New and Better Ways of Thinking and Doing

Those who can see value only in tradition,...
deny man's ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
- Stephen Bayley

The boldness of asking deep questions may require
unforeseen flexibility if we are to accept the answers.
- Brian Greene

In science the important thing is to modify and change
one's ideas as science advances.
- Herbert Spencer

Let no one think that flexibility
and a predisposition to compromise
is a sign of weakness or a sell-out.
- Paul Kagame

Be resolute in your goals, but flexible in your tactics.
There are times that call for repetition and perseverance;
and there are times that require new ways of thinking and doing.
The challenge is knowing one from the other.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: New Ideas

Be Flexible

Practice makes perfect - sometimes

I choose to adapt to the circumstances in which I find myself
       

Obstacles Offer Us Choices

We can let circumstances rule us,
or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.
- Earl Nightingale

Success is to be measured not so much
by the position that one has reached in life
as by the obstacles which he has overcome.
- Booker T. Washington

It is not because life is difficult
that we do not dare.
Life is difficult
because we do not dare.
- Seneca

We have a choice of how we view
the obstacles on our life path.
One choice makes us slaves to circumstance,
while the other empowers us, and motivates us
to follow our dreams - and our happiness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Photo is of the Berlin Wall in the 1960s.

Further reading: Why is This Happening?

You Need Courage

Draw from Suffering
      

The Fun-House Mirrors Of Our Own Point Of View

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact.
Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
- Marcus Aurelius

The dream you are living is your creation.
It is your perception of reality that you can change at any time.
- don Miguel Ruiz

Everyone believes that their beliefs are the right ones -
that is why they are called beliefs.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Get the facts first.
You can distort them later.
- Mark Twain

We see life through the fun-house mirrors of our own point-of-view.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Seek the Truth

Your world IS as you believe it is

Your Attitude is Your Window

Don't Be Too Sure
    

This Is Just The Nature Of Life, So I May As Well Enjoy It

Count your blessings - not your troubles.
- Dale Carnegie

Today I choose life.
Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy,
happiness, negativity, pain...
To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue
to make mistakes and choices -
today I choose to feel life,
not to deny my humanity but embrace it.
- Kevyn Aucoin

Hold on... Joyfully.
Holding-on does not have to be
a desperate teeth-gritting kind of holding-on.
Holding-on can be a joyful
"this is just the nature of Life,
so I may as well enjoy it"
kind of holding-on.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

You must understand the whole of life,
not just one little part of it.
That is why you must read,
that is why you must look at the skies,
that is why you must sing and dance,
and write poems
and suffer and understand,
for all that is life.
- Jiddu Krishnamurti

Further reading: Times of Trial and Suffering

Unbending

Why Me?

Fear of Suffering
      

Your Own Lingering Anger Can Destroy You

For every minute you remain angry,
you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Anger is often more hurtful than the injury that caused it.
- English Proverb

He who angers you conquers you.
- Elizabeth Kenny

You cannot hate other people without hating yourself.
- Oprah Winfrey

Being angry harms your physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
You create stress in your life by getting angry,
and you can instantly remove
that stress by granting forgiveness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal
with the intent of throwing it at someone else;
you are the one who gets burned.
- The Buddha

Further reading: Stop Anger Before it Stops You

Never Speak while Angry

A Reflection

Allow Love to Conquer Hate

Anger is Its Own Punishment

Revenge, the Deadliest Sin?