Just For Today inspiration

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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 a short

time 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

everything 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 spirit 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, 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 schedule. 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, some time, 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 I give to the world, so the

world will give to me.

(Ruth -Bourdon)

" One can make a day of any size, and regulate the rising and the setting

of his own sun and the brightness of its shining. "

( Muir)