Gilwell Gazette Day 6 Monday, May 19, 2014 Greater Cleveland Council, BSA Wood Badge Course C4-440-14 This is my final opportunity for a Scoutmaster minute in the Gilwell Gazette. I hope I have provided some thoughtful insights for you to take home with you. I believe the true mark of what you leave behind is the lasting effect you have on others. Your mark in Scouting is the impact you have today that will be realized years later as a Scout or Venturer matures. Towards the end of his life, although still in comparatively good health, Lord Baden- Powell prepared a farewell message to his Scouts for publication after his death. Part of his message was: “I have had a most happy life and I want each one of you to have as happy a life too. “I believe that God put us in this jolly world to be happy and enjoy life. “Happiness doesn't come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. “One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy, so that you can be useful and so can enjoy life when you are a man. “Nature study will show you how full of beautiful and wonderful things God has made the world for you to enjoy. “Be contented with what you have got and make the best of it. “Look on the bright side of things instead of the gloomy one. “But the real way to get happiness is by giving out happiness to other people. “Try and leave this world a little better than you found it, and when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate you have not wasted your time but have done your best. “’Be Prepared’ in this way, to live happy and to die happy — stick to your Scout promise always — even after you have ceased to be a boy — and God help you do it.” It has been my pleasure to have brought you through this process with the help of what I believe is the best Wood Badge staff ever assembled in one place. It is my hope that you will tell everybody about Wood Badge and encourage them to participate in this mountaintop experience! God bless you for all you are doing for Scouting! My time is up. It’s Your Move! Scoutmaster Minute Personal legacy is written in lives of people you touch Linda Gray Course Director
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Gilwell Gazette Day 6 � Monday, May 19, 2014 � Greater Cleveland Council, BSA � Wood Badge Course C4-440-14
This is my final
opportunity for a
Scoutmaster minute in
the Gilwell Gazette.
I hope I have provided
some thoughtful insights
for you to take home
with you.
I believe the true mark
of what you leave behind
is the lasting effect you
have on others.
Your mark in Scouting
is the impact you have
today that will be
realized years later as a
Scout or Venturer
matures.
Towards the end of his
life, although still in
comparatively good
health, Lord Baden-
Powell prepared a
farewell message to his
Scouts for publication
after his death.
Part of his message
was:
“I have had a most
happy life and I want
each one of you to have
as happy a life too.
“I believe that God put
us in this jolly world to
be happy and enjoy life.
“Happiness doesn't
come from being rich,
nor merely from being
successful in your career,
nor by self-indulgence.
“One step towards
happiness is to make
yourself healthy and
strong while you are a
boy, so that you can be
useful and so can enjoy
life when you are a man.
“Nature study will
show you how full of
beautiful and wonderful
things God has made the
world for you to enjoy.
“Be contented with
what you have got and
make the best of it.
“Look on the bright
side of things instead of
the gloomy one.
“But the real way to get
happiness is by giving
out happiness to other
people.
“Try and leave this
world a little better than
you found it, and when
your turn comes to die,
you can die happy in
feeling that at any rate
you have not wasted
your time but have done
your best.
“’Be Prepared’ in this
way, to live happy and to
die happy — stick to your
Scout promise always —
even after you have
ceased to be a boy — and
God help you do it.”
It has been my
pleasure to have brought
you through this process
with the help of what I
believe is the best Wood
Badge s t a f f eve r
assembled in one place.
It is my hope that you
will tell everybody about
Wood Badge and
encourage them to
participate in this
mountaintop experience!
God bless you for all
you are doing for
Scouting! My time is up.
It’s Your Move!
Scoutmaster Minute
Personal legacy is written in lives of people you touch
Linda Gray
Course Director
Page 2 C4-440-14 Gilwell Gazette
Each Wood Badge
participant will have an
a s s i g n e d t i c k e t
counselor while working
on your ticket back
home.
