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Just
For Today
Just
for today:
I
will try to live through this day only,and not tackle all my
life's problems 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 are as happy as they makeup 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 except 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, some time,
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 I give to the world, so the
world will give
to me.
The Promises
If we are painstaking about this phase of
our development, we will be amazed before
we are half way
through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new
happiness.
We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the
door on it.
We will comprehend the word serenity and
we will know peace. No matter how far
down the scale we have
gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.
That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will
disappear.
We will lose interest in selfish things
and gain interest in our fellows. Self-seeking will
slip
away. Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change. Fear
of people and of
economic insecurity will leave us. We
will intuitively know how to handle situations
which used to
baffle us.
We will suddenly realize
that God is doing for us what we could not do for
ourselves.
Are these extravagant promises? We think
not. They are being fulfilled among us,
sometimes quickly,
sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for
them.
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