Date men and women from United States / Arkansas / Arkadelphia, 51 year old

Date someone special from Arkansas, United States. We don't see things as they are......we see them as we are......Perception is reality.
I am an outgoing guy who loves life and who cares enough to make a difference in other peoples lives. I am active in the community, school, and church doing just that. I like the outdoors and exercise frequently. I love to garden and enjoy sporting events....I coach college swimming...that is an occupation but does not define me as a person.
I would like to find a good, fun, honest women who would like to share some time with me. I have a good sense of humor and like witty conversation. I am looking for someone who is intelligent, likes to laugh, and especially someone who exercises regularly and does this as a healthy lifestyle.
I feel it is important for anyone I date to have a good moral compass, and to have the same beliefs I do or closely related, and someone who would attend church with me.
I believe everyone deserves second chances...we are all flawed humans who have been hurt in some way and are here looking for someone special who will accept them for who they are.
We all have a past, and we all have made mistakes in relationships....the ability to adapt, correct, and move on is a critical attribute in all of us who wish to be satisfied adults.
One of my favorite scriptures sums this up.
"For surely I will deliver you ... and your life shall be like a prize, because you have put your trust in me."
Jeremiah 39:2
Most people don’t know what they want in a partner and search endlessly for something or someone to make them happy. No one can make you happy....you have to be able to BE HAPPY.....and yes having someone you are comfortable around does make this easier.
The fact is I do not ever want to live my life with regrets. I believe that all things are possible if it is in God's will....and that life is about growing and also about starting where we are now and moving forward.
Some of the biggest challenges in relationships come from the fact that most people enter a relationship in order to get something and they are trying to find someone who is going to make them feel good. This is the same whether emotionally or physically.
In reality the only way a relationship will last is if you see your relationship as a place where you go to give, and not a place you go to take.
I borrowed this from someone recently. "Relationships....it grows where trust is laid and it is destroyed where trust is betrayed."
Maybe that sounds like a bunch of philosophical crap....but that is me. I read a lot...think a lot...and try my best to assist the people placed in my path. I just need a partner to assist me, have fun with me....and love me.
If this is a game for you? This site? I am NOT interested.....the fact is people do reap what they sow.
Watch "The Notebook"...that is what I really want...or "August Rush"....or even my favorite listed below later.
I am a good guy....and I will not settle....I am looking for the love of my life too!
If you have read this far? You stand a chance. You women get hundreds of e-mails? I am waiting on the one !
One of my favorite quotes is similar to what I wrote originally about perception and reality.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.