18 Life Lessons I Learned at Boot Camp That Even Civilians Should Follow BY J. MARK JACKSON
Life isn’t about finding yourself, it is about creating yourself. You need to passed all struggle in life before you achieved what you want to achieved in your life. Life is not like answering the math problem “1+1”. Life is like making a program. Step by step, analyzing the question, and give your best looping statement to run your program correctly. Based on the article that J. Mark Jackson wrote about Life lesson that he learned at Boot Camp. I’ve learned more about life. And I realized more things in life.
The first thing that I learned in his life lesson is the #5 life lesson. Which is “Smile even when it sucks.”. No matter what problem comes in our life don’t forget to smile. Smile is the best revenge in our problem. Because when you smile you are motivated to solve the problem. But smile is not always the best revenge. Because not everyone who take all struggle in life is strong. I’m not like you, She/he are not like me. All the people who lived in this world are different. They have a strategy to passed the all struggle in life.
The second thing that I learned is the life lesson #17 “If you go to a war zone, do your duty. Don’t be foolish, but be brave.” Do your best to passed the struggle. Even if this problem is hard or not, give your best. If you fail to passed the problem in life it is not hard to let go because you know that you give all your best to passed it. And all the people around you are proud to you, for not giving up and for showing how you brave to fight the problem in life.
And the last thing I learned is the last life lesson he wrote. “This opportunity is a springboard to your life’s future success.” All problem comes in your life, treat them like travelling the whole world without joining anyone to you. Embrace all the experience for all its worth. Because you’ll never a teenager again and you’ll never have opportunities like these again.
Going back that I learned in his life lesson the he learned at Boot Camp. As a 3rd year college student and taking a Bachelor degree, I’m much stronger than before after I read his article. Because the life in college is so hard. There’s no elevator to reach your goals in your life. You need to take the stairs if you like it or not. Just like what I said life isn’t about finding yourself, it is about creating yourself. Creating yourself step by step and creating your future by taking the stairs.