"The Blue Angels’ mission is to enhance Navy and Marine Corps recruiting efforts and to represent the naval service to the United States, its elected leadership and foreign nations. The Blue Angels serve as positive role models and goodwill ambassadors for the U. S. Navy and Marine Corps" - The Official Blue Angels Website
(They performed Saturday and Sunday over the Charleston harbor and were breathtakingly entertaining, and a final wrap to Charleston's Navy Week)
In Honor of Patriots Day I thought I'd remind everyone the importance of having Pride. After reading the definition it got me thinking, and that's why I've included it.
The purpose of commitments, whether in marriage, your job, any written contracts, etc. They are small reflections of you, and how you maintain your end of each bargain determines a lot about your character.
We make smaller commitments everyday. Sometimes these are the most important because if you are incapable of small tasks how can you ever be trusted for a more important job or responsibility?
The Blue Angels fly in unison inches away from each other, thats a huge amount of trust in every pilot involved. Their commitment is to each-other and before that it was to our country and the military.
(pleasure or satisfaction taken in something done by orbelonging to oneself or believed to reflect credit upon oneself: civic pride.)
The Boston Marathon is today, and that commitment to train may not involve anyone but yourself, however thats where all the rest stem from; you make the decision with yourself before you can with another person.
(the state or feeling of being proud.)
Getting married is a commitment to another person as a partner, friend, and lover. (and many many other things, of course) But, when this contract with the church and state is made, its another daily reminder of who you are and it is reflected onto that person you've committed to!
(a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity,importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.)
So, my point is... you can't make a big commitment to anything, or anyone, until you are capable of making every day count and believe and have pride in yourself. The actions you make effect everyone around you, so have dignity in all that you do for yourself and others ;)
Happy Marathon Monday and Patriot's Day!!!!!
pride
noun, verb, prid·ed, prid·ing.
–noun
1.
a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity,importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
2.
the state or feeling of being proud.
3.
a becoming or dignified sense of what is due to oneself or one's position or character; self-respect; self-esteem.
4.
pleasure or satisfaction taken in something done by or belonging to oneself or believed to reflect credit upon oneself: civic pride.
5.
something that causes a person or persons to be proud: His art collection was the pride of the family.
6.
the best of a group, class, society, etc.: This bull is the pride of the herd.
