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Pat Croce
4 years
“My treatments done, the course is run & I’m on my way.” Just rang the bell 3x signifying no more radiation for me. Later cancer! Excision. Radiation. Celebration!
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Pat Croce
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One of the greatest humans who walked on this planet! His compassionate heart, contagious smile and wagging forefinger will be sorely missed!😢
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Pat Croce
3 years
I put a 2nd crack in that bell! @sixers
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Philadelphia 76ers
3 years
Ringing tonight's bell... 🔔 @pat_croce
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Pat Croce
3 years
My personal assistant of 35 years, Sue Barbacane, was killed this evening by a hit & run driver while she was walking prior to attending her favorite activity, a Phillies game. If you have ever contacted me, then you know Sue. God picked a good one. 🙏
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Pat Croce
8 months
Fitness junkies crossing paths in early #KeyWest . I love Coach ⁦ @DickVermeil ⁩.
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Pat Croce
2 years
Back at my old stomping ground ⁦ @sixers ⁩ with super star ⁦ @TyreseMaxey ⁩ and my grandsons.
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Pat Croce
3 years
I am! I ‘ring the bell’ this Wednesday when the @sixers host the @WashWizards . Last time I rang a bell was the finale of my radiation treatments. So ‘bell ringings’ are celebrations!
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Pat Croce
3 months
Thanks for your prayers & meditations. FYI: I’m proudly returning to the fold of the cancer community w/a new rare blood marrow cancer called Waldenstrom’s. (Diane always said I was 1 in a million) No cure but no worry - chemo meds have me glowing & showing Life (Now) is perfect!
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Pat Croce
2 years
We’re continuing the celebration - most joyfully.
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Pat Croce
2 months
Just stopped on the #OceanCity boardwalk by 2 warriors: Matt had kidney cancer & Greg had colon cancer. On this cloudy morning our eternal sunshine is glowing brilliantly together!
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Pat Croce
3 months
Memorable new Day for Me…
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Pat Croce
3 years
Thank you for the #love you shared with me this week coming home to @sixers , spreading the word of our #acshealed movement, & allowing your #Philly enthusiasm to shine thru any negativity. Let this high vibrational energy flow everyday, in ever way, touching everyone! #unity
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Pat Croce
1 year
As I’m listening to the #Beatles ’ Here Cones the Sun while walking on the ⁦ @OceanCityNJ2023 ⁩ boardwalk & watching this Divine sunrise, my wife Diane texts me to reveal that my friend ⁦ @jimmybuffett ⁩ died.
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Pat Croce
11 months
Have a peaceful Sunday!!✌️
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Pat Croce
6 months
My grandsons enjoying a special moment with a very special superstar at ⁦ @alleniverson ⁩ statue unveiling.
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Pat Croce
17 days
Let go & Go slow - two great 2-word mantras. I learned to ‘let go’ via meditation and I am now learning to ‘go slow’ via ambulating with a walker. Grace seemed to think that nothing else (in almost 70 years) seemed to work!
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Pat Croce
1 year
Just months after ⁦ @alleniverson ⁩ selected #3 , I gifted ⁦ @jimmybuffett ⁩ the #1 @sixers ⁩ jersey (summer ‘96 concert). Both superstars brought a ton of love, joy & celebration to millions! (JB wore the jersey on stage for his encore.) #Peace
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Pat Croce
4 years
I am humbled & honored by all of your high vibe thoughts, prayers, actions & meditations. Please accept & feel my crushing ‘virtual hug’ with all the eternal #love of our shared Being as an expression of my deepest #gratitude & #joy .
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Pat Croce
4 months
I’m sitting in the waiting area of Abramson Cancer Center with a feeling of gratitude - smiling & acknowledging everyone who crosses my path.
