Category: Chapter Samples

A Letter to My Ten-Year-Younger Self

I wrote this seven years ago. It has never been truer than today. ________ When the enemy attacks and people you love are caught behind enemy lines, always go back and get them. No matter the degree of danger or the reason they are there. ________ A LETTER […]

When Circumstances Suddenly Change

When you’re winning, everything seems to go right.
When everything goes wrong, you fight.

Life Is Not Always Beautiful

We live in a world where people put their best foot forward.
Where, from the outside looking in, everyone’s life seems perfect.

Applause Can’t Be Your Motivator

If applause is what drives you, silence will break you.

Be the Fruit

Every block of stone has a statue inside it.
It is the task of the sculptor to discover it – Michelangelo

I Became a Wrestler, by LTC Matt Weingast

Perhaps the biggest pride I take in having wrestled is that I introduced the sport to my son.