Senior Wisdom for Beginning Adults

10/26/2025

11/07/2022

Make me an instrument of thy peace. Dedicate your life to being the peacekeeper. Upset and strife are choices. You can bring peace to any situation if you have trained your mind to do so.

11/07/2022

Thou shalt not bear false witness: One of the most important things a person has is their reputation—their character, reliability, honesty, and other attributes. Therefore when you speak ill of others without facts, repeating gossip or passing on interpretations not based on facts, you are bearing false witness and damaging someone's reputation. You may get the boomerang effect--bearing false witness demeans your own character.

09/10/2021

A general rule of effective communications: You should give five compliments for every one criticism. People will be far more receptive to criticism if they have been acknowledged for the things they do right. This works for spouses, parents and worker supervision. Compliments should be deserved and sincere. Criticism is important because it can lead to growth and improvement.

09/09/2021

No regrets. Looking back at my mistakes and blunders, I realize that each was an opportunity for a lesson learned. But only if I took the lesson and refused to be a victim. Refused to spend time punishing myself for doing the wrong thing. Instead looked forward to a life when I hopefully did not repeat my mistakes. Even if I did, same remedy. Look forward with optimism. View it as an opportunity to contribute to others.

02/19/2018

If I have been done an injury, I can quickly pardon. Pardoning the offender does not condone the act nor encourage repetition. Pardoning frees you of victim hood. Pardoning bridges the gap between judgment and love.

02/15/2018

Where there is hatred, let me bring forth love. Hatred harms the hater more than the hated. A habit of judging and condemning others poisons your life. Bringing love where there has been hatred shines a spiritual glow everywhere around you

11/06/2017

Handling Criticism:
Criticisms or insults from others hurt us mostly because we may have subconscious fears they are right. Another reason such judgments may hurt us is that we feel betrayed by someone we thought was our friend.

Thinking about why we feel hurt can help to ease the painfulness. If the comments are simply untrue or if the speaker intended no harm, we can stop being upset. If there is some truth in the statements, we have an opportunity to become a better person by changing our behaviors or practicing forgiveness.