In times like this

[ShelleyAa]

In times like this

We wait, and yet we know. Lives lost suddenly, emptiness felt. What horror, without understanding they leave. Today, our nation once more grieves. Prayer is needed.

In times like this, grieving brings new appreciation for those of courage. This indescribable sacrifice given, prayers will be heard.

At this moment in time, we are all one, sadness engulfing the day. With prayers for their lives gone, their families in pain and a world needing focus, we come together. Our prayers are heard.

[Rockitz]

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them 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 short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at 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 victory nor defeat.

Theodore Roosevelt
26th US President

I lift my glass to this crew that has dared to do great things. God bless them and those they leave behind.

[ShelleyAa]

Thank you - thank you for the quote given. How very appropriate today as we have lost those that were truly in the arena. And I too lift my eyes to the sky in admiration of those courageous lives taken.