JUST FOR TODAY !

• "Just for today, I will try to live through this day only and not tackle my whole life program at once. I can do some things 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 what Abraham Lincoln said is true: 'that 'most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.'Happiness is from within. It is not a matter of externals."
  
  
• "Just for today, I will take care of my body. I will exercise it, and nourish it, and not abuse it or neglect it, so that it will be a perfect machine for my will."
  
  
• "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 all day. I will read something that requires effort, thought, and concentration."
  
  
• "Just for today, I will exercise my soul in three ways: (1) I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out; if anybody knows abut it, it will not count; (2) I will do at least two things I don't want to do, as William James suggests, just for exercise; (3) 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 as becomingly as possible, talk ,low, act courteously, be liberal with appreciation, criticize not one bit nor find fault with anything, and try not to regulate or improve anyone. "
  
  
• "Just for today, I will have a program. I will write down just what expect to do every hour. I may not follow it exactly, but I'll have it. It will save me from the two pests of hurry and indecision. "
  
  
• "Just for today, I will have a quiet half hour, all by myself, and relax. In this half hour, sometime, I will think of God, so as to get a little more perspective in my life. "
  
  
• "Just for today, I will not be afraid. Especially I will not be afraid to be happy, to enjoy what is beautiful, to love, and to believe that those I love, love me. "
  
  
• -----Robert L. Wood

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