That Others May Live
I’ve been thinking a lot about a show I watched last fall on the Discovery Channel called Making the Cut . The one I watched was all about men trying to get into the Pararescueman program so that they could one day serve in this special force of the military. For twenty one hours they drenched, half drown, shouted at, and demanded absolute alertness and strength from these soldiers who were being deprived of all the necessary things that make human life possible. Admittedly I felt a little bad as I sat comfortably on the couch watching these men suffer. Then at the very end of the show, in the dark, the remaining soldiers had to crawl into the building and as they did so they passionately proclaimed their motto: I will be prepared at all times to perform my duties quickly and efficiently, placing these duties before personal desires and comforts. These things I do, that others may live. These men were already soldiers in the U.S. military, honored servicemen giving their lives to defe...