Truth Spoken

I can't stand people who call themselves real but will drop a friend without a backward glance.
I can't stand people who call themselves leaders but put down their soldiers at every turn.
I can't stand people who believe they deserve better treatment than anyone else.
I can't stand people who don't know better than to treat a woman, soldier and friend like me like I'm not worth more.

I'm not cocky. I fake it pretty well some days, but, more than anything else, I am honest. I am honest about myself and about others, I have no reason to lie or to tell people what they want to hear, because, at the end of the day, I am still going to be me and I am still going to have to live with every choice I've made. If I hurt someone's feelings or embarrass myself, but have taken that chance to make things better as a whole, I can look myself in the eye for another day. If I lie, or turn my back on someone, I cannot. If I told someone what they wanted to hear or covered my ass, I will dream restless dreams because I know there are consequences for such things.
I do my best. I do not always do well, but I do my best. Anyone who cannot see that is blind.

I am happily engaged to my fiance, and very much in love. I have some truly wonderful friends- many of whom have blurred the lines between friends and family for quite some time now. I am grateful for all these people. I am grateful for all who have stuck it out and stayed by my side, even when they realized the road wasn't always going to be easy. For those who haven't, thank you for teaching me a valuable lesson. I am angry right now, I know this, and see it in my words and thoughts. I can only hope I have managed to shield my patients from seeing it. I am a medic, and I will always care for my patients first. My problems, my wounds will heal. I became a medic because I am stronger, because I have been put on this planet to help people. When my tears blur my vision, I am weaker, and my patients are weaker for it. I won't let this pain detract from my mission.
My pain is sharp, but my mission is clear.
Rise And Overcome.