a thought about our efforts

[WZ JUNK]

I saw this quote on the LSR board and I thought it was pretty good.  It applies to a lot of things we do and it really hits home for Land Speed Racing.

John

It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done 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 up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for 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 he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."


Theodore Roosevelt

[purplepickup]

You're right John, those words can apply to most everything we do.  There is satisfaction even in failing if we made a decision,  applied effort, and learned from our mistakes.  

There is huge satisfaction when "a plan comes together" but when we sit by the sidelines and don't make decisions or exercise effort, we just sort of exist....without the wonderful feeling of fulfillment.

I'm a procrastinator with some things but even while I'm procrastinating I'm busy with something else.

[1FATGMC]

A good quote and maybe still in a time when a politician actually thought for himself and wrote his own speeches.

c ya, Sum