Welcome To Ya Gotta Believe
Welcome Friends
Welcome to Ya Gotta Believe, our little home on the web! Ya Gotta Believe.org began in 1990 providing quality merchandise to the general public. I chose the name "Ya Gotta Believe" because I have been a NY Mets fan since birth and one of my favorite players of all time was a pitcher on the Mets named Tug McGraw who coined the phrase "Ya Gotta Believe", and it just stuck in my brain. A simple way of thinking, where you believe anything can happen if you believe!!! Now, over 30 years later our internet business is still going strong and Tug's son ,Tim McGraw is my favorite country singer, who we just saw perform at Jones Beach last week. Funny how things happen in life isn't it?
When I first started Ya Gotta Believe I wanted to build a business that would provide quality merchandise at reasonable prices to as many people as possible. Well over 30 years later we are bigger than ever with many new exciting plans and goals.
We have sold products to people from every part of the globe. Our success is due to people just like you who take the time to read these words about a business that wants to be incredibly successful and use that success to help make this world a better place. Having a dream means having a goal or a vision. It also means seeing your hopes fulfilled. Success then, is the realization of your dream. Sometimes people need to be inspired from an outside source. Hopefully you will read something on our site that will inspire you or just make you feel good about yourself and the gift of life you've been given. If you have a dream, you have a passion, a burning desire to see your dream come true. One of my favorite quotes is, "Do not go where the path may lead, go where there is no path and leave a trail." The message behind that is simple and is a philosophy I've believed and lived by my whole life. Dare to be different. Go where no one has been yet, and you blaze the trail and let people follow you. My daughter Casey just started a small design company and named it Path and it made me cry when she said she chose the name because I always said that quote around the house and it became her favorite (SHE ONLY HEARD IT A FEW MILLION TIMES IN HER LIFETIME), but she told me she really thought it was the perfect name for her business. Gotta admit, that started the tears but hearing that confirmed that she gets it! I must have told my kids this 1000 times that we are all only on this planet for a relatively short period of time so don't waste a second. Don't listen to the doubters who tell you it can't be done. No statue was ever built for a doubter. Instead, do what I believe is the true meaning of "LIVING"....Living life on that edge, the scary edge where dreamers who don't just dream walk. The edge where dreamers become doers! So my simple message to you today is....JUST ONCE, DARE TO DREAM!
While you work toward the realization of your dream time goes by without noticing, work is something you enjoy doing and you forget the world around you. When you wake up in the morning, it does not matter whether it is a sunny or a rainy day. You see every new day as an opportunity to take you closer to you goal. You should greet every new day as a gift to be treasured! You should enjoy the now, it's a gift, that's why it's called THE PRESENT after all.
What other people say or think about your dream becomes irrelevant. You simply know that you’re going in the right direction. Because you’re inspired you feel a constant flow of energy. If you feel this way, you have defined your dream and maybe your destiny. The only other ingredient to fulfill your dream is persistence. So no matter what you want from life, know that you can have it. Don't be afraid to be you, God only made one of you, you're unique. Join our team of dreamers on this exciting road, actually this path to success and happiness and fulfillment. We welcome you with open arms. You can if you think you can. Just remember....YA GOTTA BELIEVE".
I thank you for stopping by and look very forward to having you join our dream.
Nails In The Fence
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there." The little boy then understood how powerful his words were. He looked up at his father and said "I hope you can forgive me father for the holes I put in you." "Of course I can," said the father.
Words Of Truth
-To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world.
-Going to church does not make you a Christian anymore than going to McDonalds makes you a hamburger.
-Real friends are those who, when you feel you've made a fool of yourself, don't feel you've done a permanent job.
-A coincidence is when God performs a miracle, and decides to remain anonymous.
-Sometimes the majority only means that all the fools are on the same side.
-I don't have to attend every argument I'm invited to.
-Lead your life so you won't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
-People gather bundles of sticks to build bridges they never cross.
-Life is 10% of what happens to you, and 90% of how you respond to it.
-Did it ever occur to you that nothing occurs to God?
-Life is like an onion, you peel off one layer at a time and sometimes you weep.
-Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.
-There are two things I've learned: There is a God. And, I'm not Him.
-Following the path of least resistance is what makes rivers and men crooked.
-Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace and your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God's grace.
-When it comes time to die...make sure all you got to do is die.
-Don't be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily.
