sacrifice.

So, what is sac­ri­fice, any­way?  To me, sac­ri­fice is a medal that you earn doing some­thing extra­or­di­nary for oth­ers, but you don’t wear it around your neck.  This medal, while com­mend­able, is kept secret.  Some­one else may find it, and tell oth­ers, and that’s okay.  It’s your job to keep it to yourself.

There’s a lot of peo­ple mak­ing sac­firices of many kinds every day.  There are some sac­ri­fices only cer­tain types of peo­ple can make.  There’s a short list of things only you can sac­ri­fice to help another human being.  No one else can pro­vide the sac­ri­fice on your behalf.  I’d like to encour­age any one who reads this to think about their life as you pil­low your head, and think of what you have done — and can do — as a sac­ri­fice for oth­ers.  Then do it.