What else could get you to stop and think before you act?
And stay in focus through each move you make?
Keep you accountable for every folly and pleasure along the way?
Or provide a marker here and there to help
you remember later how you got where you are
and the price you paid?
What better defines the worth and meaning of the prize?
—E M B R A C E T H E H U R D L E—
August 1988