Destiny

Try to live your life and be happy with your destiny, acquiring inner peace by love and good deeds.
(Marcus Aurelius)
5 April 2016

Your Destiny

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... your destiny is not determined by your critics. God has the final say. Quit listening to what the naysayers are telling you and stop living to please people. Shake that off and keep pressing forward in life.
(Joel Osteen, Become A Better You, p. 238)
28 February 2016

Life & Death

For [an] ... old man there is no longer much difference between life and death, but for the sake of his family [his friends and his neighbors] and his family's destiny, there are things that he has to do before the last day comes, the loose ends of a whole long life to gather together and somehow tie up.
(Frederick Buechner, Listening To Your Life, 5 September)
31 December 2013

Fate

Fate plays a crucial role in most dark nights, and it pays to have respect for the role of fate and destiny in our lives. (Thomas Moore, Dark Nights Of The Soul,  p. 28) 7 July 2013

The Force

My will shall shape the future. 

Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man's doing but my own. 

I am the force. 

I can clear any obstacle before me or I can be lost in the maze. 

My choice, my responsibility. 

Win or lose, only I hold the key to my destiny.

(Elaine Maxwell, American Writer, in Pocket Positives) 

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2 July 2013

Present Possibilities

Photo: Melva at the Community College Quilt Show

... life has a bitter side, and you have to be prepared to deal with it. (Thomas Moore, Dark Nights Of The Soul, p. 75)

... how do the people who are often undervalued by society find the hope, direction and encouragement they need to fulfill their God-given destinies? (John C. Maxwell, Leadership, 26 January)

The perfectionist, clinging stubbornly to ideas of what life ought to be, often has difficulty grasping the concepts of acceptance and detachment. (after One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 23 December)

I will examine my own attitudes and activities and face the fact that much of what I do or leave undone - contributes to my distress. (One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 4 February)

Many people procrastinate making life changes because of fears of disapproval from others. (Doreen Virtue, Ph.D., I'd Change My Life If I Had More Time, p. 77)

Look for fears and limiting beliefs as you'd seek weeds in a garden. Observe them, and then yank them out by the roots! (Doreen Virtue, Ph.D., I'd Change My Life If I Had More Time, p. 80-1)

... honor people and their process even when it looks dysfunctional by your standards. ... Rather than allowing indifference to close your heart and mind to situations and people, learn how to be detached. In this way you will be available to offer what you can, when you can. (Iyanla Vanzant, Until Today! 16 December)

... focus on present possibilities, and be content with today. ( A Gentle Spirit, 19 December)

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This morning I inadvertently altered the appearance of my Chrome browser's bookmark bar. At first I was upset. After thinking about what happened for a few minutes I came up with a "fix" that will probably prove better. I created a folder that I labeled, Access which will thus be the left-most (first) folder to appear on the Bookmarks bar. In the Access folder I stored the links to the pages I frequently access like:

• Arrow Prayers
• Mr. Dickie's Blog
• HenthornFamily Wiki
• Facebook
• Gmail
• Wonderpage
• Delicious
• Google Reader

Mr. Dickie

17 February 2013

After A Certain Age

[After a certain age] Other than our own deaths, there is little we haven't experienced by now.

• We've known the turmoil of adolescence.
• We've felt the pride that accompanies career advancement and the disappointment over a missed promotion.
• Worry over the safety of our children and our parents is familiar.
• We've missed opportunities that would have changed our destiny and reaped rewards we hadn't expected.
• Life has been full; 

Our gift has been to grow confident and wise.
(Karen Casey, Keepers Of The Wisdom, 19 March) 19 March 2012

Destiny

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, but a thing to be achieved. (William Jennings Bryan in A Book of Choices by Mike Magee MD, p. 17)
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