Thursday, January 27, 2011

As a TEAM




"Gentlemen, we have to play as a team. That is the only way. We are in this together, and we will fight as a unit, or die as a bunch of selfish individuals. Let's reestablish our resolve to protect each other, and by our combined and mutual support, create a force a hundred times greater than its individual parts. Look deep into the eyes of your teammates, they are just like you, affirm the commitment to watch their back, as they watch yours. There lads, lies the power of the group. Our tribe. The collective us. Our family. We will win as one or face defeat as one. But let no man think, from this moment forward that he is alone. We are one. And we will return home to those that depend on us, victorious and stronger than when we first took up this cause. If this is worth doing, and it is, if there is nobility and truth in this dream, and there is, and if there is beauty and enlightenment in our success, and there will be, we must stand united, side by side, arm in arm and unquestionably prepared to die today for this idea."

Why do we spend so much time in-fighting?
Why can't we ride this storm out as a team?
Why are we such selfish, greedy brats?
Where did we get so far off course?
When did money get bigger than God?
Will we self destruct?
Is there hope?


Pix: The Past: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. The Present: Men get ready for battle at the Nature Valley Grand Prix. The Future: Kids in helmets, getting ready.

OK, I'm done now. Time for a chill-out ride.

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