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By MBaker BRONZE
Wyckoff, New Jersey

Sweat dripped down my face as I stared at the rope. Dangling from the rafters, it spanned the length of the entire building, and I was terrified. I was just six years old, and I...
MBaker BRONZE, Wyckoff, New Jersey
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#58562 Nonfiction
By nkim825 SILVER
Wyckoff, New Jersey
nkim825 SILVER, Wyckoff, New Jersey
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By Scordjoe_Pierock BRONZE
Pewaukee, Wisconsin
Scordjoe_Pierock BRONZE, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
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elizabethlarsen121 SILVER, Iowa City, Iowa
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Favorite Quote:
A couple of hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. Never leave that till tomorrow, he said, which you can do today. This is the man who discovered electricity. You think more people would listen to what he had to say. I don't know why we put things off, but if I had to guess, I'd have to say it has a lot to do with fear. Fear of failure, fear of rejection, sometimes the fear is just of making a decision, because what if you're wrong? What if you're making a mistake you can't undo? The early bird catches the worm. A stitch in time saves nine. He who hesitates is lost. We can't pretend we hadn't been told. We've all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard the damn poets urging us to seize the day. Still sometimes we have to see for ourselves. We have to make our own mistakes. We have to learn our own lessons. We have to sweep today's possibility under tomorrow's rug until we can't anymore. Until we finally understand for ourselves what Benjamin Franklin really meant. That knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beat the hell out of never trying.

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By Anonymous
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By ColinMurray BRONZE
Rhinebeck, New York
ColinMurray BRONZE, Rhinebeck, New York
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By GuoWeiRong BRONZE
Clarkston, Michigan
GuoWeiRong BRONZE, Clarkston, Michigan
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By Anonymous
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By chase lingelbach BRONZE
Beaverton, Oregon
chase lingelbach BRONZE, Beaverton, Oregon
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By kitkatkatherine923 BRONZE
Goffstown, New Hampshire
kitkatkatherine923 BRONZE, Goffstown, New Hampshire
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t tell me the skies the limit when there are footprints on the moon&quot;<br /> &quot;Life isn&#039;t about waiting for the storm to pass, it&#039;s about learning to dance in the rain.&quot;