Posted on Aug 7, 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" back in Castle Rock, CO this morning. — 7 August 2019!
Don't forget to dial into the Warriors for Life (WFL) Virtual Group Support this evening with Cpl Jania Masterson as she discusses "Your Comfort Zone!" — Check it Out: https://www.rallypoint.com/shared-links/warriors-for-life-wfl-virtual-group-support-wednesday-evening-your-comfort-zone
Today is: "Normality Day!" Why Not?
"Becoming a leader or transitioning to a leadership position for the first time is not normal or easy. Your immediate days are filled with obstacles and challenges! You are tested constantly , so forget normality!" — COL (Ret) Mikel Burroughs
The Quote in the Picture Today Reads: "Normality is a paved road: It's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow." — Vincent Van Gogh
"Don’t pass on your passions, to settle in the stale normality. Endure. Strive. Ensure." — Anthony Liccione
"Life is for living not for being stuck in a rut of complacency where normality consists of the mundane." — Steven Redhead
"Normality is much less captivating than the extraordinary." — Erin Forbes
"Almost everyone prefers normality because normality brings comfort and security. But when you think about it, normality hinders the reason why you are on this earth." — Euginia Herlihy
"The pursuit of normality is the ultimate sacrifice of potential." — Faith Jegede
"Normality is a fine ideal for those who have no imagination." — Carl Jung
"Don’t lose yourself in the fog of normality." — Fennel Hudson
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The Colonel's Motivational Quotes of the Day!
Good "Wednesday" Morning Everyone from the "Eagle's Nest" back in Castle Rock, CO this morning. — 7 August 2019!
Don't forget to dial into the Warriors for Life (WFL) Virtual Group Support this evening with Cpl Jania Masterson as she discusses "Your Comfort Zone!" — Check it Out: https://www.rallypoint.com/shared-links/warriors-for-life-wfl-virtual-group-support-wednesday-evening-your-comfort-zone
Today is: "Normality Day!" Why Not?
"Becoming a leader or transitioning to a leadership position for the first time is not normal or easy. Your immediate days are filled with obstacles and challenges! You are tested constantly , so forget normality!" — COL (Ret) Mikel Burroughs
The Quote in the Picture Today Reads: "Normality is a paved road: It's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow." — Vincent Van Gogh
"Don’t pass on your passions, to settle in the stale normality. Endure. Strive. Ensure." — Anthony Liccione
"Life is for living not for being stuck in a rut of complacency where normality consists of the mundane." — Steven Redhead
"Normality is much less captivating than the extraordinary." — Erin Forbes
"Almost everyone prefers normality because normality brings comfort and security. But when you think about it, normality hinders the reason why you are on this earth." — Euginia Herlihy
"The pursuit of normality is the ultimate sacrifice of potential." — Faith Jegede
"Normality is a fine ideal for those who have no imagination." — Carl Jung
"Don’t lose yourself in the fog of normality." — Fennel Hudson
Check out all the BLOGs at Victory for Veterans: https://victoryforveterans.org/blog/
Reach Out and Join us for Warriors for Life (WFL) Virtual Group Support: https://victoryforveterans.org/who-we-are/services/warriors-for-life/
Support our Warriors in Need – Challenge them to Stay Alive: https://victoryforveterans.org/warriors-for-life-coin/
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Good morning my RP Family. It is going to be a hot one in Waco, TX today, 101-104 predicted. That is going to be normal for the rest of the week. I’m not sure I can get used to that kind of normal. I think I like the springtime normal of Texas, as far as temperatures go. That being said I found something about the complexities of normal that was interesting to me. Enjoy and have a blessed day.
Taken from hillsong.com
The Complexities of Normality
Hillsong Australia
14 January 2015
Matthew 9:9-13 NLT
“As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Matthew got up and followed him. Later, Matthew invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. But when the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with such scum? ” When Jesus heard this, he said, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do.” Then he added, “Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: ‘I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’ For I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”
This passage reveals that Matthew had his normal tax booth and it was normal for him to be found working there every day. We also see his normal friends and his normal social activity
The Pharisees help to reveal this with their normal religious comments. These comments are fairly typical (normal) for them throughout biblical dialogues.
