I'll admit. I was one of those college students who thought they knew everything. Politics was my particular wheelhouse and I got such a kick out of besting friends and colleagues in political debates. I was arrogant. My hubris was incomprehensible.
That all changed when I unexpectedly got dropped into Ukraine the day of the Russian invasion. I'm ashamed that day I could barely tell you where Ukraine was on a map, and I started to quickly realize I had a lot more to learn.
The day after October 7, 2023 when I found myself in Israel, I realized I didn't know much of anything at all.
This is not the typical war reporter memoir where I try and convince you that "this is the way the world is, this is the way it should be, I'm right." Quite the opposite. This is the story of a 25 year old kid humbled by two wars as he navigated his quarter life crisis. I'll tell you the stories of the everyday people we met, the things we saw, but I won't tell you what to think.
My position is the world is a simple place when you don't go out and see it for yourself. Up close I felt overwhelmed by how much I didn't know. If I could go back in time and grab that 25 year old Robert, I'd give him the humble pie myself.
Have you ever been so humbled by a situation or life event it changed your entire view of the world?
That all changed when I unexpectedly got dropped into Ukraine the day of the Russian invasion. I'm ashamed that day I could barely tell you where Ukraine was on a map, and I started to quickly realize I had a lot more to learn.
The day after October 7, 2023 when I found myself in Israel, I realized I didn't know much of anything at all.
This is not the typical war reporter memoir where I try and convince you that "this is the way the world is, this is the way it should be, I'm right." Quite the opposite. This is the story of a 25 year old kid humbled by two wars as he navigated his quarter life crisis. I'll tell you the stories of the everyday people we met, the things we saw, but I won't tell you what to think.
My position is the world is a simple place when you don't go out and see it for yourself. Up close I felt overwhelmed by how much I didn't know. If I could go back in time and grab that 25 year old Robert, I'd give him the humble pie myself.
Have you ever been so humbled by a situation or life event it changed your entire view of the world?