FReeper Canteen ~ Guest Military Chaplain ~ Days of Chivalry ~ Jan 15 2006

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Your Mental Attitude - Days of Chivalry

When the days of chivalry are mentioned, we usually think of a gallant knight rescuing a fair lady or treating her with unusual courtesy. Gallant the knights were-and certainly cour­teous…But the fundamental basis of chivalry was friendship. The Knights of the Round Table were a sworn brotherhood of men whose strongest ties were based on friendship. Perhaps the most celebrated knight of chivalry, the Chevalier de Bayard,
was famous above all else for his friendships.

Friendship is loyalty-to our family, to our job, to our community. It is not veering and tacking like a rudderless ship or playing both sides of the street
or using people just for our own advantage.

It is made up of little things-a thoughtful word at the right moment… a little kindness beyond the call of duty . . . a sense of under­standing of the other fellow’s problem…a genuine liking for people . . . a sense of re­sponsibility toward our associates.

It has often been said that we must BE a friend to HAVE a friend. And, like all the worthwhile things in life, friendship takes work and effort. We cannot take our friendships for granted. They are like the food we need at regular intervals-they must be given constant and diligent nourishment . . . We can no more get along in the world
without a friend than we could without food or the air we breathe.

One of the important things we learn is that friendship involves tolerance for the weaknesses of others-as these same people are tolerant of our own shortcomings . .

“Good friendships are those that wear well,” said Emerson.
When our attitudes are chivalrous,
we find that our friendships constantly grow stronger and richer.

“The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth.”
Charles Kingsley

[StarCMC]

ROFLMBO!!! That is PRICELESS!!!!!

[StarCMC]

COOL!! She's sleeping, but I'll play it for he tomorrow!! She always smiles so big that you remember her!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Oops!! Sorry. I think I better give up and go home and come back tomorrow. Productivity is rapidly going down hill. LOL! Today has been very intense trying to match everything, find out who didn't get paid what they were supposed to and why, and go back and forth with the doubling of paperwork. Payroll now has to be put in weekly. Our paperwork for a bi-weekly payroll has doubled!

[StarCMC]

LOL!!! You've been working WAY too hard!! *HUGS!*

[luvie]

Really? Send some south will ya?

[Army Air Corps]

Sure, if the Weather Bureau is giving us a snowjob on the info. :-)

[Kathy in Alaska]

SWEEPING THE FIELDS— U.S. Army soldiers search fields for terrorists during Operation Falcon Sweep in Shakaria, Iraq, Jan. 11, 2006. The soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Company B, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin L. Moses Sr.

[Kathy in Alaska]

U.S. Army Sgt. Stephen Phillips, assigned to Alpha Company, 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, helps a local child with repairs to his book bag during a visit to the newly constructed schoolhouse in Husseinia, Iraq, Dec. 19, 2005. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill

U.S. Army soldiers, assigned to Bravo Company, 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, 155th Brigade Combat Team, speak with U.S. soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division at a checkpoint outside of Diyarah, Iraq, Dec. 20, 2005. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nicholas J. Lapinski

[Kathy in Alaska]

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to A Company, 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, and the Iraqi Army Special Troops Company, 9th Mechanized Brigade, conduct a Community Health Operation Program Service mission in Sobak Sur, Iraq, Dec. 26, 2005. These programs are routinely held to bring much needed health care to areas that ordinarily would be unable to receive such services. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to A Company, 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, visit a water treatment facilty in Rashadiya, Iraq, Dec. 29, 2005. The visit was to ensure that pipes which had been improperly installed were being removed to make way for new pipe to be installed. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill

[devolve]

[luvie]

Hope you get your snow...just send rain to us. We don't know how to handle the white stuff.

[DoughtyOne]

Is it bad form to hope that seat is a few miles to the left?

[DoughtyOne]

Well I guess it shouldn't be, everyone knows she's farther than that to the left.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks for the ping.

[Kathy in Alaska]

U.S. Army soldiers, assigned to A Company, 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, inspect the site of an improvised explosive device which destroyed a portion of pipeline used to carry water to a water treatment facility near Husseinia, Iraq, Dec. 29, 2005. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill

U.S. Army soldiers, assigned to A Company, 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, visited the construction site of a new courthouse in Husseinia, Iraq, Dec. 29, 2005. The courthouse is just one of many civil affairs projects to improve living conditions

Our troops are the bestest!! Please, God, let loved ones see loved ones.

[Army Air Corps]

"We don't know how to handle the white stuff."


LOL!

Y'all do get a lot of fog at times, though.

[luvie]

We do...and we don't drive well in it either. It's too dry to produce fog lately.

[Army Air Corps]

Well, Lubbockites tend to drive the same regardless of weather. If it rains, they drive like lunatics. If it snows, they drive like lunatics. You get the picture. :-)

[luvie]

Got it...they're related to the Odessans! LOL!

[MeekMom]

Hi Army Air Corps!

Thank you for my freedom!

God bless you!