• Jesus as Life and Resurrection
• Christ's Body
• Love (according to St. Paul)
• Work as Prayer
• Spirituality of Work
• Vocation
• Heaven's Grocery Store
• Do Good
• Desiderata
• A Guide to a Happy Life
• A Recipe for a Good Day
• Take time
• The Best Thing
• To Achieve Your Dreams
• Courage
• Anyway
• Success
• Just for Today
• Today
• May you have
• A Wish for You
• Troubles of Life
• Seven Sins
• Six Mistakes
• Ten Things
• Thirteen Virtues (Ben Franklin)
• Good character
• Build Me A Son/A Daughter
• If (Rudyard Kipling)
• What a man is

Just for today

Just for today I will live through this day only, and not set far-reaching goals to try to overcome all my problems at once. I know I can do something for 24 hours that would overwhelm me if I thought I had to keep it up for a lifetime.

Just for today I will be happy. Abraham Lincoln said, "Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. " He was right. I will not dwell on thoughts that depress me. I will chase them out of my mind and replace them with happy thoughts.

Just for today I will adjust myself to what is. I will face reality. I will correct those things that I can correct and accept those things I cannot correct.

Just for today I will improve my mind. I will not be a mental loafer. I will force myself to read something that requires effort, thought and concentration.

Just for today I will do something positive to improve my health. If I'm a smoker, I'll make an honest effort to quit. If I'm overweight, I'll eat nothing I know to be fattening. And I will force myself to exercise even if it's only walking around the block or using the stairs instead of the elevator.

Just for today I'll do something I've been putting off for a long time. I'll finally write that letter, make that phone call, clean that closet or straighten out those dresser drawers.

Just for today before I speak I will ask myself, "Is it true? Is it kind?" and if the answer to either of those questions is negative, I won't say it.

Just for today I will make a conscious effort to be agreeable. I will look as good as I can, dress becomingly, talk softly, act courteously and not interrupt when someone else is talking.

Just for today I'll not try to improve anybody except myself.

We know so much more about nutrition and how exercise and sensible living can extend life and make it more enjoyable, so just for today I'll take good care of my body.

Just for today I will have a program. I may not follow it exactly, but I will have it, thereby saving myself from two pests: hurry and indecision.

Just for today I will gather the courage to do what is right and take the responsibility for my own actions.

Adopted from the Al-Anon credo by Abigail ("Dear Abby") Van Buren