{"id":528,"date":"2009-04-05T15:03:01","date_gmt":"2009-04-05T21:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/?page_id=528"},"modified":"2014-07-23T22:06:10","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T04:06:10","slug":"new-book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/?page_id=528","title":{"rendered":"The Warrior\u2019s Guide to God and Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><em>The Journey<\/em><\/h4>\n<p class=\"noindent\">By Sgt. Intel. Brandi, USMC<br \/>\nNever Retired<\/p>\n<h4>Table of Contents<\/h4>\n<p>Introduction<\/p>\n<p>Acknowledgments<\/p>\n<h4>Section One:\u00a0\u00a0 The Journey<\/h4>\n<p>The Journey Defined<\/p>\n<p>Surrender is not in Our Creed<\/p>\n<p>Improvise, Overcome and Adapt<\/p>\n<p>Take Down the Concertina Wire, but be Ready for Battle<\/p>\n<p>All you Want is a Thank You Away<\/p>\n<p>The Path Winds Uphill all the Way<\/p>\n<p>The Arena or the Stands: do you have a seat?<\/p>\n<p>Look Up! Nothin&#8217;s Droppin&#8217; Out of the Sky.<\/p>\n<p>The Yellow Brick Path, or the Bed of Thorns<\/p>\n<p>No Quitters Allowed in My Fire Team<\/p>\n<p>Living Truth is Living Life<\/p>\n<p>Feel your way through life<\/p>\n<h4>Section Two:\u00a0 God, Religion and Philosophy<\/h4>\n<p>Consider the Prime Source<\/p>\n<p>Faith is What? Living in Faith?<\/p>\n<p>A Knuckle-Dragger&#8217;s View on Organized Religion<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Christianity<\/li>\n<li> Islam<\/li>\n<li>Buddhism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Heaven and Hell, Good and Evil, That be You!<\/p>\n<p>God Doesn&#8217;t Sweat the Little Things, He Loves you Anyway<\/p>\n<p>Conceived in Perfection<\/p>\n<p>Talking to the &#8220;Commander and Chief&#8221;, God<\/p>\n<p>God is on The Line, Don&#8217;t Hang Up!<\/p>\n<h4>Section Three: What Goes Around Comes Around<\/h4>\n<p>There&#8217;s No Such Thing as Coincidence<\/p>\n<p>What Goes Around, Comes Around<\/p>\n<p>Get Off the Wheel, it Doesn&#8217;t Hurt (in the right place?)<\/p>\n<p>The Elysian Fields or Fly Paradise<\/p>\n<p>Trial By Fire or Purpose for Life?<\/p>\n<h4>Section Four:\u00a0\u00a0 Inner Peace<\/h4>\n<p>Love and Hate: Life or the Living Dead<\/p>\n<p>Inner Peace or Pissed off<\/p>\n<p>Hopeless or Happy, You Choose<\/p>\n<p>A Few Easy Steps and You&#8217;re On The Way<\/p>\n<p>You Can&#8217;t Hold on To Time, Don&#8217;t Try<\/p>\n<p>When in Doubt, Go for the Gut<\/p>\n<h4>Section Five:\u00a0 The Knowing<\/h4>\n<p>Light Workers or Dark Workers, Who be you?<\/p>\n<p>To &#8220;Know Thyself&#8221; is not an X-Ray or a Colonoscopy<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Knowing&#8221; is a Gift, so Unwrap it!<\/p>\n<h4>Section Six:\u00a0 If You Don&#8217;t Ask, It Don&#8217;t Come (Manifesting)<\/h4>\n<p>Manifesting is a Refrigerator Away<\/p>\n<p>Your Desires are God&#8217;s Desires<\/p>\n<p>Ask Once, and It Is Given<\/p>\n<p>Desire is not Desperation<\/p>\n<p>Gratitude is the Attitude!<\/p>\n<h4>Section Seven:\u00a0 Saints Among Us<\/h4>\n<p>Jesus<\/p>\n<p>Mohammad<\/p>\n<p>Gautama Siddhartha, the Buddha<\/p>\n<p>Gandhi<\/p>\n<p>Peace Pilgrim<\/p>\n<p>Mandela<\/p>\n<p>Martin Luther King<\/p>\n<h4>Section Eight: Respect<\/h4>\n<p>Living Souls: How Many Legs Do They Have?<\/p>\n<p>Self Respect<\/p>\n<p>Gaya is Our Gal, Buy Her Flowers<\/p>\n<p>Honor or Dishonor, Strength of our Youth Today<\/p>\n<p>Our Country is not Contrary<\/p>\n<p>The Warrior Citizen<\/p>\n<p>Peace Makers and Warriors, a Good Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Journey By Sgt. 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Brandi, USMC Never Retired Table of Contents Introduction Acknowledgments Section One:\u00a0\u00a0 The Journey The Journey Defined Surrender is not in Our Creed Improvise, Overcome and Adapt Take Down the Concertina Wire, but be Ready for &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/?page_id=528\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"parent":318,"menu_order":50,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-528","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=528"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2943,"href":"http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/528\/revisions\/2943"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}