I have been reading a book titled The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch and I have loved it so much I thought I would put in a plug for it, if anyone is looking for a great book to read.
Here is a little something to whet your appetite:
"After my father passed away in 2006, we went through his things... My dad had also saved a stack of papers... buried in the stack, we found a citation issued in 1945, when my father was in the army. The citation for 'heroic achievement' came from the commanding general of the 75th Infantry Division... According to the citation: 'With complete disregard for his own safety, Private Pausch leaped from a covered position and commenced treating the wounded men while shells continued to fall in the immediate vicinity. So Successfully did this soldier administer medical attention that all the wounded were evacuated successfully.' In recognition of this, my dad, then twenty-two years old, was issued the Bronze Star for valor. In fifty years my parents were married, in the thousands of conversations my dad had with me, it had just never come up. And so there I was, weeks after his death, getting another lesson from him about the meaning of sacrifice - and about the power of humility." -The Last Lecture
