Yea, so I turn 60 years old today. I could sit back in my rocking chair and watch the world go by like some others choose to do. I could make excuses that I can no longer take on the tough physical challenges, or than I need to slow down going up the hill because I am getting too old. Although age will eventually take it’s toll, I want to make sure that I am not accelerating that process mentally. A couple thoughts that were on a b-day card I received from the California Triple Crown (doing three double centuries in one year).

“It is not the critic who counts
The credit belongs to the man
Who is actually in the arena
Whose face is marred by dust, sweat, and blood

Who, at best, knows the triumph of high achievement
And who, at worst, if he fails, fails while daring greatly
So that he should never be with those timid souls
Who never know either victory or defeat”
Theodore Roosevelt

“The best thing you can do is to keep going.
Rust never sleeps.”
Pete Penseyres

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