The speaker was talking about taming daily stress by keeping it in perspective as the room got dark around an old picture of a soldier. He talked about being a young boy during the Vietnam War and being constantly reminded the lifespan a 2nd Lieutenant in Vietnam was 16 minutes; as a young boy he didn’t really have big problems. I couldn’t stop the tears as the faces and laughs of my friends I’d lost to Vietnam swept over me. Forty-plus years and they are still a part of me, not the ugliness of their deaths, but the laughter and joy we shared. Pulitzer Prize author William Saroyan, reminds us, “In the time of your life, live…smile to the infinite delight and mystery...” that you share with others along the way.
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