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Pat Croce
1 year
Spiritual hugs & thanks to the musical guru @jimmybuffett ⁩ who turned me on to ⁦ @KeyWest ⁩ latitude many tides ago. #peace
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Pat Croce
2 years
Started celebrating our 45th wedding anniversary last night (it’s today) with a great bottle of red and a pair of Twizzlers - representing a candy we enjoyed on our honeymoon. We r still making memories together! #Love
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Pat Croce
3 months
I used to ask in my talks: ‘When was the last time you did something for the first time?’ Well, a bone marrow biopsy is a 1st for me. And the sun is still shining on the inside!
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Pat Croce
2 months
Fingers crossed. Feeling more O2 in the gym workouts but oncologist said my hemoglobin must return to male normal (value of 14) if I’m to trek the French Pyrenees & walk the length of the Camino de Santiago come Labor Day. Come on chemo meds do your magic!!
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Pat Croce
6 months
Love!
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Pat Croce
8 months
My favorite spot on the island of ⁦⁦ @KeyWest ⁩. The bench across the street from the ⁦ @GreenParrotBar ⁩ to watch the wacky wild world flow by.
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Pat Croce
7 days
Every day is a present moment celebration but some fell more like an eternal liberation. I shed the walker today. Grateful beyond imagination!
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Pat Croce
11 months
Diane’s delicious charcuterie board for the start of our family #Thanksgiving weekend!
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Pat Croce
10 months
Diane’s mother passed away last night. I am reminded of the #Rumi quote: “Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with the heart & soul, there is no such thing as separation.” Though I know it’s easier said than experienced.
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Pat Croce
1 year
Good morning and may you have a great day with peace, love & joy. 🙏
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Pat Croce
3 years
Thanks @ScottONeil @sixers for the honor to come Home with The Sixers Family. 🙏
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Pat Croce
3 years
I am! I ‘ring the bell’ this Wednesday when the @sixers host the @WashWizards . Last time I rang a bell was the finale of my radiation treatments. So ‘bell ringings’ are celebrations!
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Pat Croce
4 years
Heaven on earth. Peace BU on this holiday weekend & forever. ✌️🎉🙏
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Pat Croce
3 years
Peace & prayers of heartfelt love to my wife Diane and brother-in-law Willy who witnessed their father shed his body yesterday after 92 years of sharing his unique joyful Grace. 🙏
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Pat Croce
2 months
My walking the 500-mile Camino de Santiago was supposed to launch this Labor Day after much enthusiastic planning. However, my body has a few more challenges to overcome to align with my positive mental attitude. I genuinely smile at the ancient adage: “Man plans & God laughs.”
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Pat Croce
1 year
Stomp, scream, cry, yell! Get it all out! And then let it go! Don’t let the past - regardless how disappointing or frustrating - ruin your present experience. Life won’t wait for you to catch up.
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Pat Croce
3 months
All who are witnessing this mystery right Now are perceiving via the same Aware Presence. Different eyes but the same Divine Awareness.
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Pat Croce
1 year
Today I’m feeling fine, my body-mind turned 69. In fact, I’m feeling great, our Awareness celebrates every date! Unlike a bottle of fine wine, our true Self is beyond time. But it’s fun to pretend & celebrate the #DayOfTheDead birth date!
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Pat Croce
3 years
I just saw this beautiful #Tibetan proverb: “The secret to living well and longer: eat half, walk double, laugh triple, and love without measure.”
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Pat Croce
27 days
Game over! Pelvis (iliac bone) reattached to the sacrum & L5. Dr Heller and Jefferson Hospital are a ‘Hell’ of a team!! 🙏
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Pat Croce
6 years
I’m a big believer in celebrating the little things in Life, and today Diane & I celebrate our 46th anniversary from our 1st date. On 2nd thought, it’s not such a little thing since that memorable ‘date’ launched an adventure that has brought me to right Here & Now.
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Pat Croce
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Saint & Sinner. Hanging out with Archbishop of #Philadelphia , His Excellency Nelson Perez, on a shuttle to our flight home. He just left a meeting with Pope Francis & I did not! What a great Philly brother!!
