Problems

• Alma 17:29-31…When you’re in a tough situation, don’t get down, just think for solutions and overcome it happily
• Moroni 8:6…How to get rid of Problems – work diligently
• “Once there was a man who enjoyed taking evening walks around his neighborhood. He particularly looked forward to walking past his neighbor’s house. This neighbor kept his lawn perfectly manicured, flowers always in bloom, the trees healthy and shady. It was obvious that the neighbor made every effort to have a beautiful lawn.  But one day as the man was walking past his neighbor’s house, he noticed in the middle of this beautiful lawn a single, enormous, yellow dandelion weed. It looked so out of place that it surprised him. Why didn’t his neighbor pull it out? Couldn’t he see it? Didn’t he know that the dandelion could cast seeds that could give root to dozens of additional weeds?  This solitary dandelion bothered him beyond description, and he wanted to do something about it. Should he just pluck it out? Or spray it with weed killer? Perhaps if he went under cover of night, he could remove it secretly. These thoughts totally occupied his mind as he walked toward his own home. He entered his house without even glancing at his own front yard—which was blanketed with hundreds of yellow dandelions.”  Dieter F. Uchtdorf, October 2014 General Conference
• “Refuse to complain about your problems.  Keep them to yourself. As speaker-humorist Ed Foreman says, “You should never share your problems with others because 80 percent of people don’t care about them anyway, and the other 20 percent are kind of glad that you’ve got them in the first place.”  Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 86
• “Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.”  Albert Einstein. Beating the Midas Curse, by Perry L. Cochell and Rodney C. Zeeb, Page 117
• “When you’re looking for someone to solve problems in the world, there is no they,” he said. “The they are you, son.” The Agent: My 40-Year Career Making Deals and Changing the Game (Steinberg, Leigh; Arkush, Michael) – Kindle Location 274-276
• “We forget that we create the situations, then we give our power away by blaming the other person for our frustration. No person, no place, and no thing has any power over us, for “we” are the only thinkers in our mind. We create our experiences, our reality, and everyone in it. When we create peace and harmony and balance in our mind, we will find it in our lives.”  You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 125
• “A problem is the foundation of a creative idea.” In other words, a creative idea is built upon the problem one is trying to solve. It’s the starting point.”  Borrowing Brilliance: The Six Steps to Business Innovation by Building on the Ideas of Others (David Kord Murray) Page 34
• “Albert Einstein I read his thoughts: “The mere formulation of a problem is far more essential than its solution.”  Borrowing Brilliance: The Six Steps to Business Innovation by Building on the Ideas of Others (David Kord Murray) Page 34
• “Although you’re wired to solve problems, you’re not wired to accurately define them. In the fight for survival, which determined your inherent characteristics, the ability to make a quick decision was more important than the ability to make an accurate one. You’re wired for speed and not precision. Imagine your ancient ancestor observing the rustling of the grass approaching him on the prehistoric savannah. This was either a saber-toothed tiger or the wind blowing the tall grass. The ancestor who made a quick decision to run was the one who survived, passing this trait to you; the one who stayed to determine the source of the rustling grass was more apt to be eaten by the tiger. His genes, and aptitude for problem analysis, were taken out of the gene pool long before modern times. Speed of thought is in your genetic makeup. It served your ancestors well with life-threatening problems, but now causes you to misdiagnose the not-so-life-threatening ones you now face.”  Borrowing Brilliance: The Six Steps to Business Innovation by Building on the Ideas of Others (David Kord Murray) Page 35
• “The Only Thing We Are Ever Dealing With Is a Thought, and a Thought Can Be Changed.   No matter what the problem is, our experiences are just outer effects of inner thoughts.”  You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay)- Page 5
• “I Find That Resentment, Criticism, Guilt, and Fear Cause More Problems Than Anything Else. These four things cause the major problems in our bodies and in our lives. These feelings come from blaming others and not taking responsibility for our own experiences. You see, if we are all responsible for everything in our lives, then there is no one to blame.”  You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay)- Page 6
• “Blame is one of the surest ways to stay in a problem. In blaming another, we give away our power. Understanding enables us to rise above the issue and take control of our future.”  You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 29
• “Look at the problems in your life. Ask yourself, “What kinds of thoughts am I having that create this?” If you allow yourself to sit quietly and ask this question, your inner intelligence will show you the answer.”  You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 34
