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Failure is not an option for Saving the Wild Horses & Burros!

Posted by on January 18, 2015

Three Thoughts for Self-Empowerment

OpEd by R.T. Fitch ~president/co-founder Wild Horse Freedom Federation

It’s ‘Feel Good Sunday’ and time to take a deep breath, turn our eyes inward and allow our spirits the time to recharge and regenerate.

These Sunday installments are meant to give you fellow, volunteer advocates pause and allow us to embrace each other in the commonality of our goals and bask in the knowledge that our fight is just, noble and of intense importance.

So with that said, I would like to share with you a few thoughts that were forwarded to me by our own Grandma Gregg with the recommendation that Sunday might just be the perfect time to share them with our readers, so thank-you Grandma; I shall proceed under your sage direction.

Tom Hanks and Captain Phillips

Recently, Captain Richard Phillips, made famous in the award winning movie ‘Captain Phillips’ staring Tom Hanks, gave a highly motivational speech at the Association of General Contractors of South Dakota in Aberdeen SD. Of course there was much to glean and absorb from his presentation but Grandma Gregg and I walked away with three key points that directly speak to our equine advocacy and to each and everyone of you who are regular visitors here at SFTHH. These statements impressed us so much that Grandma Gregg recommends that we print them out, tape them to our bathroom mirror and ensure that we read them first thing in the morning and make certain that they are the last things that we see before falling asleep, so allow me to proceed:

 We are all stronger than we know, we can do more and take more on.

 Nothing is over until we choose to give up. Failure is NOT final.

 A dedicated team and focus can overcome any obstacle or problem. Working together, the parts are stronger than the whole.

Ladies and gentlemen, that is us; that is who we are and that is how we need to perform as we move forward in the quest to save the last of our wild horses and burros.

I cannot add to those three salient points but I would like to close in stating that even to this day, Captain Phillips is very outspoken on the issue that he does NOT consider himself to be a hero.

His frank humility is humbling and I tip my hat to his leadership, honesty and dedication.

Yet, you ALL are heroes in my heart, each and every one of you. I am blessed to know you and remind myself of that fact each and every day.

Keep the faith; failure is not an option!

 

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