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FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ How Big Is One? ~ 05 January 2014
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Posted on 01/04/2014 5:00:01 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska
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HOW BIG IS ONE?
As a man walked a desolate beach one cold, gray morning he began to see another figure, far in the distance. Slowly the two approached each other, and he could make out a local native who kept leaning down, picking something up and throwing it out into the water. Time and again he hurled things into the ocean. As the distance between them continued to narrow, the man could see that the native was picking up starfish that had been washed upon the beach and, one at a time, was throwing them back into the water. Puzzled, the man approached the native and asked what he was doing. "I'm throwing these starfish back into the ocean. You see, it's low tide right now and all of these starfish have been washed up onto the shore. If I don't throw them back into the sea, they'll die up here from lack of oxygen." "But there must be thousands of starfish on this beach," the man replied. "You can't possibly get to all of them. There are just too many. And this same thing is probably happening on hundreds of beaches all up and down this coast. Can't you see that you can't possibly make a difference?" The local native smiled, bent down and picked up another starfish, and as he threw it back into the sea he replied, "Made a difference to that one!" Each of us is but one person: limited, burdened with our own cares and responsibilities. We may feel there is so much to be done, and we have so little to give. We're usually short of everything, especially time and money. When we leave this shore, there will still be millions of starfish stranded on the beach. Maybe we can't change the whole world, but there isn't one of us who can't help change one person's whole world. One at a time. We can make a difference. One at a time. We can make a difference.
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To: moose07
Staying safe, Moose - staying indoors.
A Blessed Lord's Day to you and yours!
"Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!"
Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
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posted on
01/05/2014 11:29:33 AM PST
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ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Mlichael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: GodBlessUSA; Mrs.Nooseman; Kathy in Alaska; AZamericonnie; HiJinx; Colonel_Flagg; BIGLOOK; ...
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posted on
01/05/2014 12:13:43 PM PST
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luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
To: LUV W
Greetings, Luvvie! I hope your Sunday has been great. Mine has been frozen solid so I can save it for later. :)
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posted on
01/05/2014 12:30:49 PM PST
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Colonel_Flagg
(Some people meet their heroes. I raised mine. Go Army.)
To: Colonel_Flagg
Howdy, Frosty! Wondered how you were doing up in the frigid northland!
My Sunday has been very good! Fixin’ta get even better as I snuggle up with my kitties for a nap. :)
Stay warm!
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posted on
01/05/2014 12:47:06 PM PST
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luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; TMSuchman; PROCON; ...
"Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!"
Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
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posted on
01/05/2014 12:54:43 PM PST
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ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Mlichael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: LUV W
Sunday Music Bump.
((HUGS))Good Sunday Afternoon, LUV W. How's it going?
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posted on
01/05/2014 12:54:44 PM PST
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E.G.C.
To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; TMSuchman; PROCON; ...
HEAR MY PRAYER, O GOD, INCLINE THINE EAR!
"Hear My Prayer / O For The Wings Of A Dove" Felix Mendelssohn (Click)
"Hear my prayer, O God, incline Thine ear! Thyself from my petition do not hide. Take heed to me! Hear how in prayer I mourn to Thee, Without Thee all is dark, I have no guide. The enemy shouteth, The godless come fast! Iniquity, hatred, upon me they cast! The wicked oppress me, Ah where shall I fly? Perplexed and bewildered, O God, hear my cry! My heart is sorely pained, within my breast, my soul with deathly terror is oppressed, trembling and fearfulness upon me fall, with horror overwhelmed, Lord, hear me call, O for the wings, for the wings of a dove! Far away, far away would I rove! In the wilderness build me a nest, and remain there for ever at rest."
Please let me know by Freepmail if you would like to be admitted to or released from my music ping list.
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Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
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posted on
01/05/2014 1:00:34 PM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Mlichael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: Arrowhead1952
Good evening, Arrowhead...((HUGS))...a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.
Hope you are bundled up and work is keeping you busy enough to stay warm on your rounds.
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posted on
01/05/2014 5:44:34 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
Good evening, early morning, Kathy.
Yes, in the 20’s and ice.
Snow gets more serious starting Tuesday 2” and Tuesday Night 2” and the rest of week unknown inches of snow or wintery mix, etc.
Those ducks are lucky you are feeding them. Where do they stay in the winter?
Ours are pretty transient due to the weather and everything frozen over.
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posted on
01/06/2014 12:14:22 AM PST
by
Cindy
To: Cindy
The creek that runs thru the back yard does not freeze, so I suspect they hang out along the path of the creek.
The days aren’t supposed to be below freezing til maybe Wednesday, altho the nights will be.
Good luck with your wintery mix.
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posted on
01/06/2014 12:48:54 AM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
Hope you are bundled up and work is keeping you busy enough to stay warm on your rounds.All the parks were deserted, so I just stayed at the exercise center for the most part. Of course, that makes for a long night.
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posted on
01/06/2014 5:54:06 AM PST
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Arrowhead1952
(The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
To: MEG33; LUV W
A tad late, but hope you had a Blessed Lord’s Day and are starting to warm up.
Last evening Luv was colder than me. d:o)
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posted on
01/07/2014 1:48:53 AM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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