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FReeper Canteen ~ Guest Military Chaplain ~ Cornerstone ~ Jan 29 2006
chaplaincare.navy.mil ^ | chaplaincare

Posted on 01/28/2006 5:44:56 PM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub


 

 


Your Mental Attitude - Cornerstone

Waste of time is one of the most costly ex­penses on life’s ledger . . .
it can never be reimbursed.

Thousands of people would never have expe­rienced the bitterness and helplessness
of want if they had not first been guilty of WASTE.

There is a constant dissipation of thought and feeling, just as there is of physical energies. Each in turn exacts its heavy toll from us.

Dissipation of thought and feeling proves wasteful and ruinous to the mind and heart
the same process is equally as destructive to health and strength of the body.

As one man puts it: “Dreamy revelries, desul­tory reading, unregulated and scattering thought, plans formed without reason, or never carried out to wise results, are as truly dissipation of the soul as the wildest revelries and indulgences are of the body.”

Waste produces decay, stagnation, barrenness,
unproductivity, lack, ruin, destruction, want.

Wasting time on the job or money from our savings doesn’t make much difference…
both have the same end result.

Squandering or wasting time can never be accurately tabulated for us, but most of us are keenly aware of how destructive it can be and how terrifically costly.

YOU can do something about it by develop­ing the habit of thrift. By substituting thrift for waste, you will have made an extremely valuable forward step.

Cultivate this important thrift habit in all things . . . be saving of your time .. . on the job or off . . . saving of materials and equip­ment . . . on the job or off . . . thrifty with physical energies . . . thrifty with unregulated and scattered thinking. .

It will pay YOU big dividends in all direc­tions to cultivate this all-important habit of being thrifty with your time, energy, thoughts and material possessions. Learn to be careful in avoiding waste or dissipation in the small things and the larger ones will automatically fall into the same pattern.

It is entirely up to YOU during each day to calculate and control WHAT PRICE you want to pay for WASTE. We never fail because we are too thrifty in safeguarding our time, thoughts or physical energies . . . but because we are not thrifty enough.



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U.S. Army Sgt. Brandon Sharp makes adjustments to the sites on an AK-47 rifle at Forward Operating Base McHenry, Iraq, Jan. 1, 2006. U.S. Army soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky., are training Iraqi army soldiers on basic rifle marksmanship. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Timothy Kingston

U.S. Army Spc. Toby Cagle shows an Iraqi Army soldier the proper way to hold the weapon during close quarters combat training at Forward Operating Base McHenry, Iraq, Jan. 2, 2006. U.S. Army soldier from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky., are training Iraqi army soldiers on basic rifle marksmanship. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Timothy Kingston

201 posted on 01/29/2006 1:35:09 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation Valentines Day~)
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To: HiJinx

HJ.....#200!!


202 posted on 01/29/2006 1:36:06 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation Valentines Day~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Oh, the enviorwackos. Unbelievable Ma. I'd be afraid to drive. What does someone do if they break down in such an extreme cold temperature. To them, it's just the winter. :) Incredible to me.

We just watched a show where a famous football player, Larry Csonka, was rescued in Alaska by Alaska's Coast Guard. He signed a football to one in of the Coast Guardsman - Thanks for pulling my *** out of the water. :)

203 posted on 01/29/2006 1:36:18 PM PST by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
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To: trussell
HOWEVER, IF THERE IS ONE FLAW IN WOMEN,
IT IS THAT THEY FORGET THEIR WORTH.

That's only if we, their men, let them forget...

204 posted on 01/29/2006 1:36:30 PM PST by HiJinx (~ ~)
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To: HiJinx
:) Woo Hoo HiJinx
205 posted on 01/29/2006 1:36:58 PM PST by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
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To: GodBlessUSA

Talk about just stumbling onto it...just logged in to see what's happening before moving on to the next chore!


206 posted on 01/29/2006 1:38:47 PM PST by HiJinx (~ ~)
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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Bryson K. Jones, G3 combat photographer, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, aims in down range and fires off rounds at a range at Camp Fallujah, Iraq, Jan. 14, 2006. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Michael J. O'Brien

U.S. Army Spc. James Kalkstein participates in a raid on Bayji Island, Iraq, Jan. 15, 2006. Kalkstein is assigned to Headquarters Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jose Ferrufino

207 posted on 01/29/2006 1:40:07 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation Valentines Day~)
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To: bentfeather
Thanks, ms feather, for the Canteen Blessing for the Troops.
208 posted on 01/29/2006 1:40:46 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation Valentines Day~)
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We hate having to sleep on the wet pot: A traveler naps by an odd sign in Taipei's domestic Sungshan Airport before her flight home for the lunar new year holiday.

209 posted on 01/29/2006 1:43:04 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation Valentines Day~)
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With ski wax: In Zarautz, Spain, they're waxing down their surfboards, they can't wait for June.

210 posted on 01/29/2006 1:44:27 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation Valentines Day~)
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To: MEG33

wow where do you find such gorgeous pictures?
You must be an artist Meg. Are you?


211 posted on 01/29/2006 1:44:37 PM PST by MeekMom (Praise Jesus! We have so much to be thankful for!)
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To: darkwing104

Hi, DW ... how's it going?


212 posted on 01/29/2006 1:44:50 PM PST by Fast Moving Angel (Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. --Einstein)
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Take a right after the third Reebok and look for a pair of Florsheims: Highway beautification need not be prohibitively expensive, as Lewistown, Mont., demonstrates

213 posted on 01/29/2006 1:45:30 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation Valentines Day~)
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To: Lady Jag

wow. now that's something I've never seen before!
Cool Lady Jag!


214 posted on 01/29/2006 1:46:15 PM PST by MeekMom (Praise Jesus! We have so much to be thankful for!)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Gosh Kathy - you find some of the funniest news stories! LOL


215 posted on 01/29/2006 1:46:25 PM PST by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
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To: GodBlessUSA

It's a good thing he knows who to thank. The Coast Guard has an unbelievably hard job up here because of the weather. God bless them for what they do.


216 posted on 01/29/2006 1:47:24 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation Valentines Day~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

You're welcome Kathy.

Yep, I love Sundays.
http://songsofpraise.org/song.php?songid=358

I hope you are having a good day.

It snowed today when coming out of church, but it
was that dandruff like snow-- hardly any big chunks
and no ice. Good deal.

How's the snow there?


217 posted on 01/29/2006 1:47:26 PM PST by Cindy
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To: HiJinx

Working on chores today. I'm having a lazy Sunday here. Even convinced Hubby to cook dinner. LOL


218 posted on 01/29/2006 1:47:39 PM PST by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
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To: StarCMC

Hi friend! How are you this fine Sunday?


219 posted on 01/29/2006 1:48:16 PM PST by MeekMom (Praise Jesus! We have so much to be thankful for!)
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To: StarCMC

Makes you wonder sometimes what a photographer is thinking. LOL!


220 posted on 01/29/2006 1:49:24 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation Valentines Day~)
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