You know my friends, it’s not over until it is over. I have had the opportunity to overcome many adverse things in my life. Some of it was my own stuff, and some of it belonged to others that I was in one way or another connected to. Nevertheless,  I refuse to give up. I am going all the way and today I am challenging all of you to go the distance with me. Have you ever been in a race or set a goal to run or exercise to a certain point but quit before you reached your goal. I know I have, and every time I felt disappointed with myself because I allowed the pain to determine how far I would go. I want to go the distance this year and for the rest of my life. We have to make decisions like this before the race gets tough. If we wait until the pain starts to decide how far we will go, we will almost every time decide not to finish the race  in order to get relief from the pain.

Rhon Johnson

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Power Statement:

Pain is our sign post that tells us that we are changing for the better. This is a good pain, so don’t fight it, but let it work out of you those things that need to go.

Rhon Johnson    (1966 –      )

Have you ever heard,”Blessed to be a Blessing”, or” To he whom much is given, much is required.” Those are some deep words but words that we should really take to heart. Often times I look around and I see people that are less fortunate than myself. It Usually happens when I am having one of those moments when I feel as though I have been dealt a bad hand. Prolonged thinking patterns like that will make it impossible for us to be a help to others. This is happening at all levels of life. There are those that we believe may have everything and  if we were to have what they have we would never complain about another thing. It doesn’t matter how much we have, we are always wanting more. The question is, why are we wanting more? As an individual we all have to answer that question. I know I use to want more just so I could have a lot of stuff. Now things are a little more balanced. I still want to have things for myself, but I also have a deep desire to share it all with someone else that are not a part of my household.

Rhon Johnson

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Power Statement:

To really make a difference in the lives of others, we must first be the difference maker with ourselves.

Rhon Johnson  (1966 –      )

Yes, we are going to spend some time talking about results this year. We do not want to look up and find ourselves saying “Not Again,” as the year comes to an end. We are going to challenge ourselves on a daily basis to make sure that at the end of the year that things in our lives are different. There will be many things that rise up to trip us up. But  our biggest obstetrical is going to be ourselves. It’s not the devil, our job, or our spouse that will be the reason for our failure. So when things get difficult, we will need to look in the mirror at ourselves and what we are going to do to overcome the situation. It doesn’t matter who we think pulled the trigger, we must look at ourselves as the one that must come up with the solution to the problem and then follow through. Then,  when the thought comes to our mind about this year being just like the last one, we can confidently say, “Not Again.” 

Rhon Johnson

Power Statement:

Just hoping for things to change for the better without changing what we do is functional insanity!

Rhon Johnson (1966 –      ) 

I wanted to skip the happy new year stuff because I personally don’t want to get wrapped up into the hype of it. I have some really important things in my life that must change with this year. Usually when I write I use words like we, us and our, but for this first day of this year, I’m  going to use the word “I”  a lot  I must become the person I need to be in order to accomplish This year has got to be different, so I am not going to make projections and set goals because it is just the thing to do. I must become the person I need to be in order to accomplish many things. This year has got to be more about being and doing than goals and step by step plans. The question is this, where is the fine line between setting goal and being the kind of person one would need to be to allow those goals to be realized? I have found myself often referring to my goals as opposed to identifying the daily activities required for me to be able to say that the goal has been achieved. In essence, I am saying that 2013 must be about being and doing.

Rhon Johnson

Power Statement:

To be is to do, there is no other way! 

Rhon Johnson (1966 –      ) 

We can do anything we set our minds to do. Nothing is impossible to us. All we have to do is just start moving in that direction and eventually we will arrive at our destination. No matter how hard it gets an no matter what it looks like, if we keep the juices flowing, we will have what we are pursuing. We were not made to quit!

Rhon Johnson

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Power Statement:

You are the difference in making it and not making it.

Rhon Johnson (1966 –      )

The new year is quickly approaching and I know we are all thinking about what changes we are going to make and what goals we are going to set for the new year. Lets make sure that we don’t set ourselves up for failure and set goals that are attainable. I also want everyone to know that we are all on the same journey, and that I am looking to overcome some major issues in my own life that have plagued  me for most of my life. I share this with you because I want all of you to know that it’s not just you, but all of us have things that we are fighting to get the victory over. Even those of us that have stepped out to be leaders and trend setters for the rest of us. So as we make our list, and set out to be a better us in this new year, let us all know that we are not alone in our quest to overcome. I love all of you truly, and if there is anything I can do to help any of you, just let me know. Move forward my friends!!!

