Four. Years.
Four years ago today I stood up, raised my right hand, and joined the National Guard.
It's been four years. Sometimes long years.
Has it been the hardest thing I've ever done? Doubtful.
Has it been the most rewarding thing I've ever done? Definitely not.
It's this thing that I've done that's helped shape who I am today. It's been this experience, sometimes good, sometimes bad, that has helped mold a lot of my views and outlooks. It's something that has taught me a lot of about I am and what I believe. It's an experience that has forced me to be more true to myself than just about any other thing in my life this far.
If I could go back and undo it, would I? I don't know. As much as I bitch and whine about it, I honestly don't know if I would undo all of this. Maybe some of it, but not all.
Four years down, two to go.
Let's hope the last two go by as smoothly as the first four have.
always.....
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