Our Dispositions

I've learned from experience that

the greater part of our happiness or misery

depends on our dispositions and

not on our circumstances.
Martha Washington

Honesty

If I am troubled, worried, exasperated or frustrated, do I tend to rationalize the situation and lay the blame on someone else?
When I am in such a state, is my conversation punctuated with, "He did." "She said." "They did."?
Or can I honestly admit that perhaps I'm at fault.

My peace of mind depends on overcoming my negative attitudes and tendency toward rationalization.

Will I try, day by day, to be rigorously honest with myself?

Honesty is the only policy.

Excerpts from: A Day at a Time, by Anonymous

Elder's Meditation -- Dwellings

In my mind are many dwellings.
Each of the dwellings we create ourselves -
the house of anger,
the house of despair,
the house of self pity,
the house of indifference,
the house of negative,
the house of positive,
the house of hope,
the house of joy,
the house of peace,
the house of enthusiasm,
the house of cooperation,
the house of giving.
Each of these houses we visit each day.
We can stay in any house for as long as we want.
We can leave these mental houses any time we wish.
We create the dwelling, we stay in the dwelling, we leave the dwelling whenever we wish.
We can create new rooms, new houses.
Whenever we enter these dwellings, this becomes our world until we leave for another.
What world will we live in today?

Creator, no one can determine which dwelling I choose to enter.
No one has the power to do so, only me.
Let me choose wisely today.

A New Life

New ideals and new attitudes bring a new life.