Someone gave me a card with these words. I try to read it every morning. Everywhere there is despair and it's so disheartening. I try to keep myself from falling victim to worry and fear with a morning reading.
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Just for today I will try to live through this day only, and not tackle all of my problems at once. I can do something for 12 hours that would appall me if I felt that I had to keep it up for a lifetime.
Someone gave me a card with these words. I try to read it every morning. Everywhere there is despair and it's so disheartening. I try to keep myself from falling victim to worry and fear with a morning reading.
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Just for today I will try to live through this day only, and not tackle all of my problems at once. I can do something for 12 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 make up their minds to be."
Just for today I will adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everythinkg 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, keep my voice low, be courteous, criticize not one bit. I won't find fault with anything, 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 to 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.
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