He received over… 5,000 applications.
You may think to yourself, “Why would any man in his right mind sign up for this trip?”
To face probable death & injury without the chance of reward, wealth or glory?
But to me it is obvious…
BECAUSE EVERY MAN NEEDS A MISSION TO COME ALIVE
At the core of every man is a base-instinct to go on a mission worthy of his life
To go into the unknown, to go beyond his current limits
I have no doubt that as a boy, you had big dreams & visions for your life.
You wanted to build & create great things. You wanted a life of risk and adventure and truth.
But the modern world didn’t allow it
The modern man is told to play it safe
To work his job, pay his taxes, save for retirement, be a “good boy“ and sit in front of the TV like a child watching cartoons.
Take his 2 weeks vacation once a year, not be too loud, not speak his mind,
To sit there & be told how to be a man by women and to be a walking around half dead, content with average.