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Why Do Soldiers Commit Suicide?

I am a combat war veteran and I can tell you that war is not easy. I learned firsthand what is it like to feel like you could die at any moment. The one thing that I was not expecting was for war to be so boring. When I was first deployed to Iraq, I felt like I was going to be fighting in a war. However, I realized that I was soon to be sitting on a dessert for an entire year not going much of anything. My life as a soldier became boring. I worked twelve hour days and saw no sight of going home. Even though my orders said that I was to be deployed fro an entire year, I knew that this could change at any moment.

When I realized that I could literally be deployed to the dessert for the next twenty or so years of my life, I realized that I had no way out. This made me feel like I wanted to commit suicide. The feeling of not being in control of your life will often make you feel like you want to take it. The idea of committing suicide while I was at war crossed my mind several times a month. I can understand why some soldiers have killed themselves and why the pain of being away from family and friends hurts so badly. I was in their shoes and in the same conditions.

I would wake up everyday to hot weather and not being able to connect with my friends and family. The dessert is boring. There is not much to do there except to hope for the best. When the government tells you that they can change your orders at anytime, it can give you a feeling of despair. I know that I was scheduled to go home in December of 2003. However, my captain told us that the orders could change to going home in 2004 or even later. Basically the military owns you and the pressure is overwhelming. When you are in a situation that you feel like you cannot get out of, it will cause you to think bad thoughts. You will often feel like you want to kill yourself or find a way out. Usually suicide is the easiest thought that may come to you. This is mainly because there is no way to get out of a military contract. Even if you go A wall, the military will catch you and harsh sentences are given to soldiers that abandon the military in times of war. It is important to remember that when you sign up for the military, you are giving up all of your constitutional rights. This means that you no longer have freedom. The military literally owns you. They can do with you what they like. This is how soldiers go the name GI. This stands for government issue. You are no longer your own person because you are the property of the United States government. Living the life of a soldier at war is boring. If you are not mentally strong enough, then you can find yourself breaking down into sadness. It is important for a soldier to go through counseling with a chaplain or psychologist when feeling down. Never let depression get to you. Talking out your problems can help you to stay alive. I have been there myself and can tell you that you will go home eventually. Don't give up!

How to Deal with a Bad Next Door Neighbor

Have you ever had a neighbor that has kids that run up and down the stairs? I have had that and it is annoying. Unfortunately, there is not much that you can do about it. I have been in situations in which I would have to listen to my neighbors screaming and yelling. However I have learned that the best thing to do is to ignore people like this. Unfortunately, arguing with your neighbors doesn't help much. I also talk directly to my neighbors if there is something that I could help. I am the kind of person that just wants to feel more independent and happy. I like to have my neighbors hearing me out. If talk doesn't work, I always turn to prayer. God always seems to settle out my differences for many different reasons.

An Economy of Sorrow and Pain

I woke up the other day to hearing about the stock market doing poorly and people worried that they are about to loose everything. I could not help but to stop and wonder how that would affect my life and how I would respond to the United States going into another depression. I had to stop and ask myself what I would do first.

First, I would pray and ask God to provide for me. Second, I would go out there and work my booty off until I was able to earn enough money to support myself. The problem with most people today is that they think that they are above working certain jobs. Never let pride get in the way of what you know to be true. Take your life and say that you want the Lord to do with it as he chooses. Humble yourself and let God know that you will still obey him even if you are flat broke. God wants to see how much we truly do love him and how much we would like to obey him. It is necessary to not worry about your tomorrow. It simply will do you no good.

When you hear about the painful economy, just tell yourself that you are going to not be concerned with it. You cannot change a thing that happens with outside circumstances. It's also a wake up call that everything in this life will eventually pass away and that nothing is forever. God will give you enough food and shelter. You do not have to worry that you will be homeless someday. God will provide for you even if you have lost everything. The good news here is that the early Christians were able to see that God was not going to abandon them. The Lord was faithful to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as well. He never let his people go hungry or without. The Lord only wants to bring you closer to him and sometimes you have to let everything go in order to see what the Lord has in store for you. The old saying of "let go and let God" is true. I have done this numerous times and it has worked for me. The next time that you are watching the news, realize that Jesus still cares about you and that his love for you is real and that he does not want you to stop trusting in him.

Taking any loss in life is hard to deal with. However, it should never destroy you. Only the Lord knows what the future holds and nobody can tell you that the Lord cannot do this or that. Only Jesus can provide for us as he chooses and God can give us a brand new beginning in life.