Photo: Aztech New MediaEach indecision brings its own delays and days are lost lamenting over lost days. ... What you can do or think you can do, begin it. For boldness has magic power and genius in it. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Courage to Change, 3 September)
Trying to change other people is futile, foolish and certainly not loving. Today, instead of assuming that they are the problem, I can look at myself to see what needs changing within. Courage to Change, 31 August)
Do not become encumbered by petty annoyances. Never respond to emotional upset by more emotional upset. Try to keep calm in all circumstances. Try not to fight back. (Alan L. Roeck in Look To This Day, 4 September)
I will look for, and appreciate, positive and desirable actions in my significant other and not concentrate on the negative. (after One Day at a Time in Al-Anon, 12 August)
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Today we remember that terrible day eight years ago (11 Sep 2001) when the United States came under attack by evil forces some of whom we had been foolish enough to train to fly airplanes. If anyone believed that there's no such thing as The Devil they must have been brought up short on that day. Today is a good day to take stock and ask ourselves several questions. What did we learn from the events of that day? What did we learn about building skyscrapers? Have we brought those responsible to justice? Does the Homeland Security agency work? Are the increased travel security procedures worth the effort or are they just carried out for show to give us a false sense of security? Has the flow of illegal immigrants to this country been slowed? How would we know?
Mr. Dickie
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