Surrender

Self explanatory. I’m going through probably the most difficult period of my life now, and definitely the most trying of my army experience thus far, and I try to plan through the pain, to trudge along on my own in a hopeless bid to lead, to excel, to overcome. But I’m spent. And although the word surrender has never been [...]

‘I know a precedent,’ said Tereza.
‘When I was fourteen, I kept a secret diary. I was terrifed that someone might read it, so I kept it hidden in the attic. Mother sniffed it out. One day at dinner, while we were all hunched over our soup, she took it out of her pocket and [...]

Again

It’s that time of the month again where sleep is a commodity, food comes in trusty green packets, blisters are your best friends and the fact that you stink to high heaven doesn’t really matter because smelling take s too much time and effort . Ahh, familiarity breeds mosquitoes.
Suddenly field camp during BMT seems like a stroll in [...]

Mais

 
“Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.” 
                                                                                John 14:27 (NASB)

Reality

But Nobody said it was easy. No one ever said it would be so hard. I am weighed down by expectation, by prospect and by a fear of inadequacy and incapability, rather than the actual difficulty of the activities themselves. One feels the most lonesome in the midst of a crowd.
Sunday evenings. I pack my book in bag, lethargically [...]