Just for Today

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 Holmes.