I want to talk about being thankful. Excuse me, for one moment I need
to talk about a very unpleasant subject-being under hostile fire in a war zone.
Most war movies do not get it right. The most terrifying part of the experience
is the incredible noise level from weapons firing and jet aircraft launching
attacks overhead. Every now and then, an AK-47 bullet comes so close to you
that you can literally feel the wind off it. What I felt in moments like that
went beyond fear. For me, it was the most inadequate feeling that I could have
as a human. One has to be stoic. One has to practice incredible self-discipline.
If you panic, you die.
At the end of the patrol when
I was back in my cubicle in the barracks, reality set in with the following
words:
"Oh my God there was
someone out there with a real gun firing real bullets at me."
I was emotionally devastated and drained
after that. One night after a patrol I was standing up and urinating. I
fainted.
After what we have gone
through in this year, the same words go through my mind again. Elena and I did
not get infected this year. Elena and I did not lose our employment. Elena and
I did not lose our house. Oh, thank you God for protecting us from all the
awful things that have happened to millions around the world!!! I suspect that
most of the rest of you were blessed and protected by God in whatever form this
deity takes for you.
I will leave you to reflect
on this!
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