Being A Better Man Than You Are
I was at a loss for something appropriate to write for this special day. I know many sad stories that will go to the grave with me. Don’t misread that …
I was at a loss for something appropriate to write for this special day. I know many sad stories that will go to the grave with me. Don’t misread that …
I was at a loss for something appropriate to write for this special day. I know many sad stories that will go to the grave with me. Don’t misread that line. I am not a hero, but many heroes came to me to talk. I mainly listened. I am an excellent listener. Hopefully, I helped some of them by listening and offering a few lame words of encouragement.
I am offering you this previously published story to avoid reaching deeper. It is a story that is painful enough for me. I hope, by reading these few lines, you will appreciate our brave servicemen and women a little more. I wish I could do more than saying thanks and shaking hands, but that seems to be the best that I can manage for now.
How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world That has such people in’t! The Tempest V:1 This idea of heroism is all around us, there are those who work tirelessly …