World Situation

... life, economics, and the weather resist most of our efforts to control them.  (Casey and Vanceburg, The Promise Of A New Day, 30 November)

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."  (Albert Einstein in Wisdom Of The Ages by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, p. 222)

There are certain things in which a man cannot change his mind but must abide forever by the choice he has made. (William Barclay, The Letter To The Hebrews, p. 184)

I don't know how you view the world situation, but, it seems obvious to me that things are in a desperate state.  (Selwyn Hughes, Every Day Light, Day 354)

Mr. Dickie
13 January 2012

This Is Life

Photo: Mr. Dickie - Wall art in Cumberland, MD

This is life and I must learn ... [to live it.] 

(Selwyn Hughes, Every Day Light, Day 348) 

28 December 2011

Obsession

An obsession is a repetitive or persistent thought or idea which crowds into the mind and thus helps to relieve one's basic anxiety.  (Selwyn Hughes, Every Day Light, Day 326) 2 November 2011

Self

And if there is one thing we must learn about "the self," it is that it does not like to be challenged, confronted, or dislodged.  (Selwyn Hughes, Every Day Light, Day 274) 29 October 2011

Trouble

The real source of his trouble was himself.  (Selwyn Hughes, Every Day Light, Day 234)

When the course of world history depresses you, look at events from heaven's point of view.  (Warren W. Wiersbe, Chapter-By-Chapter Bible Commentary, p. 565)
27 September 2011

Don't Forget Yourself

Once recognized, self-defeating patterns can be crossed out and rewritten. (Larsen and Hegarty, Believing In Myself, 19 June)

There is always one fact more in every man's case about which we know nothing.  (Oswald Chambers, in Everything Counts by Steve Case, 17 June)

Don't get stuck in the sands of half-hearted commitments.  (Selwyn Hughes, Every Day Light, p.260)

If you forget yourself, other people probably won't.  (Mr. Dickie, after One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 28 August 2011) 25 September 2011

Clear Thinking

The root of many of our emotional problems lies in a lack of clear thinking - clear thinking based on Scripture.  (Selwyn Hughes, Every Day Light, Day 224)

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Last night I worked on a project learning how to use the ten "Pages" that are available with each Google blog.  It turned out to be more complicated than I anticipated.  In the end I decided to leave learning about "tabs" until later.  I created a "Page" and then I added a link to the page in the sidebar of Mr. Dickie's Blog.  I'm planning to use the "Page" to store links to some of the webpages I look at frequently.  Early this morning I realized I can keep the web address of the "Page" private if I want.  I added the address of the "Page" to the Business button on my Chrome toolbar.  I can click on Business to access the drop down list of bookmarks and then click on "Mr. Dickie's Blog: My Private Links" to go to the Google page with my special links.  For now, you can take a look at the "Page" via the entry in the sidebar.

Mr. Dickie
21 September 2011

Things

We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are.  (The Talmud, in Believing In Myself by Larsen and Hegarty, 14 June)

Think things through.  (after Selwyn Hughes, Every Day Light, Day 235)

One of the most tragic sights in life is a man who has learned nothing from the years.  (William Barclay, The Letter To Titus, p.283)  19 September 2011

Every Step

Selective expression of feelings shows maturity.  (Selwyn Hughes, Every Day Light, Day 200)

Addiction always results in the loss of freedom and dignity.  (Larsen and Hegarty, Believing In Myself, 12 August)

I will try to respect everyone's reality, and to remember that much of the world lies outside my range of vision.  (Casey and Vanceburg, The Promise Of A New Day, 19 August)

Every step of the way is made possible by the step that preceded it.  (Larsen and Hegarty, Believing In Myself, 2 September) 13 September 2011

Conformity

Society demands conformity; if you fall beneath its standards, it will punish you, if you rise above the standards, it will persecute you. It demands an average grey conformity. (Anonymous, Every Day Light, Selwyn Hughes, Day 174)

Peace

...we must make sure that we surround ourselves with people who support and affirm us. We must let our friends and mates know that for our own health we will not tolerate their negative tunes. (Eric V. Copage, Black Pearls)

Problems that are buried inside us rather than brought out into the light work to drain us of spiritual energy. (Selwyn Hughes, Every Day Light, Day 189)

The ego is constantly asking, "Why can't I be at peace now?" The ego doesn't know that your only opportunity for being at peace "is now." (After Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth, p. 115)

11 August 2011

Healthy Relationships

"A community cannot survive on what it remembers. It will persist only because of what it affirms and believes." (Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg in To Life! by Harold Kushner, p. 297)

A "neurotic" is someone who is afraid to face reality, while a "psychotic" is someone who is unaware of reality. (Selwyn Hughes, Every Day Light, Day 135)

I must look among the healthy for healthy relationships. (Larsen and Hegarty, Believing In Myself, 24 May)

9 August 2011

Choose Life

Choose. It really is your choice. Once you make the right one. You see how obvious it is. (Steve Case, Everything Counts, 19 July)

[To] ... cultivate the gift of silence when speaking may aggravate the difficulty. (One Day At A Time in Al-Anon, 27 May) [Note: You may need to think about this one for a minute before it makes sense. It means that you shouldn't use silence as a weapon. Mr. Dickie.]

