Life.......

macpappy · 01-09-2009, 04:02 PM

The epiphany for me came on Christmas Day 1973 while I was stationed on an icebreaker headed for McMurdo, Antarctica. We had just received all of our Christmas mail and packages from home and I was feeling really bummed out about being at the other end of the world from my family. I opened one letter from a schoolmate and it contained a list of men who graduated from our high school who had died in Vietnam. The thought struck me that their families were not enjoying Christmas very much either and I had no reason to complain.

Every time I start feeling depressed about something I remember that letter and all the servicemen who don't return to their families and realize that I have nothing to be depressed about.

Then I say a prayer for all of the fallen.

01-09-2009, 04:02 PM	#11
macpappy Rider on the storm. Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Slidell, LA Posts: 851 Trading: (0)	Re: Life....... The epiphany for me came on Christmas Day 1973 while I was stationed on an icebreaker headed for McMurdo, Antarctica. We had just received all of our Christmas mail and packages from home and I was feeling really bummed out about being at the other end of the world from my family. I opened one letter from a schoolmate and it contained a list of men who graduated from our high school who had died in Vietnam. The thought struck me that their families were not enjoying Christmas very much either and I had no reason to complain. Every time I start feeling depressed about something I remember that letter and all the servicemen who don't return to their families and realize that I have nothing to be depressed about. Then I say a prayer for all of the fallen. __________________ WARNING: I am a Southern White Male. I have a brain and I know how to use it.

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