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 had to keep it up for a lifetime.

　　Just for today I will be happy.This assumes to be true as Abraham Lincoln said,"Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be."

　　Just for today I will adjust myself to what it is,and not try to adjust everything to my own desires.I will take my"luck"as it comes.

　　Just for today I will try to strengthen my mind.I will study.I will learn something userful.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 them.

　　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,and try not 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 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,the world will give to me.