"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered in failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer because they live in a gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." -- Teddy Roosevelt
In other words, don't play it safe. That was Judge Gil Self's main message to us this past week. Have the courage to step outside of your comfort zone. Have the courage to be the person you were always meant to be. Have the courage to do what's right, even if that means failure. Have the courage to accept the talents with which you were blessed and change the world with them.
I know that sounds extreme and nearly impossible, changing the world. I mean, the world is a really big place with billions of people and creatures and problems, and the thought of changing it is to large to grasp. But you can. Look at Ghandi, Mother Teresa, Helen Keller, Rosa Parks. All of these people changed the world. All Rosa Parks did was keep her seat on a bus, but that one action set an entire tsunami of change in motion.
I guess what I'm really saying here is that no matter your background or plans or anything, you can change the world. At least a little bit. But you have to have the courage to do it. You may not be the next Martin Luther King, Jr. or Bill Gates, but you can still make a difference in this world. You can still have a positive effect. You can still do what's right.
I've always said that I know that I've lived a successful life when I'm 95 years old with hundreds of amazingly adventurous stories to tell my grandchildren. So, go out into the world. Take advantage of the gifts with which you've been blessed. Use them to be the best version of yourself. Use them to make a difference. Go out and have adventures. Dream your big dreams, and then go out and take them and make them real. Live life the best way you can so that when you're old and gray your grandkids will say that they have the coolest grandparent in the entire world.
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