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FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel~ STRIVING FOR BALANCE ~ 22 June 2025
Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew

Posted on 06/21/2025 5:40:59 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska


 


 

 

 

STRIVING FOR BALANCE


In a university commencement address several years ago, Brian Dyson, former CEO of Coca Cola Enterprises (1986 - 1991), spoke of the relation of work to one's other commitments:

"Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them - work, family, health, friends and spirit - and you're keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls - family, health, friends and spirit - are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.

How?

Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special. Don't set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you.

Don't take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as you would your life, for without them, life is meaningless.

Don't let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live ALL the days of your life.

Don't give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.

Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each other.

Don't be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.

Don't shut love out of your life by saying it's impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.

Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've been, but also where you are going.

Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.

Don't be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily.

Don't use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved.

Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery and Today is a gift:

That's why we call it "The Present."





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1 posted on 06/21/2025 5:40:59 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))


2 posted on 06/21/2025 5:43:02 PM PDT by left that other site (You Shall Know The Truth, and The Truth Shall Make You Free.)
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To: lightman; xzins; bethelgrad; LiteKeeper; MoJo2001; 007; 1 FELLOW FREEPER; 11B3; 1FreeAmerican; ...
Please join us for Sunday Chapel ~ STRIVING FOR BALANCE, and Liberty

Lt. Charles F. Suver, CHC, USN, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division
"Mass at Iwo Jima"


Please stop in and say a prayer of protection for the military.
Prayers from all denominations are needed.




Sunday Liberty starts after the Guest Military Chaplain's Service!


3 posted on 06/21/2025 5:47:54 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: Kathy in Alaska
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4 posted on 06/21/2025 5:56:10 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Keep the Lord’s Day in the Lord’s way.

A blessed Second Sunday after Pentecost (Western and Orthodox alike, Glory to God) aka Corpus Christi (Roman Catholic) to all!

“All things good and profitable to our souls and peace for the world, let us ask the Lord / Grant this, O Lord”


5 posted on 06/21/2025 5:57:44 PM PDT by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Good evening Kathy and thanks for our Sunday Chapel!


6 posted on 06/21/2025 6:01:44 PM PDT by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Thanks again, Kathy.


7 posted on 06/21/2025 6:05:47 PM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: left that other site

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...and a Blessed Lord’s Day and Shavua Tov to you and yours.

Did you and Blue get some together today, or is it too hot?

We have high 60s, but no sun, just clouds.


8 posted on 06/21/2025 6:20:56 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: Kathy in Alaska

It was pretty hot, but I went for a little ride anyway. :-)


9 posted on 06/21/2025 6:24:56 PM PDT by left that other site (You Shall Know The Truth, and The Truth Shall Make You Free.)
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To: All


Dear God:
I ask that no Airman, Coast Guardsman,
Marine, Sailor, Soldier, Reservist, National Guardsman, or Merchant Marine
feel alone or forgotten.

O Israel, hope in the Lord;
For with the Lord there is loving kindness,
And with Him is abundant redemption.
And He will redeem Israel
From all his iniquities.

Psalm 130:7 & 8


10 posted on 06/21/2025 6:30:35 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: PROCON; mountainlion; Jet Jaguar; 2111USMC; Publius; spel_grammer_an_punct_polise; CMS; ...

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

A Blessed Lord's Day and Shavua Tov to you.


11 posted on 06/21/2025 6:32:40 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: MoochPooch; left that other site; SkyDancer; TigerHawk; BTerclinger; DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis; ..

Shavua Tov.
Wishing all our Jewish troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
a peaceful and prosperous week.


12 posted on 06/21/2025 6:34:00 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: MoJo2001; The Mayor; PROCON; left that other site; radu; mountainlion; lightman; luvie; Allegra; ...

Prayers for our troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
for a safe and peaceful week ahead.



13 posted on 06/21/2025 6:37:46 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: MoochPooch; left that other site; SkyDancer; TigerHawk; BTerclinger; DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis; ..
Extra prayers for Israel...

He Who blessed our forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - may He bless the fighters of the Israel Defense Force, who stand guard over our land and the cities of our G-d from the border of the Lebanon to the desert of Egypt, and from the Great Sea unto the approach of the Aravah, on the land, in the air, and on the sea.

May HASHEM cause the enemies who rise up against us to be struck down before them. May the Holy One, Blessed is He, preserve and rescue our fighting men from every trouble and distress and from every plague and illness, and may He send blessing and success in their every endeavor.

May He lead our enemies under their sway and may He grant them salvation and crown them with victory. And may there be fulfilled for them the verse: For it is Hashem, your G-d, Who goes with you to battle your enemies for you to save you.

G-d bless and keep your children safe, Alouette.


14 posted on 06/21/2025 6:39:25 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: SkyDancer

Good evening, Janey...((HUGS))...Shavua Tov and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

How are your ubering chores coming along? Any parachute plane driving?


15 posted on 06/21/2025 7:07:40 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: unique1; USMCPOP; JFoxbear; Dad of Chris Mason; debm29palms

God Bless our military men and women who have given their all.

Thanks, unique.


16 posted on 06/21/2025 7:09:22 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...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.


17 posted on 06/21/2025 7:09:58 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: Kathy in Alaska; acad1228; AirForceMom; Colonel_Flagg; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; ...


Dallas Christian Sound~My God And I

Aron Wright~Surrender

Festival Choir~When Morning Gilds The Skies

Glen Campbell~The Savior I Sing Of Today

Jim Brickman~How Great Thou Art

Life Church Worship~I Give It All

M Souders~We Gather Together

God Bless You All....
God Bless America!
Pray for America and Israel
and the World right now


18 posted on 06/21/2025 7:24:38 PM PDT by luvie (🇺🇸The bravery of our troops keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American.🇺🇸)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; luvie; HiJinx; AZamericonnie; Jet Jaguar; beachn4fun; laurenmarlowe; MS.BEHAVIN; ..

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

THANK YOU
for your service!


19 posted on 06/21/2025 7:26:57 PM PDT by radu (God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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To: lightman
“All things good and profitable to our souls and peace for the world, let us ask the Lord / Grant this, O Lord."

Wonderful prayer for peace. Thank you!

Good evening , lightman, and a Blessed Lord's Day to you and yours.

And a blessed Second Sunday after Pentecost (Western and Orthodox alike, Glory to God) aka Corpus Christi (Roman Catholic).

20 posted on 06/21/2025 7:26:59 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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