HOPE...
In the face of difficulty
and much adversity... in the face of danger the person who
really wants life for others and wants to live themselves must
go. This applies to
all people but it specifically applies to Peace
Keepers. Peace Keepers must go
whenever there is a threat to peace and safety. Others
may choose for themselves
but Peace Keepers have already chosen... They must
go.
For parents it it is the same. It does not matter how old your child
is, you never
outgrow being a parent when your child is in danger.
My oldest daughter is in very
great need of compassion and treatment just to survive
long enough to get back to
life and living... but the medical system is too
overloaded and cumbersome to meet
the need. People and facilities to handle the
great problems are in short supply...
too few to do so very much that needs to be done.
Meanwhile she burns up all of my
time and energy just trying to maintain her until the
right much needed assistance
can be obtained. Today she is in a facility
awaiting an admission someplace that
will take on the task of observation and adjustment for
her. Last weekend and
through Tuesday no beds were available. Yesterday and
today no beds are
available. Each process expires at the end of 72
hours. Then it must begin again
with added cost of doing the same procedure over and over
until they are successful.
Today I am recovering for my
own well being because the battle greatly diminished
my ability to cope and to live. I am not taking
calls... I am not going out to duty... until
I am fully restored to my
best operating condition. Today this message is short and
simple. I really considered not writing one at all...
but you all are too precious to me
for me to not communicate if I am breathing and able to
see and move.
This is not a new experience
for me. I have been through many medical and
emotional battles for the needs of my deceased wife and
deceased son, just as I am
currently engaged on behalf of my eldest daughter. My
experience has been that the
ones who would help do not have the power to cause good
results... and the ones
who could cause good results do not hear, listen and
heed for many varied reasons...
restrictions caused by the overload on the system is just one of
those reasons that
good results are so hard to obtain... rules and
regulations are another... the hand of
government controls so many processes so very closely that
getting the needed
response is made so difficult. Getting through the
system with good results takes
faith, hope, courage and determination.
For the Peace Keeper and for
many parents these are facts of daily life. What one
thing keeps all of us who face these dangers, odds and
threats going? HOPE...
It is defined as:
v. intr.
1 To wish for something with
expectation of its fulfillment.
2 Archaic. To have confidence; trust.
v. tr.
1. To look forward to with confidence or expectation:
2. To expect and desire.
n.
1 A wish or desire
accompanied by confident expectation of its fulfillment.
2 Something that is hoped
for or desired: Success is our hope.
3 One that is a source of or
reason for hope: the team's only hope for victory.
4 often Hope
Christianity. The
theological virtue defined as the desire and
search for a future
good, difficult but not impossible to attain with God's help.
5 Archaic. Trust; confidence.
Source: The American
Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin
Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
All rights reserved.
We go out to engage whatever
threatens peace, safety and tranquility because of
hope. Every effort that we expend has its roots in
HOPE.
Thank you all for being
there. Thanks to all of the readers who responded with
supportive messages of encouragement, hope and prayer. My
Commander-In-Chief
and I do so very, very deeply appreciate you being there
and all of your efforts on
behalf of all of the people who benefit from your efforts.
One important lesson that I
learned in battles like the one in which I am currently
engaged... I must take care of me or I cannot gain the victory
that I hope for. If I am
dissipated or consumed in the process of the battle then I will
not be around to
secure the victory or celebrate the gaining of it.
That is why I say this to you weekly...
"BE CAREFUL OUT
THERE!!!" Take the very best care of you while you are
engaged in the efforts for the peace and safety of
others. See to the welfare of the
spiritual part of you... for it must be strong so that you may
endure the great demands
upon you and obtain the very best of victory. Keep
doing what you know to do and
leave the rest to whomever else is responsible, God or
others... but do your best!
As it has always been... so
it still is...
"VICTORIOUS WARRIORS
WIN FIRST...
AND THEN GO TO WAR,
WHILE
DEFEATED WARRIORS GO TO WAR FIRST...
AND THEN SEEK TO
WIN." Sun tzu
ONLY LIVE PEACE
KEEPERS SEE THE VICTORY!!!
THEY SEE IT ONLY
BECAUSE OTHERS HAVE MADE THEIR ETERNAL
PAYMENTS OF SWEAT,
BLOOD, TEARS AND LIFE FOR THAT VICTORY!
WITH THE
DEEPEST OF APPRECIATION AND RESPECT...
BE BLESSED (A CONDITION TO
BE ENVIED)...
BE SUCCESSFUL... BE SAFE...
[My injunction to be safe means doing all you know to do
as you do your job... it means
doing the best you can
with what you have where you are using all your faculties to get
the job done well and
with good results conquering evil and keeping or restoring peace...
it does not mean to avoid
duty and honor... it does not mean to cower or allow anything
to hinder you in the
process of duty according to rules, law and ethics... it means that if
the demand takes your
earthly life you destroy as much evil as possible in the process.
That is my definition of being safe... doing the best you
can and leaving the rest to God
or whomever else is
responsible... being best employed for the sake and protection of all
the things and people
that we hold dear.]
I represent, write for... and give the credit to:
God the Father (my Commander-in-Chief),
Jesus Christ the Son (the Eternal Captain of my life) and
the Holy Spirit of God
(my Eternal Teacher, Keeper and Guide).
In Christ I live... with Him and for you I serve...
D. R. (Don) Staton, Chaplain to Peace Keepers,
RETIRED Police Officer,
Certified Police Instructor,
757-431-2190, chpln1@verizon.net
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