As we approach the first anniversary of The Virtuvian Man Blog (tVM blog), our intention remains the same…

 ”To create a better world with better people.”

If our decision to continue publishing this blog were based on quantitative results, we would be doing a lot of head scratching.  Is the world any better because of tVM blog?  Are people any better?  I don’t know, but I continue to listen to my heart and the voices of great minds who continually whisper in my ear.

I reflect often on the post we presented in November 2011 “The Star Thrower.”  One starfish at a time… It will take a while, but we move forward with the determination that we can positively impact one mind at a time.  If one word in this blog influences one person to strengthen his spirituality, even if by questioning what we write… If one word encourages one person to improve her physical fitness and to maintain a healthier lifestyle… If one word influences one person to seek more knowledge… if one person is better for reading one word in this blog, then we are accomplishing our objective.  If one person is a better person, the world is a better place.

One starfish at a time…

I’ve been told, “You can’t change the world.”  I disagree.  I can change the world, and you can change the world.

I remind myself that on that fateful day in 33 AD/CE, there were fewer than 10 Christians in the entire world — mostly women — and they stood at the foot of the crucified Christ.  Two thousand years later, over 2 billion of the 7 billion people on Earth profess to follow Christ, and it is quite accurate to say that no person has ever had such a broad and far-reaching influence on humankind than this poor and rebellious carpenter from Nazareth.

The great 16^th century sculptor, painter, architect, poet and engineer Michelangelo said,

“The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.”

I believe him.  As Dean Alfange so eloquently stated in his American Creed,

“I do not choose to be a common man…”

As individuals and as a race, we need to aim higher and risk failure.  It is our birthright and our obligation to our Creator and everything he has created.  Do not wait for others to lead you to the well.  Mother Teresa encouraged us with these words,

“Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.”

She was talking to me, and she was talking to you… 

We will continue to promote The Vitruvian Man Blog with the hope that you find value in it and with the conviction that we are making the world a better place to be… starfish by starfish.

Be a Vitruvian Man, Be a Noble Person!

We applaud your quest for Kalos Kagathos.