Author: jeff noel

i never dreamed of being in a fraternity.

dad

In 1978, one of Sig Ep’s regional directors visited West Chester State College where the intramural basketball league was held.

As i understand the story, Gary Bonas was looking for a group of young men who already worked well together for a common goal.

If Gary could get 6 to 10 guys from an intramural team, he’d have the basic recipe for a startup.

That basketball team was the alpha pledge class. i was a fellow physical education major at South campus and was invited to a social and then consequently invited to be in the beta pledge class.

In a year, we grew to three dozen young men and did all the things required to go from a fraternity colony to a fraternity chapter.

That’s us in the photo above. Cheryl randomly found it on the College website.

Note: This blog post title, Why do college students move?, was inspired after i looked at all the guys in the photo and recalled how all of us lead an active lifestyle.

Ps. That’s me front row, far left.

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Move like you mean it now. For someday you may pray for the opportunity to do it daily.

dad

i always take the stairs, no matter how many floors.

Why?

Some day i will likely yearn to be able to take a few steps up.

Note: When people take the elevator, or escalator, they have no premonition that one day it will be their only choice.

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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

Steve Prefontaine

Today i walked five miles and “jogged” across the road intersections.

Perhaps i can quickly (since my body has rested the past 9 months) start running again like i was a year ago.

A year ago, May 2023, i was running (six-minute per mile pace) one or even two telephone poles at a time for a mile or more.

It felt like Heaven, considering i hadn’t been able to run, at all. Period. Not even at 15-minutes per mile pace.

Note: The difference between a 6-minute mile pace versus 15-minute mile pace is astronomical. The difference between trying to run, with severe pain, and running without pain is equally astronomical.

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No matter how hard you train, Somebody will train harder. No matter how hard you run, Somebody will run harder. No matter how hard you want it, Somebody will want it more, I am Somebody.

Steve Prefontaine

Whether fitness or all endeavors, insatiable desire is your key to persistence.

And like i said yesterday, passion fuels persistence.

Essentially then, desire fuels passion, fuels persistence, fuels incredible results.

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