BUT FOR THE GRACE

A GUIDE TO LIVING

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You can't blame any one but yourself if you

stumble twice over the same stone.

Have the moral stamina to stand firmly for the right,

truth, and justice.

Acquire the habit of being faithful to friendships

and responsibilities

The greatest pleasure in life is to do a good

turn in secret and have it discovered by accident.

JUST FOR TODAY

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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 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, that, "Most folks are happy as

they make 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 try to strengthen

my mind. I will study. I will learn some-

thing useful, I will not be a mentla 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

ture, and not get found out; if anybody

knows 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,

act courteously, critize 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 folow it exactly, but I will have

it. I will save myself from two pests:

hurry and indesision

Just for today, I will be unafraid. Espe-

cially 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.

YESTERDAY * TODAY * TOMORROW

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There are two days in every week about

which we should not worry, two days which

should be kept free from fear and appre-

hension.

One of these days is Yesterday with

its mistakes and cares, its faults and blun-

ders, its aches and pains. Yesterday

has passed forever beyond our control.

All the money in the world cannot bring

back Yesterday. We cannot undo a

single act we performed; we cannot erace

a single word we said...Yesterday

is gone.

The other day we should not worry about

is Tomorrow with its possible adver-

saries, its burdens, its large promise and

poor performance. Tomorrow is also

beyond our immmediate control.

Tomorrow's sun will rise, either in

splendor or behind a mask of clouds - but

it will rise. Until it does, we have no stake

in Tomorrow for it is as yet unborn.

This leaves only one day...Today.

Any man can fight the battle of just one


burdens of those two awful eternities...

Yesterday and Tomorrow that we

break down.

It is not the experience of Today that

drives men mad - it is the remorse or bitterness

for something which happened Yesterday

and the dread of what Tomorrow

may bring.

*LET US,

THEREFORE, LIVE

BUT ONE DAY AT A TIME!!*

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