(From the book, On Combat, by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman)
Here is the point I like to emphasize, especially to the thousands of police officers and soldiers I speak to each year. In nature the sheep, real sheep, are born as sheep. Sheepdogs are born that way, and so are wolves. They didn’t have a choice. But you are not a critter. As a human being, you can be whatever you want to be. It is a conscious, moral decision. If you want to be a sheep, then you can be a sheep and that is okay, but you must understand the price you pay. When the wolf comes, you and your loved ones are going to die if there is not a sheepdog there to protect you. If you want to be a wolf, you can be one, but the sheepdogs are going to hunt you down and you will never have rest, safety, trust or love. But if you want to be a sheepdog and walk the warrior’s path, then you must make a conscious and moral decision every day to dedicate, equip and prepare yourself to thrive in that toxic, corrosive moment when the wolf comes knocking at the door.
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The first four chapters were forced reading for me. I thought this guy is just another cowardly liberal psycho bullshitter. Then I read chapter five which describes me perfectly. I had thought there were more of us. Grossman says we are only one percent of the population. I did not perceive myself to be that different--different yes, but not that different. I am Mensan which makes some difference, but if Grossman is right the fact that I am a sheepdog makes me very differnent. Read To Cratisto by Lt. Roger Wilco. It is available from Amazon.
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