tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post4866909198166692157..comments2024-03-28T20:57:55.651-07:00Comments on Blessed Are The Pure Of Heart: The Sunshine Award - Call and ResponseAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-91256160914873087442013-11-02T15:46:14.071-07:002013-11-02T15:46:14.071-07:00Thank you for your service, Andrew. My youngest br...Thank you for your service, Andrew. My youngest brother is about your age and also served in a war he does not want to discuss. Then in '96 he was in the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia when it was hit with a terrorist attack. He had been out on the balcony smoking a cigarette, and stepped back inside his room just seconds before that side of the building was blown off. My brother survived physically intact, but many didn't. He helped pull the bodies of the young men he had just finished training out of the rubble. <br /><br />Heartbreaking. Oh, dear Lord... I'm looking forward to the day when there will be no more war.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-201410592980298502013-11-01T21:39:55.245-07:002013-11-01T21:39:55.245-07:00Thank you!
No, Viet Nam wasn't my war. I work...Thank you!<br /><br />No, Viet Nam wasn't my war. I worked in a similar climate, but on a couple of other continents. The opposition was pretty unpleasant, and I'm surprised I ain't dead.<br /><br />Frankl's book is on my list to read soon. I found purpose and faith doing the job mentioned above, but it's a story that'll never be written.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-85078342591049963572013-11-01T20:23:16.103-07:002013-11-01T20:23:16.103-07:00You're only 52? I thought you were a Vietnam C...You're only 52? I thought you were a Vietnam Combat Veteran, like my husband. Silly me, that's what I get for jumping to conclusions.<br /><br />Congratulations on your nomination. I particularly like your answer to #9: "What's the one thing you can't live without? A sense of purpose and mission in what I'm doing." Amen!<br /><br />Have you read Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, MD? His discovery of the meaning and purpose in his life happened during his years in a Nazi concentration camp. It's a great book, one of my all-time favorites. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com