FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ CELEBRATING THE SUCCESS OF OTHERS ~ 13 September 2026

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

 

CELEBRATING THE SUCCESS OF OTHERS

"Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend,
but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success."
-Oscar Wilde

It is natural and understandable to feel pangs of envy when we see someone else get promoted while we may have not been; or to see someone else get a NAM and we were not recognized for our hard work. It is human.

Life is full of many disappointments large and small, and it is tough to accept that others may enjoy greater fortune when we are equally deserving. How can we deal with such feelings of envy? First, it is essential to recognize that envy is an emotion that can be good or bad. "Good" envy can motivate us to keep on trying, never to give up the fight. "Bad" envy can lead a person to do harmful things to themselves or to others. It can eat away at one's inner well-being and leave a person an emotional, bitter wreck. Envy created the first murderer, Cain, who killed his brother Abel in a fit of jealousy.

Second, we each need to consider the blessings we enjoy, not to dwell on the things we don't have. When I was aboard the USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT in an ethics class, we'd take a large overhead chart with a clean sheet of paper and make a dot in the center of the page with magic marker. Then we'd ask the students what they saw. They'd all say, a dot, of course. Then we'd tell them: here is this big paper, and you say all you see is the tiny dot?!!?! We must look at everything we have, not just the one or two things we feel are missing from our lives.

Yes, it is hard to feel happy when others "succeed" where we have "failed", but we must never give up, nor allow ourselves to become bitter. Consider the example of my friend, a fellow Chaplain, who applied for commission as a Naval officer three times and was rejected each time. On his fourth try he was accepted and is now a distinguished member of the Chaplain Corps. Remember, when you feel at the end of your rope, make a knot and hang on!

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

THANK YOU
for your service!

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Not very pretty up there earlier today but that’s changed. Nice and sunny now, though it’s cloudy over the mountains.

Hope you’ve had a kicked-back day. I have.

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Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

Have a Blessed Sunday.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Please join us for Sunday Chapel ~ CELEBRATING THE SUCCESS OF OTHERS, 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!

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Hi Kathy!

I finally got a new computer.

Still getting used to it, but I think it will work out.

Have a Blessed Sunday.

(((HUGS)))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu, and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

Still hot? Mowing done?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Spent a little time out communing with the ducks. Several are always crabby for no reason.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

Blue weather?

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

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I spent the entire day hooking up my new computer.

I’m still working on it, and it’s after 10:00PM here.

It was perfect Blue Weather, and I didn’t get to ride at all.

Maybe tomorrow.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

Thanks, unique.

[Kathy in Alaska]

WOOHOO! Congratulations on the new computer!!

Hope it does everything you need it to do.

((HUGS))

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Finally! (Right?)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Fingers crossed for tomorrow....and finishing up your computer hook ups.

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Thanks! I appreciate it. 😀

[Kathy in Alaska]