The Approaching Storm

Back in 2017, after serving 6 honorable years, I was discharged from the military "under other than honorable" conditions. I'm not ashamed to admit this. 

After submitting the right paperwork, communicating with the correct authorities, and all around just not giving up and staying relentless in my determination, I have been able to 1) get medical attention for my mental health concerns and needs, 2) start receive 100% disability compensation from the veterans affairs, 3) reverse the negative discharge and restore my "honorable" status, and 4) continue creating music and traveling the world performing shows. 

You know, it's interesting. A lot of people have a lot of bad things to say about the military and they would probably tell me I'm completely justified to hold a grudge against the army. I mean my whole unit turned on me. To them, I was just a bad guy, a shitty soldier, someone who couldn't listen and do what they were told ... while no one below my rank, at it, or above it could see the real mental health concerns rocking my inner world to and fro just below the surface.

Nonetheless I don't. I don't hold a grudge. I'd actually argue against holding a grudge because in my world, doing so only keeps people stuck. My suggestion ... let go of that bullshit and be grateful for where your life is going forward. If you want to move forward in your own life, you're going to need to see all that shit with a grudge held against it in an entirely different light. Possibly in a new one altogether.

And let's be honest, it's more than like that the change you're looking for won't just happen overnight. But if you want it to change, you'll need to change how you're looking at it. By doing so, you just might stand a chance when the deeper storms hit home making their way in from just beyond that horizon.