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Pat Croce
3 years
“How you do anything is how you do everything.” #Zen Invest your complete Being in whatever you are doing & the doing brings about a high vibrational energy that resonates with everyone around you. Whether it’s cheering on the ⁦ @sixers ⁩ or gardening, BE fully into it.
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Pat Croce
1 year
First day of teaching my 15y/o grandson Charlie #meditation . What a beautiful experience!
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Pat Croce
3 months
My old Sixers Marketing EVP, Dave Coskey, dropped by for my autograph on this memorable moment - the envelop revealing my winning the 1996 NBA Lottery that became ⁦⁦ @sixers ⁩ superstar AI. Great charity auction item!
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Pat Croce
2 years
Today, Diane and I celebrate our 50th anniversary of our 1st date! Her enlightening Yin to my Yang manifested the love, joy, curiosity, wisdom & wit necessary to overcome all challenges, nurture a family & merge us into one bold & daring Adventure together - that continues Now!
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Pat Croce
21 days
Next time the mind is chattering nonsense & trying to score with worry or regret in your head, use Dikembe’s finger-wag as an image to block the thought. “No, no, no!”
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Pat Croce
3 months
Prepping for a CAT scan…
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Pat Croce
1 year
I am sharing with YOU this Sacred Space at the Doma La pass of Tibet’s Mount Kailash at 18,546’ where I was fortunate to tred before it was closed yesterday bec of icy conditions. My loving intentions & prayers have been cast to the Heavens. 🙏
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Pat Croce
3 years
To be a ‘beginner’s mind’ in awe & wonder of whatever is unfolding before you is the Ultimate Gift of life. A twin pair of Croce 5y/o’s show me the way. @sixers @awareness
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Pat Croce
3 months
Di & I are talking about my 70th - no ideas. Later same day we’re watching flick The Way. At 12-min mark French police capt tells Martin Sheen’s character: I’ll walk the 500-mile Camino at my 70th birthday. Serendipity, YES! Cancer, No! Chemo, Maybe! 1 month to go; God knows.
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Pat Croce
3 years
OMG! I was just stopped during my walk on the OC boardwalk by a man named Wayne proudly wearing his #acshealed bracelet. Recently finished surgery for stage 4 throat #cancer with radiation to follow. #courage
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Pat Croce
1 year
I will be hanging out in the Himalayas & trekking Tibet’s sacred Mount Kailash (the ‘Gateway to Heaven’) so this is my last tweet for awhile: May the peace, love & happiness of OUR true nature be yours for the enjoying - by simply BEING AWARE in the Now! (I’ll meet you Here.)
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Pat Croce
1 year
There are times - as in daily life - when you ‘think’ I’m not sure I can do this. And then…you just take one more powerful, positive step. In fact, I took 80,000 steps over the 21/2 day kora around Mt Kailash. 🙏
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Pat Croce
2 months
To those who love to love, I love you!
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Pat Croce
4 months
Ecstasy on discharge after 4 days in the hospital.
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Pat Croce
3 years
My brother @marczumoff from a different time! @sixers
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3 years
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Pat Croce
1 year
What a beautiful morning. Enjoy the Now!
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Pat Croce
2 years
Enough said…
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Pat Croce
3 years
Wow! I’ve never seen this @espn piece and rarely revisit the past, but this was fu*kin fun!
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Pat Croce
29 days
I like to stretch the fabric of my comfort zone. Last year, Tibet’s Mt Kailash; this year was supposed to be the 500-mile Camino walk over Spain. God decided more stretching was the Way - Cancer & then SI pain! Chemo meds manage the ‘C’; spinal surgery tomorrow defuses the pain.
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Pat Croce
3 months
I don’t know how often I share my mantra to those who lament the past, but it’s always worth repeating: “The past has served its purpose - perfectly!”Let it go! For its purpose was/is for you to be Here & Now - without ‘cherry picking’ past experiences to angst over.
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Pat Croce
3 years
Power napping to the song of the cicadas.
