Learning New Things from Trials, Part 2 (TMF:1884)

Thursday, June 30, 2022
Peace to Live By: Learning New Things from Trials, Part 2 (TMF:1884) - Daniel Litton
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       Often times trials teach us something that we will need later on. As many of you are aware by now, one of my favorite Presidents is John F. Kennedy. I think in many ways he modeled important and positive character traits in his life for us to learn from. One event that comes to my mind was when he was in the U.S. Navy and was stationed overseas during World War II. He and his group of men where located in the Solomon Islands. And one night their PT boat was destroyed by a Japanese destroyer, and Kennedy ended up saving several of his injured crewmen from the ocean by swimming them to shore after they were floating in the water all night. Kennedy would later say that by being in the Navy he learned everything that shouldn’t be done. He also learned the importance and value of the lives of his fellow crewman, that these are real people making real decisions. This would help him later during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He came to the view that the military during his time often didn’t know what they were doing and what was right, and based of this perspective, he was able to make the right choices.