There’s a new sheriff in town

New Priest at Holy Family Orlando
Father Benjamin has the passion for the Christ.

 

New Priest at Holy Family Orlando
Father Ennis on left. Father Benjamin, dark hair.

 

There’s a new sheriff in town as they say. A rookie though. Only wearing his badge for two years.

Father Benjamin reminds Cheryl and i of what Father Ennis must have been like when he first started out 50 years ago.

The passion for the Christ is inspiring.

Only the inspired inspire.

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Remember all the American flags back in the day?

American Flag in Gold's Gym parking lot.
American Flag in Gold’s Gym parking lot, yesterday.

 

Orlando Gold's Gym parking lot
Spent a few minutes talking with those guys about their flag hanging from their truck

 

Today is Saturday of the 2015 Memorial Day weekend. Yesterday (Friday) walking to my car after a Gold’s Gym workout, a pickup truck pulls in next to me.

Approached the driver asking about the flag. Thanked him for his American pride.

God bless America.

God bless everyone who actively supports and enlists because of the notion that freedom and justice are worth dying for.

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Don’t judge a book by it’s cover

jeff noel Disney Speaker on training run

 

We let our guard down and pay the price. Yesterday’s 75-minute run didn’t begin until 11am. Shoulders sunburned. Covered in bugs.

And then as luck would have it during the cool down walk on our street, got to meet our future neighbors for the first time. Sweaty, bug ridden, shirtless. We never get a second chance to make a good first impression.

Right?

The antidote to “poor timing” is simple – a joyful, joy-filled spirit.

It never fails.

What’s on the inside is far more visible than what’s on the outside.

Kamar and Anita could see it clearly.

Be the change.

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The gift of an ordinary day is now

jeff noel and Mike Attardi
Last night at Holy Family Catholic Church’s PREP class pep rally.

 

It’s easy to allow being moody to be okay, but it shouldn’t be.

Dropping by the middle school at lunch yesterday for an impromptu visit, the teen asked his dad, “How are you so happy all the time?”

“Gratitude”, the dad answered without hesitation.

Later that evening was PREP class and coincidently a pep rally for the “Soup-er Bowl Challenge”, with former NFL player Mike Attardi as the keynote speaker.

Mike saw the Pixar tee-shirt and introduced himself and his young son. We know many of the same Disney legends. Mike is an NFL legend to football fans, and to non-fans, he’s just another Parishioner.

Even legends must manage their mood.

And Mike was the perfect gentleman. With me, and then with the entire cafeteria full of middle-schoolers.

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