For a long time I was confused by two seemingly separate pieces of information.

1. The majority of people I seem to interact with seem to act like communications are effortless. "Just pick up the phone". "It's just an email".

2. Most communications I get are terrible. Like, the number of times I need to restrain myself from typing "as I mentioned in the email below" is insane, or how often I send an email with a bulleted list of issues that need to be addressed and the response only addresses a fraction of them while the rest are ignores.

Then I realized that most people are stupid, casual, and oblivious. They put very little effort into communications, so while they seem so easy and effortless they are harming the quality of that communication.

I like how in the old comics they'd give the superhero some weakness that would negate their powers.

For Green Lantern it was the color yellow. For the Martian Manhunter it was fire. For Wonder Woman it was being tied up.*

*Wasn't sure if I remembered it right so I did a search. Over a million entries for 'Wonder Woman tied up.' Lotta comic fans out there.

When there was only one set of footprints in the sand its because you were strong enough to walk alone

I'm one of God's weak soldiers and I relate, although I'm sure He wouldn't mock our weakness, lol. This is why it's important to be empathetic and have a softer approach to people as much as we can afford it!

Do not compare your vs others ability when you're operating with a different set of tools.

Starting a fire with a hand drill is a much bigger job than with a blow torch.

Just like asking someone with a walker to run around the block.

Every man and every woman is a star. Every number is infinite; there is no difference.

Maybe the "battle" and "soldier" memes are an outgrowth of the military industrial complex, and just maybe we'd be better off abandoning them.