“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.”
A few years back, I worked for a company that used a software development partner that was based in Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan team told me that there were two obstacles that might likely affect their ability to get to work on time. One was elephant herds. The other was a terrorist attack.
Like we worry about traffic on the freeway or road construction, they literally left for work every day aware that they might a) not make it on time, or b) not make it at all because of someone trying to blow them up.
That’s why, every Veteran’s Day, we should be mindful of the brave — the ones that make it possible for us to be free — the heroes who shaped our dysfunctional -but-still-better-than-whatever’s-in-second-place-homeland. While we might struggle to understand what “in harm’s way” means, they’ve put themselves there.
In fact, even if they’ve not served in combat, every person who’s ever donned the uniform is a hero.
Thanks, veterans, for making a difference.
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