Just for Today
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 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, “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 will take my life 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.
— Author Unknown
Selah: Meditate on this!

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