Close you eyes and you can very well see your past. And while you can't change it, the time you have spent, you lived through all and hence you are a hero not for the glorious war, but for the sheer notion that time has not yet swallowed you whole. And the credit for that will always belong to those who are actually in the arena, who strive valiantly; who know the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spend themselves in a worthy cause; who at best know the triumph of high achievement; and who, at worst, if they fail, fail while daring greatly, so that their place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
