Somewhere

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Years ago I had a patient in his 30s who hated his job...and loved acting. He said he had done some commercials and dinner theater. He had neither wife nor children but had a dream...to act. I asked why he didn't follow his dream. He said, "My friends say that I'm not good enough." I replied, "Get new friends." He went to Hollywood. I never saw him again. 

Maybe not so many people believe in you. Do you believe in yourself? Are you willing to make the sacrifices and have the resources to follow the dream? It doesn't have to be volleyball. 

Sometimes the dream seems impossible, unfathomable. And yet it comes to pass because you willed it. This is such as story. 

Fight for your dream and sometimes it comes true. 

Lagniappe. Own it. 

A true leader of men! He doesn’t make excuses but instead preaches about accountability starting with himself. A quality of a great leader! pic.twitter.com/Y0aETWAWT5

— Bruce Straughan (@bruce_straughan) January 19, 2026