I never saw a wild thing
sorry for itself.
A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough
without ever having felt sorry for itself.

D. H. Lawrence

Just thought I’d add that I’m feeling much better now. I have decided to join the army full time for a 3-year contract. If I like it I’ll stay in and if not I’ll get out and get another career. I am also feeling much better about my Ex moving on and I think I’m ready to as well. So all you girls that were putting off calling me, you now can.

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
- Martin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love, 1963

Just found out that my Ex has been seeing another guy named "Brandon" of at least a month now. I know I should be happy for her...but I hurt. I broke up with her because I just wasn't ready to settle down. It doesn't mean I stopped loving her. And now she's with someone else...

I'm quietly freaking out right now. What the hell do I want to do with my life?

I've got a few options:
-Join the army full-time for a 3 year contract
-Go back to college in the fall for police foundations
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Once you see it, you know it
Was there all the time, so why
Is it all such
a big deal? And why
do we keep forgetting?

- Dale Pendell

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