Finding Strength

As long as we're taught to believe we are victims to whatever health hazards come our way we won't have the necessary strength to change the conditions that gave us the trouble in the first place.
(Margo Adair in The Color Of Light by Perry Tilleraas, 1 April)
25 August 2015

That's Not Necessary

Civil War Sculpture - foot of Capitol Hill

Washington, DC

For most of what we say and do is unnecessary, and if a man leaves them out, he will have more leisure and less trouble. So on every occasion a man should ask himself, "Is this one of the unnecessary thing?" Further, a man should leave off not only unnecessary acts, but also unnecessary thoughts, for thus superfluous acts will not follow after.
(Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Chapter 1, Verse 24)
4 January 2015

Suffering

As long as suffering is hard for you and you seek to avoid it, all will go wrong with you, and the very trouble that you run from will hound you wherever you go. If you resign yourself to what must be - that is, that we all must suffer and die -- you will feel much better, and you will find peace.
(Thomas 'a Kempis, The Imitation Of Christ, Book 2, Chapter 12)
18 October 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

Trouble Ahead

Don't worry about tomorrow, 

for tomorrow will bring its own worries.

Today's trouble is enough for today.

(One Year Book Of Bible Readings, 17 June)

6 January 2014

Trouble

How much trouble he avoids who does not look to see what others say or do, but only what he does himself, that it may be just and pure.
(Marcus Aurelius: Meditations in One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 22 July)
24 November 2013

Trouble

2013 Orchid Show at Beltsville, MD - photo by Mr. Dickie

Advice columnist Ann Landers put it this way, "If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity, it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.'"
(The Christophers, Three Minutes A Day, Vol. 44, 29 October)

How Short Life Is

How short is life, and how full of trouble! 

Like a flower, we blossom for a moment and then wither. 

Like the shadow of a passing cloud we quickly disappear. 

(The One Year Book Of Bible Readings, 25 April) 

30 June 2013

The Trouble With Money

The trouble is that too many people are spending money they don't have for things they don't need to impress people they don't like. (Anonymous in Journey by David Jeremiah, 16 June) 19 June 2013

Trouble

Don't waste today's time cluttering up tomorrow's opportunities with yesterday's troubles!
(Barbara Johnson in Promises Of Joy, p. 128)
9 June 2013

Power & Control

Our problems with power and control are a central part of the reason this country is in so much trouble. (after Touchstones, 8 October) 18 October 2012

Control

Anyone ... who tries to take control of what cannot be controlled, brings trouble to himself. (Touchstones, 5 May) 9 July 2012

I Don't Know

If you really want to get yourself in trouble, act like you don't know, when you know that you know! (Iyanla Vanzant, Until Today! 8 April) 21 April 2012

That Is The Question

Photo: Mr. Dickie - Doctor's Hospital, Lanham, MD

What prompts me to do or say things that cause trouble?
(One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 3 December) 11 January 2012

Don't Borrow Trouble

When you borrow trouble you probably won't be asked to pay it back.  (Richard Henthorn after Casey and Vanceburg, The Promise Of A New Day, 5 November)  8 November 2011

******

Yesterday Melva and I went to Emmitsburg, MD to visit the National Shrine Grotto of Lourdes.  It was a beautiful day.  The trees were still showing lots of color.  We stopped to shop at two roadside stands.  We ate lunch at the Cozy Inn buffet in Thurmont, MD.  Thurmont is near Camp David, MD where the President has a weekend retreat.

I think the problem I was having with Skype disappeared when I turned off the screen on the laptop and just used the larger monitor.  I added two more contacts.  Cyndi got Skype working with the netbook computer and talked with her friend in Germany.

Mr. Dickie

8 November 2011

News

When you listen to the news and see the tensions and troubles in today's world, keep in mind the warnings that the Lord gave.  (Warren W. Wiersbe, Chapter-By-Chapter Bible Commentary, p. 650)
15 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

Lies

[A lie] ... has a life of its own and gives birth to all kinds of trouble. (Warren W. Wiersbe, Chapter-By-Chapter Bible Commentary, p. 488)

20 Jul 2011

Sound Advice

When you end up in trouble because you did not listen to sound advice, the last thing you want to hear is somebody saying, "I told you so!" (Warren W. Wiersbe, Chapter-By-Chapter Bible Commentary, p. 482) 8 Jul 2011

Crisis

... all lives - are either in a crisis, coming out of a crisis, or headed for a crisis. (Andy Andrews, The Noticer, p. 31)

If I had a formula for bypassing trouble, I wouldn't pass it around. Wouldn't be doing anybody a favor. Trouble creates a capacity to handle it. I don't say I embrace trouble. That's as bad as treating it as an enemy. But I do say, meet it as a friend, for you'll see a lot of it and had better be on speaking terms with it. (Oliver Wendell Holmes in The Book Of Choices by Mike Magee, M.D., p. 205
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