The Military: A Moment That Changed My Life

Have you ever experienced a defining moment in your life? A moment where the impossible for once, feels possible? A moment in which you can visualize where you are, where you've been, and where you're going next? Such a moment is what changed my life for the better. A moment that separated me from everyone else. I was a naïve teenager with a body of energy and passion to serve my country and do something big for myself that less than 1% of our population has ever done. Military service or the military in general can be an exciting conversation for some, or it can be seen as texting at the dinner table to others. I wasn't always eager to grow up and sign my life away to the military for years at a time and be away from my family all in the name

Hence, why I turned to the internet for my source of information. Except, there's only so much the internet can offer about the military before it starts to become generic and biased. I was so busy working all the time and studying about my future that I never realized all the tragedy that goes on in the world. It was a topic that most likely every one of my colleagues knew about and I felt even more ashamed because of it. I was disgusted that there were people sleeping in the cold, with little to no food, stealing to survive and not knowing any better life than that. I thought I was dealt a crappy hand in life but you never realize all that you have until you see someone with less. It was a tough pill to swallow knowing that I had years to go before I could even sign up and join. But it was in that moment that I felt "defined" as a person. It was in that moment that whatever I thought I knew before, there are always two sides to a story, and even more sides to life. It was a moment that made me acknowledge all I had and how easily it could be taken away from me with the slightest wrong move. I love my parents and I love what they've done for me and taught me but at the end of the day we all have minds of our