renewal

School has started, and I've been busy just living day to day. Trying to get as many things as possible done, trying to stay on top of my schoolwork (no regrets this sem!), preparing for my upcoming fair, squeezing in time to meet up with friends and have some fun, tuition... everyday I just look at my to-do list and follow whatever is up there. And when I think I'm facing a slight burnout, I come across this while doing one of my readings for class:

"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, and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumphs 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 know neither victory nor defeat."

--Theodore Roosevelt, 1910 speech at Sorbonne


Isn't it funny how inspiration and support come from all things around you? This somehow gave me the strength and conviction to carry on and follow a dream which path and end I have no idea of. Especially now, at a time when I’m wavering and yet frantically chasing, it just makes me stop and think, ‘hey, at least I’ve tried’. Let’s hope all goes well for the fair. *fingers crossed*