Feelin' depressed? Those dice really not doing their thing these days? Are you a recruit being hammered by veterans, or a high ranking officer on the steep slope of demotion? Rest assured, you're not the only one on a losing streak. But hey! You'll be back with a vengeance, charging your fleeing enemy with abandon. And in the meantime, some small comfort may be had from the words of Argus Theodore Roosevelt:
It is not the critic who counts,
nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbles
or where the doer of deeds could have done better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood,
who knows great enthusiasm, great devotion, and the triumph of achievement,
and who, at worst, if he fails at least fails whilst daring greatly,
so that his place shall never be with those odd and timid souls
who know neither victory nor defeat.
You've never lived until you've almost died.
For those who have had to fight for it,
life has truly a flavour the protected shall never know.
