Saturday, 15 October 2011

Being Thankful for Small Mercies.

I watched part of a TV programme tonight about the D-Day landings in Normandy. They interviewed lots of those who took part, and one of them was a British Royal Marines commando. On the first push inland from the beachhead, he stepped on a landmine and woke up to find both his legs missing.

‘When I first saw that, I felt a bit put out,’ he said, ‘but then I thought “Oh good, no more war for me.” That made me happy.’

I haven’t worked out yet whether this is a prime example of positive thinking, or something else entirely.

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