While chatting, I said that I cannot live with a sense of entitlement that as of recent times been a subject I've witnessed. Just because one has unblemished grades does not mean a University owes you a place; just because you have gone through shit in command school does not accord you automatic respect from those around you. As different as both are, they must be earned.
I have received more disappointing news in the last 5 months than in any other period of my life, and I recognize that these, as with many other things both good and bad, will become memories of varying intensities with the passage of time. I have also learnt that finding content in these times amplifies joy, because the honest truth is this: that everyone I know, myself included, has so so much to look back on, look at and look forward to with a smile.
