RiverSeal Member
Finding your purpose after leaving service
Hey Veterans,
Thanks so much for being part of the community here with your peers!
I haven’t posted in a while, so I wanted to touch base and have been thinking about my life with my father and our family lately. And how his service in the Navy impacted us and helped shape my life. Bit of a back story if you haven’t seen my posts about dad before, he left the Navy before I was born after 16.5 years of service. Then he worked as a civilian on various bases around Australia for most of the time I was growing up and living at home.
He had a lot of values and attributes that he took from the Navy, and he always was working hard at home, volunteering and at work. He found a real sense of purpose making our family home a very tidy and well-kept place and did all his own repairs and improvements. He also was an avid volunteer with St Vincent de Paul and became the President of our local store. He used to take me on deliveries and pickups to ensure the people in need got what they needed to feel comfortable and make their place a home. Then later in life he worked with a local aboriginal council supporting the local community and becoming a valued and respected support for them.
Dad always spoke fondly of his time in the Navy and his experiences as a Chief Petty Officer. And he instilled his values and beliefs about the military and respect he had for the other members of our family who had served in us. It gave him a real sense of purpose being part of the military and I saw that in the way he got involved with other things. I think having a sense of purpose is something that I have inherited from him and I have the same values and attributes dad displayed towards life.
I’m curious what helped you regain a sense of purpose, or what are you still searching for?
Thanks again for being part of the community and I’m really looking forward to hearing about sense of purpose from you!
Thank you
RiverSeal
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