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 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 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--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
