All part of the service.

Running from horrors doesn't help. The only way to deal with them is to meet them head-on.

Lack of movement is a formidable force to overcome.

Youth believes itself immortal. There is a cure for such an attitude, but unfortunately it is a cure from which one never recovers.

It seemed to me that, no matter what endeavor I was involved in, I was to be something of a sham.

There are some for whom the good of mankind is their primary concern, and others who basically put their own considerations before everyone else. I was among the latter.