A brief YouTube monologue by Mark Evans DM recounting attendance at a teammate’s father’s 94th birthday at Mission Barbecue. The speaker praises the restaurant founder’s explicit mission to serve veterans—hiring them, hosting veterans, and pausing daily business at noon to sing the national anthem—framing this as a realized dream born of passion and clear goals.
One of the team members. I was at his dad's 94th birthday party yesterday at Mission Barbecue, which is a pretty cool place. That guy had a dream. Whoever started Mission Barbecue had a great dream. I want to serve vets. I want to bring vets. I want to have vets work in my place. I want to serve vets. And dammit, when it turns 12 o' clock noon, we're going to stop everything. We're going to sing the national anthem. The phones are ringing. Who cares? We're singing the national anthem. That's dreams. That's a goal. He dreamed it. He set a goal and he made the goal happen. It became a reality. That's passion.
