My Creed – By Dean Alfange – Flying W Ranch

When I was a little kid, my parents took us on a giant trip across the country. All jammed into a giant station wagon for 5 weeks of sightseeing across this great nation!

One place that fascinated me was The Flying W Chuck Wagon Ranch  in Colorado Springs. 

I kept my dinner ticket as a souvenir. Years later I discovered it in my memory box and on the back of the ticket was this creed. What struck me the most was that it spoke so true about Jesus - how He is our provider and gives us strength to do anything that He puts our minds to! 

I put it in my wallet, where I carry it to this day.

As a Christian, a husband, a father, and a small business owner, this message is timeless and timely for our nation in 2008.

God Bless America!

My Creed – By Dean Alfange

” I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon. I seek to develop whatever talents God gave me — not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me. I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed. I refuse to barter incentive for a dole. I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence; the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of utopia. I will not trade freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for a handout. I will never cower before any earthly master nor bend to any threat. It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid; to think and act myself, enjoy the benefit of my creations and to face the world boldly and say — ‘This, with God’s help, I have done.’ All this is what it means to be an American.”

Original Dinner Ticket - 1975

My Creed - Original Dinner Ticket