WELL, WE'RE SITTING AROUND RIGHT NOW, LISTENING TO SOMEONE GIVE A SPEECH ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MODERN VETERAN AND THE CONTRIBUTION WE ARE MAKING AND WILL MAKE FOR OUR NATION. IT'S SO ODD TO BE IN A ROOM WITH PEOPLE I'VE NEVER MET WHO HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS, JOKES, ATTITUDE AND HUMOR AS ME. MY ENTIRE ADULT LIFE HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO THE MILITARY IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, AND SOMEDAY SOON, I INDEND TO SPEND THE REMAINDER OF IT TO MY COUNTRY BY HELPING PEOPLE LIKE ME LEAD A BETTER LIFE, AND REALIZE THAT THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO FEEL THE SAME WAY AND SHARE THE SAME DREAMS. I WORRY OFTEN THAT THIS GENERATION WILL FALL UNDER THE WEIGHT OF HISTORY, THAT IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THE WEIGHTY TASK OF SECURING OUR LEGACY AND THE LEGACY OF LATER GENERATIONS, THAT WE WILL FAIL OURSELVES, EITHER THROUGH A LACK OF DRIVE OR MALFEASANCE. IT SEEMS MOST DAUNTING THAT SUCH A SMALL COMMUNITY IS TRYING TO TURN THE TIDE OF TIME IN THE DIRECTION OF WHAT IS RIGHT INSTEAD OF WHAT IS EASY.
AFTER COMING HERE AND MEETING ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE, I NO LONGER HAVE THIS CONCERN. WE HAVE AMONGST US MEN, WOMEN, BLACK, WHITE, POISED, WORRIED, WHOLE, AND SCARRED HUMAN BEINGS WHO HAVE SEEN IN MANY PLACES THE WORST OF HUMANITY. WE UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE FUTURE, WE WILL HAVE TO ADVANCE TOGETHER IN THE GREAT JOURNEY TOWARDS OUR COLLECTIVE DESTINY THAT WILL DEFINE OUR GENERATION. THIS CONFERENCE IS THE FIRST STEP IN THIS ENDEAVOR, AND I CANNOT WAIT FOR US TO TAKE THIS FIRST STEP TOGETHER.
YOUR LOVING SON,
FELIX
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