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 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.
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 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 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, 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, so the world will give to me.