Posted on May 22, 2019
The Colonel's Motivational Quotes of the Day!
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The Colonel's Motivational Quotes of the Day!
Good "Wednesday" Morning Everyone from the "Eagle's Nest" in Castle Rock, CO — 22 May 2019! Had a great "Meet and Greet" with SP5 Mark Kuzinski in the winter wonderland of Castle Rock, CO yesterday - check out the picture below
Today is: "Morning — Seize the Day!" Why Not?
"Seize every morning, kick start every day, and get every day started in a positive direction!" — COL (Ret) Mikel Burroughs
The Quote in the Picture Today Reads: "If you win the morning... you win the day!" — Unknown Author
"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love." — Marcus Aurelius
"Make each day your masterpiece." — John Wooden
"Someday is not a day of the week." — Denise Brennan-Nelson
"Either you run the day, or the day runs you." — Jim Rohn
"Be pleasant until ten o’clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself." — Elbert Hubbard
"The best dreams happen when you’re awake." — Cherie Gilderbloom
"Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending." — Carl Bard
"A year from now you may wish you had started today." — Karen Lamb
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The Colonel's Motivational Quotes of the Day!
Good "Wednesday" Morning Everyone from the "Eagle's Nest" in Castle Rock, CO — 22 May 2019! Had a great "Meet and Greet" with SP5 Mark Kuzinski in the winter wonderland of Castle Rock, CO yesterday - check out the picture below
Today is: "Morning — Seize the Day!" Why Not?
"Seize every morning, kick start every day, and get every day started in a positive direction!" — COL (Ret) Mikel Burroughs
The Quote in the Picture Today Reads: "If you win the morning... you win the day!" — Unknown Author
"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love." — Marcus Aurelius
"Make each day your masterpiece." — John Wooden
"Someday is not a day of the week." — Denise Brennan-Nelson
"Either you run the day, or the day runs you." — Jim Rohn
"Be pleasant until ten o’clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself." — Elbert Hubbard
"The best dreams happen when you’re awake." — Cherie Gilderbloom
"Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending." — Carl Bard
"A year from now you may wish you had started today." — Karen Lamb
Check out all the BLOGs at Victory for Veterans: http://www.VictoryForVeterans.org
Follow our "Warriors for Life" group page on RallyPoint: https://www.rallypoint.com/organizations/warriors-for-life
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Good morning COL Mikel J. Burroughs As we well know it doesn't matter how many days you are granted, what matters is how you use them. If you don't live them, make use of them in a positive way, why does it matter how many you are granted?
Jesus died young and left a lasting positive impression on the world. A person given multiple life sentences in jail may live a long time. Which of these made use of the time given him?
What are you doing with your time?
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Jesus died young and left a lasting positive impression on the world. A person given multiple life sentences in jail may live a long time. Which of these made use of the time given him?
What are you doing with your time?
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I pray that you and I are able to have a cheerful countenance each morning and that people will be drawn to the light of Christ in us, my friend and sister-in-Christ Lt Col Charlie Brown.
Lord YOUR Word teaches us that after a long-night of tears, grief and mourning, YOU bring joy to us in the morning and refresh our very soul. Empower us to be able to rejoice in good, bad & ugly times and give us wisdom to lean from each. Enable the young around us to learn from our example to give them lifelong benefits that will bless them.
Some of us are night people and others are morning people- YOU designed each of us as reflections of YOUR image so that corporately we are YOUR image on earth.
Remove all the dross from each of us and let YOUR light shine to and through us to the lonely and the hurting in this world.
I pray LORD that YOU empower us to be peacekeepers and bearers of YOUR peace. Guide us individually and corporately to minister to those in need and interceded for whomever YOU call us to.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
Lord YOUR Word teaches us that after a long-night of tears, grief and mourning, YOU bring joy to us in the morning and refresh our very soul. Empower us to be able to rejoice in good, bad & ugly times and give us wisdom to lean from each. Enable the young around us to learn from our example to give them lifelong benefits that will bless them.
Some of us are night people and others are morning people- YOU designed each of us as reflections of YOUR image so that corporately we are YOUR image on earth.
Remove all the dross from each of us and let YOUR light shine to and through us to the lonely and the hurting in this world.
I pray LORD that YOU empower us to be peacekeepers and bearers of YOUR peace. Guide us individually and corporately to minister to those in need and interceded for whomever YOU call us to.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
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The following article taken from lifezette.com is very good in my opinion. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. Seize the day and be blessed my RP Family.