• “Imagine yourself in line at a cafeteria, or perhaps at a buffet in a luxurious hotel, where instead of dishes of food, there are dishes of thoughts. You get to choose any and all the thoughts you wish. These thoughts will create your future experiences. Now, if you choose thoughts that will create problems and pain, that’s rather foolish. It’s like choosing food that always makes you ill. We may do this once or twice, but as soon as we learn which foods upset our bodies, we stay away from them. It’s the same with thoughts. Let us stay away from thoughts that create problems and pain.”  You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 37 
• “Dr. Raymond Charles Barker would repeatedly say, “When there is a problem, there is not something to do, there is something to know.”  You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 38
• “If you want to move to another room, you have to get up and move step by step in that direction. Just sitting in your chair and demanding that you be in the other room will not work. It’s the same thing. We all want our problem to be over with, but we don’t want to do the small things that will add up to the solution.”  You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 50
•  “You need to very gently and patiently unravel the knots. Be gentle and patient with yourself as you untangle your own mental knots.”  You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 58
• “When we want to change a condition, we need to say so. “I am willing to release the pattern within me that is creating this condition.” You can say this to yourself over and over every time you think of your illness or problem.”  You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay)  Page 60
• “The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.”  (Albert Einstein)
• “Elder Marvin J. Ashton of the Quorum of the Twelve counseled: “None of us will escape tragedy and suffering. Each of us will probably react differently. However, if we can recall the Lord’s promise, ‘for I the Lord am with you,’ we will be able to face our problems with dignity and courage. We will find the strength to be of good cheer instead of becoming resentful, critical, or defeated. We will be able to meet life’s unpleasant happenings with clear vision, strength, and power. …“What a joy it is to see someone of good cheer, who, when others because of an unpleasant happening or development live in angry silence or vocal disgust, meets the situation with cheerful endurance and good spirits” (in Conference Report, Apr. 1986, 84–85; or Ensign, May 1986, 66).   Doctrine and Covenants and Church History: Gospel Doctrine Teacher’s Manual, (1999), 53–57
• “Things we cannot solve, we must survive.”  (Boyd K. Packer, Ensign, Nov. 1987, 18)
• “Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing,” writes Chodron. “We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together again and fall apart again. It’s just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.”   Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success.  Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty.  Page 200
• “I generally prefer taking a page from the playbook of the other Chicago Jerry—Jerry Reinsdorf. He once said that the best way to handle most flare-ups is to sleep on them. The point is to avoid acting out of anger and creating an even stickier mess. And if you’re lucky, the problem may resolve itself.”  Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success.  Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty.  Page 237
• “The only real solutions to many of the serious problems facing our world today are spiritual, not political or economic. Racism, violence, and hate crimes, for example, are spiritual problems, and their only real solution is spiritual.”  Religion and Government, Elder Wilford W. Andersen Of the Seventy
• “In a BYU devotional, Elaine Walton, the Director of the BYU school of social work, pointed out that helping someone feel understood may be more important than giving them specific instruction about how to resolve a problem or accomplish a task. “We find [in social work] — even those with the most profound problems –have remarkable ability and motivation to change and to solve their own problems once they really feel understood.”  – President Scott Smith, San Clemente Stake Conference, June 13th, 2021
• “We have every reason to be optimistic in this world. Tragedy is around, yes. Problems everywhere, yes. But you can’t, you don’t, build out of pessimism or cynicism. You look with optimism, work with faith, and things happen. Do not despair. Do not give up. Look for the sunlight through the clouds. Opportunities will eventually open to you. Do not let the prophets of gloom endanger your possibilities.” Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Gordon B Hinkley, Chapter 3, Cultivating an Attitude of Happiness and  a Spirit of Optimism
• “I meet so many people who constantly complain about the burden of their responsibilities. Of course the pressures are great. There is much, too much, to do. There are financial burdens to add to all of these pressures, and with all of this we are prone to complain, frequently at home, often in public. Turn your thinking around. The gospel is good news. Man is that he might have joy [see Nephi 2:25]. Be happy! Let that happiness shine through your faces and speak through your testimonies. You can expect problems. There may be occasional tragedies. But shining through all of this is the plea of the Lord: Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light (Matthew 11:28-30).” Manual, Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley, Chapter 3, Cultivating an Attitude of Happiness and a Spirit of  Optimism