HeSpeaks7

Dream

I remember being in an auditorium at a pool function. The Marine recruiters gave a quick presentation to the other Marine poolies and I. Everyone began to exit the auditorium out the back right exit. I fumbled around in my duffle bag for about 30 seconds. I don't remember what I was doing.

Next thing I remember I exited the auditorium and I stood outside in a dead grass, forest area. I saw my fellow poolies at the beginning of an obstacle course, roughly, in a 6x15 formation, crouched in a ready position, at the beginning of the obstacle course. I toke my helmet off, to see what I was wearing on my head. My fellow poolies and I wore a desert camoflauge, I couldn't tell if it was the new experimental ones or the old ones. I think it was the new experimental ones though.

"Come on Patterson!" Ssgt. Gauge shouted.

They were all waiting for me to get in formation. The formation was sloppy, but it looked like an open spot was left for me in the formation. There was space for me to be with them. a part of them. I put my helmet back on and rushed over and got in formation, and crouched down.

"Go!" Ssgt. Gauge shouted.

The front of the formation climbed up a chain and climbed over the other side, and climbed down. then the middle, then it was my turn. I was one of the last guys to hit the obstacle. The other 2 guys pathetically tried to climb up the chains with not much success. I jumped up on the chain and gave it my all. That got me about 3/4s up, before I couldn't take anymore. I looked back up at it. It seemed easier than it looked. So based off of naive logic, I decided it was that easy and barely made it over the top. While the other poolies waited for us, crouched next to a hilly wall of mud at the tree line.

I don't really know why, but I felt inadiquet for some reason and I jumped in a ditch and crawle under the obstacle and out the other side. I guess I walked away from it.

Afterthoughts

Along with the feelings I've been getting, this dream is a call to change. A call to being a Marine. Soon I will not be sitting around home all day. I will be in bootcamp and on my path to being a Marine. My time for learning wisdom is closing for a while, so that I can focus on becoming a Marine. Though, in a couple years I will be back to exploring the nature of the universe and wisdom again, while being a Marine. Ooorah