What the Bible Says About Seizing the Day
Carpe diem is far from a secular concept, as these examples make crystal clear for all of us
By Leah Jessen | June 19, 2017
Seize the day, carpe diem: What does it mean for our spiritual life?
Sure, scores of posters and inspirational quotes tell soul-searching individuals to “seize the day.” Yet can you honestly say that we seize each and every moment of every typical day?
“Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days,” says Ephesians 5:16 in the New Living Translation of the Bible.
Ephesians 5 continues: “Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do.”
Therein lies a tricky question: What does the Lord want you to do? For everyone, the answer is different. Seasons of life change. Situations, circumstances, events do not go as planned. But through every joyful moment as well as in times of grief, the Word of God is clear.
Love God; love your friends and family, as well as strangers; and do not forget to shine a light on God’s truth to others.
Wise words from the ninth chapter of Proverbs tell us: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”
In this wisdom and knowledge, Christians should strive to seek God and righteousness in each moment.
“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself,” Jesus tells His disciples, as recorded in Matthew 6:34 of the New International Version.
Related: Understanding the True Gift of the Holy Spirit
“Each day has enough trouble of its own,” Jesus preached.
In the New Testament Book of James, the author tells Christ’s followers not to boast of tomorrow: “Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow,” James 4:14 says. “What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.”
Related: How to Keep Your Kids from Self-Destructing
The present moment is current reality. In essence, the future does not exist.
On the flip side of the time spectrum, in the Old Testament the Lord tells us through the prophet Isaiah to “forget the former things.”
“Do not dwell on the past,” the Lord says in Isaiah 43:18-19. “See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.”
Open your eyes to the world right in front of you. Live without fear of the future. Learn from your past, apply it to your present circumstances as much as you can; but don’t dwell on what you cannot change.
Go on and embrace your day.
SFC Bernard Walko SPC Robert Pulliam TSgt Carl Johnson TSgt George Rodriguez SGT Thomas Seward PO1 Richard Nyberg SFC Alvin Miller PO3 Aaron Hassay MSgt Steve Sweeney SSgt Richard Kensinger
LTC Orlando Illi MSgt James "Buck" Buchanan CPO Nate S. SGT Mike Williams PO2 Geoffrey LeNoir CPO Robert (Mac) McGovern
SrA Marianne Santangelo LTC David Brown SFC (Join to see)
What the Bible Says About Seizing the Day
Carpe diem is far from a secular concept, as these examples make crystal clear for all of us
By Leah Jessen | June 19, 2017
Seize the day, carpe diem: What does it mean for our spiritual life?
Sure, scores of posters and inspirational quotes tell soul-searching individuals to “seize the day.” Yet can you honestly say that we seize each and every moment of every typical day?
“Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days,” says Ephesians 5:16 in the New Living Translation of the Bible.
Ephesians 5 continues: “Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do.”
Therein lies a tricky question: What does the Lord want you to do? For everyone, the answer is different. Seasons of life change. Situations, circumstances, events do not go as planned. But through every joyful moment as well as in times of grief, the Word of God is clear.
Love God; love your friends and family, as well as strangers; and do not forget to shine a light on God’s truth to others.
Wise words from the ninth chapter of Proverbs tell us: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”
In this wisdom and knowledge, Christians should strive to seek God and righteousness in each moment.
“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself,” Jesus tells His disciples, as recorded in Matthew 6:34 of the New International Version.
Related: Understanding the True Gift of the Holy Spirit
“Each day has enough trouble of its own,” Jesus preached.
In the New Testament Book of James, the author tells Christ’s followers not to boast of tomorrow: “Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow,” James 4:14 says. “What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.”
Related: How to Keep Your Kids from Self-Destructing
The present moment is current reality. In essence, the future does not exist.
On the flip side of the time spectrum, in the Old Testament the Lord tells us through the prophet Isaiah to “forget the former things.”
“Do not dwell on the past,” the Lord says in Isaiah 43:18-19. “See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.”
Open your eyes to the world right in front of you. Live without fear of the future. Learn from your past, apply it to your present circumstances as much as you can; but don’t dwell on what you cannot change.
Go on and embrace your day.
SFC Bernard Walko SPC Robert Pulliam TSgt Carl Johnson TSgt George Rodriguez SGT Thomas Seward PO1 Richard Nyberg SFC Alvin Miller PO3 Aaron Hassay MSgt Steve Sweeney SSgt Richard Kensinger
LTC Orlando Illi MSgt James "Buck" Buchanan CPO Nate S. SGT Mike Williams PO2 Geoffrey LeNoir CPO Robert (Mac) McGovern
SrA Marianne Santangelo LTC David Brown SFC (Join to see)
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
PO1 H Gene Lawrence - Very interesting read today on seizing the day or morning Gene - thank you. You and Linda Lawrence have a wonderful afternoon on this fine Wednesday.
