participation.

“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 shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he 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

Do you ever feel like you're standing on the sidelines of life, waiting for your chance to prove yourself? Waiting for your chance to do something big, something great, something meaningful?

Your life does not become important when you figure out how to do that one, big, great, life-changing thing. The day-to-day decisions you make, things you decide to do, things you decide not to do, matters most. How do you spend your free time? What is your purpose in life? What do you like to work hard for? When was the last time you failed? What did you learn from this? What matters more to you than anything else in the world? Do you fight for that? Do your actions show that you care about it?