Positive Living Day by Day

He said, “Mishaps are like knives that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle.” If you grasp the blade of a difficulty, it will cut you; but if you grasp the handle of a difficulty, you can cut your way through all manner of obstructions.

He put potential boldness into you. We cannot do it of our own unaided strength, but with God’s ever-present help, we can.

disheartened is the very opposite: go hunting around in your situation for the bright possibilities that are surely there.

The Russians have a proverb that I like: “The hammer shatters the glass, but forges steel