Page 114 - Total War on PTSD

“I’m a damn Marine and haven’t cried in a hundred years.” MSgt “Lee” Beckler, USMC (RET), 20 Years RYT-200, Owner Sage Yoga Studios, Fallbrook, CA “Have you ever noticed that when two people look at a piece of art that they usually focus on something different? Abstract art is a great example, you probably see a man in uniform sitting on a yoga mat in an art studio with a dusty floor. Well, I am that man. Let me tell you what I see.” I see a child that was beaten by his alcoholic father. “I probably deserved it.” \[scrape away some clay\] He beat my mother in front of me and my brothers. “She DIDN’T deserve it.” \[scrape away\] Finally, after all these years she is leaving him. \[more dust on the floor\] Why am I getting tossed back and forth? \[dust\] My best friend killed himself. We’re just kids! \[scrape, press, dust\] 114 of 1039