100 Years From Now

This is a quote, spoken almost 100 years ago, and it has impacted my life and the way I respond to life. I want to be "The Man In The Arena." To say at the end of my days I lived life, fulfilled my God called destiny and had no regrets. Hope it speaks to you.

President Theodore Roosevelt said
"The Man In The Arena"
Speech at the Sorbonne
Paris, France
April 23, 1910
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.

Why 100 Year Man

Years ago we had a small pair of eye glasses that we kept in our kitchen so anyone passing through would see them and ask, "What do those glasses mean?" We'd tell them "Oh! Those are 100 year glasses!" "Hundred year glasses, what do you mean?" I'd say, "If they truely were 100 year glasses and you could see that far into the future, where will you be?" How will that effect the way you live today and the priorites you have? So anytime you see a set of reading glasses, regular glasses or sunglasses, pretend they are hundred year glasses. Put them on ,"what do you see? " "What's so important with what you are doing today?" "What's your purpose in life?" "What impact will your life have?"

Have a look, you might be surprised by what you see.