Normal is most successful in the middle of beginnings and endings. Normal doesn't like the start or finish of something.
The start of anything is unfamiliar and requires your whole soul to be involved. Your mind is active trying to remember everything, your emotions are ablaze with new experiences and your will is navigating fight or flight as you negotiate new surroundings, relationships and schedules. This can be seen in:
• A new job
• A new relationship
• A new home
• A new year
• A new job, different office or even just returning to work after holidays, long leave or absence.
Likewise, the end of something normal is also met with an apprehensive soul.
– Your mind is attacked with thoughts about events that have not yet happened.
– Your emotions have entered a theme park of fun and scary rides.
– And you are left trying to make decisions to secure a new normal that exists in a different reality.
The daily grind of everyday life creates a normality that can be toxic to the soul. We eventually slip into an autopilot that hijacks our brains but feeds our emotions because comfort is what we crave most!
When normal is interrupted with a holiday ending or a new position role at work starting or the start of a new relationship or the death of a loved one it changes the way we normally behave. It interrupts our normal way of doing things and we automatically search for a new normal.
Jesus quotes a scripture from Hosea 6:6 NLT, where it says, “I want you to show love, not offer sacrifices. I want you to know me more than I want burnt offerings.”
– God wants your heart (who you are) more than He wants your hand (what you do).
Who we really are is highlighted during beginnings and endings because it requires our whole soul to be engaged as we search for the equilibrium of a new normal. Once in a normal state we tend to disengage and drift.
My prayer is that you would be attentive to the many opportunities of the starts and finishes of things in your life. That you would seize the moment and maximise the potential to engage your whole soul at these times so as to not get stuck on auto-pilot.
Jesus said in Revelation 22:13 NLT, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”
There is nothing normal about Jesus because He is always doing new things but nobody better understands the complexity of your normality!
Joel A’Bell
Taken from hillsong.com
The Complexities of Normality
Hillsong Australia
14 January 2015
Matthew 9:9-13 NLT
“As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Matthew got up and followed him. Later, Matthew invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. But when the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with such scum? ” When Jesus heard this, he said, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do.” Then he added, “Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: ‘I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’ For I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”
This passage reveals that Matthew had his normal tax booth and it was normal for him to be found working there every day. We also see his normal friends and his normal social activity
The Pharisees help to reveal this with their normal religious comments. These comments are fairly typical (normal) for them throughout biblical dialogues.
Normal is most successful in the middle of beginnings and endings. Normal doesn't like the start or finish of something.
The start of anything is unfamiliar and requires your whole soul to be involved. Your mind is active trying to remember everything, your emotions are ablaze with new experiences and your will is navigating fight or flight as you negotiate new surroundings, relationships and schedules. This can be seen in:
• A new job
• A new relationship
• A new home
• A new year
• A new job, different office or even just returning to work after holidays, long leave or absence.
Likewise, the end of something normal is also met with an apprehensive soul.
– Your mind is attacked with thoughts about events that have not yet happened.
– Your emotions have entered a theme park of fun and scary rides.
– And you are left trying to make decisions to secure a new normal that exists in a different reality.
The daily grind of everyday life creates a normality that can be toxic to the soul. We eventually slip into an autopilot that hijacks our brains but feeds our emotions because comfort is what we crave most!
When normal is interrupted with a holiday ending or a new position role at work starting or the start of a new relationship or the death of a loved one it changes the way we normally behave. It interrupts our normal way of doing things and we automatically search for a new normal.
Jesus quotes a scripture from Hosea 6:6 NLT, where it says, “I want you to show love, not offer sacrifices. I want you to know me more than I want burnt offerings.”
– God wants your heart (who you are) more than He wants your hand (what you do).
