THE STEP IS LONG, AND WE BECOME OF AGE IN AN INSTANT, NOT RECOGNIZING ANY CHANGES, MOVING FORWARD INSTINCTIVELY, IN A BLURRED NUMBNESS, WE MOVE THROUGH THE FOG OF CHOICE. DECISIONS WE HAVE NOT THE KNOWLEDGE TO MAKE WISELY ARE ALL ENCOMPASING.

NOT TRULY UNDERSTANDING THE CONSEQUENCES, BELIEVING ALL IS POSSIBLE ALL IS ACHIEVABLE AND LIFE IS FOREVER, WE MOVE THROUGH THE FOG OF CHOICE.

THEN COMES THE MOMENT WHEN WE MUST CHOOSE OUR LANE. NOT LOOKING BACK AT FADING PRINTS. ONLY HOPING TO LEAVE MORE THAN WHEN WE CAME. UNCONCERNED ABOUT THE ROLLER COASTER WE JUST STEPPED ON.

YET IF WE FALL IN THE ENDEAVOR, WE HAVE NOT FAILED AS WE HAVE GIVEN HOPE TO THOSE WHO ARE NEXT AND TAUGHT THE LESSON THAT TO PERSERVERE IS TO PRESERVE FOR THOSE WHO ARE YET TO COME.

“COURAGE BEING THE ONE VIRTUE GUARANTEING ALL OTHERS” IS ONLY GUARANTEED BY PASSION FOR LIFE AND A FOCUS ON WHAT IS RIGHT. TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT ROAD IS TO CARE AND TO CARE IS A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO ALLOW ALL THINGS TO BE POSSIBLE.

REMEMBER THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE, AND USE THEIR SACRIFICE AS INSPIRATION TO MOVE FORWARD, NOT LOOKING BACK AT THE FOOTSTEPS, TO HEAL, AND TO GIVE HOPE AND PROMISE TO THOSE WHO COME AFTER.

CARE FOR THOSE WHO ARE NEXT. MAKE ALL THINGS POSSIBLE.

MICHAEL F. BUCKLEY      VIET NAM VET 1969/70
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THE QOUTE IS FROM WINSTON CHURCHILL