Too Many Walls and Not Enough Bridges

When the winds of change blow,
some people build walls while others build windmills.
- Chinese Proverb

There are no constraints on the human mind,
no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our
progress except those we ourselves erect.
- Ronald Reagan

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.
- Isaac Newton

The walls we build around us
to keep sadness out
also keep out the joy.
- Jim Rohn

Kindness is the light that dissolves
all walls between souls, families, and nations.
- Paramahansa Yogananda

Photo is of the Berlin Wall in the 1960s.

Further reading: The Human Race is Our Family Circle

New Ideas

Perspective on Tradition: An Open Mind
              

Overcoming Frustration

Whether we allow external events to shape our lives
at a core level is very much within our own control.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Our fatigue is often caused not by work,
but by worry, frustration and resentment.
- Dale Carnegie

All that is necessary to break the spell
of inertia and frustration is this:
Act as if it were impossible to fail.
- Dorthea Brande

Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
- Vince Lombardi

It is hardly possible to build anything,
if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.
- Lech Walesa

3 Rs that Plague Humanity - Regret, Resentment, and Revenge.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: How to Live a Stress-Free Life

How to Think Positive

Feeling Stuck?

Renew Yourself

Finding Peace in Forgiveness
      

Martin Luther King Day 2019

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - a United States Federal Holiday - is celebrated on the third Monday of January each year. Watch a video of his famous I have a Dream speech.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive.
He who is devoid of the power to forgive
is devoid of the power to love.
There is some good in the worst of us
and some evil in the best of us.
When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking.
There is an almost universal quest
for easy answers and half-baked solutions.
Nothing pains some people more than having to think.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Cowardice asks the question - is it safe?
Expediency asks the question - is it politic?
Vanity asks the question - is it popular?
But conscience asks the question - is it right?
And there comes a time when one must take a position
that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular;
but one must take it BECAUSE it is right.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous
than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Further reading: The First Step in Faith

Hate Returns Upon Itself

Serve Others

Gaining Peace Through Peace
      

Pray in Devout Humility

The function of prayer is not to influence God,
but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
- Soren Kierkegaard

Lord, grant comfort, joy and health
to those I call friend,
to those I call enemy,
and to those I have cursed by my indifference.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

I offer my body, my mind
and any ability that I posses,
to be used by Thee, O Infinite Creator,
in whatever way Thou dost choose
to express Thyself through me.
I know that all work is Thy work,
and that no task is too difficult
or too menial when offered
to Thee in loving service.
- Paramahansa Yogananda

Today I offer a prayer of forgiveness:
forgive the pettiness of my ingratitude...
the absence of profound thankfulness.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

If I were to say, "God, why me?" about the bad things,
then I should have said, "God, why me?"
about the good things that happened in my life.
- Arthur Ashe

Further reading: Unanswered Prayers

Celebrate Rainbows and Butterflies - the Small Miracles of Our Life

Have a Conversation with God, Today

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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