Who we really are is highlighted during beginnings and endings because it requires our whole soul to be engaged as we search for the equilibrium of a new normal. Once in a normal state we tend to disengage and drift.
My prayer is that you would be attentive to the many opportunities of the starts and finishes of things in your life. That you would seize the moment and maximise the potential to engage your whole soul at these times so as to not get stuck on auto-pilot.
Jesus said in Revelation 22:13 NLT, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”
There is nothing normal about Jesus because He is always doing new things but nobody better understands the complexity of your normality!
Joel A’Bell
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SSG Franklin Briant
I hope everything turns out great for you and your family. Best of wishes and hope for you brother.
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LTC Stephen F.
I pray that you and I strive for excellence in every action, thought and word, my friend and brother-in-Christ PO1 H Gene Lawrence and sister-in-Christ Linda Lawrence.
YOU sanctify each of YOUR own and cause us to be increasingly more excellent. Let excellence be our goal in all we set our mind to do.
LORD YOU call us to be content and yet to strive towards improvement. I pray that the desires of each of YOUR adopted sons and daughters align with YOURS for ourselves and those we love and are responsible for.
Empower us to be demonstrate excellence in cheerfulness, compassion, grace, mercy, kindness, and to be helpful and great listeners. I pray that YOU will enable us to be knowledgeable and wise in every task YOU ordain for us.
I pray LORD that YOU are do what is necessary to deal with the members of Antifa and other groups and individuals bent on mayhem and murder. Shake them to their core. Save WHO YOU are willing in YOUR perfect timing.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
YOU sanctify each of YOUR own and cause us to be increasingly more excellent. Let excellence be our goal in all we set our mind to do.
LORD YOU call us to be content and yet to strive towards improvement. I pray that the desires of each of YOUR adopted sons and daughters align with YOURS for ourselves and those we love and are responsible for.
Empower us to be demonstrate excellence in cheerfulness, compassion, grace, mercy, kindness, and to be helpful and great listeners. I pray that YOU will enable us to be knowledgeable and wise in every task YOU ordain for us.
I pray LORD that YOU are do what is necessary to deal with the members of Antifa and other groups and individuals bent on mayhem and murder. Shake them to their core. Save WHO YOU are willing in YOUR perfect timing.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
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I cannot believe that I would share this from " The Addams Family ". But, it is true ! Someone's normality might seem quite crazy for others to understand. That is what make's me contemplate " What is normal " ? A great thought for today COL Mikel J. Burroughs . Have a great day brother.
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LTC Stephen F.
I pray that you and I strive for excellence in every action, thought and word, my friend and brother-in-Christ SGT John " Mac " McConnell.
YOU sanctify each of YOUR own and cause us to be increasingly more excellent. Let excellence be our goal in all we set our mind to do.
LORD YOU call us to be content and yet to strive towards improvement. I pray that the desires of each of YOUR adopted sons and daughters align with YOURS for ourselves and those we love and are responsible for.
Empower us to be demonstrate excellence in cheerfulness, compassion, grace, mercy, kindness, and to be helpful and great listeners. I pray that YOU will enable us to be knowledgeable and wise in every task YOU ordain for us.
I pray LORD that YOU are do what is necessary to deal with the members of Antifa and other groups and individuals bent on mayhem and murder. Shake them to their core. Save WHO YOU are willing in YOUR perfect timing.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
YOU sanctify each of YOUR own and cause us to be increasingly more excellent. Let excellence be our goal in all we set our mind to do.
LORD YOU call us to be content and yet to strive towards improvement. I pray that the desires of each of YOUR adopted sons and daughters align with YOURS for ourselves and those we love and are responsible for.
Empower us to be demonstrate excellence in cheerfulness, compassion, grace, mercy, kindness, and to be helpful and great listeners. I pray that YOU will enable us to be knowledgeable and wise in every task YOU ordain for us.
