“Without their uniforms, they were probably nobodies, rejects. Give a man a uniform. Give him a few sparkly badges, a purpose, a gun ... and suddenly, he was no longer just another kid trying to make it through life without being ridiculed. Suddenly, he was a part of something. Something important. Something powerful. Something greater than he could ever be on his own. It was amazing how empowering the group could be.” LifeWarLife LessonsEmpowermentConformitySoldiersGroupthinkGroup ThinkGroup DynamicsGroup MentalityConformity And AttitudeIn Group Politics Book:If I Resist Source: If I Resist
“When we stand up for what we believe in—for what’s right—there is always a chance that we risk the very things we fight for: our safety, our lives, our freedom. But if we stand down, the risk is definite.” WarLife LessonsJusticeRiskSacrificeLife PhilosophySoldierCivil RightsWarriorFightStand Up For What Is RightFight For Freedom Author:Kelseyleigh Reber
“And it seemed as though for a moment, the world encapsulated them in a giant sigh. As if the world was exhausted by humanity—by the bellows of war and bullets, of hateful cries and grieving tears. Of all the pain, the endless pain humanity had brought into its peaceful existence. A great heaving sigh to wash it all away. But like the sea, when washed away, war only crashed harder, a surging line of arched backs and brackish tears.” WorldLifeWarPainSufferingHumanityCrueltyHuman ConditionMankind Nature Author:Kelseyleigh Reber
“This was where war happened, in someone’s backyard. Sometimes it was yours. Often, it was someone’s a world away. But it did happen. In this moment. In the next breath. Every day. Every day, someone lived in the midst of destruction and chaos. Every day, someone’s flower boxes filled with gunpowder’s haze, a child’s laughter turned to tears. There had been a day when someone watered those flowers in the evening’s peaceful quiet and the children caught fireflies in mason jars. And that day will come again, when the crickets and the bullets no longer have to compete for the night’s stage. But for now, all anyone could do was fight on the crickets’ behalf.” LifeWarFightingChaosPhilosophy Of LifeBattlesWarsEvery DayFight For FreedomFight For LifeHome InvasionClose To Home Author:Kelseyleigh Reber