“Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.” – Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell didn’t just roll out of bed one morning and invent the world-changing device we now know as the telephone. While we’re accustomed to the sort of constant communication that comes with carrying a phone in our pockets, there wasn’t much…

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One of the most inescapable facts of life is that it refuses to be predictable. As carefully orchestrated and wondrous as our world is, it has a knack for throwing curveballs at the foolish few who think we can control it. In fact, the ability to adapt and respond to adversity is one of the key traits of…

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“Mistakes are always forgettable, if one has the courage to admit them.” -Bruce Lee No matter what their background, no matter where they come from or what they’ve been through, players in Liga HEB have one thing in common: they’re all junior high boys. These are the pivotal years of development: the years when mistakes begin…

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Runs are in vogue now. Every church, nonprofit, community organization and social club seems to organize one. There’s a 5k somewhere on pretty much any given weekend, and thematic marathons are advertising on every channel. There are Fun Runs and Spartan Races; courses with zombies and routes that douse runners in color. Everybody’s running, it seems,…

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“The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.”  –Richard Bach We call it Rivalry Week, but it’s the friendliest week in the season. Two teams from each school — who study together, practice together, live together — finally get to play each other.…

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