History of Our Time

In a few hundred years, when the history of our time is written from a long term perspective, it is likely that the most important event those historians will see is not technology, nor the Internet, nor e-commerce. It is an unprecedented change in the human condition. For the first time ─ literally ─ substantial and rapidly growing numbers of people have choices. For the first time, they will have to manage themselves.

“And society is totally unprepared for it.”

(Peter Drucker, in The 8th Habit, by Stephen R. Covey, p. 12)

4 March 2016

Choices

You should not take responsibility for someone else's poor choices. If you do, before long, that person will be controlling you and manipulating you.
(Joel Osteen, Become a Better You, p. 241)
20 February 2016

Choices

We can control our choices, but we can't control the consequences of these choices.
(Stephen R. Covey, First Things First, p. 25)
14 October 2015

Power

Dick & Melva in Annapolis, MD (2015)

I have all the power I need today to say no to negative choices.

The personal choices I make today are positive and healthy.

I take responsibility for my life today.

(Ruth Fishel, Time For Joy, 14 May)

11 August 2015

Free Will

With free will, we have the choice to make changes, even if they may be difficult.

We can use free will to opt for change or improvement.

Are there changes or improvements you can make in your life?  Remember you are free to change these things whenever you are ready.
(after Amy E. Dean, Night Light, 4 November)
21 July 2015

Power

Old Cape Henry Lighthouse, Norfolk, VA

Photo by: Mr. Dickie

In general, we keep our power when we protect the power of others.
(Thomas Moore, Care Of The Soul, p., 126)

One of the marks of mental health is the degree to which people realize that they have control over their own lives and exercise that power to choose.
(Dr. Henry Cloud, The Secret Things Of God, p. 204)

... I have choices and may make whatever decisions I desire in my best interests, provided those decisions do no harm another person.
(Hope For Today, 18 May)

No man can hinder you from living according to the reason of your nature; nothing will happen to you contrary to the reason of universal nature.
(Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Chapter VI, 58)

17 June 2015

Attitude

Photo by: Corel

If my attitude at home is habitually glum and critical, I will try to change this by observing what I say and do, and how my family reacts.
(One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 2 November)

Don't let fear of family dramas keep you from changing outmoded, unnecessary, and unwanted thought patterns.
(Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, Excuses Begone, p. 39)

... humor works to lighten the heavy seriousness of our daily living, and smooths out the rough spots in our communication with each other.
(One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 6 December)

Sometimes the choices I make are not as important as the fact that I make them.
(Hope For Today, 6 December)
15 June 2015

Friends

Panama - Pollera (dress)

Everybody wants friends. Everybody needs friends. No one wishes to be without them. But never lose sight of the fact that it you friends who will lead you along the paths that you will follow. While you should be friendly with all people, select with great care those whom you wish to have close to you. They will be your safeguards in situations where you may vacillate between choices, and you in turn may save them.
(Gordon B. Hinckley, Stand A Little Taller, 18 November)
12 May 2015

The Unique Gift

This bright new day, complete with twenty-four hours of opportunities, choices, and attitudes comes with a perfectly matched set of 1,440 minutes. This unique gift, this one day, cannot be exchanged, replaced, or refunded. Handle with care. Make the most of it. There is only one per customer!
(Whispers Of Blessing, Day 253)
1 Apil 2015

Influences

Melva's practice photo with my camera

It's easy to be affected by outside influences.
Let's pay more attention to what really matters when making choices.
(The Christophers, Three Minutes A Day, Vol. 44, 12 January)

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I spent time this morning creating folders in my Downloads folder. Then I moved photos and music to the appropriate "new" folders.  I should do this more often. It's an easy way to quickly group "sets" of files together. I also remembered to "tag" the photos I downloaded this morning. Organization is work that pays dividends later.

Mr. Dickie
18 March 2015

Choices

When you abandon making choices, you enter the vast world of excuses.

(Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, Excuses Begone! p. 22)

6 February 2015

The Course Of Our Lives

Capitol Christmas Tree

Capitol Building Shrouded in Plastic and Scaffolding

Christmas 2014

Photo by Mr. Dickie

Failure is one of life's most powerful teachers. How we handle our failures determines whether we're going to simply get by in life or press on.
(Beth Moore, in 100 Days Of Prayer For Women, p. 31)

... it takes a close call before most people will put the emphasis in their lives on the sense of purpose and meaning.
(Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, The Sky's The Limit, p. 322)

The course of our lives is seldom determined by great, life-altering decisions. Our direction is often set by the small day-to-day choices that chart the track on which we run. This is the substance of our lives - making choices.
(Gordon B. Hinckley, Stand A Little Taller, 2 January)
28 December 2014

Choices

Whatever you love most be it sport[s], pleasure, business, [alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, sex, money, your stuff] or God, that is your god.
(Billy Graham, altered by Richard E. Henthorn, in 100 Days Of Prayer For Women, p. 37)
11 December 2014

Choices

We create our own feelings by the thoughts we choose to think. We have the ability to make different choices and create different experiences.
(Louise L. Hay, Meditations To Heal Your Life, p. 90)
10 December 2014

Choices

Every day you make hundreds of choices ... and the quality of those choices determines the quality of your day and your life.
(100 Days Of Prayer For Women, p. 241)
25 May 2014

Choices

No matter how many books you read, no matter how many schools you attend, you're never really wise until you start making wise choices.
(100 Days Of Prayer For Women, p. 241)
11 April 2014

Life Choices

Backyard Flowers - Mr. Dickie

If your life choices are not providing you with personal feelings of peace and fulfillment, then you must reconsider why you are making the choices to live out your life in ways that are simply permitting you to exist rather than to feel a sense of mission and purpose.
(Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, The Sky's The Limit, p. 31)
23 March 2014

Matter Of Attitude

Photo: Mr. Dickie

As religious writer Charles Swindoll said, "We have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. Life is 10 per cent what happens to me and 90 per cent how I react to it. And so it is with you. We are in charge of our attitudes."

You can't change everything, but you can always change something for the better including your way of looking at life.
(The Christophers, Three Minutes A Day, Volume 44, 9 January)
12 January 2014

The Perfect Moment

The first three times you came with the same story [they] would listen and try to help. But if you showed up a fourth time and it was the same old tired things, the others in the circle would just get up and move ... it was time you did something about it.
(Amy E. Dean, Night Light, 21 November)

The perfect moment never arrives, there is never a convenient time.
(Promises Of Joy, p. 174)

... you can always make your own choices about how to handle the painful problems that come your way.
(The Christophers, Three Minutes A Day, Vol. 41 or 44, 29 October)

I was struck by how much of this man's inner focus was on dis-order, dis-harmony, and disease ...
(after Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, The Power Of Intention)

If I'm on the wrong track, I want to know it so I can correct my faults and attitude. Others can often see our problems more clearly than we can, and from that we get our best help.
(One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 20 August)

To overcome my faults, I must first know what they are. Then I must admit to them, and, finally, with patient self-correction, diminish them, even if I cannot set myself wholly free.
(One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 19 June)

Slavery, is anything that keeps you from your God-ordained destiny and the fulfillment of his promises for you.
(Beth Moore, Praying God's Word Day By Day, 8 August)

Whatever course you decide upon; there is always someone to tell you you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires ... courage.
(Amy E. Dean, Night Light, 15 September)

Fools think their own way is right, but the wise listen to advice.
(Proverbs 12{15 (NRSV), Promises Of Joy, p. 167)

Be very careful, then, how you live - not as unwise but as wise.
(Ephesian 5:15, in Promises Of Joy, p. 220)

Choices

... how you decide to think is one of your most important choices to make in life.
(Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, The Sky's The Limit, p. 105)
8 May 2013