If your are from a
council other than the
G rea t e r C l e ve l and
Council, the Wood Badge
coordinator in your
home council will
determine who will serve
as your counselor.
Ticket counselors are
experienced Scouters
who have completed
Wood Badge training and
have been successful in
their work in the
Scouting movement.
This is someone who
can support the ticket
candidate and serve as a
resource for ideas and
knowledge.
He or she will be able
to suggest ways to
complete the ticket goals
or serve as a sounding
boa rd wh i le you
complete your goals.
Your ticket counselor
is also the one who
provides final approval
that your ticket has been
completed and that all
goals have been met.
During the course,
your Troop Guide
approved the ticket’s
goals as they were
created. It is up to the
ticket counselor back
home to verify your
goals have been fulfilled
and that your ticket is
complete.
Once you and your
counselor agree your
ticket is complete, he or
she will submit an
application form to the
council service center
requesting that you be
presented with your
Wood Badge beads.
At that point, you can
finalize plans for your
bead presentation. It will
be up to you to
determine where and
when you would like to
h a v e t h e b e a d s
presented to you.
Keep in mind that you
need to complete your
Wood Badge ticket no
later than 18 months
from today, the end of
the course.
Today’s presentations
Tying together Wood Badge skills is focus of Day 6 sessions Today is the final day
of Course C4-440-14
and the focus of presen-
tations is setting the
stage for your Scouting
future by tying together
the leadership skills you
have learned.
Wood Badge Coordina-
tor Steve Ott and Mentor
Paula Puchajda will set
the tone with Servant
Leadership, a presenta-
tion that premiered last
year. It explains how
leaders who put their
teams before themselves
tend to succeed—and
command the respect of
those they lead.
Assistant Scoutmaster
Don Young and Scribe
Joe will present Leaving
a Legacy, the final
“Leading to Make a Dif-
ference” session.
Its intent is to provide
an appreciation of lead-
ership, empowerment
and lifelong learning,
then inspire you to prac-
tice leadership through-
out your lives with the
goal of leaving your own
legacy.
They will review traits
of a good leader and,
finally, reveal clues lead-
ing up to the Greatest
Leadership Secret.
Scoutmaster Linda
Gray will provide a ret-
rospective of Course C4-
440-14 in her Summary
Session. She’ll review
the five themes of Wood
Badge, explain the con-
nections of the course
presentations and ex-
periences to the five
themes, and encourage
you to carry the mes-
sage of Wood Badge
with you as you return
to your home units, dis-
tricts and councils.
Ticket counselor helps you apply skills
Participants lead interfaith worship service Chaplain aides from each of the troop’s six patrols
developed an interfaith worship service during the
interim between patrol weekends and presented the
material yesterday morning under a brilliant sky and
balmy temperatures.
The Neshkin Amphitheater, overlooking Lake Klein,
was a great setting to put participants in a spiritual
mood as they prepared for the remainder of the day.
Gilwell Gazette C4-440-14 Page 3
You will soon begin working towards earning your beads and you know all of the benefits you derived from your Wood Badge course. You are trained and your job is done, right?
Well, almost! Now it is up to you to get the word out to Scouters who have not yet undergone the Wood Badge experience.
We all know that one person who keeps putting it off year after ye a r . W i th some encouragement from you, they may be ready for Wood Badge.
Be ready to explain why they should attend the course, how it will benefit them and more importantly, the youths
they serve. Every Scout deserves a
trained leader. Wood Badge offers advanced training for Scout leaders which they can bring back to the troop, crew or pack.
Not only will they be making themselves better leaders for their units, but they will be showing the youths that they are value training to do a better job, the same thing we ask of the youths.
Through advanced training courses like Wood Badge, we lead by example. By spending time with highly charged and motivated people, Scouters taking the course cannot help but leave it with increased
mo t i v a t i o n , mo r e dedication to their unit a n d a b e t t e r understanding of the program we deliver.
