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Nice. Made me think of Bible's Solomon's quote,

"Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever."

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Yes, it does have that sense of passing the torch aspect. That's a great observation.

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Yes, yes! Extraordinary is in the ordinary.

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Yes, Eugene. I started to think about this when watching how some bronze medal winners reacted. Some with joy at even winning and others with sorrow, as if they were mediocre.

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What if you have yet to achieve mediocrity?

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We can all hope to be late bloomers.

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Look at Grandma Moses….

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Aug 13Liked by Richard Bryant

Goals, right 😂?

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