Journeys in the form of words
"From night problems we learned one lasting lesson: when a map and a compass come into contact with a second lieutenant, prepare yourself for confusion."- Robert Leckie https://www.amazon.com/Helmet-My-Pillow-Parris-Pacific/dp/107062117X?crid=1FYSC1201GX8E&keywords=helmet+for+my+pillow+by+robert+leckie+paperback&qid=1700935076&sprefix=helmet+for+my%2Caps%2C199&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=mglikman08-20&linkId=3dafb201025b2d46a59079d72796f845&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl
Days like today are important. It is a time to take a few steps back, silence anything and everything distracting, and look around. What do you see? America is not the only country that is free, but we are blessed to enjoy life with a sense of safety and a better quality that is so …
I try to make it my mission every year to watch Band of Brothers and The Pacific at some point. I would encourage anyone, regardless of culture, to give both of these television series a viewing. I do not encourage this lightly, but I feel that it is important to understand the price of freedom …
"If you can't do the little things right, you will never do the big things right."- Admiral William H. McRaven (Make Your Bed) I love a good military story, but if you are looking for a book about war, Make Your Bed might not exactly be the book for you. Yes, it is a book …
"It won't always go your way, so you can't get trapped in this idea that just because you've imagined a possibility for yourself that you somehow deserve it. Your entitled mind is dead weight. Cut it loose. Don't focus on what you think you deserve. Take aim on what you are willing to earn."- David …
"We have to show the world that not all of us are like him. Otherwise, this will always be Hitler's Germany."- Major General Henning von Tresckow (Valkyrie) Valkyrie is another movie that you would not expect from Tom Cruise. It wasn't action-packed, no death-defying stunts, no romantic twists, and like any movie based on a …
"You can't put a price on being able to live with yourself."- Jack Silva (13 Hours) There are a lot of examples of heroism and sacrifice throughout history. It is a tale as old as humanity. 13 Hours is a more recent example of people answering a call that they didn't have to answer in …
"Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads."- Doc Brown (Back to the Future) If you haven't seen these movies, you are missing out. To call them classic is a monumental understatement. Back to the Future is arguably one of the best movie trilogies ever created and they continue to motivate and inspire to this …
"Anything in life worth doing is worth overdoing. Moderation is for cowards."- Shane Patton (Lone Survivor) This is not the entire monologue, but in an effort to keep it clean and friendly for all, I have used what I believe is among the more important pieces. Lone Survivor is a story that is absolutely mind-blowing. …
"See what no one else sees. See what everyone chooses not to see... out of fear, conformity or laziness. See the whole world anew each day!"- Arthur Mendelson (Patch Adams) Every time I watch the movie Patch Adams it makes me sad that Robin Williams is no longer with us. That man was a gift …
Journeyman's Legacy 