There are also benefits in meet ing other Scouters. There are people here, both on staff and as participants, from all walks of Scouting, many with more experience and knowledge, who can pass on their knowledge
to new participants. Then, how can you put
a pr i c e on the friendships you develop with fellow patrol m e m b e r s , o t h e r participants or the staff you have met?
What each person gets out of the Wood Badge course depends on what they put into it.
But they will get nothing out of it if they do not attend.
Scribe farewell: All the news that fits
Well, another course
comes to an end.
We appreciate the op-
portunity you have
given us to take pictures
and write articles about
what you have seen and
what we thought you
saw!
We squeezed in
all the news and
photos that fit,
working under
deadline pressure
to produce the
best daily camp
newspaper at Beaumont
this spring.
Your scribes had a
fantastic time and hope
you had fun reading the
Gazettes.
M emo r i e s — t h a t ’ s
what we made here at
C4-440-14—memories
and friends. Both are
very important.
Memories might fade
over time (ours do). Our
hope is that these Ga-
zettes, when reviewed in
five or 10 years, will re-
mind you of the fun,
friendship and
good times every-
one had over
these two week-
ends. It may even
bring a tear to
your eye.
We also invite
you to consider being a
scribe on a future
course. Serving on staff
is hard work, but might
even be more enjoyable
than being a participant.
— Joel, Glenn & Joe
(Nothin’ but the facts,
the bare facts!)
You are now world’s best recruiter for Wood Badge
SPL Ron Holt summons the troop to Gilwell Field.
New beginnings for Eagle Patrol
Submitted by Dan Peck, Eagle Patrol
Quoting from Strength for Service to God and Community
(copyright 2012, Strength for Source, Nashville, TN):
“If you and a friend walk out into a field. each with a
rifle, and one of you said, “I bet I’m a better shot than you.
Let’s start shooting and see who can hit something,” of
course that would be ridiculous, but don’t we often
approach life exactly like that?
“Now, if you said to your friend “I think I’m a better shot
than you,” then put up a target with a bulls-eye on a tree
15 to 20 yards away, then you both will soon have no
doubt who is the better shot. Why?—because you now
have the means to measure results.”
As we near the end of Wood Badge training we enter a
new phase. Our tickets are forming. Like the example
above, our targets are being selected. We have
experienced the help of our Guides. We will transition to
our Wood Badge ticket counselors. Know that you are
not alone in your quest. You have the support of your
patrol, your guide, Troop 1, and your local unit. Best to
you as you prepare to create your legacy contribution to
Scouting.
Gilwell Gazette C4-440-14 Page 4
life. Happiness doesn’t come from
being rich, nor merely from being
successful in your career, nor by
self-indulgence. One step towards
happiness is to make yourself
healthy and strong while you are
Editor’s Note: Prior to Lord Robert
S. S. Baden-Powell’s death, he
wrote and published his last offi-
cial communication to Scouts
around the world.
Dear Scouts,
If you have ever seen the play
Peter Pan you will remember how
the pirate chief was always mak-
ing his dying speech because he
was afraid that possibly when the
time came for him to die he might
not have time to get it off his
chest. It is much the same with
me, and so, although I am not at
this moment dying, I shall be do-
ing so one of these days and I
want to send you a parting word
of good-bye.
Remember, it is the last you will
ever hear from me, so think it
over.
I have had a most happy life
and I want each one of you to
have as happy a life too.
I believe that God put us in this
jolly world to be happy and enjoy
Baden-Powell’s last message a boy, so that you can be useful
and so can enjoy life when you
are a man.
Nature study will show you how
full of beautiful and wonderful
things God has made the world
for you to enjoy. Be contented
with what you have got and make
the best of it. Look on the bright
side of things instead of the
gloomy one.