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PO1 H Gene Lawrence
COL Mikel J. Burroughs - you’re welcome sir. We have some appointments and then relax for the rest of the day as it is supposed to be 91 today. Have a blessed day my friend.
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LTC Stephen F.
I pray that you and I are able to have a cheerful countenance each morning and that people will be drawn to the light of Christ in us, my friend and brother-in-Christ PO1 H Gene Lawrence and sister-in-Christ Linda Lawrence.
Lord YOUR Word teaches us that after a long-night of tears, grief and mourning, YOU bring joy to us in the morning and refresh our very soul. Empower us to be able to rejoice in good, bad & ugly times and give us wisdom to lean from each. Enable the young around us to learn from our example to give them lifelong benefits that will bless them.
Some of us are night people and others are morning people- YOU designed each of us as reflections of YOUR image so that corporately we are YOUR image on earth.
Remove all the dross from each of us and let YOUR light shine to and through us to the lonely and the hurting in this world.
I pray LORD that YOU empower us to be peacekeepers and bearers of YOUR peace. Guide us individually and corporately to minister to those in need and interceded for whomever YOU call us to.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
Lord YOUR Word teaches us that after a long-night of tears, grief and mourning, YOU bring joy to us in the morning and refresh our very soul. Empower us to be able to rejoice in good, bad & ugly times and give us wisdom to lean from each. Enable the young around us to learn from our example to give them lifelong benefits that will bless them.
Some of us are night people and others are morning people- YOU designed each of us as reflections of YOUR image so that corporately we are YOUR image on earth.
Remove all the dross from each of us and let YOUR light shine to and through us to the lonely and the hurting in this world.
I pray LORD that YOU empower us to be peacekeepers and bearers of YOUR peace. Guide us individually and corporately to minister to those in need and interceded for whomever YOU call us to.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
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Great "Meet and Greet" with SP5 Mark Kuzinski while he was in town for his granddauther's graduation - picture at his son's house Adam with the winter wonderland in the background 10 inches of snow on 21 May 2019 here in Castle Rock, CO Really! Hope to have lunch today with him and Diana Kuzinski!
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SPC Woody Bullard
Say it ain't so COL Burroughs, 10 inches of SNOW !!! You and Mark are going to freeze.
It is 95 degrees here in Gainesville, Florida today and will hit the 100 degree mark Sunday
continuing in the 100's for the next few days as per our weatherman. I hope he is wrong.
You and Mark look great.
It is 95 degrees here in Gainesville, Florida today and will hit the 100 degree mark Sunday
continuing in the 100's for the next few days as per our weatherman. I hope he is wrong.
You and Mark look great.
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LTC Stephen F.
I pray that you and I are able to have a cheerful countenance each morning and that people will be drawn to the light of Christ in us, my friend and brother-in-Christ COL Mikel J. Burroughs.
Lord YOUR Word teaches us that after a long-night of tears, grief and mourning, YOU bring joy to us in the morning and refresh our very soul. Empower us to be able to rejoice in good, bad & ugly times and give us wisdom to lean from each. Enable the young around us to learn from our example to give them lifelong benefits that will bless them.
Some of us are night people and others are morning people- YOU designed each of us as reflections of YOUR image so that corporately we are YOUR image on earth.
Remove all the dross from each of us and let YOUR light shine to and through us to the lonely and the hurting in this world.
I pray LORD that YOU empower us to be peacekeepers and bearers of YOUR peace. Guide us individually and corporately to minister to those in need and interceded for whomever YOU call us to.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
Lord YOUR Word teaches us that after a long-night of tears, grief and mourning, YOU bring joy to us in the morning and refresh our very soul. Empower us to be able to rejoice in good, bad & ugly times and give us wisdom to lean from each. Enable the young around us to learn from our example to give them lifelong benefits that will bless them.
Some of us are night people and others are morning people- YOU designed each of us as reflections of YOUR image so that corporately we are YOUR image on earth.
Remove all the dross from each of us and let YOUR light shine to and through us to the lonely and the hurting in this world.
I pray LORD that YOU empower us to be peacekeepers and bearers of YOUR peace. Guide us individually and corporately to minister to those in need and interceded for whomever YOU call us to.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
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