Friday; May 22
It seems like people today are as fascinated with Teddy Roosevelt as they were back in his day. There is something that has endeared him to our generation. The other day I came across a quote by “Teddy” that notes, “It is hard to fail, but it is worse never have tried to succeed.”. When I think back on the life and times of President Roosevelt he was known as a doer. I am sure that people claimed he failed – and if you were to ask him – at least sometimes, he would have probably agreed with them. Yet, failure is a part of life and he was willing to try even if it meant getting it wrong. While we should never advocate that people go out and knowingly do something they know is wrong and destined to fail; but when we make an attempt to stretch ourselves into uncomfortable zones we might even find successes. Yet, even if we do fail, we are apt to learn something that will lead to success in the future. Failure is usually not fatal, but not trying rarely provides us with a chance to ...