FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ HOW BIG IS ONE? ~ 16 October 2016

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

 

 

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.

 

[PROCON]

Woo-Hoo LUV, 10 days or so until RETIREMENT!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Ms Feather...*hugs*...beautiful countryside.

A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours. It was mid 20s last night.

Is it still sunny enough for you to go outside?

[luvie]

You betcha! I am MORE than ready! :) I know you understand the concept. LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

Did you and Baby win anything at the cruise-in? Or do you all gather just for fun?

[Kathy in Alaska]

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.

[radu]

...and it was more fun than getting dressed up and smiling at customers I don’t even like. LOL!

And soon you won't have to do that ANY MORE! :-)

Still pretty warm here but not as bad as TX. Mid-80s today but there was a stiff breeze blowing. Great day for the cruise-in.
No rain in the forecast until Thurs. when there's a tiny chance. Looks like next Sat. is our first good shot at any.

[PROCON]

Oh, I understand it quite well, the concept is:

[PROCON]

Why not?

[PROCON]

Why not?

[PROCON]

Why not?

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

Thanks, unique.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Military Families, for your service to our country.

John Conlee ~ They Also Serve

[luvie]

Oooooo....the Cruise In! Did everyone ooh and ahh over Baby?

It was really nice to have a Saturday off. It's just different somehow!

You gotta watch this video of Decorah Dad and The Big Stick

It's a hoot!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

To our Military -

Thank you for protecting us. Sleep well and safe.
May you be protected. May your families' hearts be at ease.

Thank you to our Allies.

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To those of our Military and Allies who gave their all,
- May your souls rest in peace. May your families be comforted.
May your/our country always remember.

[Kathy in Alaska]

The Lord's Prayer

[luvie]

Got THAT right!

Not sure that hubby is as thrilled about it as I am. I think he feels that I might impede HIS freedom! LOL!

Oh...and WOOHOO!! Ya did it! BRAT, PRO! ;)

[radu]

The cruise-in was fun, and they don’t do any judging so no trophies. We just show off the cars and admire the others that are there. Nice and relaxing unlike car shows where everyone’s worried about any speck of dust on the cars.

How’d your day go? Get everything accomplished that you wanted to? Or did you just kick back for a change?

[Kathy in Alaska]

WOW! Betty is sure sparkly this evening.

[radu]

WOOHOO! #50!

Why not, indeed! Might as well since it looks like LUV and I both took our eyes off the ball tonight. LOL!

[luvie]

We sure did! Eagle eyes we aren’t. LOL!