Today I am going to the National Arts Club. I am both excited and honored to be a member. 20 years of persistence and hard labor has its rewards (one would hope...) If you bang your head against the same wall enough times eventually it will give. Sure you will have some bruises but the universe likes persistence. Luck is created by advancing confidently ahead in spite of all odds. Nothing good comes easy and if it did you wouldnt want it.

From first to last
The peak is never passed
Something always fires the light that gets in your eyes
One moment's high, and glory rolls on by
Like a streak of lightning
That flashes and fades in the summer sky

You can do a lot in a lifetime
If you don't burn out too fast
You can make the most of the distance
First you need endurance
First you've got to last...