Thank you.
When i was a boy it was customary for
Children to help out around the house.
I had to make my bed in the morning,
Keep my room reasonably tidy,
Take out the garbage and run errands for my mother.
But whenever I could sneak or spare a moment or two
I used to gobble up stories about the great explorers.
To face the unknown in a flimsy wooden boat the brave stormy seas
Never knowing for sure that a giant sea
Monster wouldn't emerge from the ocean depths.
To discover unknown worlds,
Un dreamed of riches to return home
A hero honored by king and country.
Now that was a life for a man and those were the days to live in.
Like any youngster I rebel on occasion but in
Those days when children disobeyed, we were discipline.
And I mean discipline hard.
Grown up assume that children needed
Discipline and that it is their job to give it to them.
Children then as now, assume that grown up simply didnt understand.
And no one back then ever even mentioned
That my heroes the explorer needed discipline.
Every bit as much as I needed courage
And daring to do, more after this word.
To tell you the truth,
I am really envious of young boys and girls today while they just
Don't read about the value and deeds of adventurous man they
Go ride along with our astronauts as they conquer outer space.
They ride along with them inside the space
Capsule taking over when machines go wrong.
Their along on parallelist space
Walk and complicated docking maneuvers.
They; re the first man on the moon.
The lessons they learning is at first
Hand are nothing short of incredible.
They are learning about bravery,
They are learning about endurance they are
Learning about hardwork, initiative and cooperation.
But more important of all,
They are learning what discipline is all about.
When space control issues a command the astronauts obey it.
When the space ship commander gives an
Order, his men follow it to the letter.
That's one kind of discipline our children are learning about.
But they are seeing another kind on every venture on outer space
And that's the internal kind of discipline, the self discipline.
And everyone needs to accomplish his goals in life.
Our astronauts where chosen in great part because they were man who
Have mastered themselves,
Their emotions, their actions, their reactions.
They and their wonderful wives down here on earth are giving us
Living proof the importance of discipline in
Our everyday lives as well as in great adventures.
They're showing us in a direct immediate personal way,
That without discipline,
No great deeds can be accomplished that with it nothing can stand in
Our way, and their own self mastery is a challenge to all of us to
Learn to control ourselves and
Therefore control and direct our future.