I'm pretty unabashed in my love for Teddy Roosevelt.
If you've never listened to the currently running podcast "Presidential", you really should. It's a great way to be introduced to the American presidents, as well as letting you know how little humanity (and America) has changed over the centuries (for good or ill).
I adored the one they did on Teddy: "Exuberance"
There are so many things you can talk about when it comes to him - about his family, about his politics, about his activism - but lately the thing that's been drawing me ever closer was the way he was so aggressively enthusiastic about life in response to the heartache he suffered. He reminds me to get up and get out - to run fast enough to escape "black care" and the asthma that plagued him and still plagues me.
He reminds me to chase and seize joy with both hands wherever I can find it.
If you've never listened to the currently running podcast "Presidential", you really should. It's a great way to be introduced to the American presidents, as well as letting you know how little humanity (and America) has changed over the centuries (for good or ill).
I adored the one they did on Teddy: "Exuberance"
There are so many things you can talk about when it comes to him - about his family, about his politics, about his activism - but lately the thing that's been drawing me ever closer was the way he was so aggressively enthusiastic about life in response to the heartache he suffered. He reminds me to get up and get out - to run fast enough to escape "black care" and the asthma that plagued him and still plagues me.
He reminds me to chase and seize joy with both hands wherever I can find it.
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