Throw Deep!

Give it your best shot!

The world is filled with half-hearted people who give a half way effort to half inspired causes.

Every now and then, somebody rises up to make a difference -- and they get clobbered. Like lobsters in the pot, we'd much rather pull each other down, than to see someone else climb ahead and succeed. Negativity loves company!

Watching a news channel on television the other night, I was amused by hearing the talking heads squabble. They argued, growled and vented their spleens about all the various ills of society.

I thought, "If they spent as much time doing something about the problems as they've spent complaining about them, we'd all be a lot better off!"

Unfortunately, it is much easier to sit around on the sidelines and find fault than to roll up our sleeves and make a difference.

So often, we punish those who try by clucking our tongues, shaking our heads, and pointing out all the mistakes.

Consider Packer quarterback, Bret Favre, who, in a losing season, is striving to do his best -- giving it 100%, while the beer bellied commentators frown and belittle him. I'd like to see them switch places for about twenty minutes. That would be a site! It would be a relief to Bret, and an education for the commentator!

I don't know about you, but I'd rather be the one criticized than the one doing the criticizing. I'd rather be an eagle who soars than a chicken who squawks and clucks. I'd rather be a musky than a bottom dwelling bullhead.

Life is packed full of wonderful opportunities. They are like raspberries growing on the vine -- all you have to do is go get 'em! Sure, you'll be poked with thorns, bitten by bugs, and smitten with a sore back -- but just think of the end result! Homemade raspberry pie!

Author Jack London said, "I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather than my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time."

Someone once asked former NFL quarterback, Kenny Stabler what London's quote meant to him. He replied, "Throw deep!"