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Ever feel tired and just don’t want to go to the gym today, or circle the parking lot looking for a good spot so you don’t have to walk further to the door.

Well, when you do, think about CPL Todd Love.
(From an article from Col JR Bates ) :

“Corporal Todd Love doesn’t remember that last step he took. Actually, he remembers little of the events from 0710 on Oct. 25, 2010, or of the days and weeks thereafter. While on patrol in Sangin province, Afghanistan, he became an intended victim of a huge improvised explosive device (IED) buried by a Muslim terrorist alongside the main route leading from the village Love’s patrol had just passed.

Pressure detonated, the violent bone-rip­ping blast temporarily blinded and deafened all within 100 meters of the device. Most would feel the concussion of the shock wave and be thrown from their intended path, but as is often the case when at ground zero, few would remember actually hearing it. Memories, should there be any, would be a surrealistic slow-motion horror movie.

The road erupted. The earth shook, belch­ing fire, rock, equipment and body parts. The life of Todd Love would be changed dramatically forever.

The horrific blast vaporized everything into a pink mist from Cpl Love’s groin down. His left arm was mangled badly and hung uselessly from just below the elbow. Had it not been for the searing heat of the blast cauterizing his major blood vessels and arteries, he would have bled out quickly.

Moments later when his unit corpsman reached his position, it logically and un­derstandably was assumed that the cor­poral was dead. As per standard operating procedure of combat lifesaving, he was given shots of morphine to help cope with the unbearable pain that was sure to come should he possibly still be among the living. Reaching the site as the dust was settling, the corpsman noted that there were still signs of life.

Remarkably, Cpl Love regained con­sciousness. His first cognizant words were to inquire if he still had his manhood. The answer was, “Yes.”

Sometimes, thats all you need to keep going it seems.

CPL Love competing in a Spartan Race after his injures. He also surfs, scuba and skydives.

Determination means you really cant keep a good man down.