But the real way to get happi-
ness is by giving out happiness to
other people. Try and leave this
world a little better than you
found it, and when your turn
comes to die, you can die happy
in feeling that at any rate you
have not wasted your time but
have done your best. “Be Pre-
pared” in this way, to live happy
and to die happy — stick to your
Scout promise always — even af-
ter you have ceased to be a boy —
and God help you to do it.
Your friend,
Baden-Powell’s grave in Kenya with
“Gone Home” trail symbol.
Timber! Troop assists in reclaiming campsite Under the direction of Council
Program Director Carl Boyles,
members of Gilwell Troop 1
chopped, sawed, lopped, dragged,
and carried wood yesterday for
their conservation project.
The original plan to plant trees
was modified due to heavy mud.
The site had been a troop
campsite in years past but had
become overgrown, Boyles said.
Reclaiming the wooded area
opens up an additional summer
camp site to meet growing
demand, a positive sign that
Beaumont Scout Reservation is a
great destination for troops.
Gilwell Gazette C4-440-14 Page 5
Of any 100 boys who become Scouts, it must be confessed that 30 will drop out in their first year.
Perhaps this may be regarded as a failure, but in later life all of these will remember that they had been Scouts and will speak well of the program.
Of the 100, only rarely will one ever appear before a juvenile court judge.
Twelve of the 100 will be from families that belong to no church.
Through Scouting, these 12 and their families will be brought into contact with a church and will continue to be active all their lives.
Six of the 100 will enter the clergy of his chosen faith.
Each of the 100 will learn something from Scouting. Almost all will develop hobbies that will add interest throughout the rest of their lives.
Approximately half will serve in the military and in varying degrees profit from their Scout training.
At least one will use it to save another person’s life and many will credit it with saving their own.
Four of the 100 will reach Eagle Scout rank, and at least one will later say that he valued his Eagle award above his college degree.
Many will find their future vocation through merit badge work and Scouting contacts.
Seventeen of the 100 boys will later become Scout leaders and will give leadership to thousands of additional boys.
Only one in four boys in America will become Scouts, but it is interesting to know that of the leaders of this nation in business, religion and politics, three out of four were Scouts.
Wood Badge has long history in Greater Cleveland Council
Local councils were not allowed to host Wood Badge courses until 1958, and
guess what? That’s when the first Wood Badge course was held in the Greater
Cleveland Council. In June 1958, 32 men attended course 440-1 at Beaumont, sub-
camp A. The first course director was Stan Meenach and over the years since then,
the Greater Cleveland Council has hosted 26 Wood Badge courses. Only one per-
son has been a course director twice and the courses have had as many as 47 par-
ticipants and as few as 28. Here are the courses on which we have information:
You are one of more than 850 adults who have been Wood Badge trained here in
the Greater Cleveland Council! The participants of these courses were also organ-
ized into patrols where each member took a turn as patrol leader. They camped in
tents just like you’re doing. They also received instruction in various leadership
skills. And thus a mighty tradition was started, a tradition that continues to grow
and evolve over time. A tradition that is revisited each time we step onto Gilwell
Field. And you are now part of that tradition. You have the opportunity to carry
the torch of Gilwell. You have the opportunity to influence the youth of today to
be tomorrow’s leaders.
1958 Stan Meenach
440-1
1985 Doc Unger
EC-304
2006 Jennifer Lewis
C-29-06
1969 Bob Shuff
R-4-10
1988 Ray Dargis
EC-359W
2007 Debra Miller
C-31-07
1973 Ed Deering
EC-22
1993 Skip Riegel
C-8W-93
2008 Steve Ott
C-11-08
1974 Bernie Myers
EC-45
1996 Skip Riegel
C-25-96
2009 Terry Kaczmarski
C-36-09
1975 Chas Speicher
EC-75
1999 Mel Weisblatt
C-08-99
2010 Paula Puchajda
C-13-10
1977 Bill Starn
EC-109W
2001 George Robinson
C-17-01
2012 Wayne Bergman
C4-440-12
1978 Frank Chinelik
EC-154W
2003 Joe Biddlecombe
C-06-03
2013 Dave Volek
C4-440-13
1979 Jim MacSwords
EC-157W
2004 Cleve Gilmore
C-27-04
2014 Linda Gray
C4-440-14
1983 Cullen Johnson
EC-249
2005 Mike Loomis
C-33-05
One hundred Scouts
Page 6 C4-440-14 Gilwell Gazette
Rio Vincz, an avid
L e a v e N o T r a c e
practitioner and future
environmental teacher,
inspired her fellow
Beavers to take some
extra steps and plant
trees at Camp Gray.
