This is the book I wish someone had given me when I was 16. Or 20. Or 25.
Or anytime.
William H. McRaven’s “The Hero Code” is a fantastic distillation of what it takes to be a hero—or better yet, a good person. It’s a treatise on timeless virtues, but every bit applicable to our day.
It’s the kind of life wisdom I’d hope as a grandfather I might be able to impart to a child one day, after a life well lived on this earth. I’d be proud if I could do it half as well.
The book brims with insights well worth savoring, and I found myself several times thinking, “This is really worth reading again,” and “That’s something I should reflect on in my journal.” It would be great material to include in a homeschooling curriculum, perhaps starting around the eighth or ninth grade. I plan to use a chapter in my next Language Arts class.
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