Here is a rundown on all details for May 2021: Honor “I had a dream about Honor. Heavy stuff. Just processing the last moments of dying men, feeling the weight of what they’ve paid, what was given … Honor is something intimate. It’s the way we carry the cost, it’s in their eyes and in …
A new book argues carrying weight for distance—not running—is what made us human Last fall I found myself standing on the Arctic Tundra. I was about 120 miles from civilization and taking the first steps of a rather epic ruck. One hundred pounds of caribou filled my pack, with four-foot antlers bursting from its top. …
Honor is a tricky sentiment. It’s not as clear cut as the movies or novels often portray. Over the course of my life, there have been times when I felt that I fell short of being honorable. I have regrets over things I did or did not do. There exists a complicity amongst the living, as …
Author’s Note: As I’ve stated before, nothing I state here is prescriptive. I am not a doctor, a psychiatrist, or a neuroscientist. I am someone who has lived with chronic anxiety for over a decade and chronic illness for the last five years. As a result, I’ve proactively sought out and personally tested numerous neural …
Here is the rundown on all details for April 2021: Endure Not only is death inevitable, so is doubt. We read of the lives and accomplishments of President Lincoln, Marcus Aurelius, MLK, Mother Teresa, Shackleton and all the great figures of our modern day back to antiquity, and we wonder how they did what …
Do You Have a Personal Mission Statement? You are probably familiar with the concept of a mission statement. Many organizations have one. As an example, ours at the Navy SEAL Foundation is “to provide immediate and ongoing support and assistance to the Naval Special Warfare community and its families.” For a company, especially a non-profit, …
