Tonight I was looking at an article where this young (former) Marine was discussing his pending Congressional Medal of Honor. He stated it was hard "...getting recognized for the worst day of your life..."

Picture from http://www.army.mil/medalofhonor/crandall/medal/index.html

The reality is that we will almost never achive great recognition for something easy. Anything valuable enough to deserve recognition will likely be difficult. In his case, he certainly deserves recognition. The young man saved many lives, and brought four of his fallen comrades out of the hostile environment where they had lost their lives.

Unfortunately, it seems too many people believe that there should be some recognition for little or no real sustained effort or risk. Perhaps the question for all of us is, what risk are we willing to take, even if there may be no recognition at the end?