| Worry and Contenment "It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us; we can dodge an elephant, but we can't dodge a fly." --Josh Billings "I'm not worried about the bullet with my name on it... just the thousands out there marked 'Occupant.'"--Unknown "The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach."--Lin Yutang "Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have." --Doris Mortman "He is poor who does not feel content."-- Japanese Proverb "A great many worries can be diminished by realizing the unimportance of the matter which is causing the anxiety." --Bernard Russell "The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven." --John Milton "Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can, and surely will at times, fail." --Joyce Brothers "The older you get, the more you realize that kindness is synonymous with happiness." --Lionel Barrymore "It is not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to us that hurts us." --Steven Covey "For after all, the best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain." -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow "Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy." -- Benjamin Franklin "I'm an old man and have known a great many troubles, most of which never happened!" --Mark Twain "Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant � the digitalis of failure." --Elbert Hubbard "The man who has no inner life is the slave of his surroundings." --Henri Frederic Amiel "Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene." --Arthur Christopher Benson "If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right." --Jules Renard "Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many � not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." --Charles Dickens |