Hello Nate!!

You have a place to come to when your are done with the navy. You have a very bright future!! Your father.

4/25

“Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.” – Lao Tzu

4/20

“He who blames others has a long way to go on his journey. He who blames himself is halfway there. He who blames no one has arrived.” ~ Chinese Proverb

Working out is hard, being unfit or obese is harder.

Mastering a skill is hard, living without skills is harder.

Building meaningful relationships is hard, being lonely is harder

Quitting addictions is hard, living with addictions is harder.

DO HARD THINGS, AND YOUR LIFE WILL GET EASIER. DO EASY THINGS, AND YOUR LIFE WILL GET HARDER.

“Everyone must choose one of two pains: The pain of discipline or the pain of regret.”

“Ships don’t sink because of the water around them; ships sink because of the water that gets in them. Don’t let what’s happening around you get inside you and weigh you down.” -Unknown

“Never argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience” -Mark Twain

“Most people die at 25 and aren’t buried until they’re 75”

“Two things to remember in life. Take care of your thoughts when you are alone, and take care of your words when you are with people”-Unknown

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Will Durant

4/12

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain                                           

When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don’t see the one which has opened for us. Alexander Graham Bell

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt

 And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln 

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Thomas Edison

The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas. Linus Pauling

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and follow where they lead. Louisa May Alcott

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. Albert Einstein

4/10

“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”

“Better to want something you don’t have then to have something you don’t want”

“The time that you give yourself is just as important as the time you give to other people”

If I’m having a disagreement or argument with someone, I hold my tongue for a while and stop engaging with the conversation. 9 times out of 10 the other party will calm down, apologize, or just have a better understanding of the conflict if you both just simmer down for a bit. As good as it feels to snap back at someone when they’re annoying you, just shut up for a minute and you’ll probably be surprised.“

Cultivate your own gardens.” it means concentrate less on what others are doing and more on the standards by which I live my own life.

  Elvis said it best. Happiness is having something to do, somewhere to go, someone to love, and something to hope for.

“Every action made in anger ends in sorrow.”

“Nothing will work unless you do” – Maya Angelou.

Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly.

Sometimes regardless of how good a person you are, how hard you try, and how sincere you feel. There are people who will mistreat and take advantage of you. And more importantly them doing that usually isn’t your fault. It’s more often a product of who they are and wasn’t as personal or important of a choice for them as it will feel for you.

“Be a good person but don’t waste time to prove it”

Don’t make permanent decisions based on temporary feelings.

We don’t seem to be able to connect, so there are some things you may wish to know.

You have a half brother named Alex Proux that lives in Dewitt, Mi. He would like to contact you.

I have not been in the hospital or sick since I was born and don’t plan on a second trip. I have had nothing go sideways so to speak. It is actually at best #3 on things that have happened to me that does not happen to too many people. Thats why I make such a big thing about growing my own food.

I hope you will come to Williamston when you are done with the Navy. The house I am in was made for a young man / family – you and your family. I will move in a few years if you are happy here. I can help you get a good job at a bunch of places here or you could go to college.

I hope that you will be the one in your current family and future family that is a rock and can always be there and help/fix things.

What are your thoughts? waynegregg1@gmail.com