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FReeper Canteen ~ Guest Military Chaplain ~ Cornerstone ~ Jan 29 2006
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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: HiJinx
LOL!! You are bad Jinxy!! I bet it's not so much the camera has a problem as it is that you do this when you see a camera aimed at you. :)
601 posted on 01/29/2006 8:43:21 PM PST by trussell (Work for God...the retirement benefits are great!)
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To: bentfeather

So very lovely Ms. Feather, thank you!


602 posted on 01/29/2006 8:43:41 PM PST by laurenmarlowe
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To: MS.BEHAVIN; HiJinx

I have hopes to meet several freepers.

My first chance will be in May when I hope to travel to Texas. I have claimed that time for my vacation...now, I just have to make sure to save the money to make the trip.


603 posted on 01/29/2006 8:46:11 PM PST by trussell (Work for God...the retirement benefits are great!)
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To: MS.BEHAVIN

Holy cow, Annie Oakley reborn.


604 posted on 01/29/2006 8:48:39 PM PST by TASMANIANRED (The Internet is the samizdat of liberty.)
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To: laurenmarlowe
For you!

605 posted on 01/29/2006 8:49:25 PM PST by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history)
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To: TASMANIANRED

LOL
Not hardly, Sis!
I could'nt hit the broad side of a barn that day!
Ms.B


606 posted on 01/29/2006 8:51:01 PM PST by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history)
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To: HiJinx

Jinxy, never tried any serious shooting with it,

I keep a pistol grip shotgun for home defense.

I'm a little worried about it with having 2 dogs.


607 posted on 01/29/2006 8:51:09 PM PST by TASMANIANRED (The Internet is the samizdat of liberty.)
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To: HiJinx

It is our privilege as human beings to help one another,
or at least to care.


608 posted on 01/29/2006 8:51:17 PM PST by La Enchiladita (God bless our troops and their families.)
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To: trussell; LUV W

That sounds like fun!
You gonna meet up with Luv?
Ms.B


609 posted on 01/29/2006 8:51:56 PM PST by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history)
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To: MS.BEHAVIN

Nurses aren't right.


610 posted on 01/29/2006 8:52:23 PM PST by TASMANIANRED (The Internet is the samizdat of liberty.)
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To: trussell

Me too.


611 posted on 01/29/2006 8:53:51 PM PST by TASMANIANRED (The Internet is the samizdat of liberty.)
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To: MS.BEHAVIN

You looked darn good missing though.


612 posted on 01/29/2006 8:54:43 PM PST by TASMANIANRED (The Internet is the samizdat of liberty.)
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To: MS.BEHAVIN; LUV W

I hope to. Along with Eaker and his wife, and any others who will be there.


613 posted on 01/29/2006 8:55:36 PM PST by trussell (Work for God...the retirement benefits are great!)
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To: MS.BEHAVIN

MS.B! WOO HOO!

Such a great picture. Thanks! Saw lots of that today, LOL!

I hope you are having a very nice Sunday.


614 posted on 01/29/2006 8:56:24 PM PST by laurenmarlowe
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To: La Enchiladita

Amen, Dita!
*HUG*
Ms.B


615 posted on 01/29/2006 8:58:09 PM PST by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history)
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To: TASMANIANRED

Thanks Sis!
Ya workin' tomorrow?
Ms.B


616 posted on 01/29/2006 8:59:18 PM PST by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history)
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To: trussell; LUV W; mylife; laurenmarlowe

Dang!
I'm wicked jealous!
Ya gonna meet mylife and lauren too?
Ms.B


617 posted on 01/29/2006 9:01:20 PM PST by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history)
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To: TASMANIANRED

LOL...now why would you do that TAS?

Hello, Hugs!!


618 posted on 01/29/2006 9:04:01 PM PST by trussell (Work for God...the retirement benefits are great!)
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To: MS.BEHAVIN

I'm off through Thursday.

How's your hip doing today?


619 posted on 01/29/2006 9:04:37 PM PST by TASMANIANRED (The Internet is the samizdat of liberty.)
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To: MS.BEHAVIN; trussell; LUV W; NYTexan; mylife

Oh trussell! I sure hope you can make it here in May! That would be so awesome!

MS.B, I sure wish you and MR.B would get here too!


620 posted on 01/29/2006 9:04:56 PM PST by laurenmarlowe
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