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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
“If your country asked you or your child to serve, what would make it feel like a shared duty instead of a burden placed on a few?”
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Harmony – Gratitude – Inheritance It was the fall of 1982. The USS Trepang, the nuclear fast-attack submarine I served on, had set the Maneuvering Watch as we made our way back to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard after two weeks at sea.... - Mark Burns...
Hey everyone. Mark here — software engineer, Army veteran, and someone who spent the better part of a decade dismantling and rebuilding his own worldview from scratch. That process taught me that the quality of your thinking depends entirely on how honestly you stress-test it.... - ironmark74...
I'm supposed to tell you about ME?! Talk about ME?!.... A few hours later.... Contemplation... is a place where I seem to find myself a lot lately. Seeking out this consciousness all these mediums and fortune tellers and channellers talk about and "raising your... - TomRichardTX...
Position defines perspective
My position: 62 years old. Diabetes fighter. NFL/Commanders fan. Veteran - US Army Field Artillery Officer. Most important 36 years married to wife with two grown daughters who are each amazing. Spring, TX. Kindness and empathy matter.... - Soul Search...
Every morning growing up, the house smelled the same: breakfast cooking, Old Spice in the hallway. My dad was an IRS auditor. Before that, he'd served in the Army, stationed in Alaska....