Most 24 year olds can not conceive of their own death for more than a few seconds at a time.
Which makes them those we choose to fill the ranks of our professional soldiers.
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In my case that was because it didn’t take any longer than that to fly off of the
seat of my motorcycle, slide to a halt on the gravel, and realize that I had survived the escapade. I now refer to it as ‘doing my Superman Impression.’ (Flying)