Dread
I cannot do anyuthing about things that haven't happened;
I will not let past experiences make me dread the unknown future.
(One Day At A Time in Al-Anon, 11 July)
Dick Henthorn
18 July 2020
The purpose of Mr. Dickie's Blog is to provide a place where I can post quotations I like and write about things that are on my mind. As of the summer of 2011 I have NetworkedBlogs posting a link to this blog to Facebook.
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Fulfillment
Fulfillment
Settle for nothing less than what you truly desire, and do not be afraid to ask for what you feel will bring you joy and fulfillment.
(Emanuel, in The Color of Light, by Perry Tilleraas, 1 August)
Dick Henthorn
17 July 2020
Thursday, July 16, 2020
Failure
Failure
If we could understand the feelings of inferiority and humbling occasioned by failure as meaningful in their own right, then we might incorporate failure into our work so that it doesn't literally devastate us.
(Thomas Moore, Care of the Soul, p. 196-7)
Dick Henthorn
16 July 2020
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Judgment
Judgment
In short, a man must learn a great deal to enable him to pass a correct judgment on another man's acts.
(Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Chapter XI, 18)
Dick Henthorn
15 July 2020
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Serenity
Serenity
When our serenity is dependent on someone else's behavior we're in trouble.
(Perry Tilleraas, The Color of Light, 17 October)
Dick Henthorn
14 July 2020
Monday, July 13, 2020
Spiritual Axiom
Spiritual Axiom
It is a spiritual axiom that every time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with us.
(12 Step and 12 Traditions in Daily Reflections, 9 October)
Dick Henthorn
13 July 2020
Sunday, July 12, 2020
Goals
Goals
Goals may not always be easy to attain, but keep at them - you never know when you might fulfill your ambitions.
(The Christophers, Three Minutes A Day, Vol. 31, 23 June)
Dick Henthorn
12 July 2020
Saturday, July 11, 2020
Peace of Mind
Peace of Mind
Avoid friends and followers who are detrimental to thy
peace of mind
and
spiritual growth.
(Tibetan Rosary of Precious Gems in Night Light by Amy E. Dean, 3 September)
Dick Henthorn
11 July 2020
Friday, July 10, 2020
Two Ways To Live Your Life
Two Ways To Live Your Life
There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.
(Albert Einstein in Whispers of Blessing, Day 344)
Dick Henthorn
10 July 2020
Thursday, July 9, 2020
Gratitude
Gratitude
When you feel grateful for something others have done for you, why not tell them about it?
(Anonymous, in Night Light by Amy E. Dean, 25 December)
Dick Henthorn
9 July 2020
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Victims
Victims
[When] we stop being victims... [we] begin to see how all the circumstances of our lives have contained gifts and critical lessons.
(Perry Tilleraas, The Color of Light, 19 December)
Dick Henthorn
8 July 2020
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
The Secret
The Secret
The secret is to live each chapter of our lives fully, so that when our story ends we don't have longing and regrets.
(Alexandra Stoddard, The Art of the Possible, p. 24)
Dick Henthorn
7 July 2020
Monday, July 6, 2020
To Be
To Be
You cannot be anything if you want to be everything.
(Solomon Schecter, in The Color of Light, Perry Tilleraas, 11 Dec)
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
(Epictetus, Philospher, in Words That Matter by the Editors of The Oprah Magazine, p. 9)
Dick Henthorn
6 July 2020
Sunday, July 5, 2020
Whatever Comes
Whatever Comes
You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.
(Eleanor Roosevelt)
Dick Henthorn
5 July 2020
Saturday, July 4, 2020
Close Families
Close Families
Close families build history,
(The Christophers, Three Minutes A Day, Vol. 44, 22 October)
Dick Henthorn
4 July 2020
Friday, July 3, 2020
Simplest Choices
Simplest Choices
The simplest choices you make or actions you take might be more important than you know.
Do your best in everything.
(The Christophers, Three Minutes A Day, Vol. 41, 2 August)
Dick Henthorn
3 Jul 2020
Thursday, July 2, 2020
Reality
Reality
Google changed the Blogger editor. It's a mess. There is no button to "center" text. Who tested this thing? I suppose it's there someplace. Also, I don't see a preview button. Change is never easy.
Regardless of what is happening around me I will always have the prerogative, and the responsibility, of choosing what happens within me. I am the creator of my own reality.
(Daily Reflections, 7 October)
Dick Henthorn
2 July 2020
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Bad Men
Bad Men
To expect bad men not to do wrong is madness, for he who expects this desires an impossibility.
But to allow men to behave evilly to each other, and not expect them to do you any wrong is irrational and tyrannical.
(Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Chapter XI, 18)
Dick Henthorn
1 July 2020