Honestly, this post isn’t informative or a funny story. It’s not a life lesson or advice for others. This post is more of my way of motivating myself.
Since I was about 5 years old, I knew I wanted to be in the army. I told myself for awhile that I wanted to be an MP like my mom, then I grew older and decided I wanted to go into the national guard like my brother. I didn’t know yet really what I wanted to do in the military but I knew the direction I was headed. Then one day I realized how mechanically inclined that I am and how much I want to be a mechanic. So, bing! Light bulb, yet? Mechanic in the national guard, duh.. and that’s been the plan for the past 3 years. I’ve been just waiting for my 17th birthday to roll around and then I’d just run straight to the nearest recruiter. My 17th birthday passed. I was busy with family things and school and work and I never got around to it. Now, things have slowed down and I’m antsy to get in there and get going. My mom, however, isn’t ass giddy as me about the whole thing. Our current president has made going into the military a bad idea.. The rules of engagement right now are getting people killed overseas. They can shoot at you but you aren’t allowed to fire back. How do you fight a war without fighting at all? Right, I get that. It’s bad news because of our current man in charge. Here’s the thing, I wouldn’t be going to basic training until after I graduate. Then the election isn’t far behind.
This is my point.. I reminded my mom, once again, that I planned on enlisting and I wanted to get the ball rolling. My mom asked me, “why do you want to?” I replied with, “its been my goal for so many years and I’m dead set on it” she asked me how I expect to get through it with the way things are going right now, I said “faith” faith in what? “faith in the fact that God has always done right by me and I don’t expect that to change anytime soon.”
Here’s my question, am I wrong? God does good unto those who do good. I’m enlisting to serve my country. I believe if you have a dream or a goal, you set it, you make a plan, then you follow through, and this is me following through!
