Visions of sugarplums…
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There is no sight on earth more appealing than the sight of a woman making dinner for someone she loves.” ~Thomas Wolfe
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A Chaplain Speaks Out…
A Chaplain of the US Senate, Edwards Everett Hale was educated at Harvard, A Boston minister, noted scholar and one who believed in the government control of monopolies, had this to say about the US Senate when asked one day:
“Do you pray for the Senators, Dr. Hale?” he replied, “No, I look at the Senators, and pray for the country.”
I do hope he’s still praying for the country… Are you?
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A New Christmas Gift Giving Tradition
Today, December 6th is Saint Nicholas’s Day – the beginning of Christmas gift giving .
My roommate from college normally sends me jokes… lots of jokes, but sometimes he waxes philosophical and I thought I’d share his latest set of suggestions with you for Christmas gift giving.
It truly makes sense (though I still want a steam locomotive with tender and about six rolling stock cars this year)
Here are the suggestions he passed along
(Thanks Dan!)
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A US President Gives Counsel
This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in. ~Theodore Roosevelt
PS He actually “earned” the Nobel Peace Prize by mediating the Russo- Japanese War
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What makes leadership different
“The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.” John Maxwell
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US Air Force Began Here
First known as Fort Whipple when it was part of the Defenses of Washington DC during the US Civil War, Fort Myer, Virginia is key in the US Air Force’s history. A significant milestone, actually the cornerstone, as the first military aviation flights occurred on Post in September 1908 when the Wright Flyer ascended the skies above the drill field. In response to the US Army’s Signal Corps request, the fledgling craft would spend the days of the next week that September circling the acres where the US Army’s cavalry and field artillery trained and General Philip Sheridan deemed a showcase for the Cavalry.
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The Old Guard on a Mission 2011
For weeks, the 3d Infantry Regiment of the US Army – The Old Guard – has been on a mission within Arlington National Cemetery … The prestigious ceremonial unit, which calls Fort Myer their home since 1948, has been photographing each of the headstones within the hallowed ground of what was once the Custis-Lee estate.
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The long road back
If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
–Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I’ve kept this hidden from most of you, since I felt it wasn’t appropriate to air what I’ve had to endure for a rather long time. It was suggested that I share, share to relieve some of the pain.
It’s been a rather challenging year and then some. For those who have been there to support in many ways, I thank you. At times, I didn’t know if I was going to be able to continue on given that I was constantly surrounded by the death of several loved ones and close friends and rejection once again by my daughter.
I’m not out of the woods yet… but it’s getting better. The therapeutic release that I’ve been working on has had a positive effect and I know I will go on despite all these sorrows… mourning is really not any fun.
Thank you my friends!
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Leadership
“The day Soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them or have concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.”
GEN Colin Powell, USA (Ret.)
Former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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The Ongoing Fight
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To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. ~e.e. cummings
