True Character

"Anybody can have poise and great character while winning or on top! True character is revealed when your back is against the wall and all odds are stacked against you. How will you respond? How will you react? Will you roll over and die? Or will rise up with a heart full of fire and fight!; YOU DECIDE!"- COACH DENNIS BROWN

John 15:13New International Version (NIV)

13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

DABRICKAKID

I recently got news that I'll be a father! This is both an exciting and intimidating experience. It took me almost 29 years to start getting this whole life thing under control. Now, I have a lifetime to try to work out this parenting thing. One things for sure, I've had exceptional examples of parents; my parents are amazing! I'm praying that I have a boy; however, despite the sex, I'll be the best daddy ever 😎 to the DABRICKAKID! 

UPDATE

It's been almost 2 years since I posted. Just an update on my journey to greatness:

Since my last update, I've graduated from the police academy. I earned a job as a police officer. I purchased a house and now I'm expecting my first child! Isn't that something? 

The key to success is to keep pushing on, even when the odds are against you! First have a dream, then write the vision, then keep working towards it until your dream comes true! :-)

Attitude

The longer I love, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company...a church....a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past...we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude...I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you...we are in charge of our attitudes.” ― Charles R. Swindoll

Health Blueprint

I started this daily bible reading plan. The main focus of this reading plan is to help integrate health with faith. I feel that faith emphasizes a great deal on the spiritual aspects of the individual, often neglecting the natural side. On the introductory lesson I was instructed to create a Health Blue Print. The Health Blue Print is an overview of the goals that I would like to achieve and maintain in my life. The goals cannot be vain (Six pack for the ladies), they cannot be unrealistic, and they cannot extremely hard to obtain. The goals must be attainable and must be able to be carried out over a long period of time.
A key point was made in the first lesson, it was the approach in which someone would succesfully reach their health goal. The mindset of accomplishing the goal overtime needs to be a constant state of mind. By starting off small and increasing the levels of difficulty and dicipline over time, the goals will be more sustainable and are less likely to be abandoned later on!

My health goals are as follows:
Establish better eating habits
Maintain at least %10 body fat
Have a balanced workout routine (weights, Cardio, stretching).

Mindset

Destiny is a mindset! Keep striving for the things you were destined to do.

Last week I was told to finish through "the cones." It was so inspirational to me because it reminded me that you have to start what you finish. You cant slow down or ease up before you accomplish your goals because it would be selling your self short.

I hope I will be able to finish through the cones in Riverside. I hope I accomplish my goals and show my self worthy to be on the team that I have been striving to be on from a young age.