
―    Muhammad Ali
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On This Day In:
2022	No Implication Of Reasonableness
2021	Let Yourself Soar In 2022
	Where You’re Concerned (It’s So Easy)
2020	The Most Dynamic Link
	Looking Forward To 2021 (Like A Rock)
2019	A Proud Assertion
2018	Ask #45 About Anything
2017	Playing Makes Sense
2016	And Fathers, Sons
2015	My Suspect Confidence
2014	Disguised Blessings
2013	Be
2012	The Only Way to Win
2011	Honest Writing

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Me Too

When it comes to love, compassion, and other feelings of the heart, I am rich.
―    Muhammad Ali
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On This Day In:
2023	Just Keep Hitting The Damned Keys
2022	Living In The Big Lie With A Loser
2021	An Obligation To Condemn Is Not An Obligation To Ban
	Caught In The Rain (Escape – The Piña Colada Song)
2020	Me Too
2019	#45: Whitewalkers Tremble, Treason Is Forever
2018	Light Or Darkness
2017	Doubtful Education
2016	Absolute
2015	Still The Best Teacher
2014	Inside The Soul
2013	A Toe In The River
2012	Believe It Or Not
2011	The Road To Recovery (And More Myths)

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Another Thought On #45’s Poor Education

Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain.  It’s not something you learn in school.  But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.
―    Muhammad Ali
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On This Day In:
2022	Fundamentally Rooted Routine
2021	And Due To Be More Fluid
	Still Reading Between The Lines (I Want To Know What Love Is)
2020	A Humbling Learning Process
	They Are All Good (For The Good Times)
2019	Another Thought On #45’s Poor Education
2018	As Long As You Survive Each Experience
	WordPress to Facebook Test…
	Day 7: Oh, Yeah!
2017	A Good Habit
2016	The Minds Of Trumpism
2015	Expressing Nonsense
2014	A Real Fight
2013	Unravelling
2012	I Resolve
2011	Practice, Practice, Practice
2009	Phoenix Trip (July ’09)

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Can Too

If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it – then I can achieve it.
―    Muhammad Ali
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On This Day In:
2023	GPS
2022	And Do The Right Thing…
2021	Rational Response
	This Can’t Go On (Evil Ways)
2020	A Different Premise
2019	Can Too
2018	To Get Strength
	Drip, Drip, Drip
2017	Bricolage Art
2016	Just A Shame
2015	Treasures Of The Mind
2014	Not Quite Exceeded Reach
2013	Who’s Side?
2012	Why I Joined The Army And Not The Navy…
2011	Is It Your Turn Yet?
	Just Trippin’

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I’m Still Struggling To Rise

The greatest victory in life is to rise above the material things that we once valued most.
―    Muhammad Ali
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On This Day In:
2023	Still Saying Them…
2022	Beyond Racial Classification
2021	There’s Still No Voter Fraud
	Versions (On Broadway – Drifters & George Benson)
2020	Another Reason #DonTheCon Continues To Lie About The Pandemic
	A Receptive Push
2019	I’m Still Struggling To Rise
2018	Once Suddenly Free
2017	What Is Childlike
2016	The Latter A Lot Quicker Than The Former
2015	Notes On My Nightstand
2014	Generations
2013	Two For One
2012	Seen And Heard
2011	The Hazards And Vicissitudes Of Life

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Three Beliefs

To be a great champion you must believe you are the best.  If you’re not, pretend you are.
—    Muhammad Ali
Every time I stepped on the field, I believed my team was going to walk off the winner, somehow, some way.
—    Roger Staubach
If you believe in yourself, have dedication and pride and never quit, you’ll be a winner.  The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.
—    Paul “Bear” Bryant
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On This Day In:
2023	Standing Strength
2022	Overbooked
2021	One Month In: Learning To Play Guitar
	Cause The Melody Keeps Haunting Me (It’s The Same Old Song)
2020	Working On My 2019 Tax Returns
2019	Three Beliefs
2018	He Found Them On-Line
2017	Maybe In A Future World
2016	Largely A Mystery
2015	Tools And Weapons
2014	Likes And Dislikes
2013	Pillars Of Learning
2012	Another JCoM Review
	Move It
2011	Expected Value

