When my mother took me out of high school I knew that my life would become difficult because we were taught that you have to have an education to make it in life. Since I was only 16 I really started feeling hopeless in life because I didn’t know what I was going to do. I worked to help my mother pay bills and that was all I could do at the time. Then she started telling me that when I turn 18 I had to get out of the house. I couldn’t understand what was going on because my brother was older than I was and she didn’t want to kick him out. As I started nearing my 18th birthday I was really beginning to feel hopeless because I didn’t have an idea on what I was going to do.
One night while I was watching television a commercial came on about joining the Navy. The next day I called the number on the commercial and set up an appointment to meet the recruiter. When he heard about me not having a high school diploma he knew I had a slim chance. I explained to him that I was going to be homeless in a few months he told me he would see what he could do. About a month later he called me and asked me to come to his office. I went in and he explained to me he would have to pull some strings to get me in the service but I had to promise him that I would make the best of this opportunity he was trying to create for me and I did. He was able to get me in the military without a high school diploma and I fulfilled my end of the bargain by doing eight years and receiving an Honorable Discharge from the service.
Now I have a status in life that many don’t and an ability to make my life a little easier with that decision I made and the help I received.
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Source : https://www.lifeofhope.com/answers-comes-in-different-forms.htm