This blog is intended to initiate and foster conversations on the belief that words beget action. The name of the blog is based on one of my favorite quotes:
"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
A great deal of conversation on the web is critique without action. Complaining about problems without offering solutions. Disparaging without effort for reconciliation. These conversations "don't count" as Teddy put it. As time passes and things change for the better or worse, it won't be the talkers, but the doers that change them.
So while it is laughably ironic for a blog that is so critical of simply talking, it is my hope that the content on this site can motivate readers to move beyond words and their perspectives to create understanding and positive change.
"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
A great deal of conversation on the web is critique without action. Complaining about problems without offering solutions. Disparaging without effort for reconciliation. These conversations "don't count" as Teddy put it. As time passes and things change for the better or worse, it won't be the talkers, but the doers that change them.
So while it is laughably ironic for a blog that is so critical of simply talking, it is my hope that the content on this site can motivate readers to move beyond words and their perspectives to create understanding and positive change.