Just For Today

[If Not For Grace]

Just for today

I will try to live through this day only,
and not tackle all my problems 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,
*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, and fit myself into it
Just for today:I will try to strengthen my mind. I will study.
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 should know 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, keep my voice
low,be courteous,criticize not one bit. I won’t find
fault with anything, nor try to improve or regulate
anybody else but myself.
Just for today: I will have a plan (or 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 un-afraid.
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 back to me.​

 

[If Not For Grace]

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've been falling down on this part-I hereby resolve to do better.

 

[If Not For Grace]

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~ WISDOM TO KNOW ~ (More Daily Meditations For Men) ~


How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.

~ Annie Dillard ~


Today is our life. Even though we are drawn to live in the past or have fears and hopes for the future, we only exist in the present. This moment is all we have, and it is enough. There is no need to center our thoughts on how things will turn out
in the future because we are alive right now, and this is our life.

Our memories exist only in our minds; they enrich the present, but we have no opportunity to relive them.


As we live in this moment and center our awareness in this moment, we have a sense that we can deal with it. Feeling overwhelmed comes from trying to take too big of a bite of time. It’s more than anyone can swallow. In this moment, as we sit in our place, we have sensations of sight and sound and touch. We can deal with this moment and that is all we need to do... ever. Centered in this very time and this very place, we regain our peace of mind and our ability to live well.


Today is all I need, for today is my life.