This is the manual podcast number three.

Musashi, the sword fighter.

He's got a quote,

accept everything just the way it is.

And he's got an adjacent quote.

Truth is not what you want it to be.

It is what it is.

And you must bend to its power or live a lie.

So we have to accept things.

And I like those statements from Usashi.

I believe those statements from Musashi.

I support those statements from Usashi and I support those statements from Usashi, and I have spent a decent amount of time backing them up, right?

And probably the premier case I have of that was when I talk about Jim Sarlsley and Louis

Polar Jr., right?

Jim Sersley, who's wounded in Vietnam, lost both of his legs just below the hip,

lost one arm, and he was able to thrive in his life.

And the other counter example is Lewis Polar Jr., who was also severely wounded,

lost both of his legs, had severe damage to his hands

but he did not thrive he struggled with alcohol he just struggled in a bunch of different

categories and he eventually spiraled down and killed himself.

And when we talked to Jim Sorosley,

they had been roommates,

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