Resident of Pauma Valley, California, northern San Diego county, since September 2005. Formerly of Washington State - Bellevue, Bellingham. Raised in Arcadia California. Active duty Army 1996 - 2000 SGT MI Jan, 2007 - Joined Army Reserve unit in San Diego for six year enlistment. Missing the beauty, rain, green landscape of western Washington and the beautiful city of Seattle. Not missing the socialist ideaology that permeates the area, the media, and most of the people. So I move to California....I know, I know... ______________________________________________________________________________ The purpose of life is to matter, to count, to stand for something - to have it make some difference that we lived at all.

Fortify yourself with contentment - that is the impregnable stronghold.

Character is shown through your commitment to personal integrity and demonstrated by your actions.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something is more important than fear.

The four virtues of a warrior: Bravery, Fortitude, Generosity, Wisdom

Courage is a moral quality; it is not a chance gift of nature. It is a cold choice between two alternatives. It is the fixed resolve not to quit; an act of renunciation which must be made not once, but many times by the power of the will. Courage is will power.

We are born with two ears and but one mouth - so it is meant that we are to listen twice as much as we speak.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.