May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Monday, July 13, 2026
Action Drives Out Worry
Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.
- Winston Churchill
Worry is the Darkest Cloud over Our Happiness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You can't change the past,
but you can ruin the present
by worrying about the future.
- Anonymous
How much pain they have cost us,
the evils which have never happened.
- Thomas Jefferson
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
Further reading: Worry, Frustration and Resentment
Beyond Your Worries
Master of My Emotions
Fear of Suffering
Friday, March 6, 2026
Taking Action Helps Push Worry Aside
Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.
- Winston Churchill
Worry is the Darkest Cloud over Our Happiness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You can't change the past,
but you can ruin the present
by worrying about the future.
- Anonymous
How much pain they have cost us,
the evils which have never happened.
- Thomas Jefferson
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
Worry Helps Nothing, Action Does. Choose Action.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Worry, Frustration and Resentment
Beyond Your Worries
Master of My Emotions
Fear of Suffering
Friday, December 26, 2025
Always be Open to Change
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Note that the problem isn't with "consistency," but with "foolish consistency."
What makes a habitual action "foolish?" Ask yourself whether it serves you, or whether you serve it.
Progress is impossible without change,
and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
- George Bernard Shaw
Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past,
threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
- Maya Angelou
When what you are doing is frustrating you, STOP.
Pause to consider the true importance of the task.
Reflect on whether there is a better plan for reaching your goal.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Beginning Today, Make Fresh Choices
No Need to Conform
Our Habits
Your Whole Toolkit
Sunday, July 13, 2025
Worry is a Dark Cloud
Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.
- Winston Churchill
Worry is the Darkest Cloud over Our Happiness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You can't change the past,
but you can ruin the present
by worrying about the future.
- Anonymous
How much pain they have cost us,
the evils which have never happened.
- Thomas Jefferson
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
Further reading: Worry, Frustration and Resentment
Beyond Your Worries
Master of My Emotions
Fear of Suffering
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Worry Helps Nothing. Action is What Makes Things Better.
Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.
- Winston Churchill
Worry is the Darkest Cloud over Our Happiness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You can't change the past,
but you can ruin the present
by worrying about the future.
- Anonymous
How much pain they have cost us,
the evils which have never happened.
- Thomas Jefferson
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
Worry Helps Nothing, Action Does. Choose Action.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Worry, Frustration and Resentment
Beyond Your Worries
Master of My Emotions
Fear of Suffering
Thursday, December 26, 2024
Always Be Open to Making a Change
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Note that the problem isn't with "consistency," but with "foolish consistency."
What makes a habitual action "foolish?" Ask yourself whether it serves you, or whether you serve it.
Progress is impossible without change,
and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
- George Bernard Shaw
Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past,
threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
- Maya Angelou
When what you are doing is frustrating you, STOP.
Pause to consider the true importance of the task.
Reflect on whether there is a better plan for reaching your goal.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Beginning Today, Make Fresh Choices
No Need to Conform
Our Habits
Your Whole Toolkit
Saturday, July 13, 2024
Replace Worry with Planning
Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.
- Winston Churchill
Worry is the Darkest Cloud over Our Happiness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You can't change the past,
but you can ruin the present
by worrying about the future.
- Anonymous
How much pain they have cost us,
the evils which have never happened.
- Thomas Jefferson
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
Further reading: Worry, Frustration and Resentment
Beyond Your Worries
Master of My Emotions
Fear of Suffering
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Worry Doesn't Help. Action Helps.
Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.
- Winston Churchill
Worry is the Darkest Cloud over Our Happiness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You can't change the past,
but you can ruin the present
by worrying about the future.
- Anonymous
How much pain they have cost us,
the evils which have never happened.
- Thomas Jefferson
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
Worry Helps Nothing, Action Does. Choose Action.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Worry, Frustration and Resentment
Beyond Your Worries
Master of My Emotions
Fear of Suffering
Tuesday, December 26, 2023
Never Stop Asking: Is Now a Time for a Change?
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Note that the problem isn't with "consistency," but with "foolish consistency."
What makes a habitual action "foolish?" Ask yourself whether it serves you, or whether you serve it.
Progress is impossible without change,
and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
- George Bernard Shaw
Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past,
threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
- Maya Angelou
When what you are doing is frustrating you, STOP.
Pause to consider the true importance of the task.
Reflect on whether there is a better plan for reaching your goal.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Beginning Today, Make Fresh Choices
No Need to Conform
Our Habits
Your Whole Toolkit
Friday, July 14, 2023
Instead of Worrying, Take Action
Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.
- Winston Churchill
Worry is the Darkest Cloud over Our Happiness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You can't change the past,
but you can ruin the present
by worrying about the future.
- Anonymous
How much pain they have cost us,
the evils which have never happened.
- Thomas Jefferson
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
Further reading: Worry, Frustration and Resentment
Beyond Your Worries
Master of My Emotions
Fear of Suffering
Saturday, March 4, 2023
Worry Helps Nothing, Choose Action
Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.
