Just for today...
I will take some Time Out Of Time.
I will slow right down.
I will enjoy the sound of the river. I will let it soothe my soul.
I will enjoy the sunlight. I will let it's warmth penetrate right to my core.
I will smell the fresh fragrance of shrubs and trees.
I will enjoy colours and the sight of rocks and flowers.
I will savour the flavours I taste.
I will remember the day on which this photograph was taken.
Tomorrow and each day I will choose one of these to reflect on and apply.
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 appal 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.
Thank you Kenneth L Holmes - Al-Anon
And thank you for these additional ones Mary Shearer - The Natural Way:
Just for today I will take care of my body. I will exercise it,
care for it, nourish it, not abuse or neglect it, so that it will be a perfect
machine...
Just for today I will not be
afraid to be happy, to love, and to believe that those I love, love me."
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