Subject: Just for today
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 23:42:34 +0000
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From:         Callie Landon
To:            heb_roots_chr@mail.geocities.com
Subject:       Just for today

                          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.

By Kenneth L. Holmes

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