Be inspired. Inspiration is an elusive animal. It’s sometimes hard to find and often hard to describe. For me - it’s sometimes hard to paint the picture of the vision in my brain to others. I know what I want, but first to explain my ideas and then to get...
Be happy. What is happy? The first thing that came to mind was the song “happiness is” from the musical “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown”. I was looking at the lyrics, and it said happiness was finding a pencil and pizza with sausage. (Ok, well … the bar is...
Supposedly, July was the hottest July ever recorded. I was on RAGBRAI with 50,000 of my closest friends, and I could believe it for sure. Boy oh boy - it was hot (and hilly and humid and long). I know around the nation - record heats are being recorded, but...
Be Gracious To be gracious is to be kind, courteous, and compassionate. For most of us with children, we spend hours, days and years trying to drill this into them. Like most good life lessons, this one is learned by example, by watching those around you. For those of you...
Be gracious. Dr. Hurt and I used to have conversations surrounding the word “grace”. To have grace and be gracious is really hard, but so rewarding. We talked about “grace” in a lot of contexts … from being humble and generous … to being honest in a loving way. Tonight,...
Be Fearless. Ok, this is literally the day after RAGBRAI that I am writing this, so you’re stuck with stories from that. 1. It was hotter and more humid than I ever remember any day in my entire life ever being. 2. The route - 500+ miles - was full...
Be Educated The theme this week is Be Educated. Sounds easy enough, and for most people they would equate that to advancing your education with a degree or certification. I had a cousin who had six different degrees and was the most unrelatable person I had ever met. In his...
Be educated. As I prep for RAGBRAI, I look back on all the years of education of what I should bring, how I should train and what I should wear, and every year my list gets more honed and better. One thing I’ve learned is that if I pack my...
Be determined. This week, I’m riding across the state on a bicycle with tens of thousands of my friends. I think this is a great word for the week - determined. People keep asking me, “are you going the whole week of Ragbrai?” In my mind, I didn’t think I...
It’s July. July is the county fair to a lot of people. To others, it’s family vacations. To me - it’s RAGBRAI. The 500-mile trek across Iowa on a bicycle. Iowa Specialty Hospitals & Clinics has a team that has been going for the last 7 years, and this year...
