Taking That First Step
Heroes Remember
The Soldier On program is great but they
are not, you have to take that first step.
If anyone takes that first step towards
Soldier On, there’s going to be, you know,
there’s a hundred hands out there that
are going to help you along the way but
you have to take that first step.
That’s something I think that we all learn
or maybe forgot that we learned in the military
was you’re not going to get anywhere unless
you take the initiative to do it so no one is going,
if you sit back no one is going to come and
say hey and hand you what you want.
You’ve got to go out and get it and I think
that Soldier On program is if you take the first
step to apply and get to a camp, you are setting
yourself up for success and down the road to a
good rehab program. And what I love about
golf is that some of the activities, you know,
an hour here but golf is four hours, four and
a half hours you are out in a golf course and
you’re realizing you are meeting these other
injured soldiers that you’re not alone because
a lot of these times you get to these camps the
first day and nobody is talking to each other
and by four days later you can’t get them to
stop talking to each other and that’s the power
of what I think of bringing people together
through that Soldier On program.
And it goes beyond that because I have seen
through our Facebook pages and stuff of
people who have connected and they regularly
go out and do these activities together beyond
the Soldier On program but it was the
Soldier On program that brought them together
and pushed them in the right direction but
again they have to take that first step.
And someone who comes to Soldier On
program may know someone at home and say,
“Hey, come with me!” or go do it and this is
what I did or they will see that result from the
Soldier On program. So I think it’s a great,
great format to get people out and active.
And that’s what we were in the military,
we were always out and active.
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