I was certain that this would be the story; the one where I would get fewer mistake emails than I would congratulatory (or even hate) emails. THIS WAS MY DAY!
Then, one kind soul (I really mean that, the title of this blog is not a dig!) showed me errors in every chapter but one, some of them so egregious I about had an aneurysm.
To vs TOO? Really?
ARGH!!!!
Then I sat back and thought, silly, eh? To get annoyed at the little things? But we all do it.
Whether it is because of a predictable error that should have been caught, or getting mad at some jackhole who flips you off in traffic. Life is full of little annoyances that can get you down if you dwell on them.
I am sure most of you have read Teddy Roosevelt's speech, the one I referenced in the title, but, just in case, here it is.
"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, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; 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 fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."
So get out there. Dare greatly. Write. Share... be victorious.