A Commanders orders to His men

By treefrog 

Thu Mar 20th, 2003 at 06:40:35 PM EST 

There is a long tradition of military commanders giving final words of encouragement to their troops before battle.

Below is a speech given by Lieutenant Colonel Tim Collins to the 1st Battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment.

It seems somewhat ironic to me that our military leaders appear to be more eloquent, and have a better understanding of the meaning of what they are doing, than the politicians who instruct them in our name.

The Stanger in the house

The Stanger

A few Months before I was born. My dad met a stranger who was new to our small Tennessee town. From the beginning, dad was fascinated with this enchanting newcomer, and soon invited him to live with our family. The stranger was quickly accepted and was around to welcome me into the world a few months later.

feeding the soul from the BBC

The conversation was on the radio that there was a study that showed that people who attended the "ARTS" lived longer and fuller lives than people who did not.
It was said Feeding the SOUL leads to a longer and healthier life than those that don’t.

Date: 20 December 1996 
Source: BBC morning radio

- Soul, Long Life,

The Worlds concept of a hero

WATCH YOUR HERO'S ALL THE TIME. SKY TV

Lust and Envy

It's sad to belong to someone else when the right one comes along

So I live my life in a dream world(dreamin of you and me.)

unknown source heard on radio over doctors office

Chief Wallington Staats on Fear

In talking with Chief Wallington Staats, of the Mohawks, at the presentation of a first edition of a 1804 copy of John's Gospel in Mohawk.

"People who are destroying the truth of the Gospel and accusing the church and Christians of destroying prehistoric, pre-Christian truth have never felt fear."

Author: Revd John Sperry, President of the Canadian Bible Society

Date: Spring 97

Source: World Action 97, World news of the Bible from Bible Society

Bible Society, Sonehill Green, Westlea, Swindon SN5 7DG

- Fear, anthropology, Hope, Culture, the Gospel,

Where you Born That Way

Steel work... Jim Lewis  and clerical worker Jim Springer. Identical twins separated five weeks after birth, they were raised by families 80 miles apart in Ohio. Reunited 39 years later, they would have strained the credulity of the editors of Ripley's Believe it or Not.

In talking with Chief Wallington Staats, of the Mohawks, at the presentation of a first edition of a 1804 copy of John's Gospel in Mohawk.

"People who are destroying the truth of the Gospel and accusing the church and Christians of destroying prehistoric, pre-Christian truth have never felt fear."

Revd John Sperry, President of the Canadian Bible Society, Spring 97

Changing names to change morality

in dealing with a broker recommending mortgage on whether to disclose the best offer for the customer or the agent. Is it best to tell the buyer the best one available for them or is it best to tell the one from which the agent makes the most. The name has now in some instances become introducer rather than advisor so that people assuage their guilt about telling something that they may know or at least suspect is less than the best product for the client.

Happiness a compendium

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Addison, Joseph

     

True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.

Addison, Joseph

     

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Addison, Joseph

   

Enough is never enough

There is something perverse about more than enough... A when we have more, we never have enough. It is always somewhere out there just out of reach. The more we acquire, the more elusive enough becomes.

Phil 4.11 I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content.

- Contentment, Enough,

My Best Friend - Montey Slay

My Best Friend

When I was just a little boy He use to Play with me.

He would listen when I read a book or  just sit and watch T. V.

He would walk with me to school and comfort me when I was sad.

But then He would scold me when I was very bad

When I grew to be a young man and the wold grew larger each day.

He was constantly teaching me to be patient in every way.

And then I grew older and took a wife.

He enlightened me with wisdom to be the head of my home.

And then one day He spoke me when I was old and grey.

It was my Lord calling to me so we could go out and play.

I was again a little child where there is no fear and pain.

When you loved to lay on the grass and go put and play in the rain.

And now I am with Him where there is no end

It is my Lord, my master, my dearest, my best friend.

Montey Slay

US DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

In Congress Assembled, July 4, 1776

The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America

WHEN in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.