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For the rest of my life there are two days that will never again trouble me.
The first day is yesterday with all its blunders and tears, its follies and defeats. Yesterday has passed forever beyond my control.
The other day is tomorrow with its pitfalls and threats, its dangers and mystery. Until the sun rises again, I have no stake in tomorrow, for it is still unborn.
With God's help and only one day to concentrate all my effort and energy on, this day I can win! Only when I add the burden of those two frightening eternities, yesterday and tomorrow, am I in danger of faltering under the load. Never again! This is my day! This is my only day! Today is all there is! Today is the rest of my life and I resolve to conduct myself through every waking hour in the following manner.
For the rest of my life, this very special day. God help me . .
_ to heed God's wise advice and treat everyone I meet, friend or foe, stranger or family, as I would want them to treat me.
_ to maintain a rein on my tongue and my temper, guarding against foolish moments of fault-finding and insults.
_ to greet all those I encounter with a smile instead of a frown, and a soft word of encouragement instead of disdain or even worse, silence.
_ to be sympathetic and attentive to the sorrows and struggles of others, realizing that there are hidden woes in every life no matter how exalted or lowly.
_ to make haste to be kind to all others, understanding that life is too short to be vengeful or malicious, too soon ended to be petty or unkind.
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