Whatever Happens

Whatever may happen today, I will think of it as a challenge which I am well able to meet.  If it is good, I will receive it gratefully as a special gift.  If it is not good, I will deal with it as well as I can, knowing it will pass if I do not let it overwhelm me. I will not let the good make me complacent, nor will I allow the not-good to drown me in despair.
(One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 27 May)
27 May 2014

Take Your Medicine

The best antidote I know for worry is work.
The best medicine for despair is service.
The best cure for weariness is the challenge of helping someone who is even more tired.
(Gordon B. Hinckley, Stand A Little Taller, 1 April)
9 April 2014

Take Two Pills And Call Me In The Morning

There's nothing natural about living a life filled with stress and anxiety, having feelings of despair and depression, and needing pills to tranquilize yourself.
(Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, The Power Of Intention, p. 188)
(17 November 2013)

The Brink

Larry King, "I remember 1991 ... and the utter despair I was feeling. I can't understand how a modern society knowing the horrors of war can be on the brink of it again. It makes me angry. If there is a God, then why does he continue to let this happen?"

Rabbi Irwin Katsof, "War is man's doing, not God's."
(Larry King and Rabbi Irwin Katsof in Powerful Prayers, p. 203)
26 May 2013 (Memorial Day Weekend)

Quality Of Life

The quality of our life isn't measured by our degrees or possessions but by our behavior.  (Casey and Vanceburg, The Promise Of A New Day, 23 July)

On this day I will choose a project I have not devoted my entire attention to and attend to it.  (Eric V. Copage, Black Pearls, 3 August)

Despair can seem the only realistic response to problems that are too deeply rooted or long-standing.  (Larsen and Hegarty, Believing In Myself, 5 June)

It would be a great thing to die knowing that we had never in our lives transgressed the rules of honor and of honesty in the race of life.  (William Barclay, The Letters To Timothy, p. 242)

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I'm test driving a new Blogger editor today.  I hope it will fix a couple of problems I noticed in the past.  Sometimes I couldn't change the font color and sometimes I couldn't added new labels. Here's a test of changing font size and color.


Mr. Dickie
1 September 2011