they say that in the army, you meet all kinds of people. nerds, dropouts, nerdy dropouts, sissys, chauvanists, clubbers and country clubbers, PSPs and chinese chesses, gangleaders and church leaders and buddhist devotees and...
they say that in the army, you learn to be a yes man. "do this""yes sir" do that" yessir" drop20 "yasser arrafat" (spelling?)
they say that in the army, you find out more about who you are. a leader, a bum, a sacrificial giver, a..........
they say that in the army, you learn the sacredness of sleep and time and family and friends and girlfriends and...........
but who cares what they say?
in the army, what do i want?
what does God want?
impact lives positively.
but okay here are some promises i would like to make to the world around me.
1. i will not cover my head in shame or that kind of thing.
2. i will not change who i am or the way i speak
3. i will not keep talking about army (this one is especially for the girls)
4. i will give excellence in everything that i do. in or out of army. and not be selfish with my time.
5. i will strive to keep my friends and treasure my family and spend time with them.
6. i will _________________________________
i think i will have more to add once i go in
see you all in 2 weeks and in my new crown of glory.
and keith/don/wiccan. i hope we will meet soon. may my God bless you and yours too.
MING