Friday, July 28, 2006

Daring Greatly

I came across this quote again today and have always enjoyed it so I thought I would post it.

“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 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 and comes up short again and again who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotion, and 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 know neither defeat nor victory.”

-Theodore Roosevelt

Horizons Session 3 - Lone Star 06















I was lucky enough to be able to attend Horizon's this year as a facilitator. It was easily one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. I formed an unbelievable bond with 8 outstanding men from across the country and Canada. They taught me far more about myself and leadership then I taught them. My Sigma Chi family has grown yet again. I'll continue to work with these men over then next two years as they complete their college experience. I'm excited and privileged to take this journey with them as I'm sure they will all do some amazing things. Horizon's is designed to develop the type of values based leaders that our fraternity, country and world are in desperate need of and these men will not disappoint.

Pictured above in back:
Erik Bostrom - Montana State University - Alumnus
Brett Lyon - University of Southern California
Pete Steger - University of Illinois
Jordan Quaglia - University of Richmond
Ed Beckmann - Southeast Missouri State University
Andrew Zamojc - University of Waterloo
In front:
Andrew Bianchi - University of California, Davis
Adam Gevarter - American University
Chris Pennington - University of Memphis

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

July 4th Weekend














We had a great 4th of July weekend. We headed up to Frisco on Friday night. On Saturday we went on an ATV tour with Continental Divide ATV Tours. This was a really cool way to see Summit County. We followed that up with a white water rafting trip with The Adventure Company on Sunday. We rafted down the Arkansas river through the Royal Gorge. It was really neat to be able to look up 2000 feet to the bridge overhead. On Sunday night we then headed back down to Denver. Monday evening we headed to the Rockie's game vs. San Francisco with some friends of Erik's from college. Unfortunately the Rockies were chasing the Giants the whole time and ended up loosing the game. However they followed up the game with a fantastic fireworks display.