This short post is meant to acknowledge the man that you are Pop. You are a man that has fought many battles for many years. Those conflicts began at a young age with a world that sought to test. They’ve taken place on continents far away on foreign soil in dubious conditions. They’ve been fought in the skewed and discriminatory workplace within a very few miles from what was considered home. Lastly, those battles have raged within; waged inside of your own heart, mind, and spirit.
The culmination of a lifetime of such experiences is conclusive; YOU ARE A MAN.
That is not a frivolous, unqualified or obvious statement. That type of definitive has to be earned.
It was earned by serving a country’s government more honorably than it may have deserved. It was earned with the figurative chains of the business world that preferred a servile to a superior. It was earned by providing for children that never knew what “need” felt like.
A man willfight- PERIOD!
That fight takes forms, and when it’s for the benefit of others, it’s righteous.The fight isn’t vainly sought, but it also isn’t weakly avoided. You are doubtless an imperfect man, but you’ve been tried and have been proven. Thus, the title is earned.
Thank you for your service and thank you for your example.
That’s old school respect \m/
It’s hard to locate well-informed people on this issue, but you seem like you
know what you’re talking about! Thanks