Wednesday, February 6, 2008

A Kernel of Truth

"The greatest burden is that of great potential."
-Charlie Brown

My man Brown said that-- the quote up above. When he did, he spoke the truth.

Everyone of us has the inherent capacity for greatness. We are all able to achieve something beyond mediocrity and the status quo. So why is it that so few of us ever do? Why is it that when given the choice between the ordinary and the inspired, we make the uninspired, ordinary election? Because being plain is easy, holding back is light and sitting out is more than satisfactory. The sad fact is that doing something more, being something better, doing something grand is always and unfailingly more difficult. It required effort. It requires passion. It requires soul. And that, my friends, is the greatest burden of all.

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