Don’t Be Afraid to Fail

You’ve failed many times, although you might not remember. You fell down the first time you tried to walk. You almost drowned the first time you tried to swim, didn’t you? Did you hit the ball the first time you swung a bat? Heavy hitters, the ones who hit the most home runs, also strike out a lot.

R. H. Macy failed seven times before his store in New York caught on.

English novelist John Creasey received more than 700 rejection slips before he published over 600 books.

Babe Ruth struck out 1,330 times, but he also hit 714 home runs.

Don’t worry about failure. Worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.

Pearls of Wisdom—Quotes from Baden-Powell

"A Scout/Guide should save animals as far as possible from pain, and should not kill any animal unnecessarily, not even the smallest of God's creatures."

Symbols

There are a lot of symbols that we recognize. Let’s take some time to name or draw a few that we know: the Coca-Cola logo, a poison warning label, a stop or yield sign, the Nike logo, the Scout badge, a heart symbol, cross, etc.

When you see these symbols, you know what they mean—what they stand for, what some of them instruct you to do.

You, too, are a symbol. You represent the Scout Association. People see you and know that you stand for something good. You stand for being trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. Be a good symbol!

Pearls of Wisdom—Quotes from Baden-Powell

"An animal has been made by God just as you have been. He is therefore a fellow creature. He has not the power of speaking our language, but can feel pleasure or pain just as we can, and he can feel grateful to anyone who is kind to him. A Scout is always helpful to people who are crippled or blind or deaf and dumb; so he is good also to these dumb fellow-creatures of ours."

Aim So High You’ll Never Be Bored

The greatest waste of our natural resources is the number of people who never achieve their potential. Get out of that slow lane. Shift into the fast lane. If you think you can’t, you won’t. If you think you can, there’s a good chance you will. Just making the effort will make you feel like a new person. Reputations are made by searching for things that can’t be done and doing them.

Aim low: boring. Aim high: soaring.

Pearls of Wisdom—Quotes from Baden-Powell

"By continually watching animals in their natural state one gets to like them too well to shoot them. The whole sport of hunting animals lies in the woodcraft of stalking them, not in the killing."

Trick or Treat

A young university student was walking along with one of his professors when they came across a pair of shoes that belonged to an old man working in a field nearby. Our young friend suggested hiding the old man’s shoes, but the professor objected. “We must never amuse ourselves at the expense of others,” he said. “Why not put a dollar in each shoe and see what he will do?” Together they did this, then hid themselves behind a bush. Soon the old man returned for his shoes. He put one foot into a shoe, then quickly removed it to see what was causing the discomfort. Finding the dollar, he examined it closely, then looked about to see who might have put it in his shoe. There was no one around, so he started to put on his other shoe and, to his amazement, found a dollar in it, too. Overwhelmed, he looked up toward Heaven and thanked God aloud for meeting the need of his distressed family. The student was deeply moved by what he had witnessed. “Now,” said the professor, “is not the treat better than the trick?”

Pearls of Wisdom—Quotes from Baden-Powell

"In all of this, it is the spirit that matters. Our Scout law and Promise, when we really put them into practice, take away all occasion for wars and strife among nations".

District Sports Day

Points were awarded as follows: 1st Place 3 points,  2nd Place 2 points, and 3rd Place 1 point, awarded to everyone who came in one of these positions in both the heats and the finals.  (we were guided by the Cub section on the point scoring)

 

The results are as follows:

 

7th Place    

Northfield Methodist 3 points

6th Place    

Bartley Green 4 points

5th Place    

Eagle 11 points

4th Place    

St Joseph & St Helens 13 points

3rd Place    

Quinton 15 points

2nd Place   

Ariel 43 points

1st Place   

Phoenix 45 points

Water World

Challenge each of your patrols to huddle and try this exercise in problem solving.

Problem: You must measure exactly 1 gallon of water out of a 20-gallon barrel. You have only a 5-gallon bucket and a 3-gallon bucket. How can you measure exactly 1 gallon?

Solution: Fill the 3-gallon bucket and pour it into the 5-gallon bucket. Refill the 3-gallon bucket and pour it into the 5-gallon bucket until it is full. The remainder in the 3-gallon bucket will be exactly 1 gallon. A simple solution to a problem that appeared complex!