Someone asked me once “what is it about being a Veteran you value the most?” Simple – Other veterans. Past, present & future. Service to our country is not an act that is going to make you famous, get you rich or really even at the end of the day get you a “thank you.” It’s a selfless choice where you rely on the individuals around you and they on you. An oath, a person’s word, a sense of responsibility and accountability that I seldom see in the world. I’m in the entertainment business where “image” is everything. Most of the time when you pull back those images you don’t find honesty, integrity & truth. That’s why the truly guenuine people go unseen. Those are the people I love, respect & cherish. They allow my “full of shit” at times self to shine in the spotlight. I got to be part of the group for a minute and the opportunity to be around those people and learn those lessons is what I value the most.
3:02AM – Sitting in my car on the Tappan Zee Bridge (NY) in dead stopped traffic because it’s one lane do to work being done to it. In 1996 I dated a girl on this side of the bridge & when I left her house to go home I would sit in dead stopped traffic here on the Tappan Zee Bridge for hours do to construction being done on it. 16 years, 3 Presidents & 2 wars… later. There is one thing I know will always be consistent throughout my lifetime. They will never finish working on the Tappan Zee F#cking Bridge!
Met a man tonight 38 days sober who told me he just had a tattoo removed from his FACE of a swastika! My response “That’s a conversation starter! Why would you get rid of that?” This joke opened up one of the most honest dialogues I have had with an individual in a very long time. – Here’s to anyone in the fight of not letting mistakes from the past dictate the future. “Who you were, who you are and who you will become are three completely different people.” – Robert Tew
