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General Petraeus’s Final Message to the Troops
Sep 18th
No B.S. and all business just like we like it: In his final message to the Troops in Iraq, as he departs to take Command of U.S. Central Command, General Petraeus thanked them for their magnificent work and the sacrifices they and their families have made.
He is a leader who inspires the Troops under his Command. His Troops would follow him anywhere.
Liberals, a number of democrats and others who will not take risks outside their comfort zones or sacrifice for their own or other’s freedoms wont understand this message – honor, respect and “soldiering” are concepts they cannot comprehend.
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John McCain – Previously Unseen Footage – POW Release
Sep 12th
Still Photo from SVT Video
via: [AP] – A 71 year old Swedish journalist, Erik Eriksson, formerly with the Swedish broadcaster SVT, has released previously unseen footage showing Republican presidential candidate John McCain as a proud, stoic prisoner of war in Hanoi on the day his Vietnamese captors released him to the U.S. military.
Eriksson stated that he found the video in the network’s archives while researching a book he was writing about his experiences as a Vietnam War correspondent. The footage was filmed by a North Vietnamese photographer with whom Eriksson had contracted to film the release of U.S. prisoners More >
Individuating – Word of the Day
Aug 30th
1 : to give individuality to
2 : to form into a distinct entity
Do we seek to find ourselves or to repeat dysfunctional patterns?
Autonomy – “…self-governance through free volition, not separation or independence from others.”
Two types: individuating autonomy and relating autonomy. “…two distinct of autonomy—individuating and relating—each with superior function in a specific domain of individual functioning. Individuating autonomy represents a volitional capacity to act against social constraints and offers a route to achieve an independent self-identity by expressing individualistic attributes and distinctions.” – from: “A cross-cultural comparison of the coexistence and domain superiority of individuating and relating autonomy” at InformaWorld.com
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Letting Go
Aug 4th
Life
is movement
To move on we must let go – we can’t achieve our goals by staying in one place and hanging on.
Each of us has a period of time that is our lives and will be delineated by our beginning and our ending.
Some of us may have long lives while others will be less fortunate. The point is – we don’t have any time to waste!
What is holding you back? Why do you do what you do?
How will you use your time? What legacy will you leave?
The end is the beginning – face your fears, name your issues, examine your motives and More >
To Thine Own Self
Aug 2nd
“The more you give and share what you know and who you know, the more of what you have increases in value. ” – Mike Litman
One of our most difficult endeavors is to truly know ourselves. If you haven’t already, I urge you to begin a journey of self-discovery. Look inside first. As Jack Canfield, author of Chicken Soup for the Soul, says – E+R=O. There is an Event, then our Response and you get an Outcome. We can’t always control what happens to us and around us (Event) but we can control our Response to events, thereby shaping the results More >
