Shipwrecked In South Carolina: Uphill Battles

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Uphill Battles

St. John Neumann, we come to you because you must be the patron of uphill battles.
Pray that we might walk humbly with our God.
We honor your courage and ask that you will be our special advocate in our private uphill battles. Amen.
— from Celebrating Saints and Seasons

We cannot change the directions of the wind, but we can adjust our sails.
Have a beautiful day unless you plan otherwise.

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My Ditty Bag

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One day at a time.

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We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust our sails.

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We surrender to win;
we give away to keep;
we suffer to get well;
we die to live.

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Know God;
Know Peace
No God;
No Peace

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Learn to listen;
Listen to learn.

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Rule #62:
Do not take my life or myself too damn seriously.

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Resentment is like acid, eating away at the vessel it is stored in.

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Serenity is not the absensce of conflict, but the abiltiy to cope with it.

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Pray is neither black magic or is it a form of demand note.
Prayer is a relationship.

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Lord, take me where you want me to go;
let me meet who you want me to meet;
tell me what you want me to say
and keep me out of your way.

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The problems in my life are not the situations and conditions that I encounter.
It is how I either respond or react to those situations and conditions that transforms them into problems for me.

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