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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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