So when a stranger thanks Kyle Carpenter for his service as a US Marine, his pretty automatic reply is, you are worth it.
Enlisting in the Marine Corps in 2009, he served for more than a year in Helmand province, Afghanistan, as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.
When he and his fellow Marines came under attack.
And in an act of extraordinary sacrifice, he threw himself on a grenade to save those around him.
Regaining consciousness briefly and realizing the extent of his injuries, he drifted back into unconsciousness just a few moments later and was pretty sure he was taking his last breath.
And thankfully, he was wrong.
Kyle woke up five weeks later at Walter Reed Hospital, where he would learn that large parts of his face and his head and his right arm had been destroyed and needed to be largely reconstructed.
He would have a long road to recovery.
Still, he was alive and grateful.
Now the youngest living recipient of the us military's highest honor, the Medal of Honor.
In today's conversation, Kyle shares this extraordinary journey.
His deep sense of service, his love of people, family, his fellow marines.
What happened on that fateful day, along with his years long road to rehabilitation, not just physically, but emotionally and spiritually.
His reclamation of life and hope and the legacy of kindness and service that he's working to build, along with his desire to help inspire people to really embrace life.
Much of this is also detailed in a deeply moving memoir called you are worth it.
So excited to share this conversation with you.
I'm Jonathan Fields and this is good life project.
So you're coming up as a kid.
I mean, what kind of kid are you?
What moves you?