Yes Patton did apologize. When he appeared in front of the troops he opened with “ I thought some of you would like to see if I’m as big a son of a bitch as some of you think I am.”
Haha I think I read something about that. That’s pretty funny.
I think sometimes we need a reminder that strength comes from resistance. Failing at something is a type of resistance.
This is also where words have power. I was talking with a young fellow going through some struggles and he called himself a failure.
I tried to spin it around from failure to failing. Failing is a verb in that it’s an action. “You’re not a verb. Failing at something means you tried something. Most people don’t try.”
Beautifully said
Hello Darron
Haven’t forgotten about you. We’ll plan on talking again soon
I like to think that we rise out of some of our failures.
When strong men fail, my initial thought was that every master was once a disaster.
Also, at the time some of those army leaders got a bit full of themselves and forgot what it took to rise to that level.
Power and influence are slippery slopes. I wonder if he apologized.
Good read, context is king.
Yes Patton did apologize. When he appeared in front of the troops he opened with “ I thought some of you would like to see if I’m as big a son of a bitch as some of you think I am.”
There was a lot of laughter too
Haha I think I read something about that. That’s pretty funny.
I think sometimes we need a reminder that strength comes from resistance. Failing at something is a type of resistance.
This is also where words have power. I was talking with a young fellow going through some struggles and he called himself a failure.
I tried to spin it around from failure to failing. Failing is a verb in that it’s an action. “You’re not a verb. Failing at something means you tried something. Most people don’t try.”
Failing at something doesn’t equal failure
That is excellent