Remembrance Day: Did You Ever?

Remembrance Day: Did You Ever?

Dr. Linda Hancock

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Hancock has written a regular weekly column entitled “All Psyched Up” for newspapers in two Canadian provinces for more than a dozen years. Over the years, her readers and clients have said that they have benefited from her common-sense solutions, wisdom, and sense of humour. Dr. Linda Hancock, the author of “Life is An Adventure…every step of the way” and “Open for Business Success” is a Registered Psychologist who has a private practice in Medicine Hat. She can be reached at 403-529-6877 or through email office@drlindahancock.com

Published

October 13 2012

Did you ever...

run, walk or work out until you ached all over and then start all over again?
wake up in the dark and go to bed hours later in the dark?
practice and practice and practice to learn one skill?
leave your family for months at a time to live and work in a far-off country?
think that your boss was a control freak or a micro-manager?
wonder at times why you choose your career path?
experience cold, hunger and loneliness all at the same time?
do what you were told when you didn't understand or agree?
witness God's beautiful world being destroyed unnecessarily?
feel desperately ill and not have immediate access to proper health care?
find yourself surrounded by people who didn't speak your language?
feel like you were trapped in a job that required too much from you?
long for your own bed after several nights of being away from it?
dislike some of your co-workers but know there was nothing you could do about them?
feel so much fear that you thought you wouldn't be able to carry on?
trust that you were doing the right thing even when it felt wrong?
count the days until a project was over?
survive a violent attack by a group of thugs?
suffer so much pain that you passed out?
sleep with your clothes and shoes on so you could run if necessary?
have to keep your location a secret even from your family?
grieve because you have lost a close friend?
stay awake to avoid nightmares?
get sea or air sick on a long journey?
feel disillusioned?
distrust politicians?
wish that you didn't have to wear a uniform to work?
crawl through mud on a cold, cold day?
dread to hear the sound of an ambulance siren?
not be able to explain what you had experienced?
run out of words needed to form a prayer?
smell death?
know that one little mistake could risk your life and the lives of all those around you?
realize that your efforts translated into freedom and peace for others?
experience a healthy pride from knowing that you served your country?

If you did, perhaps you are a soldier, sailor, pilot, veteran or peace officer who deserves the respect, honour and deep gratitude of us all.

November 11th- Remembrance Day - Lest we Forget!