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FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ MOVING BEYOND CAPE BOJADOR ~ August 21, 2011
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Posted on 08/20/2011 5:03:39 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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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!
To: yorkie; HiJinx; MozartLover
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08/21/2011 6:44:41 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: All
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08/21/2011 6:51:49 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: All
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08/21/2011 7:06:07 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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
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08/21/2011 7:22:45 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: All
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08/21/2011 7:46:31 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: All
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08/21/2011 8:02:17 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: LUV W
Happy Lord’s Day to you and yours, Luv.
Thank you for the hymns.
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08/21/2011 8:34:13 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: left that other site
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08/21/2011 9:27:51 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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.
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08/21/2011 9:53:10 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
You’re very welcome Kathy.
I hope your week is brighter, better and a real great week.
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08/22/2011 1:10:22 AM PDT
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Cindy
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.
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.
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08/22/2011 6:04:06 AM PDT
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Arrowhead1952
(Dear God, please let it rain in Texas. Amen.)
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*
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08/22/2011 1:52:32 PM PDT
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DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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