"It is not the critic who counts: nor 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
I think there is so much subtlety and nuance that gets lost in the noise. I think that there is so much to be said for conversation and how we move from ends of the spectrum to arrive at a place where we see each other from where we are for who we are. And I think that we would be surprised at how receptive people are to change, as long as their positions are not presented as extreme or polarised. In the end, when push comes to shove, I wonder who will give first and what more important things we would have lost in the process. Do you really think you know the first thing about me? How could you when you don't even know the first thing about yourself?
"It is not the critic who counts: nor 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
I think there is so much subtlety and nuance that gets lost in the noise. I think that there is so much to be said for conversation and how we move from ends of the spectrum to arrive at a place where we see each other from where we are for who we are. And I think that we would be surprised at how receptive people are to change, as long as their positions are not presented as extreme or polarised. In the end, when push comes to shove, I wonder who will give first and what more important things we would have lost in the process. Do you really think you know the first thing about me? How could you when you don't even know the first thing about yourself?