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Reach Down

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.
―    Muhammad Ali
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On This Day In:
2022	Don’t Miss Your Life
2021	A Message To All The Democrats In Congress
	Where Did You Go In Texas? (La Grange)
2020	Reminds Me Of #LyingDonald
	It’s All Been Rehearsed (Baby I Need Your Lovin’)
2019	The Earth’s Breath
	Family Visit
2018	Forests, Shorelines And Mountain Paths
2017	Reach Down
2016	And Women When You Are 59
2015	Intersections, Explorations And Relationships
2014	[!(±*=)/≠], [!<]
	Orange October (XI) – Giants Win Game 5 (5 To 0)!!!
2013	Hard To Deserve
2012	Cloudy Between Games
	Admiration, n.
2011	One, Two, Three – Blink

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Until I Think Of Something Better

Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.
―    Muhammad Ali
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On This Day In:
2022	Reversing Climate Change Before It’s Too Late
2021	Said The Anti-Vaxxer
	Ceiling Mash (Dancing On The Ceiling)
2020	Is #45 In Good Spirits?
	Alone With My Tears (The Long And Winding Road)
2019	Learning To…
	Day 15: Die By The Scale
2018	Just Wondering
2017	Until I Think Of Something Better
2016	Who Are You?
2015	Renaissance Reptiles
2014	Book Return
2013	Keep Writing Your Truths
	Perilous Times For The U.S. Military
2012	The Victor
2011	Forging Away At My Deadlines
2010	Try This With Your Shoes…

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Are You A Loser?

You lose nothing when fighting for a cause  …   In my mind the losers are those who don’t have a cause they care about.
―     Muhammad Ali
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On This Day In:
2023	Too Small
2022	But Don’t Forget It Either
2021	Appreciating Intricacy
	I Read It In A Fairy Tale (One Of A Kind)
2020	Insensitive To Silence
	Weaker, Sicker And Poorer
2019	Don’t Be Small
2018	Persistence
2017	Are You A Loser?
2016	Constitution And Conscience
2015	Separate, Fearful And Imprisoned
2014	Something Worth Making
2013	Absolutely
2012	Can Do
2011	Wise Criticism

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And Women When You Are 59

The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.
―     Muhammad Ali
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On This Day In:
2022	Don’t Miss Your Life
2021	A Message To All The Democrats In Congress
	Where Did You Go In Texas? (La Grange)
2020	Reminds Me Of #LyingDonald
	It’s All Been Rehearsed (Baby I Need Your Lovin’)
2019	The Earth’s Breath
	Family Visit
2018	Forests, Shorelines And Mountain Paths
2017	Reach Down
2016	And Women When You Are 59
2015	Intersections, Explorations And Relationships
2014	[!(±*=)/≠], [!<]
	Orange October (XI) – Giants Win Game 5 (5 To 0)!!!
2013	Hard To Deserve
2012	Cloudy Between Games
	Admiration, n.
2011	One, Two, Three – Blink

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Just Enough

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
––     Muhammad Ali
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On This Day In:
2023	Think Global, Act Local
	Internal Warfare
2022	Under Its Roof
2021	Bringing It
	All Your Sighs (Just A Little)
2020	Me Neither
2019	Have Forever
2018	Fear, Racism And Greed
	Reaching Out To The Missing
	Very Nearly
2017	We Can Figure This Out
2016	Just Enough
2015	Bourne Bond (Get Ready For It)
	Springs Eternal
2014	Brains First
2013	Not Listening Anymore
2012	At Your Marks!
2011	We Are Not Alone
	Underlying Rationality
2010	Is the Obama Administration Failing?
	In Other Words…
	Quite Please!
	In A Hostage Situation…
	Are We Done Yet?
	In Order…
	Flip-flopping…
	Proof of Choice…
	On “Leading” A Democracy To War…
	Actually, It’s All About Me…

