Keeping Perspective
I found and posted this more than 2-years ago on my own blog (the now graveyard of posts of the past), but it bears repeating. It’s a great reminder put together by a Chaplain to help civilians understand how much the war zone changes your perspective. It changed my own to a degree, and I was not the one experiencing if first hand. Even vicarious exposure to combat puts a lot of things into perspective and it makes your ears very sensitive to ingratitude and complaining.
Anyway, take a peek and pass it along if you like it.64073-KEEPINGITINPERSPECTIVE-1-1-1
harold
August 27th, 2009 at 8:26 amEvery time I see this (and yes it has been around the I’net emails several times), it still brings a tear to my eyes, a lump in my throat, and I say a another silent prayer for our soldiers and their families.
Thank you Claire, we need that reminder (some of us, a kick in the pants) that our life is easier due to their sacrifices.
May our precious Lord keep you, and yours safe.
claire
August 27th, 2009 at 10:17 pmThank you Harold. I came across it again and it dawned on me how I had not thought through the message for a while. It’s amazing that time in garrison allows your guard to go down for a little while… and just when you stop having the reflex to cringe when the phone rings you get the notice that it’s starting all over again. The deployment gods must be crazy!