'THINK on THESE THINGS'

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'THINK on THESE THINGS'By Joyce Sequichie Hifler

Think on pleasant things. Deliberately turn your thoughts to something pleasant when the pressures are too intense. And be careful as undisciplined thought quickly sifts back to the unhappy, unsettled mind.

The greater part of the time we are victims of our emotions. They play havoc with our peace of mind and are great friends of pessimism. They tell us things are true with such sincerity that we believe them into fact. They convince us things are a certain way and that we cannot remedy them with any amount of effort.

But stop where you are and consider what it is you are listening to and how it affects your feelings. Do a turnabout and take the positive route of deliberately replacing thoughts of unhappiness, injustices, and misunderstandings with the thought that these are merely chariots to carry us past all that has withheld freedom.

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beautiful thank you!

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> Date: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 3:08 PM

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> 'THINK on THESE THINGS'

> By Joyce Sequichie Hifler

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> Most successful ventures have behind them some

> hardships. We as human beings demand such experiences before

> we can truly appreciate the meaning of victory. No one

> promised that life would be one long gala event, but if

> we're made of durable stuff, we neither let it hinder us

> nor make us run roughshod to get ahead.

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> We must always recognize past hardships for what they

> are. We cannot ignore them, for they are a part of our

> makeup. But neither can we let them become crutches to lean

> upon when there's need for an excuse.

> Bitterness over past experiences wastes valuable time.

> Perhaps it was those hardships that gave us the strength to

> rise above the mediocre things. However crude, ugly, or

> unhappy, even tragic, some of the times may seem, as seen

> alone, when combined with all our other knowledge they form

> the perfect circle and play no more important part than all

> the rest.

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> In the words of American poet Neal, " No man

> ever worked his passage anywhere in a dead calm. "

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'THINK ON THESE THINGS'By Joyce Sequichie HiflerFollowing the wrong map will not get us where we want to be. Time and time again we have followed this map and though it seemed right we have always ended up in a sad place. Everyone has been on the wrong road at some time, but if they continue to insist their map is right -- then stress follows.How many times we have asked ourselves what we are doing wrong. Chances are we don't ask because we really want to know. Do we ask for new directions or because we may be able to blame someone else? We know who must change.Take the directions and flush them, they are bad news and even though it is not what we want to do, do we really want to find ourselves in another sad place?

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'THINK ON THESE THINGS'By Joyce Sequichie HiflerWhat great surprises wait in store for us? What seemingly unbelievable events startle our ability to reason and what logic evades us just when we had begun to think we could do anything? Suddenly we are walking in the deep dark woods with no light and nothing to guide our steps.We do not know it all. When we begin to think we have the world by the tail we had better reassess our standing place. What was once a secure footing is now shaky ground. Where is our help? Everything we had figured out as right no longer has validity and we begin to look for the light.If only we would all look for the light. If only we were not so set in our ways, defending our right to be someone that knows it all, we could stand in the light. Listen, without the Light there is no life. When we give in to the fact that something greater exists for us, we feel the hold on our consciousness loosen.

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Very nice and very deep Carlene. I'm so tired and have this headache that I had to read it twice, lol. I even got it with my fibrofog, lol. Thanks /FL

From: Carlene <carlene.grimshaw@...>Subject: 'THINK on THESE THINGS' Date: Thursday, January 28, 2010, 12:17 AM

'THINK on THESE THINGS'By Joyce Sequichie HiflerThere is much to be said of small things. Even in this age of emphasis on bigness we must realize that bigness is only a mass of small things. An idea is a small thing. With it we can change our world. We can take a tiny seed and give it careful attention and reap a hundred fold. We can take a little idea and give it our attention and build it into a fortune.A smile is a small thing. Smile once at someone in passing and three will return the smile. Smiling is so contagious that it moves from person to person until a hundred smiling faces are the result of one.A thought is a small thing. One thought inspires another and another until a mental image is formed. From that mental image blueprints are drawn. And from those blueprints worlds are built.Hope is a small thing. One tiny glimmer of hope can lift us out of the deepest pit of darkness. One whisper

of encouragement will help us to know that as long as there's hope there is an excellent chance.A wish is a small thing. Like a little prayer, it climbs the steps to an idea that makes a smile and gives us hope to make our wishes come true. For in small things are all great things formed, in little beginnings the possibilities of great events.

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kinda like jesus' mustard seed huh? karen/la

From: Carlene <carlene.grimshaw>Subject: 'THINK on THESE THINGS'Date: Thursday, January 28, 2010, 12:17 AM

'THINK on THESE THINGS'By Joyce Sequichie HiflerThere is much to be said of small things. Even in this age of emphasis on bigness we must realize that bigness is only a mass of small things. An idea is a small thing. With it we can change our world. We can take a tiny seed and give it careful attention and reap a hundred fold. We can take a little idea and give it our attention and build it into a fortune.A smile is a small thing. Smile once at someone in passing and three will return the smile. Smiling is so contagious that it moves from person to person until a hundred smiling faces are the result of one.A thought is a small thing. One thought inspires another and another until a mental image is formed. From that mental image blueprints are drawn. And from those blueprints worlds are built.Hope is a small thing. One tiny glimmer of hope can lift us out of the deepest pit of darkness. One whisper

of encouragement will help us to know that as long as there's hope there is an excellent chance.A wish is a small thing. Like a little prayer, it climbs the steps to an idea that makes a smile and gives us hope to make our wishes come true. For in small things are all great things formed, in little beginnings the possibilities of great events.

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lol ha ha ha, good one and even late at night. /FL

From: Carlene <carlene.grimshaw>Subject: 'THINK on THESE THINGS'Date: Thursday, January 28, 2010, 12:17 AM

'THINK on THESE THINGS'By Joyce Sequichie HiflerThere is much to be said of small things. Even in this age of emphasis on bigness we must realize that bigness is only a mass of small things. An idea is a small thing. With it we can change our world. We can take a tiny seed and give it careful attention and reap a hundred fold. We can take a little idea and give it our attention and build it into a fortune.A smile is a small thing. Smile once at someone in passing and three will return the smile. Smiling is so contagious that it moves from person to person until a hundred smiling faces are the result of one.A thought is a small thing. One thought inspires another and another until a mental image is formed. From that mental image blueprints are drawn. And from those blueprints worlds are built.Hope is a small thing. One tiny glimmer of hope can lift us out of the deepest pit of darkness. One whisper

of encouragement will help us to know that as long as there's hope there is an excellent chance.A wish is a small thing. Like a little prayer, it climbs the steps to an idea that makes a smile and gives us hope to make our wishes come true. For in small things are all great things formed, in little beginnings the possibilities of great events.

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'THINK on THESE THINGS'By Joyce Sequichie HiflerThis is a day that God has made, rejoice and be glad in it. What we do with each day is largely decided by the thought we give it in the beginning and how we start a new day plays an immense part in the success or failure of either carefully laid plans, or helter-skelter activity. We should open this day with as much reverence as if it were gift-wrapped and presented to us personally, which it is. What wonderful things can I do this day that no one else can do! Shall I spend these precious moments complaining? Shall I sit glum at my work to make others feel morbid? Should I continually acknowledge how little I have and how badly I feel? Or should I speak kindly, think kindly, feel kindly, and be so grateful that I have another opportunity today to do something for others that will bring them joy and lift their spirits? This day is in your hands. You will reap from it what you plant. If you would be loved, then be lovable; if you want peace, be peaceable; and if you would ask freedom, grant freedom. And learn to forgive without reservation.