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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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To: SandRat

Oh, boy! That sounds so good. Do you have enough for one more at your table?


241 posted on 01/29/2006 2:16:34 PM PST by luvie (Everyone that doesn't like what America and President Bush has done for Iraq can all go to HELL.-BD)
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To: Arrowhead1952

You had frost in Austin this morning? That is crazy. It was 45 here and we are farther north than you!


242 posted on 01/29/2006 2:22:34 PM PST by luvie (Everyone that doesn't like what America and President Bush has done for Iraq can all go to HELL.-BD)
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To: LUV W

Room at the table but don't think you can get from Texas to here in time; Unless you got a Star-Trek Transporter that you have been telling us about.


243 posted on 01/29/2006 2:27:46 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: Radix
God speed, 240th Engineer Group, Maine Army National Guard, God speed. Thank you for your service to your state and country.

Welcome home, 365th Engineer Battalion

244 posted on 01/29/2006 2:29:29 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation Valentines Day~)
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To: LUV W

Hi, Luv!

Thank you for the lovely post! I hope you are having a great Sunday!


245 posted on 01/29/2006 2:36:03 PM PST by Colonel_Flagg ("Defeatism may have its partisan uses but it is not justified by the facts.")
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To: SandRat

I can get there at warp-speed!!!!

246 posted on 01/29/2006 2:36:43 PM PST by luvie (Everyone that doesn't like what America and President Bush has done for Iraq can all go to HELL.-BD)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

Well, good afternoon, kind sir. Thank you...I always love to post his songs.

I'm having a great Sunday...talking to friends! (((hugs)))

...and you?


247 posted on 01/29/2006 2:40:34 PM PST by luvie (Everyone that doesn't like what America and President Bush has done for Iraq can all go to HELL.-BD)
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To: Radix

Thanks, R. Those pictures are wonderful!


248 posted on 01/29/2006 2:40:46 PM PST by MozartLover ( My son, my soldier, my hero. Protect him, Lord, wherever he goes, and keep him strong.)
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To: LUV W

I've been sick since Thursday, but having a quiet afternoon. Thanks for asking!


249 posted on 01/29/2006 2:41:56 PM PST by Colonel_Flagg ("Defeatism may have its partisan uses but it is not justified by the facts.")
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To: 2LT Radix jr; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; 80 Square Miles; acad1228; AirForceMom; Alas Babylon!; ...

Image hosted by TinyPic.com
Wherever our Troops are, that's the only place to be.
Back to business!!



ArtistDirect.com l Amazon.com l Walmart.com l Ticketmaster.com l Google.com l
 
Songfacts.com l Billboard.com l Audiophile.com l Wherehouse.com l Sonique l
 
MTV.com l VH1.com l CMT.com l MuchMusic.com
l Audio Realm l MSN Radio l
Shout Cast l Launch Music l Live-Radio Net
l MP3.com l

Dancing On Aisle 7! Only specially dressed folks invited!
No dresses! No formality! Only fun people allowed! No mushy music cause we don't do mushy!

Pussycat Dolls - Don't Cha

This music isn't for kids! Sorry!



 

250 posted on 01/29/2006 2:44:00 PM PST by MoJo2001 (www.proudpatriots.org (Support Our Troops)...)
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To: MoJo2001

Woohoo! Hi, MoJo!


251 posted on 01/29/2006 2:44:40 PM PST by Colonel_Flagg ("Defeatism may have its partisan uses but it is not justified by the facts.")
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To: 2LT Radix jr; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; 80 Square Miles; acad1228; AirForceMom; Alas Babylon!; ...

Image hosted by TinyPic.com
Wherever our Troops are, that's the only place to be.
Back to business!!



ArtistDirect.com l Amazon.com l Walmart.com l Ticketmaster.com l Google.com l
 
Songfacts.com l Billboard.com l Audiophile.com l Wherehouse.com l Sonique l
 
MTV.com l VH1.com l CMT.com l MuchMusic.com
l Audio Realm l MSN Radio l
Shout Cast l Launch Music l Live-Radio Net
l MP3.com l

Dancing On Aisle 7! Only specially dressed folks invited!
No dresses! No formality! Only fun people allowed! No mushy music cause we don't do mushy!

Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl

This music isn't for kids! Sorry!



 

252 posted on 01/29/2006 2:45:30 PM PST by MoJo2001 (www.proudpatriots.org (Support Our Troops)...)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

Howdy Colonel! What'cha doing?


253 posted on 01/29/2006 2:45:46 PM PST by MoJo2001 (www.proudpatriots.org (Support Our Troops)...)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

Oooohhhh...I'm so sorry that you've been sick. Hope you're feeling better now. Got an ole nasty cold? or the flu?


254 posted on 01/29/2006 2:46:08 PM PST by luvie (Everyone that doesn't like what America and President Bush has done for Iraq can all go to HELL.-BD)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

255 posted on 01/29/2006 2:48:05 PM PST by MozartLover ( My son, my soldier, my hero. Protect him, Lord, wherever he goes, and keep him strong.)
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To: MoJo2001

Getting back into the swing of things. Feeling somewhat better today. Care for some music?


256 posted on 01/29/2006 2:48:06 PM PST by Colonel_Flagg ("Defeatism may have its partisan uses but it is not justified by the facts.")
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To: Kathy in Alaska; MoJo2001; bentfeather; beachn4fun; Fawnn; StarCMC; MS.BEHAVIN; SevenofNine; ...
From the men in the Military and the Canteen


257 posted on 01/29/2006 2:48:18 PM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (Good Evening Ladies)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

How about some swing music? Just because you're in the swing of things and all.


258 posted on 01/29/2006 2:49:24 PM PST by MoJo2001 (www.proudpatriots.org (Support Our Troops)...)
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To: MozartLover

ML! Hello! How are you doing? And thank you for the lovely sentiment!


259 posted on 01/29/2006 2:49:45 PM PST by Colonel_Flagg ("Defeatism may have its partisan uses but it is not justified by the facts.")
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To: MoJo2001
Hi Mojo How's this? LOL

Image hosting by TinyPic

260 posted on 01/29/2006 2:51:23 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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