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“Laughing and Crying ” The bridge between laughing and crying is not long. During submarine deployments, it is customary to tell sea stories on those long boring mid-watches. During one particular mid-watch I told an amazing story that happened to me ten years earlier while stationed on my last submarine. This story shouldn’t be told when your boss is part of the group because there could be repercussions that you may feel later. My story …

…to carry out the orders that were given to me by this irate officer that had been belittled in front of many junior personnel. I left my watch station and proceeded out of control. I just wanted to cry because I had made everyone laugh and now was about to cry because of the outcome of my story telling. As you can see the bridge between laughter and crying, is indeed, not that far apart.