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FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ MOVING BEYOND CAPE BOJADOR ~ August 21, 2011
Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew

Posted on 08/20/2011 5:03:39 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska


 

 

 

 

MOVING BEYOND CAPE BOJADOR



The early Portuguese explorers believed that the oceans were impassable below Cape Bojador, a point on the West African coast. When sailors set aside their fears and moved past Cape Bojador, they found that their fears were groundless, that their limitations were imaginary. We all have our own Cape Bojador. We fear things that we need not fear. We draw boundaries around areas of our lives and decide that we can't go past them. Since we believe these false paradigms, we will stay within their artificial boundaries and lose whatever experiences we might have found outside them. What limits do we set upon ourselves? Have you thought about working on your college degree, but fear getting started? Does a certain rating appeal to you, but others have told you it was unattainable, so you have remained where you are? Advancement or promotion seems so far away that we resign ourselves to our present position and fail to expand our skills and knowledge


More than 300 years before the time of Christ, Alexander the Great was marching across Asia Minor. He led the greatest army ever put together up to that time. They had conquered every foe. No one could stand up against them. They reached the Himalaya Mountains, and the advance leaders came back to Alexander full of concern and dismay. "We have marched off the map," they said. "We should go back to where we know." And they had literally marched off the known map of that time. Alexander listened to them and then said this: "Mediocre armies always stay within the known areas. The great armies always march off the map." Making decisions, initiating new relationships, starting projects, taking a leap of faith, all require that we go beyond our Cape Bojador. Are we willing to press on and take the chance of "marching off the map?" Let's go for it! Full speed ahead!


LCDR Freddie L. Barnes, CHC, USN



 

 




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To: Kathy in Alaska

No lessons today, but my seven day work week starts tomorrow.

Linda is so afraid of thunder...she woke me up a few times last night!


61 posted on 08/21/2011 6:09:03 PM PDT by left that other site (Psalm 122:6)
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To: yorkie; HiJinx; MozartLover
Thanks, Troops and Vets, for your service to our country.



Josh Groban ~ You Raise Me Up

Thanks, unique, for the logo.


62 posted on 08/21/2011 6:44:41 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: All

Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!
God Bless You and Keep You Safe.

Thanks, unique, for our troop blessing.

There Is A Fountain

He Hideth My Soul


63 posted on 08/21/2011 6:51:49 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: All

Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!
God Bless You and Keep You Safe.

Thanks, unique, for our troop blessing.

Great Is Thy Faithfulness

I Love To Tell The Story


64 posted on 08/21/2011 7:06:07 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: All

Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!
God Bless You and Keep You Safe.

Thanks, unique, for our troop blessing.

Blessed Assurance

Just As I Am


65 posted on 08/21/2011 7:22:45 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: All

Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!
God Bless You and Keep You Safe.

Thanks, unique, for our troop blessing.

Rock of Ages

Crown Him With Many Crowns


66 posted on 08/21/2011 7:46:31 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: All

Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!
God Bless You and Keep You Safe.

Thanks, unique, for our troop blessing.

Holy, Holy, Holy

All Hail The Power of Jesus


67 posted on 08/21/2011 8:02:17 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: LUV W

Happy Lord’s Day to you and yours, Luv.
Thank you for the hymns.


68 posted on 08/21/2011 8:34:13 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: left that other site

Poor Linda. I’ve seen a commercial lately dealing with dogs and being afraid of thunder and fireworks, etc.

https://anxietywrap.com/default.aspx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqDVLSCQxRM

http://www.gundogsupply.com/thunder-shirt-gray.html


69 posted on 08/21/2011 9:27:51 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: All
Click the pic for ….

Hall of Heroes: David Kingsley



NOTE: CANTEEN MUSIC
Posted daily and on the Music Thread
for the enjoyment of our troops and visitors.

70 posted on 08/21/2011 9:53:10 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: Kathy in Alaska

You’re very welcome Kathy.

I hope your week is brighter, better and a real great week.


71 posted on 08/22/2011 1:10:22 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: Kathy in Alaska

I saw those “thunder Shirts’ at the vet.

Hugs work just as well, and they are FREE!

hee hee hee!

Thank you for the links.


72 posted on 08/22/2011 5:11:40 AM PDT by left that other site (Psalm 122:6)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Good morning Kathy. The only way to stay cool is stay in the AC. I haven’t looked for arrowheads much, but may try later when it cools off a bit.


73 posted on 08/22/2011 6:04:06 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Dear God, please let it rain in Texas. Amen.)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Yeah, I'm back in school. I was just doing some homework online (all my classes are online) a second ago when it suddenly went offline and told me that "service is temporarily unavaliable."

Oh well. I'll try again later.

So how have you been? *hugs*

74 posted on 08/22/2011 1:52:32 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog for hits!!!)
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