While this was a small
beginning, its symbolic
importance must not be
overlooked.
After dinner last night,
the Beaver Patrol
obtained 12 seedlings
from Chef Bill Roelof
and traveled to the
wooded edge of Camp
Gray.
The ground had been
tilled, so the Beavers
formed mounds, planted
the seedlings and firmed
up the surrounding mud.
Thanks, Rio, for
pursuing your (and Bill’s)
vision for additional
trees in the area.
* * *
The Beaver Patrol
showed off their skill at
working wood. When the
B e a v e r s r e t u r n e d
following the interim
break, Wally Beaver the
a s t r o n a u t w a s
immortalized in wood on
the Beaver totem, which
will soon adorn Camp
Gray.
Next the Beaver Patrol
expanded temporarily to
encompass the entire
Wood Badge troop to
support the clearing of
new Beaumont campsite.
Paul Hébert from the
Fox Patrol commented, “I
loved the camaraderie of
the fun-loving Beavers.”
With some additional
work the new site should
be available for campers
in 2015.
Finally the Beavers had
their turn with the
program patrol totem to
incorporate a small
beaver dam into the
totem’s enclosure before
passing it along to the
Bear Patrol. We are
Beavers—wood is good!
Eager Beavers pursue tree-planting project
Just as the foxes come from varied
roles in Scouting, representing all
program levels from Cub Scouts
through district, each of us gained
personalized insights and different
perspectives over the course of Wood
Badge.
Each of us had different favorite
events during the day four games, yet
all of us enjoyed the shared
experience.
The camaraderie experienced during
the course within and without our
patrol will help us continue
networking with Scouters across
multiple councils.
We each gained new insights into
Scouting techniques, tools, and
resources.
Foxes have fun while gaining new insights
Gilwell Gazette C4-440-14 Page 7
Wood Badge Course C4
-440-14 is quickly
winding down, and the
Bear Patrol would like to
share their Visions of
Success:
Norm Wells: Norm
plans to open lines of
communication between
Troop 361 and St.
Theresa’s Parish. He also
intends to assist his
Order of the Arrow
Lodge Top 5 (Chief,
Secretary, Financial,
P r o g r a m , a n d
Communicat ion) in
planning a calendar that
will keep everyone in the
lodge informed. He also
intends on helping the
Top 5 approve and
understand their budget.
Finally, Norm will open a
line of communication
between the Cuyahoga
Valley Scenic Railroad
and the Scouting youth
of Greater Cleveland
while also offering his
availability as a Merit
Badge Counselor for the
Railroading Merit Badge.
Nick Skelin: In his
p r im a r y S c o u t i n g
position as Outdoor
Activities Coordinator
for Troop 575, he
intends to expand his
personal knowledge of
the Scouting Program,
develop new skills that
can add value to the
Troop, and assist the
Committee Chairman in
organizing Adult Leaders
in a way that will spread
the burden across more
adult leaders.
Jason Blyler: As a
Webelos Den Leader,
Jason seeks to be a
mentor and role model
for Cubs, Webelos, Boy
Scouts, and Venturers.
He sees himself, in 18
months, as a vital
resource and Committee
Member for a thriving
youth-led Boy Scout
Troop and Venturing
Crew.
Bill Tompkins: Bill’s
vision is to take Pack 24
on a trek to becoming a
unit that is a role model
that embodies the
visions of Baden-Powell.
