Paul Woodside

Today’s work: 4/4. 40M • 40L • 40R • 45M

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Expectations on one side versus Reality on the other. How wide the gap is the level of frustration, doubt, denial, or disillusionment. Now what do you do? Find out tomorrow, 7/11, Lorton, VA. beforeukick.com/upcomingcamps

Fault lines. Why? Already looking for an out WHEN you don’t succeed. Trying to create and develop a skill without responsibility doesn’t get what the skill is about in the first place. You. Develop with accountability so there will be no finding fault. beforeukick.com

How’s your structure? Don’t let this happen mud-season. Saturday 7/11 Lorton, VA beforeukick.com/upcomingcamps

5/5 from 50 Middle

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The term Masterclass is often applied to a specific topic. The object of the lesson. Yesterday, as always, was a Masterclass in Class. Excellence illuminates which is why we return annually. Thank YOU - @CoachMikeLondon @CoachBlackstock @TASmith1410 @CoachShackford_

🇺🇸 Happy Flag Day Find someone who loves you like Rick Monday loves his flag. On April 25, 1976, while playing outfield for the Chicago Cubs as a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve veteran, Rick Monday saw two protesters soak the American flag in lighter fluid, ready to burn it. He didn’t hesitate. He sprinted in, grabbed the flag, and carried it to safety. One of the most American moments in baseball history. Thank you, Rick Monday, for honoring our flag. 🫡🇺🇸

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50 M 4/4

Seeing BEYOND Uprights!

Remember the guy who wouldn't take the flag pole down on his Virginia property awhile back? You might remember the news story several months ago about a crotchety old man in Virginia who defied his local Homeowners Association and refused to take down the flag pole on his property along with the large American flag he flew on it. Now we learn who that old man was. On June 15, 1919, Van T. Barfoot was born in Edinburg, Texas . That probably didn't make news back then. But twenty five years later, on May 23, 1944, near Cyrano, Italy, That same Van T. Barfoot, who had in 1940 enlisted in the U.S. Army, set out alone to flank German machine gun positions from which gunfire was raining down on his fellow soldiers. His advance took him through a minefield but having done so, he proceeded to single-handedly take out three enemy machine gun positions, returning with 17 prisoners of war. And if that weren’t enough for a day's work, he later took on and destroyed three German tanks sent to retake the machine gun positions. That probably didn’t make much news either, given the scope of the war, but it did earn Van T. Barfoot, who retired as a Colonel after also serving In Korea and Vietnam , a well deserved Congressional Medal of Honor. What did make news was his Neighborhood Association's quibble with how the 90-year-old Veteran chose to fly the American flag outside his suburban Virginia home. Seems the HOA rules said it was OK to fly a flag on a house-mounted bracket, but, for decorum, items such as Barfoot's 21-foot flagpole were "unsuitable." Van Barfoot had been denied a permit for the pole, but erected it anyway and was facing Court action unless he agreed to take it down. Then the HOA story made national TV, and the Neighborhood Association rethought its position and agreed to indulge this aging hero who dwelt among them. "In the time I have left", he said to the Associated Press, "I plan to continue to fly the American flag without interference." As well he should. And if any of his neighbors had taken a notion to contest him further, they might have done well to read his Medal of Honor citation first. Seems it Indicates Mr. Van Barfoot wasn't particularly good at backing down. If you've read this post and don't share it, - Guess what -You need your butt kicked. I share this with you because I don't want MY butt kicked anymore and I'm tired of seeing those who hate our country yet march in our streets, tear down our statues, burn our stores and loot our businesses have a free hand to do whatever they want. WE ONLY LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE! AND, BECAUSE OF BRAVE OLD MEN LIKE VAN BARFOOT!

What really matters. Thank You.

Multiply - to increase greatly in number or amount. Four core math concepts. Unless you choose and act accordingly you will be doing one of the other three.

Sorry, but you don’t perform your skill. You perform your patterns. Whether you agree with the statement or not doesn’t take away from its truth.

ATM - Absolutely Traversing Mountains!

The puzzle is only puzzling when you can’t figure it out. Once you do it’s all downhill from there!

A maze only becomes amazing when you find your through to the end!

A tour guide is only as valuable as the sights that you see😳