Sunday, April 10, 2011

ENGL 1A

My name is Nick, I was a SSG (Staff Sergeant) in the United States Army and served for 6 yrs. I just recently ended my contract with the Army, I was really looking forward to continuing my education and enjoying the Freedoms that i believed i had defended. So you can imagine my surprise when i began to realize more and more that a lot of those inherent freedoms no longer existed. The more i learned, the more i realized my life on this planet had landed on a very critical age. This "critical age" I speak of is also a depressing one, so many facets of our once everyday life coming to a head whether its Oil, the Monetary system, or our disgusting addiction to the technological vices. I couldn't stop wasting my energy stressing about what is and what i needed to do, instead of what i was doing. But now through several practices that i have adopted i completely turned my life around by focusing a lot of those wasted energies inward. I am very aware of what our current global issues are and have set my life in motion to directly affect those issues. The difference is I am at peace with my decisions and the time it will take to make a serious impact. instead of obsessing with the future i now live completely in the present, with this comes a certain clarity and an overwhelming joy to be apart of the most important age of our Earth.
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  1. Jeramy WallaceApril 10, 2011 at 8:22 PM

    Great post Nick. I am with you in regards to the greedy, self-serving government our country has elected into office. You mentioned on my blog that the elite class that rules our country has lost their patriotism and sense of humanity. I couldn't agree more. Yet I cannot help but feel as if we are all the problem. It is the money we spend on gas, clothes, electronics, etc that puts money into these CEO's and VP's pockets. But I honestly cannot think of a way to promote change except in my position as a teacher. I hope that I can help everyone in the class look at national and global issues with a critical eye. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on how we, as citizens, can affect change in our society and government.

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  2. DinaMay 9, 2011 at 2:01 PM

    Thanks for serving Nick, glad you are home, safe and sound.

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