Just for Today

Spring is in the air and I started some cleaning, luckily I found my old keepsake box. I opened it today and found this special framed poem that was given to me on my confirmation. There is no author noted on my keepsake, but whoever wrote this, good for them.  As I read this, it makes me stop and think (you will too), obviously why I saved it.  Enjoy.

“Just for Today”

Just for Today I will live through this day only and not tackle my whole life problem at once. I can do something for twelve hours that might appall me if I had to keep it up for a long, long time.

Just for Today I will be happy. Most people 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 and fit myself to it.

Just for Today I will 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 do somebody a good turn, and not get found out. I will do at least two things I don’t want to do. 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, some time, I will have a better perspective of my life.

Just for Today I will be unafraid to enjoy what is beautiful and to believe that as I give the world, so the world will give to me.