"O, investigator, do not flatter yourself that you
know the things nature performs for herself, but rejoice in know
ing the purpose of those things designed by your own mind"
Leonardo Da Vinci
A very special moment in my Israeli Defense Forces service was the oath of induction at the Western Wall, when I was presnted a Bible and a rifle. The Western Wall (known also as the "Wailing Wall" until the reuinification of Jerusalem in 1967) is the remnant of the stern retaining wall of the Temple Mount. The holiest place for Judaism. The stones on the lower portion are from the Second Temple period.
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One of the most amazing moments in my life was the moment I finished the 128 km (80m) Beret March (Masa'a Kumta ) with full gear (30 kg (66 lbs))in 29 hours. That equates out to 4.41 km (2.8m) per hour for over a day!. When I passed the finish line and thinking back to what I've been through in the past day I felt as if I just climbed the highest mountain in the world, I felt as if I just completed what seemed to be "mission impossible" just 29 hours ago... 28 km (17.5m) from the finish line I had torn a ligament and insisted on making it one way or the other (crawling if I had to...) to the finish line. I refuse d to get on the stretcher or the ambulance. That march ended the roughest period of my life ... at the end we recieved the long anticipated purple berets that we've been yearning for so long .. . and got T-shirts that read "When we'll die we'll go to Heaven cause we've already been to hell".
You are welcome to learn more about Givaty ... or any other of the Israeli special forces, or any other special operations force in the world.
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Hard in practice ... easy in combat ...
That phrase proves to be true in the civilian life ... just like in the military...
Purple doesn't wash off in water ...
The above phrase had become Givaty's logo ...
Pain is temporary ... pride is forever ...Another lesson ... that's always true for every single aspect of life ...
From the cradle ... till college ... The first
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