My Enemy's Letters | Jim Enderle

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Publicado 2022-10-02
During his service in Iraq, Navy Corpsman Jim Enderle had an awakening experience that changed his life. Jim uncovers what it means to be human and how our perceptions prevent us from truly achieving peace.

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Transcript:

During my last military deployment, I had an awakening experience that changed my life. When our unit landed in Iraq, I thought “good” and “bad” were clearly defined. It wasn’t until I uncovered “My Enemies Letters” that I learned how wrong that perception was.

I served at a detention facility in Iraq as a Navy Hospital Corpsman. One positive tuberculosis case made us test the entire compound. And while doing so, I noticed one detainee looking at my name tag. Then he gleefully revealed something he had been holding - an envelope with my family’s name and address back in the United States. Terrified, I was certain he meant harm to my family.

A few weeks later, rockets and mortars struck the compound where this man was housed. I entered this blown apart compound to confront the man. Only I found him lying on the ground, badly wounded. Our eyes met, and time stood still, like we were the only two people on Earth. I had come to murder this adversary, but strangely, our expressions softened. He took a couple of uncomfortable breaths and extended his hand. I thought, “Is he asking for my help? For forgiveness?” As I stood frozen, he died right in front of me.

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