Just for today,
I will try to live through this day only, and not tackle my whole life problem
at once. I can do something for twelve hours that would appall me if I felt
that I had to keep it up for a lifetime.
Just for today,
I will be happy. This assumes to be true what Abraham Lincoln said, that "most
folks areas happy as they make up their minds to be."
Just for today,
I will adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything to my own
desires. I will take my "luck" as it comes, and fit myself to it.
Just for today,
I will try to strengthen my mind. I will study. I will learn something useful.
I will not be a mental loafer. I will read something that requires effort,
thought and concentration.
Just for today,
I will exercise my soul in three ways; I will do somebody a good turn, and
not get found out; if anybody knows of it, it will not count. I will do at
least two things I don't want to do-just for exercise. I will not show anyone
that my feelings are hurt; they may be hurt but today I will not show it.
Just for today,
I will be agreeable. I will look as well as I can, dress becomingly, talk
low, act courteously, criticize not one bit, not find fault with anything,
and not try to improve or regulate anybody but myself.
Just for today,
I will have a program. I may not follow it exactly, but I will have it. I
will save myself from two pests: hurry and indecision.
Just for today,
I will have a quiet half hour all by myself, and relax. During this half hour,
sometime, I will try to get a better perspective of my life.
Just for today,
I will be unafraid. Especially I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful,
and to believe that as I give to the world, so the world will give to me.