Sublime

The Marine philosophy is to recruit for attitude and train for skills. Marines believe that attitude is a weapon system. We searched for intangible character traits: a quest for adventure, a desire to serve with the elite, and the intention to be in top physical condition.

As the great swordsman Miyamoto Musashi said, “Today is victory over yourself of yesterday, tomorrow is victory over a lesser foe.”

Frankl himself would live and die for his principles and ideals. His experiences as a prisoner at Auschwitz showed him that “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”3 It was something he had to go through alone, without any

As far as the discipline of mind is concerned, you should rest your mind in basic goodness and appreciate that. Appreciating goodness brings a sense of celebration. Your world might be falling apart, you might be in tremendous financial debt, your husband or wife might be leaving you, or you might be living in a depressed neighborhood where the pol

We may bring intention and intensity to our practice (in fact we must), but not ego. Dedication, even ferocity, yes. But never arrogance.

“It’s resilience. It’s a mindset,” Mike said. “It starts in your head. It starts in your body. It starts in your spirit. That’s the first step in preparedness.”

So we are simply trying to feel ourselves, appreciate ourselves. The whole presentation of the way of the warrior is based on this gentleness.