Redundacy
Redundancy - the sate of being
redundant
Redundant - 1. Exceeding what is
necessary or normal. 2. Characterized by containing an excess; using more words
than necessary. 3. Characterized by repetition.
Soldiers complain. Its a fact of life. Its what
is done. Its what soldiers do. Soldiers complain. Here is a story of soldiers
who have complained. Soldiers complain. They like to complain. Soldiers will
whine and moan about whatever they can. Soldiers like to complain. Its like some
kind of unwritten rule that you be able to complain. I complain. I am
complaining right now. Soldiers complain.
This is an example of redundancy. This is
an example of the classes that I am taking. I am in a class right now where the
instructor is going over the same exact thing that we discussed yesterday. I
think what's going on is that every instructor likes to talk and each one likes
to tell you how important something is and then they say the same thing that the
other one said. I know this should clear up any problems only the problem is
that each person has had a different experience so they contradict each other
and we (the empty sponges that we are) suck up all the information and just get
confused. Do I sound like I am complaining - I am. It kinda feels good.
Especially since I can do it while the instructor is talking. Its pretty cool. I
love computers.
The other cool thing about
computers is that I will set my screen saver to a particular pictures folder and
I can zone out of the mind numbing class and stare at pictures or jokes or
whatever I want. I don't play games cause if I got caught I would be "pushing up
China" or something like that.
Hey, have
you seen the 48th in the news lately? They are getting ready to go so I see them
on the Pentagon channel frequently. If you see them, make sure that you take a
second to pray for us. (Esp. the 2/121 Infantry - thats me) (And Adam - he's in
supply, btw)
There is an interesting
emotion that is coming to the surface in me. I am not really sure how to
approach it. Yesterday we spent three hours going over the OER (Officer
Efficiency Report) and how to get promoted. It was cool. After all, this is
information that you need to know I guess. You don't want to shoot yourself in
the foot if you can avoid it. However, as is usually the case, the information
that we needed took about an hour of a 3 hour class. That leaves us with at
least two hours of hearing the instructor talk about how he feels about the
subject. In this case, he went on and on about the career that is yours in the
chaplaincy. Honestly, it rubbed me the wrong way. As a Christian who feels that
he is "called" to the
mission
of the Chaplaincy, all this talk of career and money seems to be a bit carnal.
Now, I understand that this is idealistic and naiveté on my part, but I
really didn't come into this with that on my mind. I am doing this because I was
lead of God to do it. I feel that promotion will come if, and only if, God wants
me to remain in this particular ministry. I would like to have a career as I
could retire at 45 and still do a great ministry. When you reach the point where
you are in the place to be promoted from captain to major, you have to make the
choice whether or not you want to remain in direct contact with soldiers. A
major does administrative work. I am not sure that I would really like that all
that much. Having said that I always did want to be in admin within an
educational setting. So, I guess I will have to cross that bridge when I get to
it. I believe that God will take care of me and my family. I figure that each
time this comes up, God will lead me through it and to the ministry he has for
me. I'm just not worried about it. Sometimes I feel a bit like the attitude is
"you can trust God if you want, but here is the way to get promoted." I don't
think its like that - its just how it came across. Ahh - good ole' emotions.
Break TIme - Woo Hoo!! (Couldn't come fast
enough)
Posted: Thu - February 17, 2005 at 04:30 PM