“Take Every Breath God Gives You For What It’s Worth”
You hear all the time to not take things for granted, and how you never know when your life will be over so live each day to its fullest, and all that crap. Well, in this letter from Andrew he told me about the trip to Ramadi and how aggravating it was and all and then he went into how it is to be there. He said how he thought he was prepared for the war zone and how you think you know what it’s like, but in reality it was such an eye opener. It was nothing like he expected and he said there really was no way to prepare for that environment.
You know they say how beautiful the Earth is and all, and how it’s God’s creation therefore it is beautiful. Well this letter gave me a whole new perspective. I will never know what it is like to be in that environment that Andrew is living in right now. At least I hope I never have to know what it is like. It’s so ”ugly”, to put an adjective to it. There are (unfortunately) ugly parts to this world, so it seems. However, the work some of the soldiers are doing over seas is beautiful… which can clear up for the ugliness of the environment over there I guess.
He said how sad it is. Like how dreary like. It’s nothing but dirt. Everything is so boring looking. Nothing but dirt, grass, and flowers (which some are pretty but its not that great)… he said it’s not pleasant. And he told me how he misses the colors of home. The beauty here is so different than it is on the other side of the world. It’s sad. We have all these strong amazing men and women doing all this work over seas and it’s not enjoyable but it’s their job. I am so proud of them. Yet I feel so bad, because I wish I could just go do a total make over for Iraq to make it a more enjoyable place. Haha… anyone else in??? ROADTRIP! (ok not so much…)
He mentioned about how much he now realizes he took for granted while being home. And how much he misses me and his other friends and family. And that’s when it hit me how true that is. We have so much here… some more than others but still look how fortunate we are. If you are reading this, you have a computer or internet access, you have a roof over your head day in and day out… you have a warm cozy bed to sleep in every night, you have good food, air conditioning, heat, whatever you need to get by each day, you have!
Andrew was saying how when they first got to Kuwait they didn’t get to eat, sleep, anything really… he said it was awful! I just can’t imagine. He said the only place to sit was on rocks too. Horrible situation.
To sum this up… his letter just really made me think about how much I really do have, for not having a lot, and for struggling to pay for my education and everything else on my own and with little help from my parents. I have everything I could ever need and some. Therefore I have a reason (and so do you…) to live each day so full and keep in mind how lucky I am to have what I have. Take every thing I have and live it out for what it is worth… noting the title from a Kenny Chesney song ”Don’t Blink”… ”take every breath God gives you for what it’s worth”
Keep On Singing, and Leave A Little Tune….
