What is Notes From Afar? It is a place of stories, a place of adventures, a place for men and women who see life as something to experience, not something to observe. A place for life, lived to the fullest, knowing each breath could be the last. A place where it is not what you have that counts, it is what you are doing. A place of victory, and defeat. But never a place for apathy.
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
Theodore Roosevelt, “The Man In The Arena”, Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, France, April 23, 1910.
If these words ring true to your heart, join us. If not, then go elsewhere. The people who grace these pages do not define themselves by how you, the visitor, or any one else for that matter, thinks of them. In the immortal words of the Enlightened Warrior, “We love you and respect you, but we don’t give a fuck what you think about us”. And if you are offended by a word, you have much larger issues to deal with.
We want you to not just enjoy, but be inspired to ACTION! Get out into the arena. Get dirty. Risk. Fail. Succeed. But ACT! Slide into your death totally expended, completely used up, knowing as the last breath leaves your body that you have no regrets, and knowing this has nothing to do with physical prowess. That you have treated every human as a person, not a thing. That you have practiced Unconditional Love. That you have always, in every moment, created your own reality. That you have dedicated your life to not just acting with honor and integrity, but being honor and integrity.
Welcome.