And You Think You Have It Bad

Take a second to look at your life and all of your complaints......Ok, done yet?

Now how bad do you have it? All of my friends hear me complain about how I hate my life in the military and how miserable I am. It isn't that great, but like I have recently started saying..."It could always be worse." I just read an article on CNN's web page about the Navy SEALS who were stranded in Afghanistan when their backup support chopper was shot down. Two of them were found dead, one in the hospital and the other is still missing. That must be horrible.

In Iraq roadside bombs explode almost daily. Suicide bombers kill innocent civilians out of hate. Politicians and civil servants are executed outside their homes. All because of what?? For freedom. Why is that so scary to some people? Their way of life is far different than the one we know here.

Now let me tell you how bad I have it. I get three hot meals a day, a bed to sleep in, air conditioning, and a much smaller chance of getting blown up by a bomb or shot for what I believe. I get a paycheck on the first and fifteenth of every month. I get free medical insurance and a life insurance policy that costs me thirty dollars a month. I can do almost anything I want at almost any time I want. I am 1,000 miles from my family, but I am allotted 30 days of vacation a year. I can get financial aide to get a college education. I have clean tap water to drink any time I want. The Navy provides me with tuition assistance while I am enlisted and the only cost I incur is that of the book if I should decide to purchase one. I enrolled in the Montgomery GI Bill which pays for my education when I get out of the Navy. After all of this I still have the audacity to complain about my quality of life.

I just wanted to bring to attention the freedom that we should all embrace. I have a great life. I'm sure if you all take a good hard look at what you have instead of what you don't have, you might be a lot happier. I mean, you could be in Baghdad or Afghanistan or even a third world country starving to death.

It could always be worse.