Make Each Day Your Masterpiece

That was one of seven things written on a card that resided in the pocket of Coach John Wooden, given to him by his father when he completed the 8th grade, right up until he passed away yesterday. He was a faithful husband, willing mentor to hundreds of basketball players and coaches, and a child of God. He was 99. As a tribute to him and as a way for us to be mentored by him as well, I want to share with you a link to a great story written about him, some of his more famous quotes, and a story that displays his unconditional and Godly love for his wife.

The Link

Yahoo.com Story 


The Quotes

• Be prepared and be honest.
• Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.
• Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
• If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
• It isn't what you do, but how you do it.
• It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
• Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters.
• Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.
• Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
• You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

The Story
He still sleeps on the left side of the bed and still lives in the same modest condo they shared together. He hasn't taken down any of her pictures. He has her robe laid out on her side of the bed and on the 21st of the month he writes her a letter and has done so for the past 25 years since she passed. His loyalty has remained strong, his love has remained true. What they had together he could not replicate with another, so why try?

Please, please listen to the following story by reporter Rick Reilly...filmed not too long ago, and hear it from the man himself and then apply some of what Coach has to teach you to your life so you can make each day your masterpiece.
John Wooden's Love Letter