I stood up...
I showed up...
I stepped forward...
I raised my right hand...
I stood in the gap.
I walked in the fire...
I did not run...
I did not hide...
I did not dodge...
I did not evade.
Consequently....
I have nothing to prove...
No one to convince...
Those who matter... already know.
Those who don't, never will.
CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Get upset if you're too busy to talk to them for a week.
PEACE KEEPER FRIENDS: Are glad to see you after years, and will happily carry on the same conversation you were having last time you met.
CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Never ask for food or drink.
PEACE KEEPER FRIENDS: May be the reason you have no food or drink.
CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Call your parents Mr. And Mrs.
PEACE KEEPER FRIENDS: Call your parents mom and dad.
CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Have never seen you cry.
PEACE KEEPER FRIENDS: Cry with you.
CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Borrow your stuff for a few days then give it back.
PEACE KEEPER FRIENDS: Keep your stuff so long they forget it's yours.
CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Know a few things about you.
PEACE KEEPER FRIENDS: Could write a book with direct quotes from you.
CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Will leave you behind if that's what the crowd is doing.
PEACE KEEPER FRIENDS: Will kick the whole crowds' behind that left you.
CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Would knock on your door.
PEACE KEEPER FRIENDS: Walk right in and say, "I'm home!"
CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Are for a while.
PEACE KEEPER FRIENDS: Are for life.
CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Have shared a few experiences...
PEACE KEEPER FRIENDS: Have shared a lifetime of experiences no Civilian could ever dream of...
CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Will take your drink away if they think you've had enough.
PEACE KEEPER FRIENDS: Will look at you stumbling all over the place and carry you home or some other safe place and put you to bed.
CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Will talk crap to the person who talks crap about you.
PEACE KEEPER FRIENDS: Will not tolerate them for using your name in vain.
