Should have done this two weeks ago!

As many of you know, I am reading Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell, and although I am only  few chapters in at this point, I am thoroughly enjoying it. Not only is its content interesting to me, many of the values Luttrell writes of are values that I respect and try to demonstrate in my life every single day. For example, in the prologue, Luttrell recites the philosophy of the US Navy SEALs, which reads:

"I will never quit. I persevere and thrive on adversity. My nation expects me to be physically harder and mentally stronger than my enemies. If knocked down, I will get back up, every time. I will draw on every remaining ounce of strength to protect my teammates and to accomplish our mission. I am never out of the fight."

This  not only is the philosophy of the Navy SEALs, but I also consider this to be one of my central philosophies.   I truly believe that I am never out of any "fight," and that I can accomplish any goal, no matter how large, if I just persevere through all the adversity. Like the SEALs, this has been drilled into my head since the day I was born by my parents, and I feel that it is something that one must be raised with in order to be in such a daring group of men. I feel that those who are SEALs have been taught this at an early age, and those who fail SEAL training most likely were not lucky enough to learn this philosophy. In any case, I just really enjoyed this quote. I hope to remember it, even if I will learn many more of these during my time with the US Army.