Never Give Up Archives - The Art of Standing

It’s No Excuse Week at My House

by Dennis Ritchie | Jun 8, 2017 | Featured, Habits, Never Give Up | 0 |

No Whining Rule We have a No Whining Rule at my house. Confession time, it’s for me. When...

Keep Doing The Hard Things

by Dennis Ritchie | Feb 7, 2017 | Blog, Encouragement, Featured, Never Give Up | 0 |

I have so many friends right now who are doing the hard things. Some by choice though others would choose anything thing else. They are taking care of family members with cancer and dementia. They are fostering broken children,...

The Hill

by Dennis Ritchie | Sep 7, 2016 | Adventure, Endurance, Featured, Perspective, Uncategorized | 0 |

I stand wearily atop the hill and spy the hill beyond . . .

Lies of Mass Destruction

by Dennis Ritchie | May 30, 2016 | Blog, Endurance, Featured, Never Give Up, Politics | 5 |

The Great Remembering You would think it would be obvious what Memorial Day is about. Wikipedia...

Grit Bits – Forget About Stress – Yisrael Kristal, 112

by Dennis Ritchie | Mar 31, 2016 | Courage, Featured, Never Give Up, Purpose, Stress | 2 |

Stress Kills? For those of you worrying about all of the studies that supposedly show that stress...

52 Bits of Grit – Francine’s Chocolate

by Dennis Ritchie | Mar 15, 2016 | Endurance, Featured, Never Give Up, Stories | 0 |

True stories of tough people in tough times reveal the unbelievable power of small things to pull you through. Things like chocolate . . .

The Tree That Saved Christmas

by Dennis Ritchie | Dec 22, 2015 | Blog, Courage, Encouragement, Endurance, Featured, Never Give Up | 1

A Most Unusual Christmas The summer sun was still sweltering when I had my first clue that this...

A Moment Of Personal Reflection On The High Dive

by Dennis Ritchie | Nov 8, 2015 | Blog, Featured, Health, Never Give Up | 0 |

The high dive is scary. One wrong move and it’s going to hurt. You can’t go back. Once...

If It Was Easy . . .

by Dennis Ritchie | Feb 16, 2015 | Blog, Change, Dogs, Endurance, Featured, Pets | 3 |

*Please note – I started this post last Saturday and couldn’t finish. Unplanned...

Today

by Dennis Ritchie | Feb 4, 2015 | Blog, Endurance, Featured, Uncategorized | 2 |

Today I have to start all over. Today I get to begin again. Today I get no credit for the good I...

Overwhelmed

by Dennis Ritchie | Oct 13, 2014 | Blog, Encouragement, Endurance, Featured | 4 |

Today is a day of overwhelming responsibility. I did not officially over-commit myself. I was a...

Never, Ever Quit

by Dennis Ritchie | Feb 10, 2014 | Blog, Courage, Emotional, Encouragement, Endurance, Featured, Never Give Up, Perspective, Spiritual | 1 |

I sat across the booth from Suzie picking through a shepherd’s pie while my head swam. We...

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