Excerpt from Resilience - Hard won wisdom for living a better life
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EnglishVoice Age
Young Adult (18-35)Accents
North American (General)Transcript
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a veteran who comes home from war, is returning from one of the most intense experiences a human being can have, even if he was not under fire every day. He woke up every morning as part of a team he started every day with a purpose and a mission that mattered to those around him. Even in the middle of the desert. When it's 100 degrees at 10 a.m. and your nostrils air full of sand, there's happiness, riel, happiness. It comes from working together, hurting together, fighting together, surviving together morning together. It is the essence of the happiness of excellence. The conditions might be miserable. The larger mission might be misguided, but your purpose is usually clear every day, even if it is only to bring your friends home with honor. I have always had a preference for Spartan living, and in the military. The simplicity of your environment matches the clarity of your purpose. When I was in Iraq, we knew that our work was saving the lives of American Marines. Woke up every day to live a life that mattered. When you come home from war, all of that the adrenaline, the love, the purpose, the pursuit, the nobility, the calling it vanishes. The happiness of excellence of purposeful endeavor is gone