Whenever we are unwilling to face a negative emotion it implies that we are not in control of it, but that it is in control of us. (Selwyn Hughes, Every Day Light, Day 136)

8 August 2011

Real Problems

Better to stay with the pain of confusion and uncertainty than to grasp at answers that are not answers because they evade the real problems. (Selwyn Hughes, Every Day Light, Day 206) 5 August 2011

What Matters

It is not what happens to you, but what you make of it that matters. (Selwyn Hughes, Every Day Light, Day 184)

... even at the moment of our greatest personal joy, we cannot let ourselves forget the many people who have less reason to rejoice than we do. (Harold Kushner, To Life!, p. 228)

31 July 2011

Harmony

Wild mood swings and chronic crankiness are symptoms of deeper disorders that need attention. (Larsen and Hegarty, Believing In Myself, 5 July)

Only exposed problems can be resolved. (Selwyn Hughes, Every Day Light)

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone. (Warren W. Wiersbe, Chapter-By-Chapter Bible Commentary, p. 440)

Things will hum along, once you restore harmony in your life. (Richard E. Henthorn, 19 May 2011) 30 July 2011

Judges

When a land falls into the hands of the wicked, He blindfolds its judges. (Job 9:24, Selwyn Hughes, Every Day Light, Day 192) 14 July 2011

Attitude

Our attitudes have a tremendous and powerful influence upon every part of our being - physical as well as emotional. (Selwyn Hughes, Every Day Light, Day 123)

... right attitudes produce right effects ... (Selwyn Hughes, Every Day Light, Day 124)

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Yesterday I made a trip to the library bookstore to visit with friends, Daniel and Joan. I took along a big canvas bag of book to donate. I didn't count the number I took. The bag was almost full and almost too heavy to carry. I purchased one boik about JavaScript.

I spent quite a bit of time using my new computer. I made the large monitor the primary display and the laptop screen the secondary display. At one point I had Facebook displayed on the large monitor and WordPad on the laptop monitor. I also created two new photo albums on Picasa. One is for photos of quilts and the other for photos of molas from Panama. I moved or copied some photos into the new albums.

Cyndi gave me a mobile phone carrying case that I can use to protect and carry my Oasis music player. There's a clip for fastening the case to my belt. This will come in handy when I go out walking or when I want to walk around the house or yard while listening to the device.

Mr. Dickie
26/May/2011 8:29

Bluegrass Music

How sad that, right before our eyes, we see history repeating itself... (Selwyn Hughes, Every Day Light, Day 105)

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I'm pleased that I was able to share photos I put in albums on Picasa with friends on Facebook. This allowed me to include links to the photo albums in both my Google blog and in Facebook postings. I received some nice feedback, so I know it worked.

I continue to enjoy reading the Facebook postings of many old and new friends on Facebook. It's great fun to be in touch with classmates from Bellevue, Nebraska and Wichita, Kansas days. I'm a member of the Facebook LOC Group created by my former boss, Jim Stevens. We have twenty-one members now.

Years ago one of my neighbors told me about Milorganite fertilizer. It's relatively cheap and it works well on our yard. One bag which costs less than $13.00 is enough to cover our entire yard if I remember to use the right setting on the spreader.

I'm planning to attend the Bluegrass Festival at Granite Hill Campground near Gettysburg, PA on Saturday. I'll meet the Naylors at the campground. I've been there many times. The trip takes about ninety minutes.

Mr. Dickie
11/May/2011 8:02

Good Old Days

[On the voyage of life] ... one must have fixed points from which to take a bearing. (Selwyn Hughes, Every Day Light, Day 83)

The past can be a heavy burden we carry around in our minds. (after Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth, p. 139)

Yesterdays have no value except as experience, to be used in making today and the future more fruitful. (One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 13 April)

The good old days are often a combination of a bad memory and a good imagination. (Warren W. Wiersbe, Chapter-By-Chapter Bible Commentary, p. 293)

We are not only possessors of the present, we are also the trustees of the future. (after William Barclay, The Letters to Timothy, Titus and Philemon, p. 161)

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Nothing to write home about today.

Mr. Dickie
26/Apr/2011 8:22