A new article by Frank Schiavone

Citizenship and The Man in the Arena

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“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.”

- Theodore Roosevelt

Pretty powerful words on citizenship from our 26th President. And tough to live by to boot. As an environmentalist and proponent of land conservation who lives in Rancho Cucamonga, I feel like a fox amidst a pack of hounds trying to blend in. I admit I want to give up. I think I understand the political and socio-economic make-up of my community and “Creation Care” is not exactly on their “to do” list. My city is hellbent on building out as quickly as possible, ignoring or marginalizing anyone with the temerity to point out the obvious.

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