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Strength and Courage
It takes strength to be certain.
It takes courage to have doubts.
It takes strength to fit in.
It takes courage to stand out.
It takes strength to share a friend’s pain.
It takes courage to feel your own pain.
It takes strength to hide your own pain.
It takes courage to show it and deal with it.
It takes strength to stand guard.
It takes courage to let down your guard.
It takes strength to conquer.
It takes courage to surrender.
It takes strength to endure abuses.
It takes courage to stop them.
It takes strength to stand alone.
It takes courage to lean on a friend.
It takes strength to love.
It takes courage to be loved.
It takes strength to survive.
It takes courage to live.
May you find strength and courage
In everything you do
And may your life be filled with
Friendship and Love!
Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland.
Japan has long held the title for world’s longest train tunnel with their Seikan Tunnel in Japan. That tunnel was completed nearly 25 years ago and it is 33.49 miles. A lot of it is submerged in water, but now the Swiss are throwing their hats into the ring with a train tunnel that will go through “the Alps, traveling between Zurich and Milan in about two and a half hours.”
Now what the reports fail to mention is how much we’re going to have to pay to get on board. But, surely it will be such a tourist marvel most will pay to say they’ve taken the ride.
President Barack Obama is hoping a Florida minister will “listen to those better angels” and cancel his plan to engage in a Quran-burning protest to mark the anniversary of Sept. 11th.
In an interview aired today on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” the president said he hopes the Rev. Terry Jones of Florida listens to the pleas of people who have asked him to call off the plan. The president called it a “stunt.”
“If he’s listening, I hope he understands that what he’s proposing to do is completely contrary to our values as Americans,” Obama said. “That this country has been built on the notion of freedom and religious tolerance.”
“And as a very practical matter, I just want him to understand that this stunt that he is talking about pulling could greatly endanger our young men and women who are in uniform,” the president added. [Scroll down to watch interview.]
Obama added: “Look, this is a recruitment bonanza for Al Qaida. You could have serious violence in places like Pakistan and Afghanistan.” The president also said Jones’ plan, if carried out, could serve as an incentive for terrorist-minded individuals “to blow themselves up” to kill others.
“I hope he listens to those better angels and understands that this is a destructive act that he’s engaging in,” the president said of Jones.
Officials said U.S. diplomatic posts have been instructed to convene “emergency action committees” to determine the potential for protests over the congregation’s plans to burn the Quran to commemorate the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The posts are to warn American citizens in countries where protests may occur.
Courage to stand up for what you believe to be right
“YOU CAN DO THIS”
Courage to believe in change
When there is a lot to blame
“YOU CAN DO THIS”
Courage to hold on when all is gone
“YOU CAN DO THIS”
Courage to believe by faith not sight
That everything no matter what will turn out all right
“YOU CAN DO THIS”
by Lennis; excerpt from the book “Are YOU Ready?”
Sunday’s show we will be discussing the institution of marriage. It seem to have become an
obsolete value in America. Is it the cost of marriage, the cost of divorce? Is it the prenup?
Why are more folks living together, than a formal commitment?
These and more questions and hopefully answers on Sunday’s show. Please call in and join
the discussion, we are very interesting in what America thinks about the institution of marriage
and where it is headed in 2011.
www.blogtalkradio.com/Lennis or show title – “Talk 2 ME”
6-7pm only 1 hr. PST time, 646-727-2914.
Thanks to all for your participation, in this hot topic!