“If we study the lives of great men and women carefully and unemotionally we find that, invariably, greatness was developed, tested and revealed through the darker periods of their lives. One of the largest tributaries of the river of greatness is always the stream of adversity. A desire to help others is our most noble attribute; it gives immortal momentum to life and is our only certain path to heaven.”

Cavett Robert

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A nature, side note…this small creek pours down into the river, in the foreground. I would sit and watch salmon struggle up the small tributary’s gradient, backs out of the water…on and on toward quiet waters to spawn.