Sandy Pabellon: In 18
months, Sandy sees
herself as a highly
trained and well skilled
Venturing Crew Advisor.
She also intends to
increase Crew member-
ship, training new Crew
members, and recruiting
new Adult Leaders to
Crew 515.
In addition, the Bear
Patrol focused the vision
of the patrol project on
inter-unit cooperation
within Scouting in order
to achieve a thriving
program. Emphasis is
placed on communica-
tion and the benefits
that it can provide. With
a successful inter-unit
program, units can share
resources, conserve
costs, and increase their
recruiting and retention
efforts.
The Bear Patrol would
like to wish all other
Patrols of Course C4-440
-14 great success, and
we hope everyone will
find great satisfaction as
they “work their tickets.”
We hope to see you all
again some day at
Gilwell….Happy Land!
The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention.
Working our tickets: Vision of the Bears
By Chrissy Edgehouse
Bobwhite Scribe
He l lo f rom the
Bobwhite Patrol. My, how
the time is flying by.
Here we are all finished
with day 5. This
weekend has been full of
so many wonderful
things:
• F r o m t r o o p
presentations that
make us think to an
interfaith service that
inspires us.
• From a conservation
project rooted in hard
work and service to
meals with guests
rooted in friendship
and fellowship.
• From campfire as a
troop to campfire as a
patrol.
O u r p a t r o l
presentation began with
a mere brainstorming
session and through
discussion and planning
became a resource for
others to use.
We came here with the
intent to learn and will
leave with the intent to
teach and inspire.
We Bobwhites would
like to give many kudos
and accolades to the
staff for all their hard
work in planning this
Wood Badge program for
all of us, to our Troop
Guide, Judy Poole, for
being our mentor, and to
all our troop members
for sharing their
kindness, their ideas,
and their experiences
with us these past two
weekends.
Bobwhites intend to leave
Gilwell to teach, inspire By Byron Sah
Owl Scribe
After a rousing
campfire and waking up
to a beautiful, if chilly,
morning, the entire
Troop channeled the
Beaver Patrol.
The Owls enjoyed
working with all the
patrols and leadership of
Troop 1 and an hour of
hard work later, one
could see the start of a
new campsite for
Beaumont.
Best of all, everyone
left with all their toes
and fingers intact!
Do a good turn daily
Page 8 C4-440-14 Gilwell Gazette
The Troop 1 Wood
Badge neckerch ie f
originally was made
entirely of the wool
MacLaren tartan in
honor of William F.
duBois MacLaren, the
man who donated
Gilwell Park near London
for use by Scouting.
Within two years they
just used a small square
of the tartan on each
neckerchief to save
money (a Scout is
thrifty).
With the most recent
u pda t i n g o f t h e
curriculum, the Troop 1
Wood Badge neckerchief
has been returned to the
full tartan.
The Wood Badge Troop
1 neckerchief is to be
worn only while a
member of "Troop 1," of
which all Wood Badge
candidates in the United
States are a member
during the practical part
of the course and while
“working the ticket.”
C a n d i d a t e s
traditionally tie their
own Turk’s head woggle
of cord at the beginning
of the course and wear it
with this neckerchief.
The previous Wood
B a d g e T r o o p 1
neckerchief was of solid
dark green color.
The BSA Insignia Guide
p r o v i d e s o f f i c i a l
guidance on the wear of
Wood Badge regalia:
“Wood Badge slide or
Woggle trained Scouter
with Wood Badge
Neckerchief, necklace
with two beads; three
beads; four beads; worn
under the Wood Badge
neckerchief, and over the
ends below the woggle,
with the official field
uniform; Wood Badge
beads are not worn on
civilian clothes dress
blazer uniform, or with a
T-shirt. Wood Badge
beads may be worn with
a neckerchief or alone."
