On our canoe trip a few weeks ago, three scouts fell far behind the rest of the troop on the river. We could barely see them in the distance, but we could see that often they seemed to ve moving toward the shore, and not progressing straight down the river. Mr. Lott ans Mr. Venuto paddled back upstream to investegate. The canoeists, enjoying the river, their souroundings, and each others company, were not paying much attention to how they were paddleing. As soon as the stern paddler assumed responsibility for stering their craft, the scouts were able to quicklyovertake the rest of the troop.
Life is like that.
In school, in scouting, in your family responsibilities, the job, you may expand lots of energy, but if your' going to make progress toward a goal, you also must have something to hold your course true in the right direction. Your religious faith, your family values and rules, the scoutoath ans law, all help provide the direction, the steering, to make the energy you expend effective in reaching your goals. If you have any questions, suggestions, corrections, or just want to write, you can e-mail the troop. The Official Web Page of BSA Troop 799 was originally created by Chris Garson. This site's current webmaster is Paul Venuto.