I pray LORD that YOU are do what is necessary to deal with the members of Antifa and other groups and individuals bent on mayhem and murder. Shake them to their core. Save WHO YOU are willing in YOUR perfect timing.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
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Jenn Moynihan
SGT John " Mac " McConnell - THIS IS FABULOUS!! (New Addams Family movie coming out in October!)
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Jenn Moynihan
She does!! New movie coming out in October. I loved Raul Julia & Angelica Houston though. It’ll be tough replacing them. Of course the TV show is the best! Sgt Albert Castro
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Marching to the beat of a different beat is not a bad thing- I have done it the majority of my life. Love the Van Gogh quote....glad your back home safe Col.
LTC Stephen F. SP5 Mark Kuzinski COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Maj William W. "Bill" PriceCPL Dave Hoover SSG William Jones Sgt Vance Bonds Cpl (Join to see) PO1 H Gene Lawrence Maj Robert Thornton PO3 Bob McCord SPC Douglas Bolton Lt Col Charlie Brown TSgt Joe C. PO3 Craig Phillips CW5 Jack Cardwell SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SGT Mark Anderson SPC Margaret Higgins
LTC Stephen F. SP5 Mark Kuzinski COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Maj William W. "Bill" PriceCPL Dave Hoover SSG William Jones Sgt Vance Bonds Cpl (Join to see) PO1 H Gene Lawrence Maj Robert Thornton PO3 Bob McCord SPC Douglas Bolton Lt Col Charlie Brown TSgt Joe C. PO3 Craig Phillips CW5 Jack Cardwell SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SGT Mark Anderson SPC Margaret Higgins
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
Great cartoon and thanks Maj Marty Hogan Good to be back home. I can tell you that I've always marched to a different beat as well Marty and there is no normal day in my life and never will be - fast paced and extraordinary is my calling brother! Have a great Wednesday!
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SP5 Ron Davis
I have found those who march, listen to a different tune are usually the ones a little ahead of our time, trend setters. Sooner or later, we catch up to them. Granddad use say, "never be afraid to be who you are, what if all the others are wrong?" Once I finally started following his advice, I was amazed at how much happier I was. He had this card in his wallet that said, "Go ahead punch my give-a-sh_t card!' I loved that card!! When granddad died, grandmother quietly said, "he wanted you to have this card", can you imagine how thrill I was? I was 15, I passed on to my son when he turned 15, he's 40. My grandson recently told me in secret, 'one more year and I get the card, granddad!'
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LTC Stephen F.
I pray that you and I strive for excellence in every action, thought and word, my friend and brother-in-Christ Maj Marty Hogan.
YOU sanctify each of YOUR own and cause us to be increasingly more excellent. Let excellence be our goal in all we set our mind to do.
LORD YOU call us to be content and yet to strive towards improvement. I pray that the desires of each of YOUR adopted sons and daughters align with YOURS for ourselves and those we love and are responsible for.
Empower us to be demonstrate excellence in cheerfulness, compassion, grace, mercy, kindness, and to be helpful and great listeners. I pray that YOU will enable us to be knowledgeable and wise in every task YOU ordain for us.
I pray LORD that YOU are do what is necessary to deal with the members of Antifa and other groups and individuals bent on mayhem and murder. Shake them to their core. Save WHO YOU are willing in YOUR perfect timing.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
YOU sanctify each of YOUR own and cause us to be increasingly more excellent. Let excellence be our goal in all we set our mind to do.
LORD YOU call us to be content and yet to strive towards improvement. I pray that the desires of each of YOUR adopted sons and daughters align with YOURS for ourselves and those we love and are responsible for.
Empower us to be demonstrate excellence in cheerfulness, compassion, grace, mercy, kindness, and to be helpful and great listeners. I pray that YOU will enable us to be knowledgeable and wise in every task YOU ordain for us.
I pray LORD that YOU are do what is necessary to deal with the members of Antifa and other groups and individuals bent on mayhem and murder. Shake them to their core. Save WHO YOU are willing in YOUR perfect timing.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
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