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thing 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 it is discovered, it will not count. I will do at least two things I do not want to do just to exercise self control. I will not show that my feelings are hurt—they may be, 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 not try to improve or regulate anyone except myself.
“Just for today I will have a program. I may not follow it exactly, but I will have one. I will save myself from two pests: hurry and indecision.”
(Copied from “Bits of News”, a publication of the Graduate Nurses Association of Virginia.)
“Just for today I will try to live for this day alone, and not tackle my whole life’s 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 what Abraham Lincoln said, to be true, that ‘Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.’
“Just for today I will adjust myself to what occurs, 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 try to strengthen my mind. I will learn something useful. I will not be a mental loafer, I will read somewith
the necessary task of correcting what he correctly called “a critically unsound state of financial affairs."
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