Life Changes

Changes in life can be a constant thing that happens to everyone, yet many of us wish to have simple, stagnant lives. I believe a person can be described by how they behave and overcome change. Someone might loose their job and do nothing but drink and complain how their life sucks, while another might have gotten his car stolen but still managed to get back home and figure out a process to claim his insurance policy to buy a new car and move on. 

When I was 17 in high school, I had my whole life planned out: go to Georgia State University (accepted), apply for a full-ride ROTC Scholarship (pending), then commission into the U.S. Army as a brand new Lieutenant. Unfortunately my mother got sick three days before my eighteenth birthday and died a month later. This didn't crush me (which it did) as much as how it confused me on the outlook of my life. For the first time, how I perceived the world changed in the blink of an eye and I found myself lost and stumbling over what I thought was my goal in life. I lost focus on why I worked hard and 2 weeks later, I went to go see a National Guard recruiter, enlisted, never looked back. It was the push I needed to not only bounce back, but come back stronger to be able to face harder challenges. 

It's a much different experience when someone close to you dies and you have to leave in less then 3 months to face the hardest challenge so far in your life, and then return knowing home isn't the same. From this experience I've learned to make home where you make it as long as you're happy.

What you do you think? Are people best described by their changes? Do you like baking? Please leave a comment!