Dare Greatly
“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
Don’t ever give up! The end.
Just kidding.
I mean, anything else I can say won’t be nearly as meaningful as Theodore Roosevelt, but let me just say a few words that you’ll forget.
It doesn’t matter how yesterday went, nor last week, nor last month or year. It doesn’t matter what you haven’t done in the past or even what you have done. All that matters is today.
“Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
— Anne of Green Gables
Carpe Diem. Sound your barbaric yawp. Haters gonna hate. Take the road less traveled. You do you.
One of those will hopefully resonate with you. For me it’s always been Carpe Diem. Seize the day. Today is a brand new day with no mistakes and you can be that writer you’ve always dreamed of being today.
A writer will never be perfect every day and maybe never one single day, but you don’t have to be perfect. Not even once. Just be you, and do the best you can today. Dare greatly!
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