Senator Jay Hottinger, Ret.

Fmr. Ohio Senate President Pro Tem; Sunday Creek Horizons; Sav He Jay, LLC; Newark OH -Naples FL Faith,Family, Friends; Husband, dad, Paw Paw. Ohio St Buckeyes

[Senator Jay Hottinger, Ret. @JayHottinger]

I don’t waste energy on detractors, critics, naysayers, pessimists, mean spirited people & negative dream breakers who only talk about what is wrong. I’m busy rolling up my sleeves & helping work with others who share my belief that we should & can make a positive difference. JH

[Senator Jay Hottinger, Ret. @JayHottinger]

Jay’s Jots for today.2 Be the type of person who roots for other people’s success not the type who cheers their failures.

[Senator Jay Hottinger, Ret. @JayHottinger]

Jay’s Jot for today: “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

May your strength, resolve, resilience & faith, hope & love carry you forward in this new day.

[Senator Jay Hottinger, Ret. @JayHottinger]

Jay’s Jot: “4 Things Everyone Needs

1. Something to do
2. Someone to love
3. Something to hope for
4. Something to believe in

We all need more than just food, water & shelter. It’s the bigger things in life that gives meaning & purpose to us. Today’s another step in our journey

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Jay’s Jot for today.2 There are people who want more For you and there are people who want more From you. Know the difference.

But be sure to have those in your life who help refuel you and who bring out the best in you.

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Jay’s Jot:

“Do all the good you can
By all the means you can
In all the ways you can
In all the places you can
To all the people you can
As long as you ever can.”

John Wesley

Today: make it Good!

[Senator Jay Hottinger, Ret. @JayHottinger]

Nothing like Vitamin Sea.

I concur.

[Earth @earthcurated]

"Spending just 20 minutes near the ocean has been scientifically proven to significantly lower cortisol levels. Nature really is the ultimate therapy."

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Jay’s Jot: “Challenge yourself to find the good & beautiful thing inside of everyone. It’s there. It’s your job to find it - not there job to show you.”

Find the beautiful instead of the ugly, the positive not the negative & the optimistic not the pessimistic. Find a great day!

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Jay’s Jot: “We cannot change the world from a distance. The solutions come in proximity. It’s in proximity that we begin to learn things. It’s in proximity that we change the world.”

B Stevenson

Be where people are to help impact them & meet needs up close & on their level.

[FOX Weather @foxweather]

RARE SIGHT 🦈: In a rare underwater view, a great white shark was spotted swimming off Block Island in Rhode Island. The Atlantic Shark Institute said this may be the first instance of a white shark being photographed in Rhode Island waters.

#shark #rhodeisland #blockisland #greatwhite

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Jay’s Jot for today.2 “Whenever my life touches yours, it either helps or hinders.”

Booker T. Washington

Today are you building up or tearing down?

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Jay’s Jot for today “Kindness is the language the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”

Mark Twain

We can be a lot of things: choose kind.

[Senator Jay Hottinger, Ret. @JayHottinger]

I can’t recall anywhere in scripture where we are called to cynicism. Rather, we are called to living a life of faith, hope & love. We are told to rely on God & trust in his ways.

I heard recently that cynicism & gratitude cannot coexist. Today I will strive for more gratitude

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Jay’s Jot.2: “If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least 1 adult who can share it, rediscovering w/ him the joy, excitement & mystery of the world we live in.”

Oh the joy of childhood discovery! Every child deserves a chance.

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Jay’s Jot for today: “Your diet is not only what you eat. It is what you watch, what you listen to, what you read, and the people you hang around. Pay attention to what you feed your soul, not just your stomach.”

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Jay’s Jot for today: “To my children: if i had to choose between loving you and breathing -I would use my last breath to tell you I love you.”

If only the world only had this type of parents.

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A great perspective!

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Jay’s Jot for today.2 “"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.”

Ronald Reagan

Value & Enjoy your 4th

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Jay’s Jots: “All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.”

Winston Churchill

Today celebrate freedom & the right to pursue or chase happiness. i hope you catch it

Pic i took a few yrs ago in Naples, FL

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Jay’s Jot: “Don’t wait for things to get easier, simpler, better. Life will always be complicated. Learn to be happy right now. Otherwise, you’ll run out of time.”

Choose Joy & pursue it relentlessly,

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Jay’s Jot for today.2: “Happiness is a direction, not a place.”

– Sydney J. Harris

“Happiness depends upon ourselves.”

- Aristotle