Rhon Johnson

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Power Quote:

I’m a slow walker, but I never walk back.

Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865)

Never allowing our mind to give up is hope in action. To continually say in our heart that it will when everything around us says it won’t, is hope at its best. I encourage you my friends to dance to the tune of  hope because hope is a good thing. It is the thing that allows us to taste the reality of our dreams.

Rhon Johnson

Power Quote:

Hope is an adventure, a going forward- a confident search for a rewarding life.

Karl Augustus Menninger (1893 – 1990)

I don’t care what it is that has attached itself to our life, we can overcome it. Most of us had things that jumped on board as we grew up in our environment as children, and it is effecting what we are trying to do with our lives right now. The problem with some of these thing is that they have been a part of us for so long that we do not recognize that it is even causing a problem. Here’s what I mean. I grew up with asthma as a child and had some severe flare ups. At other times it would flare up but would not be that bad. I learned to just live with it until I got married and my wife told me that when I’m sleeping at night that I wheeze and it makes her think that I’m going to stop breathing in my sleep. I thought to myself, no big deal,  I don’t even know it. She finally got me to go to the doctor and he informed me that medication had come along way since I was a child and that I don’t have to live like that anymore. He gave me some medications and to my surprise I was able to breath so much better and felt rested when I woke up in the mornings. The point is that I was excepting something that I did not have to live with anymore simply because that’s just how it had always been. Whatever it is my friends, we do not have to except it. Its is our choice to overcome.

Rhon Johnson

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Power Statement:

If you don’t want it, then get rid of it.

Rhon Johnson (1966 –      )

Nothing to deep to say today, or maybe it will be. I just want to talk to everyone from my heart. So many times our heart is primed to do or say something but we often times won’t give it the opportunity to speak. As I look forward at some of the challenges that are before me, I must keep in mind that my heart is ready to respond to people in such an awesome way. We can not allow ourselves to be so consumed with whatever we get consumed with that we can’t stop and let our heart speak through us. God may want to use us to help someone in that very moment that our heart feels compelled to do so. So, just think for a minute about how many times it was in your heart to do a certain thing, but you and your schedule got in the way. Stay balanced my friend!!!

Rhon Johnson

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When the heart is ready, great things are to follow!!

Rhon Johnson (1966 –      )

I know that when it comes to sports that everybody plays to win, and those that come to watch want to see their team win. But we should play in such a way that will allow us to do so. The same goes for those of us that are spectators. I recently encountered a situation at a basketball game where there were two adult spectators for the other team who where just loud and disrespectful to the refs to the point that it was a distraction to others trying to watch the game. At the end of the game I jokingly said to my group sitting with me, ” I think I want to meet those ladies.” Now I didn’t even specify by name nor was I looking in their direction, but when I turned around there stood a lady glaring at me. I was totally caught off guard by her behavior.  She followed up by saying  “those ladies are my daughters, would you like me to introduce them to you?”. How in the world did she know I was referring to her daughters. She knew because it was obvious due to the way they carried on through two ball games in a “Christian” environment. I tried to deescalate the situation by walking down to meet her daughters but changed my mind half way there. It came to that the mother was about to attempt to instigate an altercation. The next thing I know, one of the daughters is tapping me on the shoulders. I turned around and the lady says, “I heard you wanted to meet me.” I responded  “you ladies really have a great competitive spirit.” We went on to talk about where she played college ball, and I thought that was the end of it, but she came back saying that her mother had told her that I was making fun of them. At that moment, I had to start ignoring them., They went on for thirty minutes trying to pull me into a fight with them, but I refused to bite. My son said that he would have had to respond,  and I told him that it’s not worth it because people expect them to behave like that, because that’s what they do, but if we were to respond and match their behavior we would be frowned upon because that’s not who we are. Our reputation can not afford to be involved. We have too much to lose.

Rhon Johnson

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The rules are not just for those of us on the court but those of us in the stands as well

Rhon Johnson (1966 –      )