Get Around To

We must not take one another for granted ... Death can come unexpectedly to ones we love, regardless of their age. We need to take time today to notice the many little things our ... [friends and loved ones do] for us, the many things ... [they are] to us. We need to get around to all the loving things we know we should say and do - before we have to be sorry.
(Harry and Emily Griffith, This Love We Share, 6 October)
9 August 2015

Character

As someone once said, "If I got rid of my defects of character, I might find that I have no character at all."
(Harry and Emily Griffith, This Love We Share, 11 December)
16 February 2015

Complacency

Complacency ... is rarely listed among the major human faults, yet it can hinder us in every form of personal growth.
(Hope For Today, 15 February)

If great care is not taken to deal with problems, they can soon throw a monkey wrench into the smooth machinery ... [of life].
(Harry and Emily Griffith, This Love We Share)
23 December 2014

Home

There is no better training ground for forgiveness than in the home. The importance of our relationship, the constancy of it, the intimacy and vulnerability all work together to make it likely we'll often fail to live up to each other's expectations.
(Harry & Emily Griffith, This Love We Share, 14 November)
18 May 2014

Ungodly Values

Is it time for you to get involved in combating systems or programs that uphold ungodly values?
(Harry & Emily Griffith, This Love We Share, 28 August)
18 April 2014

Worrying

Planning for tomorrow is time well spent: worrying about tomorrow is time wasted. Worriers are consumed by fear and find it difficult to trust God. ...
(The One Year Book Of Bible Readings, 17 June)

Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself, let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day.
(Matthew 6:34 in This Love We Share by Harry and Emily Griffith, 19 December)
22 February 2014

My Favorite Things

Materialism is turning things into a god, thereby raising anything less than God to the level of God himself.
(Harry & Emily Griffith, This Love We Share, 13 August)
14 January 2014

Making Room

If we try to add in something new while still holding on to our old prejudices, attitudes, and illusions, there just isn't room for the new without affecting the old. Something has to give. The new idea, must be accepted in its entirety, not just tacked or sewn onto the old point of view.
(Harry & Emily Griffith, This Love We Share, 13 September)


Mr. Dickie's Flickr Slideshow
Created with flickr slideshow. 4 January 2014

Desire of Knowing

Leave off that excessive desire of knowing; therein is found much distraction. There are many things the knowledge of which is of little or no profit to the soul. (Thomas a' Kempis, in One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 20 July)

Authority also preserves us from danger.  Without proper authority, the two alternatives are chaos (no one in charge) or oppression (a despot in charge).
(Cloud & Townsend, Boundaries Face To Face, p. 255)

I trust myself to participate in my life.  I am connected to the source of all energy and healing power.
(Perry Tilleraas, The Color Of Light, 7 December)

Guard against self-justification and self-righteousness.  Be aware how easy it is to make excuses and to blame your misfortunes on others.
(after One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 19 June)

The good we do during our lives endures long after us.  Indeed, we may never be aware of our greatest contributions.
(Daily Guideposts - 2012, 19 June)

Do what you can with what you have, where you are.
(Theodore Roosevelt in Night Light by Amy E. Dean, 3 November)

Our action or response should be appropriate to the situation.
(Harry & Emily Griffith, This Love We Share, 21 June)
23 December 2013

Good Communicators

Photo by Mr. Dickie

Good communicators are aware of their feelings and able to express them. How we feel is at least as important as what we think. Knowing our own feelings and being able to tell our loved ones about them can be extremely helpful.
(Harry & Emily Griffith, This Love We Share, 20 June)

Focus is important. Focus on those parts of yourself that are working. Look at yourself as someone ... [who] is in the process of healing. Concentrate of the positive parts.
(Will Garcia in The Color Of Light by Perry Tilleraas, 3 November)
14 November 2013

I Can See My Way Clear

"If you don't know where you're going, you're liable to end up someplace else."

(Yogi Berra in This Love We Share by Harry & Emily Griffith, 29 June)

13 November 2013 

Boundaries

Boundaries prevent us from obligating ourselves to do things we shouldn't be doing in the first place and from being taken advantage of by others. (Harry and Emily Griffith, This Love We Share, 14 April) 12 May 2013

Growth

All that I know now is partial and incomplete.

(The One Year Book Of Bible Readings, 14 January)

What, specifically, 

could you do right now to grow in 

knowledge and understanding?

(Harry & Emily Griffith, This Love We Share, 14 January)

Words

What a privilege it is to speak words of life, to bless those we love. There are so many ways we can show our gratitude for them and for God, who made them part of our lives. One of those ways is to speak gracious words at appropriate times.

What words of blessing would God have you say ... [today]?
(Harry & Emily Griffith, This Love We Share, 6 April) 6 April 2013

Darkness and Distress

In times of darkness and distress, there are two temptations:

1. To blame others for our problems, growing bitter and cynical
2. To lapse into self-indulgence as a way to escape the pressures of difficult circumstances.

(Harry and Emily Griffith, This Love We Share, 16 January)
16 March 2013

Negotiate

What minor irritants do you need to negotiate ... so they don't build up lasting resentments?
(Harry & Emily Griffith, This Love We Share, 26 January)

******

Last night I watched a one hour documentary, narrated by Rachel Maddow. Everyone who watches this program or reads the book from which it was adapted won't be pleased. No matter, it's food for thought, and in my opinion should be watched with an open mind by all adults.

Hubris. Selling the Iraq War

Mr. Dickie

19 February 2013