- Winston Churchill
Worry is the Darkest Cloud over Our Happiness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You can't change the past,
but you can ruin the present
by worrying about the future.
- Anonymous
How much pain they have cost us,
the evils which have never happened.
- Thomas Jefferson
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
Worry Helps Nothing, Action Does. Choose Action.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Worry, Frustration and Resentment
Beyond Your Worries
Master of My Emotions
Fear of Suffering
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
What is a Foolish Consistency?
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Note that the problem isn't with "consistency," but with "foolish consistency."
What makes a habitual action "foolish?" Ask yourself whether it serves you, or whether you serve it.
Progress is impossible without change,
and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
- George Bernard Shaw
Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past,
threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
- Maya Angelou
When what you are doing is frustrating you, STOP.
Pause to consider the true importance of the task.
Reflect on whether there is a better plan for reaching your goal.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Beginning Today, Make Fresh Choices
No Need to Conform
Our Habits
Your Whole Toolkit
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Don't Worry, Take Action
Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.
- Winston Churchill
Worry is the Darkest Cloud over Our Happiness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You can't change the past,
but you can ruin the present
by worrying about the future.
- Anonymous
How much pain they have cost us,
the evils which have never happened.
- Thomas Jefferson
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
Further reading: Worry, Frustration and Resentment
Beyond Your Worries
Master of My Emotions
Fear of Suffering
Sunday, February 13, 2022
Worry Helps Nothing, Action Does. Choose Action.
Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.
- Winston Churchill
Worry is the Darkest Cloud over Our Happiness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You can't change the past,
but you can ruin the present
by worrying about the future.
- Anonymous
How much pain they have cost us,
the evils which have never happened.
- Thomas Jefferson
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
Worry Helps Nothing, Action Does. Choose Action.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Worry, Frustration and Resentment
Beyond Your Worries
Master of My Emotions
Fear of Suffering
Friday, July 9, 2021
Take Action When Needed, But Don't Expend Energy On Worrying
Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.
- Winston Churchill
Worry is the Darkest Cloud over Our Happiness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You can't change the past,
but you can ruin the present
by worrying about the future.
- Anonymous
How much pain they have cost us,
the evils which have never happened.
- Thomas Jefferson
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
Further reading: Worry, Frustration and Resentment
Beyond Your Worries
Master of My Emotions
Fear of Suffering
Friday, February 19, 2021
Worry is the Darkest Cloud
Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.
- Winston Churchill
Worry is the Darkest Cloud over Our Happiness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You can't change the past,
but you can ruin the present
by worrying about the future.
- Anonymous
How much pain they have cost us,
the evils which have never happened.
- Thomas Jefferson
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
Further reading: Worry, Frustration and Resentment
Beyond Your Worries
Master of My Emotions
Fear of Suffering
Saturday, July 11, 2020
Advance Thinking and Planning
Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.
- Winston Churchill
Worry is the Darkest Cloud over Our Happiness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You can't change the past,
but you can ruin the present
by worrying about the future.
- Anonymous
How much pain they have cost us,
the evils which have never happened.
- Thomas Jefferson
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
Further reading: Worry, Frustration and Resentment
Beyond Your Worries
Master of My Emotions
Fear of Suffering
Monday, August 12, 2019
Adjust Your Own Sails
I am the captain of my soul.
- William Ernest Henley
We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
- Bertha Calloway (attributed)
To reach a port, we must sail -
sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt quoting Oliver Wendell Holmes
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached,
don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
- Confucius
We must adjust to changing times
and still hold to unchanging principles.
- Jimmy Carter
We must free ourselves of the hope
that the sea will ever rest.
We must learn to sail in high winds.
- Aristotle Onassis
Today's affirmation:
I set my own course through the ocean of life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Boldly Sail the Storms of Life
What Can Christopher Columbus Teach Us Today?
Tested by Storms
An Anchor And A Sail
Being the Melody
Where do you want to go?
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Have a Positive Mental Attitude, Be Unstoppable
Nothing can stop the [person] with the right
mental attitude from achieving [their] goal;
nothing on earth can help the [person]
with the wrong mental attitude.
- Thomas Jefferson
The world will persist in exhibiting before you
what you persist in affirming the world is.
- Emma Curtis Hopkins
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal.
My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
- Louis Pasteur
To live a satisfying life requires two steps...
1. Plan your life goals.
2. Act on your plan - every day.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Your Attitude is Your Window
How to Choose Your Life Purpose
Could We Change Our Attitude...
What One Emphasizes
Thursday, August 16, 2018
Play to win, but be a good loser.
Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.
- Vince Lombardi
Read my thoughts on wanting to win
Defeat is not the worst of failures.
Not to have tried is the true failure.
- George Edward Woodberry
How you think when you lose
determines how long it will be until you win.
- Gilbert (G. K.) Chesterton
Success consists of going from failure to failure
without loss of enthusiasm.
- Winston Churchill
Play to win, but be a good loser.
Have a plan for your life,
but accept whatever comes your way
with grace and gratitude.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: How to Deal with Rejection
Don't Give Up
Coping With Life
Win Some, Lose Some





