Every morning i find myself amazed at the beauty of the sun rise here. I know, most people that find therselves in Iraq take one look and instantly wish they had never set foot here(GUILTY), but this picture and moments here and there remind me that God created a perfict world once. I think too often we take one look at our saroundings and wish we were'nt there, but the one thing ive learned in the course of countless, less than plesant, experiences over my short twenty six year tenure we call life, is that if you look hard enough you can always find something that makes your heart sing and your eyes glaze over with amazement. Most people say,"your just dramatic," and i would have to agree, but if dramatic means taking in the sweet moments that make life a fantastic voyage to an unkown world full of human experience, pain, heart ace, joy, laughter, and so on and enjoying each one to the fullest, instead of a drudge march to death, than i don't mind being dramatic.
What a wonderful journey we are all on!!! Man the pain and heart ace sucks, to be frank, especialy here in Iraq. Im not going to lie, i would rather be at home with my beautiful wife and two amazing boys fishing and haveing fun and would jump at the opertunity to go home in an instant, but thats not the point. I have learned, reluctantly i might add, that its becasue of pain i will feel joy. Its because of the phone conversations, were megan sounds like a robot and i can hear about ever third word, that when i hear her sweet voice for real it will be as sweet a voice ever heard. Its cause of the numberless nights spent alon and wishing i could just hug my boys, that when i can...,well only a hug from the savior himself could compare. Unfourtunatly the system is set up that way, but if you know that the hard times don't seem as bad. I mean its always a little easier if you know there is something in it for you right?
So I think i like being called dramatic. Although the pain...unbearable and the heart ace...not comparable to anything, there will come a time here shortly (infact within two and half months) when it will have been all worth it.
So the next time you find yourself in a hard situation and things seem rough just stop...take it in...realy feel it...notice it...be alittle dramatic because shortly it will all be worth it.
3 comments:
You are so good. Im with everyone else, you really need to write a book. I support you 100%.
Well jake I am doing as you requested. Posting a comment on your blog, yeah it is kind of wierd for me to blog. Anyways uhhhh nice comment to yourself. yeah you should write a book, I would by it. You are very poetic. It all started in Mr. Staheli's english class, oh the good ole days right. Well keep up the good work, I am proud of you!! Remember HYPE 520 this summer, there will be krispy kreme donuts waiting for you.....Here we go on a ride with new freestyle..... Be good. Hali says hi!!
sorry for making you look completely self involved. The comment was from me.
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