“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 and comes short again and again;
because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who
does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm,
the great devotion, 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 he fails while daring greatly. So that his
place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither
victory nor defeat.” - Theodore Roosevelt
Reminds me of some of these prophets. Some of them were so great. They had a calling and the were rarely ever successful in human standards and their life was painful and they were rarely ever listened to by any one. But they had a calling and they did what God asked of them because it was their calling. That's Life, Gods calling on my life doesn't mean people will listen to me all the time, or ever. It doesn't mean i will be successful money-wise, or possession-wise but that's not Gods idea of success. The kind of success i will find in God is becoming the least and death. I like Theodore. It makes since with all this.
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thats really cool