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I Got A Feeling

I got a feeling I was born for a purpose.  I don’t know what I’m here for.  I just feel abnormal, a different kind of man.  I don’t know why I was born.  I’m just here.  A young man rumbling.  I’ve always had that feeling since I was a little boy.
—    Muhammad Ali
[Happy Birthday, James!  Like your sisters, you were born to bring joy to the hearts of your Mum and me.  I’m sure you were born for other stuff, too, but the joy is all that matters to us.  We love you!    —    Mum and Dad]
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On This Day In:
2023	Given The Option
2022	Remember
2021	Now You’re 31…
	Versions: (Father And Son)  (My Way – Presley & Sinatra)
2020	Make A Fuss
2019	Hopefully, You’re Learning To Forgive
2018	Enjoy The Sunsets As Well As The Sunrises
2017	Enjoy
2016	I Got A Feeling
2015	Fiction Leading To History
2014	A Self-Correcting Process
2013	None But He Knows
2012	99% Are Demanding
2011	All In The Family
	Take Your Pick

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Just Plain Wrong

Hating people because of their color is wrong.  And it doesn’t matter which color does the hating.  It’s just plain wrong.
―    Muhammad Ali
[Hating people because of their religion is wrong.  And it doesn’t matter which religion does the hating.  It’s just plain wrong.  (What would Jesus say?)    —    kmab]
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On This Day In:
2022	The Good Problem
2021	Overcoming Fear And Deflated Pretensions
	You’re Not Alone (Home)
2020	A Weary Rehearsal?
	Are You Poking Me Again? (Gone, Gone, Gone)
2019	At Least Mostly On Purpose
2018	Only One You In All Time
2017	Have You Hugged A Tree Lately?
2016	Unconquerable Imagination
2015	Just Plain Wrong
2014	Finding Beliefs
2013	Pretty Confident
2012	Effective Ranges
2011	Three Wisdoms
2010	I’m Just Askin’…
	Space & Time

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Dare The Improbable

Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it.  Impossible is not a fact.  It’s an opinion.  Impossible is not a declaration.  It’s a dare.  Impossible is potential.  Impossible is temporary.  Impossible is nothing.
―     Muhammad Ali
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On This Day In:
2022	No Regrets For Chances Not Taken
2021	And Speak To Me
	Coming My Way (Everyday)
2020	If You Haven’t Done It Yet: VOTE!!
	I Agree (Affirmation)
2019	I’m Still Looking
2018	I Choose Love
	Courage Can Be Contagious
2017	Scary And Wonderful
2016	#AmnestyDon Hears The Polls
2015	Dare The Improbable
2014	All Together Now!
2013	This Road
2012	Profit
2011	God Is Personal
2010	Playoff Fever Gets the Best of Me…

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It’s Been Hurtin’ For Quite A While Now

I don’t count my sit-ups;  I only start counting when it starts hurting because they’re the only ones that count.
―    Muhammad Ali
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On This Day In:
2022	I Resemble That Remark… (9)
2021	Buying Time In A Fixed Game
	Dedicated To: Messrs. Rubio And Pompeo (Waste Deep In The Big Muddy)
2020	What It Takes
	Every Sign Was A Northern Star (Bless The Broken Road)
2019	Stuff Happens
	Whistleblower Complaint Regarding President Trump And Ukraine
2018	Looking Into Golf
	Goin’ Yard
2017	Improvise
2016	Got Leisure?
2015	It’s Been Hurtin’ For Quite A While Now
2014	Curious Talent
2013	Eureka
2012	Slow Me
2011	He Said What?!?
2010	Gritty
	3 and 3
	Just A Hunch
	Wall Street – Movie Review
	2nd Pair – Shoe Review (Aborted and Final)

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