As I am sure you all know the United States of America have been cursed with another term with Dubya as President. I was somewhat disappointed when I heard, but then I didn’t think Kerry would have been any better… He kind of reminded me of Gumby, the best I can come up with is because of his long face…It’s bad enough that our Prime Minister has a mono-brow, the last thing the world needs is another funny looking politician… at least Dubya looks kinda normal.
Seriously though, even though the rest of the world now has to deal with the US being lead by a complete and utter nutter, at least we can rest assured that there is hope for them yet. Utter nutter, utter nutter…try saying that in fast-forward 10 times…
Enter http://www.sorryeverybody.com/ This is a “Sorry guys, we tried!” from those who had the intelligence to vote, but not for Bush. It was nice of these guys to take the time to apologise. I don’t know how many times I’ve heard ignorant yanks ask those of us from other countries why we even care who gets elected when we don’t live there. I’m not even going to justify such a silly question with an answer.
Long and short of it, visit this site, it’s funny and it’s kinda consoling. Perhaps that Greenday song “American Idiot” would go well as a background theme for this site…what do you think? Ohohoh, while I remember, take a look here too: http://www.whitehouse.org/ … a nice White House spoof site if you want a few laughs… enjoy!
As promised I’m back to tell you all about my Officer Selection Board. Actually I can’t tell you anything about what I had to do because I had to sign a non-disclosure agreement. That said I can tell you how I went.
Basically, in the days leading up to OSB I was very nervous. I absolutely abhorred the idea that I would be sitting in front of a group of people who would be scrutinising me and passing judgment on the kind of person they thought I was. The reason being, I didn’t think someone could come to an accurate conclusion on the merit of a person by witnessing them for a day.
On the way down to Brisbane the night before I went through a variety of different states. Firstly I was nervous, so nervous I contemplated not even attending. Next I was frustrated, then angry and finally I was confident. It was weird, nervousness anyone can understand, but the frustration came about when I started thinking about the futility of being able to accurately represent myself for the board to see who I really was. Next I entertained thoughts of going in there and putting on a persona that I thought they would like. This made me angry since I didn’t like the idea of having to pretend to be someone else just to impress them. After this stage I got to the point where I said to myself, “Stuff it, I really couldn’t give a damn what they want, the only thing I can do properly is be myself and if what they do see of me isn’t good enough for them, their loss.” This conclusion seemed to make most sense.
Today was a perfect day. Everything went better than I could have possibly imagined… Yep that’s right, I passed Officer Selection Board with flying colors. I am going to be an Airforce Officer. I’m totally ecstatic, but I’m also bloody tired so I’m gonna spare you the details for the moment. I will update soon with more info. A big thank you to the huge prayer network that was behind me spiritually, I know that was what made all the difference in the end.
**Watch this space for updates**
…that is the question. Will I be an officer or will I not? Long term the answer is definitely yes. The short term gets decided this coming Tuesday. I will be traveling to Brisbane the night before, and I’m to be at Defence Recruiting by 7:30am.
This is where everything gets decided, where all the preparation and study that I have been doing to make myself competitive for the selection process comes to a head. I really can’t stress how much I feel is riding on this one day. It’s making me quiet nervous.
Thing is, I know I have what it takes be be an officer, and to get through whatever training they throw at me. What worries me is that the selection board mightn’t believe in me as much as I believe in myself. I think I am also nervous because this is the culmination of 14 months worth of waiting and 4 or 5 months worth of intermittent interviews, this being the last.
I’d like so much to land this job as it would be the career of a lifetime, it’s what I want to do with my life and it provides the best future for my wife and future family.
I keep telling myself that God is in control of all things, and of how Romans 8 tells us that, “If God is for us, who can be against us?” The problem lies in not trusting that God is for me with in this decision. Surely this would have manifest itself sufficiently in the advise of believers around me if this were the case though, and it has not. Regardless, the results of this will be known soon enough.
Jesus said, “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” Yet I have such a desire to do what is best for my family that the off chance that I may screw things up weighs heavily with me. In the end I guess the decision lies with those on the selection board, and all I can do is give it my best and know that God is in control of my future.
My wife said something truly brilliant this afternoon while I was studying. She reminded me how much I believe in her and her abilities to succeed, and if I would realise that this same belief exists in her heart for me then I would know that I am full capable of succeeding in this final interview. So I thought about it for a few seconds, and it made total sense. I can do this, I will do this, and I will be an officer.
Marty McFly said in the movie Back To The Future, “If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything.” So that’s what I am doing.