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TODAY
I woke up early today, excited over all I get to do before the clock
strikes midnight. I have responsibilities to fulfill today.
I am important.
My job is to choose what kind of day I am going to have.
Today I can complain because the weather is rainy or I can
be thankful that the grass is getting watered for free.
Today I can feel sad that I don't have more money or I can be
glad that my finances encourage me to plan my purchases wisely
and guide me away from waste.
Today I can grumble about my health or I can rejoice that I am alive.
Today I can lament over all that my parents didn't give me when I was
growing
up or I can feel grateful that they allowed me to be born.
Today I can cry because roses have thorns or I can celebrate that thorns have roses.
Today I can mourn my lack of friends or I can excitedly embark upon a quest to discover new relationships.
Today I can whine because I have to go to work or
I can shout for joy because I have a job to do.
Today I can complain because I have to go to school or eagerly open my mind and fill it with rich new tidbits of knowledge.
Today I can murmur dejectedly because I have to do housework or I can feel
honored because the Lord has provided shelter for my mind, body and soul.
Today stretches ahead of me, waiting to be shaped. And here I am,
the
sculptor who gets to do the shaping.
What today will be like is up to me. I get to choose what kind
of day I will have!
Have a great day. . . Unless you have other plans. |
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What I
must do is all that concerns me, not what the people
think. This rule,
equally arduous in actual and
intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction
between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because
you will always find
those who think they know what is
your duty better than you know it. It is easy
in the
world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in
solitude to live after
our own; but the great person is one who in the midst of the crowd keeps
with perfect
sweetness the independence of solitude.
Ralph Waldo
Emerson |
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