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Pat Croce
3 years
Wonderful time with @JamieApody (we are both vaccinated) and would’ve been great to work with 20 years ago. She’s very passionate & present!
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Jamie Apody
3 years
BLESSED to have the chance to spend an afternoon with @pat_croce at his stunning retreat outside of Philadelphia.TONIGHT on @6abc at 4pm, an EXCLUSIVE interview with the former #Sixers front man about his new initiative with @AmericanCancer - #HEALED . You'll be inspired ❤️
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Pat Croce
3 years
What a great memory! 🤣
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The Wooderboys
3 years
Don't even get off the bus Wednesday @WashWizards
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Pat Croce
4 years
What is your New Year intention? If none, I can suggest one: To embrace Life without the mind pulling from the past or anticipating the future. Being Aware of ‘what is’ happening right Now is the Divine secret to experiencing happiness & peace and preventing worry & frustration.
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Pat Croce
2 months
Getting closer!!!
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Pat Croce
1 year
Who would have guessed a young monk in Tibet was an ⁦ @NBA ⁩ fan! I attempted to convert him from the ⁦ @warriors ⁩ to the ⁦ @sixers ⁩. Got to get him some cool merch to wear with his robes. 🙏
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Pat Croce
4 years
When I was laid up in the hospital for 2 weeks, 20 years ago, following a devastating motorcycle accident, an elderly Jewish mentor visited me & shared an old Yiddish proverb: “Man plans & God laughs.” Funny how it seems to cross my mind during present experiences. #Awareness
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Pat Croce
3 years
If you must visit the past I suggest you do it either for a practical purpose from which you learned or a joyful purpose to which you smile. I’m smiling now at the thought of 44 years ago today Diane said ‘I do’ agree to be on a wild adventure with you. #happyanniversary
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Pat Croce
4 years
It’s been said that I battled #cancer . There was no battle because I offered no resistance. I welcomed & witnessed ‘what is’ without any denial, complaint or fear. It ‘is’ because it can’t be otherwise. I accepted the situation, a gift from #God , as a new creative Adventure.
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Pat Croce
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Prepping for Halloween 🎃 & the Day of the Dead 💀 on November 2nd - my body’s 70th!! 🎉
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Pat Croce
3 years
You take precautionary measures against Covid, why not take measures against causing yourself mental suffering? Rx: Anytime the mind decides to move into the past or future, bring it home to the Now. Observe what is happening right Now. The Now is the ultimate face (mind) mask!
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Pat Croce
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Use the mind for beautiful, joyful memories - like Dekembe’s smile - and for learning experiences; otherwise let everything else that crosses your mind to flow its natural rhythm. Let it go, go, go. USE the mind, don’t allow the mind to ABUSE you!
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Pat Croce
1 year
Imagine the Divine train coming down the tracks of your life - you have the power to jump on at every present moment & experience ‘what is’ unfolding before you, ‘for’ you.
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Pat Croce
4 years
I just passed Dave on the OC boardwalk during my walk. He lost both arms from an electrocution & said it was a ‘shocking’ experience. Great attitude & vibrational frequency! And we complain of temporary worries based on illusory judgements. (He gave his permission for this post.)
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My heartfelt motto is to welcome ‘what is’ unfolding before me, because I truly understand it is for me. Why resist or resent the many unique expressions of the Divine? Be aware & embrace the Now in whatever crazy form it takes!
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Pat Croce
2 years
Two rookies riding into a beautiful future together, circa 1996!
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Hoops Nostalgia
2 years
AI and former Sixers president Pat Croce, circa 2001
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Pat Croce
11 months
On this Thanksgiving day I suggest we all welcome with open arms the beautiful words of #Rumi : “If you only say one prayer in a day, make it THANK YOU.”
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Pat Croce
3 months
It’s a new week. It’s a new day. It’s a new hour. It’s a new Now. Embrace it knowingly!
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Pat Croce
3 years
You never know how much you really rely on someone until they are gone. I am allowing myself to depart the now & briefly reflect on the past (without suffering) to experience #gratitude for Sue in the present. And that exact attitude of gratitude ‘I am’ sharing with you…Now!
