--Guillaume Apollinaire (reference unknown)
"Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention."
--Greg Anderson (reference unknown)
"Beyond identities and desires there is a common core of self - an essential humanity whose nature is peace and whose expression is thought and whose action is unconditional love. When we identify with that inner core, respecting and honoring it in others as well as ourselves, we experience healing in every area of life."
--Dr. Joan Borysenko (Minding the Body, Mending the Mind)
"All things are possible until they are proved impossible - and even the impossible may only be so as of now."
--Pearl S. Buck (reference unknown)
"The human spirit is greater than any oppression that can be brought against it." --Dean Madsen (Lecture, Utah State University, Spring 2003)
"This is the last of human freedoms: to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." --Viktor Frankl (Man's Search for Meaning, p. 104)
Just for Today
"Just for today I will be happy. This assumes that what Abraham Lincoln said is true, that 'Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.' Happiness is from within; it is not a matter of externals.
"Just for today I will try to adjust myself to what is and not try to adjust everything to my own desires. I will take my family, my business, and my luck as they come and fit myself to them.
"Just for today I will take care of my body. I will exercise it, care for it, nourish it, and not abuse it or neglect it so that it will be a perfect machine for my bidding.
"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 something that requires effort, thought, and concentration.
"Just for today I will exercise my soul in these 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 do, as William James suggests, just for exercise.
"Just for today I will be agreeable. I will look as well as I can, dress as becomingly as possible, talk low, act courteously, be liberal with praise, criticize not at all, nor find fault with anything, and not try to regulate nor improve anyone.
"Just for today I will try to live through this day only, not tackle my whole life problem at once. I can do things for twelve hours that would appall me if I had to keep them up for a lifetime.
"Just for today I will have a program. I will write down what I expect to do every hour. I may not follow it exactly, but I will have it. It will eliminate two pests, hurry and indecision.
"Just for today I will have a quiet half hour all by myself and relax. In this half hour sometimes I will think of God, so as to get a little more perspective to my life.
"Just for today I will be unafraid, especially I will not be afraid to be happy, to enjoy what is beautiful, to love, and to believe that those I love, love me."
--Sibyl F. Partridge
--Sibyl F. Partridge
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