An Open Letter to Christian Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan -- America is Now Rome

16/09/08 "Counterpunch" --  On February 1, 1996, I retired from the United States Army. I had served in the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vietnam as an infantryman, the 82nd Airborne Division, the 4th Infantry Division, 2nd Ranger Battalion, the Jungle Operations Training Center, 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment - Delta, the United States Military Academy at West Point, 1st Ranger Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, 75th Ranger Regiment, and finally 3rd Special Forces Group. I worked all over "hot spots" in Latin America during the 80s and early 90s. I participated in Grenada and Somalia; and I was the team sergeant for a Special Forces A-Detachment during the 1994 invasion of Haiti. In all that time, I was one of those atheists in the foxholes they say don't exist.. » read more

Spiritual Benefits from Prayer

"In their prayers, many people ask for money, a house, help with business affairs, or marriage to a wealthy partner. But prayer is not meant to obtain material advantages: it has benefits of a different kind.When with your heart and mind you enter into communication with the Lord, you receive gifts of a subtle nature: energy, light, inspiration. And since this subtle world is a real world, it also acts on the people who come in contact with you. They feel invigorated, comforted and consoled in your company.. » read more

THe Daily Motivator - The Way Forward

Sometimes the world appears to be spinning out of control. Sometimes there seems to be no end to the distressing news.Sometimes it feels like troubles are being piled on top of troubles. Sometimes it can look as if there could never be a way forward.And yet, that way forward is always as close as your next thought.. » read more

The Daily Motivator - Live Lifes Treasure

Find joy in the doing, and not merely in what the doing will bring you. Give your attention and awareness to the moment you're in, rather than being consumed with where the moment will lead.Take good care of what is now, and you end up in the best position to meet what will come. Give value to today and the positive difference you make will travel with you through all your tomorrows.Enjoy being where you are without getting so attached to it that it holds you back.. » read more

The Daily Motivator - A Better Place

Each day is filled with opportunities to make the world a better place. In any situation there are things you can do to make life more positive and fulfilling for everyone.You may not always receive recognition for doing so, but that doesn't really matter. Because you, and everyone else, will still benefit from the positive contributions you make to the world.When you are greeted with rudeness or indifference, give back genuine courtesy, respect and understanding.. » read more

The Daily Motivator - Learn and Understand

Sometimes learning can feel like a chore. Sometimes it seems that learning is just the mundane, yet necessary thing you must do before you undertake whatever it is you really want to do.Yet learning is much more than that. In additional to showing you what action to take, learning also can significantly increase the effectiveness of that action.Learning is not merely an obligatory step on the path to action.. » read more

The Daily Motivator - Be Willing

Be willing to learn, and a teacher will appear. Be willing to work, and numerous opportunities for making a valuable, positive difference will come your way.Your willingness is a key that unlocks life's abundance. Your willingness helps opens your eyes to, and prepares you for whatever you are willing to be or to do. Your willingness is not merely what you say it is.. » read more

The Daily Motivator - Give It Meaning

A life of meaning is built out of days that have meaning. Before each day arrives, give it meaning.Give each day meaning by deciding in advance what you will do with it. Then, when each day arrives you'll be anxious to get going and enthusiastic as you move through it, for it will have a positive purpose.Don't waste your time looking back with regret at what you have failed to accomplish.. » read more

The Daily Motivator: Change Your Mind

Have you ever changed your mind? If you're like most people, you do it often.It takes no great effort to change your mind. And yet the consequences of doing so can be significant.At any given moment, you have the option and the ability to change your mind. By using that ability in a positive way, you can move your life powerfully forward.. » read more

The Little Opportunities

THE DAILY MOTIVATORWednesday, May 31, 2006The little opportunitiesEach day is filled with opportunities to make a difference. Many of those opportunities may seem small and insignificant, yet you have no way of knowing where they can lead.Life's big opportunities rarely come to you as such. The vast majority of the big opportunities start out very small and must be lovingly nurtured.Be willing to take care of the little things, and your effectiveness at doing so will put you in a position to influence the big things.. » read more

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