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Pat Croce
6 months
The Answer! @alleniverson
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Callin’ The Shots
6 months
Who is the first person you think of when you see the Philadelphia 76ers logo?
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Pat Croce
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I had a brief ‘pang of regret’ when I saw my buddy Carl’s backpack in Spain - where I was scheduled to be. But as Marcus Aurelius said: “What stands in the way becomes the Way.” My ‘Camino’ Way is presently walking with a walker & without regrets (past) & luminous Presence!
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My screensaver since I trekked to the top of Tibet’s sacred Mt Kailash (~19k’) & hung this white kata (blessed by the monks) amongst the colorful prayer flags for my buddy, Jimmy Mac, who needed a bone marrow transplant to live. We spoke this week - he’s healthy & happy! 🙏✝️❤️
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I am aware of a new feeling - a field of fatigue that occasionally envelops my body. This fatigue isn’t me. I am THAT which is aware of it. If my body must rest, I rest it. It’s a unique experience to rest my body between strength training sets or daily activities.
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Pat Croce
5 months
Training for the 500-mile Camino de Santiago with a 30-lb rucksack. Pushing pass the comfort zone!
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Pat Croce
2 months
I’m a big fan of #meditation & recently I’ve been using the scared practice as a tool for pain management. The more I remain in present moment Awareness, the less pain I experience. Too bad I can’t hangout in the Now forever!
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If everything you believe you are is from your past, then you’re insinuating your Life has passed. Learn from the past & let it go. Now, live Life Now! You truly don’t know what mysteries & miracles Life has in store for you if you’re not available & aware…Now!
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Pat Croce
5 months
Good morning world! What surprises do you have unfolding for me today?
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Pat Croce
2 years
You have a choice at every moment - to be the peaceful Presence of being aware or to be an egoic personality that has a barrel of fears & desires. I am choosing to be the Presence & also have the divine desire for a @Eagles win!
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The past has passed. The future has no power to exist now. The present is all there IS. Live here!
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Pat Croce
11 months
I felt a bright light over my left shoulder which startled me (I was focused on a podcast) - instantly thinking a car snuck up on me while walking in this early dawn. I turned & chuckled to see God driving right at me!
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Pat Croce
1 year
I talk a lot about meditation-in-motion or being aware of mindfully being engaged in whatever you are doing - here’s Diane doing ‘meatball meditation-in-motion’!!
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Pat Croce
3 years
I am dying high over the @sixers and my wife Diane!
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Pat Croce
3 months
Sunrise wasn’t the same as yesterday - on the outside. But you & me control the sunshine emitting from the inside. Let it shine!
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Pat Croce
2 months
Rest the mind. Just the 1 thought of ‘resting your mind’ is better than allowing the incessant monkey mind to chatter and scream, swinging from thought to thought endlessly.
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Pat Croce
3 years
Thanks @JClarkNBCS I am even laughing at this clip! 🤣
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John Clark
3 years
Former Sixers President Pat Croce will ring the 🔔 tonight at Game 2 “I’ll whack the s*** out of it” “It’s the Philly energy. It’s so volcanic” 🎧Listen to my new podcast with @pat_croce 🔽
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7 months
You never know who will be spotted wearing a vintage t-shirt? (I don’t even own one of these!)
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Pat Croce
8 years
Hugs with my little brother @Iverson @HoopsHall before AI receives his award. 20 years of #friendship & admiration.
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7 years
The @Eagles amazing #SuperBowl2018 win touched the #happy place in all us #philly fans that is always there for the touching. 🙏
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2 years
I love my brother ⁦ @smerconish ⁩. He’s a courageous soul.
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Pat Croce
8 months
My heartfelt Key West buddy, sangha brother & scuba diving guru, Joe Weatherby, shed his body. Captain Joe will be sorely missed in this realm & God’s angels better be ready for laughs & mischief in the Divine realm!
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