Like any military training course, Q tests you on three things:
- Do you possess the capability and capacity for the tasks in hand?
- Do you put the team goal before your own status and glory?
- Do you have the drive to keep going even when it is hard?
It has been a gruelling five years, and often very painful psychologically and spiritually, albeit comfortable physically. That said, I can now see that it's the minimum time it takes. We know who is really in this for the right reasons and we can depend upon, because everyone who "graduated" from "Academy#17" overcame the tough obstacles.
The leaders of a reformed society won't be woke academics, greedy investors, or selfish lawyers. There is a total resorting of power and influence, and it really is a "meek inherit the world" moment. Only those who sought no personal reward for doing the right thing are worthy of the prize. That status will be fixed; no revisionist history will allow others to claim they stood for freedom.
These last 5 years has changed me in ways I cant even begin to describe. I still have room for growth for I am human and natually flawed from the society in which I inherited However, I am working day by day to make those changes even down to the littlest thing like throwing a gum wrapper out the window. It’s a sense of respect not only for God’s creation but the ability to acknowledge right from wrong and thinking before acting down to even feeling guilty for having the thought of throwing that wrapper out the window.
Thank you for this Martin.
