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FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ MOVING BEYOND CAPE BOJADOR ~ 13 July 2014
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Posted on 07/12/2014 4:59:49 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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07/13/2014 11:18:40 AM PDT
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mylife
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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07/13/2014 11:19:00 AM PDT
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ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
To: ConorMacNessa
I am looking forward to it!
(((((HUGS)))))
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posted on
07/13/2014 11:19:10 AM PDT
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left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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07/13/2014 11:27:13 AM PDT
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mylife
To: ConorMacNessa
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posted on
07/13/2014 11:28:50 AM PDT
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left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: SandRat
Good Sunday afternoon, Sandrat. How’s it going?
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posted on
07/13/2014 11:37:49 AM PDT
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E.G.C.
To: Lady Jag
((HUGS))Good afternoon, L.J. How’s it going?
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posted on
07/13/2014 11:38:15 AM PDT
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E.G.C.
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07/13/2014 11:46:37 AM PDT
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mylife
To: E.G.C.
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posted on
07/13/2014 1:01:08 PM PDT
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SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: E.G.C.
Everything is looking good! It’ll be nice to have things done!
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07/13/2014 1:17:23 PM PDT
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luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!l)
To: E.G.C.; beachn4fun; Arrowhead1952; ConorMacNessa; MEG33; LUV W; PROCON; SandRat; Allegra; ...
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posted on
07/13/2014 3:15:01 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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07/13/2014 4:47:12 PM PDT
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mylife
To: Lady Jag; Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; MEG33; LUV W
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posted on
07/13/2014 5:49:33 PM PDT
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Arrowhead1952
(The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
To: E.G.C.
The house is looking great EGC!
The tree is beautiful & love seeing a shot of Oklahoma always. *Hugs*
To: left that other site
Monday will be a welcomed day for you. Hopefully the hot water heater issue will be corrected and you can shower in your own apartment.
Thank goodness you kept your internet. Mine went out last evening and didn’t come back til this afternoon. Withdrawal!
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07/13/2014 6:37:08 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Arrowhead1952
Thank you, Arrowhead, and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours. ((HUGS))
I lost internet Saturday evening and it took til Sunday afternoon to be restored. Not fun. LOL!
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07/13/2014 6:47:27 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: E.G.C.
Just seeing your pictures. That is a BIG tree! Trimming is a good idea.
Beautiful flooring. Very nice.
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07/15/2014 1:56:29 AM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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