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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, that "most folks are as
happy as
they make up their minds to be."
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 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 exercise my soul in three ways: I
will do
somebody a good turn, and not get found out. 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, 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.
Kenneth L. Holmes |
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It is
something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to
carve a statue,
and so to make a few objects beautiful;
but it is far more glorious
to carve and paint the very
atmosphere and medium through which
we look. To
affect the quality of the day--that is the highest of
arts.
Henry David
Thoreau
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