In The Arena...
By Gary Stone Program | July 7, 2008
God! I hate Mondays....oh well...maybe getting up at 5am to the wonderful sound of Jimi the Dog demanding to rise and begin his day....since he and I are batchelors...I wonder truly who is in charge here....on the show today.....ME! No guests..that I know of but alot to talk about and your phone calls...so join me from 3pm to 6pm..
On April 23, 1919, Theodore Roosevelt gave a speech at the Sorbonne, in Paris France. It was entitled ''Citizenship In A Republic.'' I leave you with a paragraph from that speech...think about it throughout your day and if you like...call me on the show this afternoon and tell me what you think...
''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 or defeat...''
and please remember: ''fear knocked at the door...faith answered...no one was there..''
gary 
