"You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think." - Marcus Aurelius

If you're wondering what strength & determination of body & mind look like, meet my daughter, Mia @mammamia127. Only 3+ weeks from an upper lung lobectomy to remove a tumor & she's back on the mat - Competing at STAC cheerleading championship today #Inspiration Maine-Endwell

The resolution that strengthens all other resolutions: "It is in your own power to maintain the beauty of your soul or to be a decent human being." - Marcus Aurelius Happy New Year!

One year ago this morning my daughter @mammamia127 woke up to an uncertain future heading into surgery. This morning she wakes up a National Champion with her awesome UNLV Cheer teammates. So proud and amazed at this strong, beautiful woman. #CancerFree #BEaREBEL #UCAnationals

"Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one." #MarcusAureliusMonday

"Such as are your habitual thoughts, so also will be the character of your mind. For the soul is dyed by its thoughts." #MarcusAureliusMonday

“The universe is transformation; life is opinion.”

“What qualities has nature given us to counter that defect? As an antidote to unkindness it gave us kindness.” #MarcusAureliusMonday

"You never expect to be a national champion so every time I hear that it brings me back and is so amazing." bit.ly/3e5kAJj?utm_me…

“Faced with a choice between changing one’s mind and proving there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy with the proof.” - J.K. Galbraith

“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action and because there is only one of you in all of time this expression is unique...if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost.” Martha Graham

“What we do now echoes in eternity.” #MarcusAureliusMonday

“At some point you have to recognize what world it is that you belong to; what power rules it and from what source you spring; that there is a limit to the time assigned you, and if you don’t use it to free yourself it will be gone and will never return.” #MarcusAureliusMonday

“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.” - Seneca #WorldKindnessDay

“I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no "brief candle" for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations." #GeorgeBernardShaw

"Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already." - Marcus Aurelius #grateful #HappyThanksgiving

M-E Alum Focus: Former M-E cheerleading standout, Mia McCarthy is in the midst of her junior year at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where she’s already helped the UNLV Rebels to 2 national championships. (1/2)

Very proud to be a graduate of the Cornell Law School Masters of Science in Legal Studies inaugural class. #Cornell

“All you need are these: the certainty of judgment in the present moment; action for the common good in the present moment; and an attitude of gratitude in the present moment for anything that comes your way.” — #MarcusAurelius