HOW DID THE PILGRIMS DO IT?

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ON FRIDAY JANUARY 15TH. I BEGAN A SIX DAY SERIES ON ANGER

Whenever we are unhappy, it is worth considering if it were possible to be more so. Unless you are truly worse off than anyone else in the entire world, then it is not just a possibility, it is a fact.
Would you find a true and guiding antidote to adversity?

Then let wisdom wanderings overwhelm your thoughts – thoughts such as “If you do not drink from the streams of sorrow, the streams of sympathy will dry up.” Let them speak to you again and again and again.

Also, consider that to have a gratitude list always close at hand is more than a good habit, it is a must if you would grin more than you growl.

And be ready and willing to add to it.

It is how the Pilgrims survived their brutal winters and terrible sicknesses. On bright days and bleak days they equally reached out with thanksgiving and found it served them well.

One of the best ways to handle adversity is not to create it. Crazy statement? Who would want to create adversity? Lots of people - lots of times. Well, even if they don’t want to, a lot of people sure are good at it anyway.

How? By making little wars, rather than peace.

By not letting well enough alone, as the old saying goes.

Many, even if they don’t work hard at making war, don’t work hard at making peace either.

And, if it is a war between parents or friends or family, they may not cause the war, but neither do they try to do anything to try to stop it.

Others actually seem to take delight in making people unhappy. Personal manufacturing plants of unhappiness abound.

In short, you are a manufacturing plant, producing pain or prosperity in the lives of those around you. You really are. You really do.

Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
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Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW

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