The father
This quote is one that was passed down from my grandpa to my dad, to me, and now to you. There are a few things. This is just what I can remember, stories of an old retired agent who went into the private sector before finally the family sector.
"The best thing about people is that they're people. They change. They change for the worse, and they change for the better," - Sir John Allbritton.
"It is what it is. It sucks sometimes," - Sir John Allbritton.
"That ( the boxing stance I was using during our sparring) won't always work. It might work in a match. It might not work in a street fight. You just have to do whatever it is you need to do for whatever it is you're doing," Sir John Allbritton.
"Discipline is just doing it. Making yourself get up in the morning. The only way for you to be more disciplined is to just be more disciplined," - Sir John Allbritton.
"When I was in the service I once guarded president (Redacted). He was and is a piece of crap. I had my rifle and the ammo. I could have done it. I didn't. Sometimes you wanna do stuff. It might be the right thing. It might not. You have to think. To choose you have to think," - Sir John Allbritton.
"Learn what you're doing before you try to do it," - Sir John Allbritton.
"Sometimes you just gotta do it. Just freaking do it. Quit freaking yourself out. Just do it already," - Sir John Allbritton.
"Choose what you're gonna do and do it." - Sir John Allbritton.
"With that (becoming an author) you've gotta find what people want, the demand. Then you've gotta get it, keep it, and sell enough of it to make more of it plus a little extra to grow. Find out if people want what you're making or not. If they want it, do it. if they don't, do it as something fun but not as a job," - Sir John Allbritton.
"I knighted you and your sisters because I think you're mature enough to make your own decisions. That doesn't mean I'll always like it, but it means that you've learned and experienced enough to start learning things and doing things on your own," - Sir John Allbritton.
"With all that you gotta look at why they did it. They made ditches because they needed an easier way to farm. Why would they need to do that? Are they impulsive? Did they think their life was in danger if they didn't? Did they believe it would improve their life? Why would it improve their life?" - Sir John Allbritton.
"If you don't know how to do something, figure out how. That won't always mean being like MacGyver or Batman. Sometimes it just means asking questions, using your smartphone or the computer. It means figuring out how to figure it out or figuring out how to learn it," - Sir John Allbritton.
"Never be afraid to restart a book," - Sir John Allbritton.
"Always respect those with authority," - Sir John Allbritton. I can't say I agree with him on this or religion, but I can see why respecting the chain of command is important in the military. It's not always good for a life lesson, but it is for the military.
a brief biography.
John was born on October ninth, 1972, and grew up in Missouri's countryside out of a small town. He was a matter-of-fact man who dreamed of living a Christian monk lifestyle on an Amish-style plot of land he could call his own. He never accomplished the second half of that dream. He was a devote Christian and a great instructor. He had his faults, but at the end of the day, he's someone I can respect and call a man.
My dad met his martial arts mentor as a child. He began training. Eventually, when he grew up he began working for a horse show. He was a caretaker for the horses. Sometime around here he met a church, which then introduced him to the ancient paths society. He tried to get into the navy, but eventually, they found out about his heart problems, but he managed to pass the secret service standards. He wound up protecting multiple presidents before going into the private sector.
During this time working for the Gesellschaft für alte Pfade, a private security company in Germany taking jobs in the states. He went to college, meeting my mother. They had a trio of demons together. Eventually while working he was called away, during the middle of my parent's divorce. He chose his work over me. I forgive him for that before he apologized years later.
during this time he had a scare while working. A kid had stolen their father's laser sight. They tagged John. It scared him causing him to duck down and spin around the house before going inside it. The kid's father came home and spanked the kid. That's the end of the story.
He wound up getting certified by the USCCA and NFA as a firearm instructor and passes an anger management class. He earned a bachelor's in general agriculture, completed land navigation courses, and became an accredited nurse's aide. He had two heart attacks in his mid-twenties the to early thirties due to a heart problem he had since birth. Both heart attacks failed to stop him in any way shape or form.
He moved from place to place, trying to settle down. Something, he never said, always spurred him to move on. Either bad people, money, or death. He passed down knowledge wherever he could, and sought knowledge to give. That's what he did, slowly rebuilding the relationship he only partially ever had with his children. He accumulated a library he'd keep in storage units, eventually passing on December first of twenty-twenty one leaving countless books, notes, tools, and trinkets. He had a loving family, but not one he could always see eye to eye with. He died of complications with the covid vaccine which he didn't have a choice in getting. He died because he never got a heart transplant which he was on a waiting list for.
He did not die from Covid-nineteen. He died because of his heart problems. He taught me to be as honorable and efficient as I can be, but most importantly that doing what's right is worth suffering for. He was a true knight, truly practicing what he preached in terms of knighthood and chivalry. He did not die in any form of dishonor. He was honorable but rarely agreeable. He was never brutish, but he was never cowardly. Whether he liked the truth or not he spoke the truth. When he would have to lie He elected instead to not say anything at all, even when he didn't have to. that is what being a sir really means.