KESHEL: America Bids Farewell to a Hero Who Fought for Faith and Freedom
By Capt. Seth Keshel | Commentary, Substack
I spent a lot of my childhood believing I simply wasn’t able to keep up with my peers. A loser mentality, once it sets it, requires substantial effort to permanently discard; the trouble is that the wins needed to find proper self-esteem are so few and far between, the mind becomes conditioned to accept negative outcomes.
Picked last again in gym class. Again.
Struck out against the slowest pitcher. Again.
The girl I like rejected me. Again.
It wasn’t until high school that I shook off many of my self-esteem issues, stopped stressing about grades, and started taking part in extracurricular activities. Even then, much of the can’t do mentality stuck with me. I’d have to peg my military career as the point in time in which I feel I f...


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