Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles; they toughen and make strong. - Norman Vincent Peale

Try, really try. Think, really think. Believe, really believe.

Take all the fuming and fretting of the media with a grain of salt. Much of today’s news isn’t really new. Most of it has happened before and before that.

Once when Stonewall Jackson planned a daring attack, one of his generals fearfully objected, saying, “I am afraid of this” or “I fear that …” Putting his hand on his timorous subordinate’s shoulder, Jackson said, “General, never take counsel of your fears.