One of my greatest ambitious and dreams in life involve joining the military. All the men in my family have both military and police backgrounds. Ever since I was a little kid, I was exposed to the military/police environment.

Over the years, while still in high school, many people questioned my reasons for going to the military. It always felt like they tried stopping me. I got where they were coming from but trying to explain to them that I want to go not just, because those before me went is not an easy task to do.

Why I want to go to the military

Talking to old vets, you pick up a lot about the values these people have. The loyalty, respect, discipline... The list goes on. The normal average life does not teach these things you, well at least not to their extent. That is something I admire.

The military, if you survive it, turns a young boy into a “MAN”.

That is something we do not see many of in today's times...MEN

The military teaches you how to break through mental barriers. As Arnold the great once said, the mind usually gives up before the body does. It teaches you that the only way to survive is to work as a team and to give everything you have.

Now if you know me then you would know one of my life sayings that I live by is “Unity is happiness”. For me unity in everything whether it be relationships, families, work teams is the thing that brings happiness and we cannot live without unity amongst ourselves.

Of course, I am obviously also following my dad’s example. I look up to him and being able to make him proud is my main goal in life. When I told him I was considering joining the military, he immediately told me he fully supports me and that he would be proud to have me follow his example.

The most important part of joining the military is to fight for freedom and rights. Although there is a lot of speculation out there on this topic, I still believe there is good and not everything is driven by money and hate.

Why I haven’t joined the military as of yet?

Last year in May, I broke my back playing sports. It left me side lined for over 6 months and I was in no condition to join the military. I came to a point of realization that I needed to execute my plan B that was to study.

My dreams and hopes all shattered after the incident. I thought it was all over. I started my degree in Computer Science and knowledge systems after finishing high school. This degree will see me occupied for the next 3 years at least.

Will I join the military in the future?

With a lot of hard work and rehabilitation, the doctors told me that because I am still young that I only lost about 20% of my backs full functionality. Therefore, the short answer to the question is YES.

I am just going to finish my degree, which afterward I will proceed to joining the military. I already have everything planned out and for the next 3 years, I will continue to strengthen my back and my body so that I am ready to go ahead and do what I always wanted to do.

This is just something I need to go do. Thanks to the Steemit community who helped me out of my chronic depression, I can now focus on achieving my goals again. Happy Steemin'