So one of the facts about myself that I am super proud of is that I have traveled a ton; so much so, in fact, that I had extra pages added to my passport.
On these extra pages are inspirational phrases from American history. One is "Go west, young man, and grow with the country", attributed to Horace Greeley.
Since that happens to be exactly what I'm doing - going west and "growing" personally and professionally - I could not have picked a more perfect title to this blog.
Idle curiosity - and a need to remember the exact quotation - led me to the Wikipedia page for the saying.
Turns out, it's quite controversial. Greeley favored Western Expansion relating to Manifest Destiny, and that quotation apparently appeared in an 1865 editorial the famous journalist wrote advocating for the concept.
However, Greeley never claimed to have coined the famous phrase, and it's original author remains unknown, an enigma lost in the mists of history.
No matter who first said it or wrote it, the sentiment remains the same.
peace and love from the grand canyon state,
pb
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