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FReeper Canteen ~ Guest Military Chaplain ~ Your Mental Attitude, Inspiration ~ Dec 11 2005
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| Arnold Bennett
Posted on 12/10/2005 5:39:57 PM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
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Your Mental Attitude - Inspiration
Whatever your lifes desire may be, it will rake on new significance and new appeal for you when that tremendously powerful force we term inspiration takes over command.
All great works of art . . . scientific advancements . . . business developments . . . man s modern conveniences.., elevation of our standard of living . . . greater social and civic freedoms resulted from individual and collective inspiration which devised the necessary machinery to accomplish these ends.
This message is inspired by a burning desire to kindle in your heart the spark of realization that you can achieve anything your mind conceives . . . if youll follow through on your creative imagination with intelligent effort.
Actually, there is very little difference between what you are now and what you would like to be. The very moment you add just a little plus value to what you already have, you will move ahead of the crowd.
The $25,000.00-a-year man doesnt need nor possess ten times the ability of the $2,500.00 a year man. As little as ten per cent edge often accounts for the difference. The answer lies in the fact that one man is inspired to do better, while the other drifts along in complacent satisfaction to be just average.
General Pershing said: America is a nation of peace loving people, but once inspired to defeat tyranny, we astound the world. Production records during the last war did astound the world. These records were accomplished by an inspired people.
YOU will be amazed by the record you can make for yourself through inspiration ... plus a little perspiration.
The strength that lies within you, when properly stimulated by a desire to achieve certain goals, will create a new record for your acquisition of fine friendships . . . greater popularity and advancement . . . substantial and lasting success . . . security.
Right now you are better and smarter than you think you are! Determine this very minute what you want most out of life. Then start out after it! Claim your heritage!
Put your creative imagination to work. Make a definite decision to improve both the quantity and quality of your efforts, today. Arouse those slumbering talents ... accept only the very best life has to offer.
OBEY THAT IMPULSE .. . NOW!
The manner in which one single ray of light, one single precious hint, will clarify and energize the whole mental life of him who receives it, is among the most wonderful and heavenly of intellectual phenomena.
Arnold Bennett
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To: MS.BEHAVIN
Good evening, ms b. ((HUGS)) Did you have a good visit with Poppa?
441
posted on
12/11/2005 8:13:54 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation Season's Greeting~)
To: MS.BEHAVIN
My tummy just started growling! That sounds so good.
Glad Poppa was quiet today.
442
posted on
12/11/2005 8:13:59 PM PST
by
luvie
(QUITTING IS NOT AN EXIT STRATEGY IN IRAQ...)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Hiya Ma!
*HUG*
Yes, a nice visit..
He was very happy to see me..
Ms.B
443
posted on
12/11/2005 8:17:24 PM PST
by
MS.BEHAVIN
(Women who behave rarely make history)
To: txradioguy
Cool....I can try it at work tomorrow.
Thanks.
444
posted on
12/11/2005 8:18:14 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation Season's Greeting~)
To: bentfeather
Thanks, ms feather, for
The Canteen.....".....a safe haven for our troops and their families."
445
posted on
12/11/2005 8:30:43 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation Season's Greeting~)
To: bentfeather
Troops and their families ~ Bump!
To: mylife; Rembrandt
Sorry for the abrupt disconnection......Batteries suck.
Hey My....delta....Navy....tell me more. Don't sweat Rembrandt, just an ear to the door.
447
posted on
12/11/2005 9:07:56 PM PST
by
BIGLOOK
(I once opposed keelhauling but recently have come to my senses.)
To: BIGLOOK
Wha choo yappin about BL?
448
posted on
12/11/2005 9:09:50 PM PST
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: MS.BEHAVIN
449
posted on
12/11/2005 9:16:04 PM PST
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: mylife
I was on the phone with an old friend from Danang. We don't get to do it much....my cell phone battery went south.
I have unlimited cell minutes weekends.....my battery does't.
You mentioned delta.....
450
posted on
12/11/2005 9:19:55 PM PST
by
BIGLOOK
(I once opposed keelhauling but recently have come to my senses.)
To: BIGLOOK
Ahhh Haaaa!
Hope you had a good chat
Faraway friends are special arent they?
