Don’t fear failure

Mon., Dec. 31, 2018

I taught school on Dec. 13, 2018, at Deer Park High School. In the room where I was teaching, there was a sign on the wall which read, “Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.” -Babe Ruth

As many of you know, Babe Ruth was the famous home-run hitter in major league baseball. He also did strike out many times.

This saying made me think of the scripture verse, I Corinthians 15:58. “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the world of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.”

Arthur Houk

Colville

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