To All Who Have Ever Failed, Remember, Nothing Great…

This moment is dedicated to Senator John Edwards, whose words in the face of disappointment have provided great inspiration for me in times past; though since, has experienced his own personal disillusionment.  May you and all of us who have ever “failed,” find comfort, encouragement, and renewed determination in the moment it takes to read these words.  Ash

Think only for a moment, how you felt in the presence of the your “failures” and those of the ones we look to for leadership.  When we failed our own moral imperatives; when we didn’t set the example we hoped to; when we didn’t accomplish exactly what we set out to; when those we trusted to show us that what we couldn’t do could be done, disappointed; take a moment for compassion and remember these words from Dr. Jim Rigby, visionary, story teller and activist from Austin, Texas:

Nothing great was ever accomplished in a single lifetime. We must emblazon those words in our hearts. The struggle is always worth it. For, if we do not improve our own time we have made possible some future happiness. If all around us is hopeless it is the perfect time to begin loosening the soil for future planters. The more hopeless the political situation, the more important are those who live and teach the principles of human decency.~~Dr. Jim Rigby

To all who struggle, all who fail, all who triumph, all who despair, all who repair…even when it doesn’t feel like it, it’s always worth it.  Every heartache, every tear, every triumph and every joy prepares us and our posterity for the greatness to come.  Now, is your perfect time.~~Ashtora

If you’d like to write Dr. Jim Rigby, his email is jrigby0000@aol.com

If you’d like to write me, my email is izee4mee@hotmail.com

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