The Road Less Travelled

"An accurate understanding of God's truth is the first step toward discovering our significance and worth." -- Robert S. McGee #bookstagram #OoMReadathon #reading #bookaddict #booklover #books @ryanmichler

"For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed." -- Kahlil Gibran #picoftheday #bestoftheday #nofilter #all_my_own #photooftheday #nature #igers_of_wv

"Pops smiled. 'Son, the more people I meet, the less good I get at labeling them. That's a wisdom I hope you acquire.'" #OoMReadathon #reading #books #bookstagram #bookaddict

"Don’t expect to be motivated every day to get out there and make things happen. You won’t be. Don’t count on motivation. Count on Discipline." -- @jockowillink @ryanmichler #OoMReadathon #disciplineequalsfreedom

3.3 mile run yesterday through the suburbs of Hurricane, WV. Not pleased with the time, but I kept running. I'll get there.

"There's no way around it: you are going to face challenges and hardships. There will be obstacles that stand in your path. You can allow those obstacles to deter you. You can tuck tail and retreat to the life you've always lived, or you can decide right now that you will not quit and that the only way for you to go is forward." -- @ryanmichler @orderofman #OoMReadathon #sovereignty #bookstagram For a few years now, I have followed Ryan Michler through his excellent group and podcast, The Order of Man. Ryan is authentic and honest, and it shows through his talks and through the organization he has built with a lot of blood, sweat and tears. And now he's written a book, and it is excellent. Filled with much of the advice and inspiration for men that has made his podcast and men's group so appealing, Ryan digs even deeper in this book and puts forth a call for men to take back their sovereignty, the power they have to lead themselves, their family, and their business. Ryan does not just fill the book with motivational quotes, fluffy nuggets of wisdom, or generic "manly" maxims like, "Suck it up, and be a man." He offers practical advice for men who want to reclaim their gifts and blessings that make them unique as men. This is definitely a book every man should read.

"Are you living a life that matters?" -- @roger_w_thompson @ryanmichler @orderofman #OoMReadathon #bookstagram #books #read #bookaddict

"We search mountaintops and valleys, deserts and oceans, hoping sunrises and long views through canyons will help us discover who we are, or who we still want to be. The language of our hearts reflects that of creation because in both are fingerprints of God." -- @roger_w_thompson #OoMReadathon @ryanmichler #bookstagram #bookaddict #reading

Take time to give thanks and enjoy perfect moments before they're gone. (at West Virginia State University)

"Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it." -- Albert Einstein (at West Virginia State University)

Sometimes the best things in life are unexpected surprises... like an inch of snowfall in early April. #spring #photooftheday #picoftheday #nofilter #all_my_own #igers_of_wv #wv #igers #wv_igers #bestoftheday #instagood #snow #nature (at West Virginia State University)

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. – Ralph Waldo Emerson #photooftheday #picoftheday #quotes #instagood #nofilter #all_my_own #igers #igers_of_wv #wv #wv_igers #nature #beautiful #trees #wvsu (at West Virginia State University)

"Books are a uniquely portable magic." -- Stephen King #nofilter #all_my_own #instagood #quote #photooftheday #picoftheday #igers #igers_of_wv #wv #wv_igers #bookstore (at Empire Books & News)

"It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want—oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!" -- Mark Twain #photooftheday #picoftheday #nofilter #all_my_own #bestoftheday #instagood #igers #igers_of_wv #wv #wv_igers #beautiful #naturephotography #nature #flowers #trees (at Huntington, West Virginia)

"Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you're there." -- Ray Bradbury #photooftheday #picoftheday #wv #wv_igers #igers_of_wv #igers #nofilter #all_my_own #city #charlestonwv #instagood

"Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else." -- Tom Stoppard #quote #picoftheday #photooftheday #nofilter #all_my_own #instagood #igers #igers_of_wv #wv #wvsu #wv_igers (at West Virginia State University)

"It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think yours is the only path." -- Paulo Coehlo #quote #nofilter #all_my_own #photooftheday #picoftheday #instagood #simple