| Just for
today I will try to live through this day only, and not
tackle my whole life problem at once.
Just for
today I will be happy. This assumes to be true what
Abraham Lincoln said, that "most folks are as 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 wiil 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 programme. 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. |
Look to this day!
For it is life,
the very life of life.
In its brief course lie all the verities and realities of one's
existence:
The bliss of growth,
The glory of action,
The splendour of beauty.
For yesterday is but a dream
and tomorrow only a vision.
But today, well lived, makes
Every yesterday a dream of happiness.
And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore,
to this day,
Such is the salutation of the dawn.
From the Sanskrit
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