Be Ambitious

It would be ludicrous for me to remark on any current issue in the states right now (and usually do not anyway, as it falls outside the spectrum of my interest), as the events affecting Japan are very much affecting me.  True that I am adjusting in my way back to a certain normalcy, trying to write something here on this blog and et cetera, but this kind of normal situation is very much overshadowed by the unfolding events of Japan.  With that said, I thought back to something that is quite famous in Sapporo, but which I did not actually see the real thing of (the following was photographed at Sapporo Station, from a large poster).  Anyway, it rings true, and I have my own interpretation of what it means. Especially at this time.

The complete text is as follows: "Boys, be ambitious! Be ambitious not for money or for selfish aggrandizement, not for the evanescent thing which men call fame.  Be ambitious for that attainment of all that a man ought to be," (William J. Clark)

I would also add: "And Girls Too"