Monday, June 21, 2004
Just as I thought, here I am again.
I'm about to talk about something that I've been afraid to face.
The future. What does it hold for me?
I'm sure I'm not the only person afraid of what is ahead.
Do we dare face our future?
The question of what I'm gonna do when I ORD is one that has never left the lips of my friends, family, whatever.
It's a good question that a stranger could ask the moment he know's that I'm still serving.
So here's the million dollar question.
"What are you going to do once you ORD?"
Rephrase (for those not in the Army).
"What is your next step in life?"
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I've always believed in being true to yourself.
I would be the last person I would want to cheat on.
So what do I really want?
Maybe I can start with knowing what I don't want.
I don't want to go get a job, earn some money, and make do with having enough to eat till death.
I think people need more then that to live.
Live as in, to live life to the fullest, not just "living".
I want to know more about being human.
I want to know what make people think certain thoughts, do certain things, have certain behavior.
In this current lifetime, everything's all about money.
It's a survival tool for the poor, a weapon for the rich.
I classify myself as poor, thus it's a survival tool for me.
I would be contended with surviving, but what about the very thing that makes us human?
Money doesn't make us human.
What exactly does?
Not many people actually bother about the essence of being alive anymore.
So I think I can put down in words my vague future for now.
- Get a job that offers enough to enable my living, and satisfy my hunger for knowledge about the above mentioned.
I don't think I've answered the question yet.
Oh well.
I'm about to talk about something that I've been afraid to face.
The future. What does it hold for me?
I'm sure I'm not the only person afraid of what is ahead.
Do we dare face our future?
The question of what I'm gonna do when I ORD is one that has never left the lips of my friends, family, whatever.
It's a good question that a stranger could ask the moment he know's that I'm still serving.
So here's the million dollar question.
"What are you going to do once you ORD?"
Rephrase (for those not in the Army).
"What is your next step in life?"
-----
I've always believed in being true to yourself.
I would be the last person I would want to cheat on.
So what do I really want?
Maybe I can start with knowing what I don't want.
I don't want to go get a job, earn some money, and make do with having enough to eat till death.
I think people need more then that to live.
Live as in, to live life to the fullest, not just "living".
I want to know more about being human.
I want to know what make people think certain thoughts, do certain things, have certain behavior.
In this current lifetime, everything's all about money.
It's a survival tool for the poor, a weapon for the rich.
I classify myself as poor, thus it's a survival tool for me.
I would be contended with surviving, but what about the very thing that makes us human?
Money doesn't make us human.
What exactly does?
Not many people actually bother about the essence of being alive anymore.
So I think I can put down in words my vague future for now.
- Get a job that offers enough to enable my living, and satisfy my hunger for knowledge about the above mentioned.
I don't think I've answered the question yet.
Oh well.
