LOOK FOR COURAGE INSIDE,
NOT OUTSIDE, YOURSELF
During the Great Depression, Thomas Edison delivered his last public message.
In it he said,
“My message to you is: Be courageous! I have lived a long time. I have seen history repeat itself again and again. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has come out stronger and more prosperous. Be as brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!”
Edison knew that when we experience fear, we must be willing to move forward. That is an individual decision.
Courage starts internally before it is displayed externally.
I love the story about the shortest letter to the editor written to England’s newspaper the Daily Mail. When the editor invited readers to send in their answers to the question, “What’s wrong with the world?” writer G. K. Chesterton is reputed to have sent the following:
Dear Sir,
I am.
Yours sincerely, G. K. Chesterton
Courage, like all other character qualities, comes from within. It begins as a decision we make and grows as we make the choice to follow through.
Whether 2025 was a good year or less than incredible, simply ask how much of that was in your control or wasn’t.
What could you have done, or NOT done to have a better outcome.
You get another chance. No one else cares. They are worried about their own lives.
Keep going
Klark
NOT OUTSIDE, YOURSELF
During the Great Depression, Thomas Edison delivered his last public message.
In it he said,
“My message to you is: Be courageous! I have lived a long time. I have seen history repeat itself again and again. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has come out stronger and more prosperous. Be as brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!”
Edison knew that when we experience fear, we must be willing to move forward. That is an individual decision.
Courage starts internally before it is displayed externally.
I love the story about the shortest letter to the editor written to England’s newspaper the Daily Mail. When the editor invited readers to send in their answers to the question, “What’s wrong with the world?” writer G. K. Chesterton is reputed to have sent the following:
Dear Sir,
I am.
Yours sincerely, G. K. Chesterton
Courage, like all other character qualities, comes from within. It begins as a decision we make and grows as we make the choice to follow through.
Whether 2025 was a good year or less than incredible, simply ask how much of that was in your control or wasn’t.
What could you have done, or NOT done to have a better outcome.
You get another chance. No one else cares. They are worried about their own lives.
Keep going
Klark