This I have done.

My Father died at the age of 58, one month before his 59th birthday.
I have a journal he gave my mother when his first son, my brother Bobbie was born. The journal had room for 3 years and Mom kept it for us 3 kids.
In the front of the journal, in my Father’s handwriting is a quote. An odd one for a baby book at first glance - but, since it defines my Father so well, a fitting one.
This is it, and until now, just tonight- I never knew where this quote came from. It is from the final pages of Success: The Glen Bland Method. It is a direct quote…..with one exception.
Daddy wrote:
“I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon if I can. I seek opportunity - not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me. I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed.
I refuse to barter incentive for a dole. I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence: the thrill of fulfillment to the state of Utopia.
I will not trade freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for a handout.
I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat.
It is in my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid; to think and act for myself, enjoy the benefit of my creations and to face the world boldly and say: “This I have Done.”

The one exception? In the original, the final quote reads: “With God's help, this I have done.”

Like I said……….SO my Dad.