"I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed." - Robert H. Schuller
Pliny the Elder, was a Roman writer who lived - we are told - during
the same time period as Jesus. He told a story of the setting of an
obelisk, which when erect would stand 99 feet tall. Twenty thousand
workers where chosen to pull on the ropes and activate the hoisting
apparatus. There was great responsibility and risk in the operation.
Just one error could cause the obelisk to fall, ruining years of work.
The King demanded one act which insured the complete attention and best
direction of the engineer. He ordered the engineer's own son to be
strapped to the apex of the obelisk, so that his heart as well as his
head would be given to the task.
To achieve any level of success
one must of all necessity apply his heart into it. One must, as it were
fix his eyes on the goal, with an understanding that something vital is
at stake if one fails.
