Letter from the Editor: Showing they are unconquered
Then you watch the Invictus Games.
These men and women who have suffered horrendous injuries in the service of their country and yet who have battled back, not just to a level of fitness to allow them to go about their daily lives, but to be able to take part in top level sport.
Along with all disabled sportsmen and women, the physical odds they have overcome should never be understated.
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Hide AdBut perhaps the biggest challenge is counteracting the mental demons and accepting that physically you are no longer the person you were.
These men and women who served with the Armed Forces would have been at peak fitness when cruelly they received their devastating injuries, whether it be blown up by a landmine with the loss of limbs, shot by a sniper or even suffering from post traumatic stress by what they have been through.
The Invictus Games gives them a platform to show that they have the willpower to persevere and conquer new challenges.
Invictus means unconquered and in recent days the efforts of these Armed Forces personnel in the 2016 event in the United States has shown how, despite suffering such terrible life-changing injuries, the human spirit can fight back ... and win.