insight into your own character
I just want to start this blog by thanking sensei Brewer and sensei Hartman.
Today i was having a great day, i had my trip planned to several castles, and i ran into someone from my barracks, with whom i have apparently been having a conflict with. I was unaware of the conflict because we joke around alot, and i guess he had started to take offense to it. So He broke into my car and took a bunch of my shit. He told me about it, handed the stuff back and said, "DONT FUCK WITH ME."
All of you reading this probably know me well enough to know that i dont respond well to intimidation. It took every ounce of self control to make it out of the commisary with out punching him in the throat. If not for sensei Brewer and sensei Hartman standing there on my shoulder telling me to walk away, I would probably be in jail right now. Then my next instinct was to report him to the police, get him in as much trouble as i possibly could. The items he took were of no real value, but it was breaking and entering, along with petty theft, in the military that means jail time, reduction of rank, seziure of pay. So i didnt feel the situation warrented that kind of trouble. I was able to swallow my pride, set aside ego and resolve the situation to my satisfaction. It let him know that he could just talk to me like a reasonable adult if he had a problem with something i did, and it kind of gave him a better perspective on how stupid his own actions were. My N.C.O. was also impressed how i handled the situation. I discovered that i have begun to defeat my ego, and i am happy to know how I deal with that kind of anger. It has always taken ALOT to get me angry, but once i Am angry, i am usually very unreasonable. So I would again like to thank Sensei Brewer and sensei Hartman and all the other people who have contributed for their guidance in my life to help me get to this point.
Today i was having a great day, i had my trip planned to several castles, and i ran into someone from my barracks, with whom i have apparently been having a conflict with. I was unaware of the conflict because we joke around alot, and i guess he had started to take offense to it. So He broke into my car and took a bunch of my shit. He told me about it, handed the stuff back and said, "DONT FUCK WITH ME."
All of you reading this probably know me well enough to know that i dont respond well to intimidation. It took every ounce of self control to make it out of the commisary with out punching him in the throat. If not for sensei Brewer and sensei Hartman standing there on my shoulder telling me to walk away, I would probably be in jail right now. Then my next instinct was to report him to the police, get him in as much trouble as i possibly could. The items he took were of no real value, but it was breaking and entering, along with petty theft, in the military that means jail time, reduction of rank, seziure of pay. So i didnt feel the situation warrented that kind of trouble. I was able to swallow my pride, set aside ego and resolve the situation to my satisfaction. It let him know that he could just talk to me like a reasonable adult if he had a problem with something i did, and it kind of gave him a better perspective on how stupid his own actions were. My N.C.O. was also impressed how i handled the situation. I discovered that i have begun to defeat my ego, and i am happy to know how I deal with that kind of anger. It has always taken ALOT to get me angry, but once i Am angry, i am usually very unreasonable. So I would again like to thank Sensei Brewer and sensei Hartman and all the other people who have contributed for their guidance in my life to help me get to this point.