The Arena

"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 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, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; 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 cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."

-Theodore Roosevelt

Spot on....

A random commenter on "The Art of Manliness" said this about the men on the Costa Concordia:

"I have to say I just can’t agree with anyone ever saying that, because women want equal rights, we should abandon chivalry.

Chivalry, with all it entails, is not fundamentally about how we treat women, it’s about a standard to which we as men hold ourselves and each other accountable. It doesn’t matter how society views women, it’s about how we as men view ourselves.

And that is the great tragedy here: so many men no longer hold themselves to any standard, and it comes to its natural, if tragic conclusion here, in acts of shameless arrogance and cowardice."

I separated this quote so you could mull that over...especially the second paragraph.

2012

Happy New Year!! Hope everyone has a great new year.

Since the end of the world is coming on Dec. 21, we're still debating whether or not to do Christmas this year....

(just kidding. Everyone be safe, and God bless)