Double Victory

Today is a day a great portion of the world celebrates.

It's a remembrance of the sacrifices of our greatest champions.

They don't need to wear 20 pounds of gold to be so.

Today, I remember the sacrifices of my greatest champion.

Who shall remain nameless here because you should name them for yourself.

Who is your greatest champion?

Can you imagine having to leave your loved ones behind to go across the world to fight people who you'd otherwise never meet?

Knowing you might never make it back?

Or that they might not?

And I think what I'm going through is hard?

Pshaw.

Hard is relative.

As is easy.

Like everything really.

A sliding scale.

Viktor Frankl wrote, "He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how."

Have a clear, compelling reason to keep going.

Duty.

Friendship.

That unwritten book.

Loved ones.

God.

Accomplish something.

Experience love, art, and nature.

You'll find God there.

Find Him everywhere.

And remember the ultimate human freedom:

You choose your attitude and response to what's happening to you.

Today is a day to celebrate champions.

You and yours.

May you fight for them.

And may you let them fight for you.

That's what champions do.

No fighter fights alone.

A whole team is always behind them.

Thank you, my champion.

I love you.