Upon su c ce s s fu l
completion of the
c ou r s e , i n c l u d i n g
completion of the ticket
to the satisfaction of the
candidate and his/her
ticket counselor, the
Wood Badge neckerchief,
the Wood Badge Woggle,
and Wood Badge Beads
are awarded and the
Wood Badge Troop 1
neckerchief is no longer
worn as the Scouter is no
longer a member of
Wood Badge Troop 1.
The Wood Badge
neckerchief is usually
described as Dove Gray
(Tan, Taupe, or Pink),
with a Sunrise Red liner
(underside) and with the
little patch of MacLaren
Tartan on the apex.
This “pink/beige"
nearly matches the
rufous grey of the Great
Kudu , wh ich the
neckerchief represents.
Benefactor MacLaren honored through Wood Badge neckerchief
Linda Gray presents a taupe neckerchief to Judy Poole, who recently completed her ticket.
Gilwell Gazette C4-440-14 Page 9
I cannot impress on Scoutmasters too highly the value of the camp in the training of Scouts; in fact, I think that its whole essence hangs on this.
Many Scoutmasters who value the moral side of our training are almost inclined to u n d e r v a l u e t h e importance of the camp, but the camp is everything to the boys. We have to appeal to their enthusiasm and tastes in the first place, if we are ever going to do any good in educating them.
A n e m i n e n t educational authority assured me only to-day t h a t o u r s c h oo l education is all on wrong lines; that book learning was introduced by the monks in order to kill the more manly training in skill at arms and hunting which, in the Middle Ages, occupied the time of the boys, and which undoubtedly produced so large a percentage of men of character among them. It was done with a narrow-minded a im, and although it has done some good in certain lines, it has done infinite harm to our race in others.
He said: “You should first of all develop the natural character of the boy by encouraging him in the natural athletic
exercises which tend to make him manly, brave, obedient, and unselfish; later give him the desire for reading for himself which will eventually lead him on to study for himself. The fallacy of trying to force him to read what the pedagogue wants him to know is the secret of so much
ignorance and absence of studious work amongst our lads to-day.”
This same authority would like to see Scouting or some similar scheme introduced into o u r c o n t i n u a t i o n schools, and attendance at these made obligatory for all boys of fourteen
You have to do the hard things You have to do the hard things.
You have to make the call you’re afraid to make.
You have to get up earlier than you want to get up.
You have to give more than you get in return right away.
You have to care more about others than they care about you.
You have to fight when you are already injured, bloody, and sore.
You have to feel unsure and insecure when playing it safe seems smarter.
You have to lead when no one else is following you yet.
You have to invest in yourself even though no one else is.
You have to look like a fool while you’re looking for answers you don’t have.
You have to grind out the details when it’s easier to shrug them off.
You have to deliver results when making excuses is an option.
You have to search for your own explanations even when you’re told to accept the “facts.”
You have to make mistakes and look like an idiot.
You have to try and fail and try again.
You have to run faster even though you’re out of breath.
You have to be kind to people who have been cruel to you.
You have to meet deadlines that are unreasonable and deliver results that are unparalleled.
You have to be accountable for your actions even when things go wrong.
You have to keep moving towards where you want to be no matter what’s in front of you.
You have to do the hard things. The things that no one else is doing. The things that scare you. The things that make you wonder how much longer you can hold on. Those are the things that define you. Those are the things that make the difference between living a life of mediocrity or outrageous success. The hard things are the easiest things to avoid. To excuse away. To pretend like they don’t apply to you. The simple truth about how ordinary people accomplish outrageous feats of success is that they do the hard things that smarter, wealthier, more qualified people don’t have the courage — or desperation — to do. Do the hard things. You might be surprised at how amazing you really are.
to sixteen. I hope that his wish
may yet be gratified. I believe it will be if Scoutmasters continue in the way in which they have begun and prove to the education authorities in their neighborhood the educative value which underlies our Movement.
Baden-Powell stressed value of camp life Editor’s Note: Baden-
