SACRIFICE

Sacrifice is defined as destruction or surrender of something for the sake of something else.  Therefore when you think you are losing something you are really just passing it on for someone else.  War changes men.  It fills them fear.  It gives them courage and strength.  It gives them a sense of adventure.  For some, it fulfills their every dream as human beings, in a sense making them whole. I will never understand joining the military, in the state that it is today, as being a great honor or fulfilling of a destiny.  I do, however, know that I understand Sacrifice and thus is how I can cope with someone I love joining the military.  Although I do not agree with it, I see the Sacrifice not only from his perspective, but now from mine.