Did you feel that this morning?
Don’t by coy.
The tones dropped and you didn’t make the call. Before the first truck could announce “in service”, you were already fabricating your excuse.
But, we know what’s going on, don’t we?
That adrenaline rush that once propelled us to “firefighter of the year” is only a gooey mess of poor descriptions of what is now poor performance.
There was a time not so long ago that you felt like your little village needed…
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Is a broken promise nothing more than a lie?
I believe that it is, even when you factor in “intent”.
When you make a promise, it is not your intent to break it, but it has the same end result as a lie when you fail to deliver on a promise.
To the person to whom the promise was made, it feels like a lie. It’s the same feeling of betrayal, isn’t it?
What about the motivation for the promise?
Was there ever the intent of…
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Note: Chief Mark Wessel of Keokuk, IA Fire Department is to the left. I am to the right.
December, 1999 delivered a major blow to our brotherhood of firefighters.…
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