Welcoming the New Year and all of the promise that it brings with reckless abandon.
Listening to Ben Howard...whew, sing it. What an incredible talent!
Reading A Life Without Limits, by Chrissie Wellington, which is the perfect read to start this new year off right!
Smiling at what a wonderful year 2013 was for us as individuals and us as a family.
Proud of Robert for his recent patent and for smashing a huge work endeavor for helping those in need! Awesome work Robert!
Reading and re-reading the speech below. I love it more and more each time those words roll off my tongue and vowing to "step into the arena" more often than not.
Looking forward to the love, adventure, and lessons that 2014 will teach us all.
All the best for a wonderful start and a fabulous year!
The
Man in the Arena
Theodore
Roosevelt – 26th President of the United States of America
“It is not the critic who counts;
not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly;
who errs and comes short again and again;
who knows great enthusiasms,
the great devotions;
who spends himself in a worthy cause;
who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,
and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly
so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.”
not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly;
who errs and comes short again and again;
who knows great enthusiasms,
the great devotions;
who spends himself in a worthy cause;
who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,
and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly
so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.”
Wow, that is a pretty powerful speech! And kudos to you bro for your patent, that is so awesome - I wish I knew sooner, you should have bragged about it, you've earned it!
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