Just A Thought:

Most people are interested. Few are truly committed.

Interested people act when it's convenient; committed people act no matter what. Interested people do the minimum; committed people push beyond limits. 

Interested people wait to be told; committed people take the initiative.

Fully committing is the key to accomplishment.

This sums up our WHS staff - they are committed to our children, their colleagues and their community. We are blessed to have such a committed team.

“Courage is knowing it might hurt, and doing it anyway. Stupidity is the same. 

And that's why life is hard.”

— Jeremy Goldberg

In the Russia prisoner-swap story, there was one key detail to note:

An hour before he announced that he would step aside in his reelection campaign, President Biden was on the phone with the president of Slovenia, working to close the deal that would bring American hostages home.

The guy is 81 years old. He’s got Covid. He’s one hour away from a gigantic, painful decision—and he’s personally executing a complicated foreign policy maneuver that saves lives.

This was a worthy achievement that put the 'verbal flubs' into context.

"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense."

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”

— Calvin Coolidge

“It's so simple, yet makes such a difference. Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important.'”

— Mary Kay Ash