Do not count your chickens before they are hatched. Aesop C 550 B.C. I’m not sure if you remember the 2008 summer Olympic Games, but in the track and field category, there was one event that was particularly disappointing: the 4 by 100 meter relay race. For those not familiar with a relay race, each team has four runners. One runner starts the race and carries a baton. At the end of 100 meters, there’s a transfer zone where the runner hands the baton to the next runner. If the hand off isn’t completed in the designated zone — or …
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Category Archives: Success and failure
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. Helen Keller 1880 – 1968 I quit watching most TV long ago, but I can distinctly remember catching part of the Oscar Awards a few years back. In particular, I found one actor a bit boring as he droned on and on acknowledging the many people who he felt had a hand in his win. At the time, I thought he was overdoing it a bit. More recently, I was picking up lunch from a fast food restaurant and I happened to observe a young mom as she …
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It always looks so easy to solve problems by taking the path of least resistance. What looks like the easy road turns out to be the hardest and most cruel. Winston Churchill 1874 – 1965 In high school, math was one of my easier subjects; I just had a knack for math. But that got me in trouble with my algebra teacher. He wanted me to take a methodical approach to solving problems and show each step of the process. Being young and a bit stubborn, I saw no point in doing extra work. If I could skip steps and …
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