This is Jocko Podcast Number 453 with me Jocko Willink.

I had a good day. A normal day.

I woke up at 0.500 and went on a 25 mile bike ride with a friend and then ran five miles.

I'm training for the triathlon.

Kelly worked all day, but then we had a steak dinner together.

August 2nd is more of everyone else's Memorial Day.

For me, August 3rd is the day I live in every day.

I don't need a special day of anniversary to remember August 2nd.

Every waking moment of my life reflects August 2nd 2006.

Let it be known that I do not regret the career decisions that I made that ultimately sentenced me to a life of blindness.

This is the life I chose and I would choose it again.

How could I feel sorry for myself?

God granted me infinite miracles.

I am alive. I choose to keep living.

Kelly chose life with me.

I am now God's servant.

I have been tasked by the Creator to inspire others to shed their own self-pities and to choose life.

There are two options for me.

An unmeaning

Unused life of slow death or a life with meaning and purpose

I choose a meaningful life and I will serve God and my wife. I will produce

children of my own and they will learn this way of life through me. All who know me hear my words.

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