How to Face Challenges (Monday Moment ep. 509)

Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary

John O'Leary

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🗓️ 24 October 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

If you needed a motto to tell the world what matters most to you, what would it say? If a single tattoo could articulate what guides your life, how would it read? After returning safely from his first tour in Iraq, Cpl. Todd Nicely pondered these questions and then engraved a permanent reminder of lessons he had learned: Your choices change lives.

My friends, these words are a good reminder for a Marine preparing for a second tour of duty, an overwhelming injury, an agonizing recovery, and an ultimately redemptive life story. It’s also an important reminder for the rest of us as we step into the challenges and opportunities replete in each day.

Choose wisely.

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0:00.0	Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast Monday morning moments with John
0:15.7	O'Leary. I record these each week so that you and I can begin our days and our weeks in awe and on fire with the
0:22.1	burst of inspiration. And you're going to get a little inspiration from today's live
0:27.3	inspired podcast. I promise you that I'm recording this, this one live from Greenville, South
0:32.6	Carolina. So here we go. If you needed a motto to tell the world what matters most to you, what would it say?
0:41.9	If a single tattoo could articulate what guides your life, how would it read?
0:47.6	Well, after returning safely from his first tour in Iraq, Corporal Todd nicely pondered those questions and then engraved a permanent reminder
0:56.3	of lessons that he'd learned. The United States Marine had learned in his first tour the value
1:03.2	of leading from the front. Before deploying for a second tour, he wanted those following behind
1:09.1	him into battle to be reminded of the power
1:11.5	within every decision that they made. That tattoo on his back served as a reminder to Todd
1:18.1	and those who followed behind him of something critically important, both in war and in life.
1:24.1	You ready for it? Your choices change lives.
1:29.5	That's a tattoo he had in bold letters on his back.
1:34.0	Your choices change lives.
1:37.3	Todd was deployed to Afghanistan for his second tour.
1:41.9	After not losing any of us men through 200 firefights with the enemy, their good fortune
1:48.3	was about to change.
1:50.3	Leading his platoon, again from the front, Todd remember sensing that something just wasn't
1:55.7	right.
1:57.0	Cautiously, he checked around for the enemy, then gingerly stepped forward onto a bridge and in doing so detonated a hidden iED the explosion launched todd into the ravine below ravaged his body and left the marine on his back in grueling pain missing both his legs and both of his arms.
2:20.8	As his men race toward him, Todd remembers observing the damage to his body, feeling agonizing
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