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Taking That First Step

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Taking That First Step

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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