Serenity

Serenity

When our serenity is dependent on someone else's behavior we're in trouble.

(Perry Tilleraas, The Color of Light, 17 October)

Dick Henthorn

14 July 2020

Serenity

2014 Christmas Cactus

... acquiring a sense of reality 

... is absolutely essential to serenity

(One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 15 February)

21 December 2014

Searching For Serenity

If I stay out of other's affairs and become more aware of my own,
I have a good chance of finding some serenity.
(Hope For Today, 1 April)
2 November 2014

Serenity

When our serenity is dependent on someone else's behavior, we're in trouble.
(The Color Of Light, Perry Tilleraas, 17 October)
15 November 2013

Inventory

Depending on how you look at it, it's either time for an end of the month inventory or a beginning of the month inventory.

An occasional review of our progress is an encouraging exercise, for it shows us that we are gradually learning how to live in poise and serenity.

At any rate it is a good time to look back over the month just passed to see what progress we've made and what changes have taken place in our lives as a result of practicing our programs.

• Have we given sufficient attention to our program?
• Have we done at least a little reading each day?
• Are our family relationships more serene and happy than they were a month ago?
• Have we renewed a strained friendship; or made good for an injury to someone?
• Did we make an effort to avoid gossip?
• Did we try to learn something new?

Make this a day of review and preparation for the coming month in which you will renew your efforts to progress in your personal development.

If you don't see any improvement in the month which just ended, do not be discouraged.  There are still many things to learn, one of which is, to accept yourself as you are.  Everything good we can bring about must begin with that.

(after One Day At At A Time In Al-Anon, 31 July) 1 August 2012

Life Battles

My serenity does not depend on my winning every round in my battle with life. (One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 15 July) 24 July 2012

Judgment

Self-absorption is the enemy of serenity.  (In God's Care, 10 December)

Today demonstrate forbearance in your language, your actions, and your reactions.  A calm, well thought out response has a soothing effect on others.  (Helen Steiner Ricer, From The Heart, 5 December)

Judgment comes from experience and great judgment comes from bad experience.  (Senator Bob Packwood in Believing In Myself by Larsen and Hegarty, 11 December)

[A] ... compulsive drive for perfection - an unrealistic idealism - can be a neurotic symptom as difficult to deal with as the alcoholic's compulsion to drink.  (One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 23 December)

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Last night I watched some of the weekly Wednesday night streaming video of the Music City Roots show from the Barn at the Loveless Cafe in Nashville, TN.  There were some technical difficulties this week that seemed to grow worse as the program continued.  The performer that I wanted to see was, John Cowan.  He came on at beginning of the show.  I hadn't heard of any of the other acts.

Mr. Dickie

12 January 2012

Serenity

Make an effort to open your mind to experiencing things directly before proclaiming them as true and living by them.  (Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, Wisdom of the Ages, p. 8)

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings.  Then you will forget your anger.  (Epictetus in The Promise Of A New Day by Casey and Vanceburg, 11 August)

Self-examination and meditation are the tools for self-knowledge and serenity.  (Casey and Vanceburg, The Promise Of A New Day, 30 June)
8 September 2011

Facebook Page

[Don't pay attention to] ... fables and to rules and regulations made by men who persist in turning their backs on the truth. (after Titus I: 13-16 in The Letter To Titus by William Barclay)

I am responsible for facing my problems, however great they may be. Acting to resolve my issues is my job. I cannot evade them without turning my back on life itself. (after One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 11 June)

Everybody is ignorant only on different subjects. (Will Rogers in Believing In Myself by Larsen and Hegarty, 20 May)

Take time to think quietly and peacefully and enjoy the serenity that emerges. (Helen Steiner Rice, From The Heart, 3 August)

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This week I have been working on a new project. I created a Facebook "Page" for Monroe County Ohio Genealogy. The page will be sponsored by the Monroe County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society. The idea is to provide a place where people interested in the genealogy of the county can share and exchange information. By the end of the week I had all of the components installed and two of us were designated as co-administrators. Three others had already "Liked" the page. The next steps will be to install the chapter logo and to announce the creation of the page on our website.

Last night, for the first time, I listened to The Grand Ole Opry from WSM in Nashville, TN using the radio stations streaming audio. The 20th Anniversary of Vince Gill was the featured performance. The show ran until about ten minutes before 11:00 p.m.

Yesterday I bought a nice Library of Congress paper weight at a flea market. I'll use it to hold papers in place around the computer.

Mr. Dickie

14 August 2011

Sanity and Serenity

...an honest appraisal of ourselves will open the way to improvement and start us on the upward climb to sanity and serenity. (One Day At A Time in Al-Anon, 28 September)
5/Oct/2010 8:47

Gardening

Serenity is like gravity, you can't see it and you can't touch it, but you can feel it. (As We Understood, p. 130)

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Lunch today at the Red Lobster with former coworker, Bill Hamilton.

It's raining again today. The plants and grass all look lovely. The peonies are in bloom. The azaleas that were damaged during the winter are showing new growth. The ones transplanted in the fall appear to be surviving the shock of being moved.

Mr. Dickie
18/May/2010 8:56