451
posted on
12/11/2005 9:23:08 PM PST
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: Fawnn
Ralphie: Oooh fuuudge!
Ralphie as Adult: Only I didn't say "Fudge." I said THE word, the big one, the queen-mother of dirty words, the "F-dash-dash-dash" word!
Mr. Parker: What did you say?
Ralphie: Uh, um...
Mr. Parker: That's... what I thought you said. Get in the car. Go on!
Ralphie as Adult: It was all over - I was dead. What would it be? The guillotine? Hanging? The chair? The rack? The Chinese water torture? Hmmph. Mere child's play compared to what surely awaited me.
452
posted on
12/11/2005 9:30:08 PM PST
by
Valin
(Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege)
To: mylife
Faraway friends are special aren't they?
Continuity, sanity, war stories and BS.....
You too are a faraway friend......and I'll coax intel from you too!
I want the important stuff....BBQ tips.....fishing holes........now!
453
posted on
12/11/2005 9:37:39 PM PST
by
BIGLOOK
(I once opposed keelhauling but recently have come to my senses.)
To: BIGLOOK
There was venison BBQ last night
But I wasnt there for the hieneken and XO
Still...Its nice to be invited.
Rest well FRiend
454
posted on
12/11/2005 9:40:04 PM PST
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: Valin
I honestly never get tired of that film ;)
455
posted on
12/11/2005 9:43:34 PM PST
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: mylife
456
posted on
12/11/2005 9:45:59 PM PST
by
BIGLOOK
(I once opposed keelhauling but recently have come to my senses.)
To: BIGLOOK
457
posted on
12/11/2005 9:46:44 PM PST
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: trussell
458
posted on
12/11/2005 10:50:37 PM PST
by
DieHard the Hunter
(I am the Chieftain of my Clan. I bow to nobody. Get out of my way.)
To: DieHard the Hunter
I am pleased to meet you also. You found a great community to hang out in. The canteen is a wonderful place!
459
posted on
12/11/2005 10:55:24 PM PST
by
trussell
(Work for God...the retirement benefits are great!)
To: La Enchiladita
Gidday, Mate -- you write:
> I was thinking, considering some of the NZ govt's
> attitudes, I'm amazed you have troops in the WOT at all.
Our politics in NZ would be thoroughly puzzling to anybody looking in from the outside: indeed, they are puzzling to those of us who live here! It is unlike anything you'd encounter in the USA.
Suffice to say, our Government does not represent the majority view of our Nation on many given issues. And our outspoken Prime Minister certainly does not speak for all of us. She leads the Labor party who, for the time being, has cobbled together a shonky coalition government. But it would be a mistake to think that we all think like she does: happily, we don't! And the fact that our Minister for Foreign Affairs sits in the Opposition, outside Cabinet, should speak volumes: he certainly does!
In terms of the WOT, we have had the NZ SAS (our elite forces) deployed in Afghanistan, pretty much from the get-go. I don't think we are currently involved in Iraq in a warfighting capacity. Ours is a tiny nation -- no larger in population than greater Chicago -- and military deployments take a heavy toll. As it is, NZ takes responsibility for peacekeeping in our South Pacific region, which includes hell-holes like East Timor and Guadalcanal, where there is always fun-and-games happening. To say nothing of Fiji, whose government topples like skittles every ten years or so (usually harmless fun, but we still end up getting involved...)
We also patrol one of the largest coastlines in the world, and a huge chunk of the Pacific Ocean (a very big place!) all the way to Antarctica, to keep it safe from everything from drug smugglers to Japanese Whalers to pirates to illegal fishermen. And we also perform search-and-rescue over the same area...
Not making excuses, mind. There is a finite amount that a small nation like ours can afford to do on big projects like the WOT. However, when we do get involved, we send our very, very best: it would be hard to argue against the quality of our elite NZ SAS.
America has many, many friends in New Zealand who have not forgotten. That we are sometimes represented by impolite elected buffoons is a cross we must bear: after all, there's always next election!
460
posted on
12/11/2005 11:58:29 PM PST
by
DieHard the Hunter
(I am the Chieftain of my Clan. I bow to nobody. Get out of my way.)
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