When you think of life changing experiences, you can think of having a near death incident, becoming a parent, becoming a believer or something in those areas. Well in my short life, I haven't really had a life changing experience. But the most recent experience that had an impact in my life was getting my Eagle Scout rank. Through planning, hard work and a little luck, I was able to earn the highest award in the Boy Scouts, Eagle Scout.

Before Eagle, you need to start at the beginning, earning the Joiner badge, then moving on up to First Class and later on to Life. Now getting up to this point for me was easy in some parts and hard in others, but up till now every thing before was child's play because you had parents and adult leaders to help you do a requirement or find a...