Other People

Life will always be lived with other people, 

and other people can be 

unreliable, unpredictable and easily distracted.

(Harold S. Kushner, Overcoming Life's Disappointments, p. 20)

Dick Henthorn

23 Feb 2018

Your Weaknesses

You know your weaknesses. You also know the situations in which your weaknesses are most vulnerable. Stay out of those situations.
(Max Lucado, Grace For The Moment, Vol. II, 28 May)

Every achievement worth remembering is stained with the blood of diligence and scarred by the wounds of disappointment.
(Charles Swindoll in 100 Days Of Prayer For Women, p. 31)
24 March 2015

People

(Photo: Mr. Dickie)

Do not seek love in other people, and do not complain about the absence of their love for you. Some people love wrong, not right; therefore, try to please God, rather than people. (Leo Tolsoy, A Calendar Of Wisdom, 20 November)

There are always enemy forces who will work against you when you attempt to change the status quo. ... It is important to ferret out the motives of people who accuse you. What is their stake in your failure? What do they have to lose if you succeed? (Laurie Beth Jones, The Path, P. 118-19)

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. (Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American Writer, Pocket Positives, no page numbering)

Stop being surprised that ... [a resistant person] does not welcome the truth. (Cloud / Townsend, Boundaries Face To Face, p. 151)

Sooner or later, we'll be disappointed by every friend on earth; none are perfect. (David Jeremiah, Journey, 22 February)

24 April 2013

Trust And Belief

We have been disappointed so often that we find it difficult to know who to trust and what to believe. (David Jeremiah, Journey, 21 January) 22 January 2013

Status Quo

When a man clings too tightly to the status quo or tries to control the direction of change, he is bound to be disappointed. (Touchstones, 17 August) 9 August 2012

Silence!

Things cannot always go as you want them to.

Accept disappointment quietly;

Cultivate the gift of silence when speaking may aggravate the difficulty.

(One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 27 May)

21 June 2011

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

Flawed Processes

Flawed assessment and decision-making processes are what tend to get many people into trouble and bring them disappointment, resentment, failure, and severe negative consequences.  (Mary Ellen O'Toole, Dangerous Instincts, p. 28)

******

Last night while channel surfing I found a very nice two-hour program about ventriloquist Jeff Dunham on Biography.  I started watching at the halfway point.  They repeated the program again immediately following the one I watched.  I stayed with it in order to see the whole thing.

In Maryland, where we live, there are many state trust funds earmarked for specific purposes.  For example, Chesapeake Bay Cleanup.  Millions of dollars in taxation have been approved to obtain the money for these trusts.  I watched a television report about how the lawmakers are diverting these monies for unauthorized purposes.  Of course, there is little discussion because they don't want the public to be aware of what's going on.  It's one more indicator of the fact that our government no longer works and that we have elected the wrong people.  I'd venture to guess that this isn't a situation that is limited only to the state of Maryland.  Enough is Enough!

Mr. Dickie

23 November 2011