Just for Today

I will not strike back, even if I am right. 

I will practice peacemaking.

I will be pleasant and presentable

From early morning until late at night.

I will pray for my “enemy.”

I will try to learn something from everyone

Without expecting to learn it all from anyone.

I will have a plan and a program.

I may not follow  it exactly,

But I will strive to be a better steward

Of my time and resources today

Than I was yesterday.

I will count my many blessings.

I will revel in this beautiful life

And continue to hope for tomorrow!!

I will show fearless love!!

I will actively choose to do

The bravest, gentlest, most loving thing.

I will do my best at everything.

I will remember to consider

My signature and my legacy,

As well as my capacity for witnessing.

I will lift someone else’s spirits.

I will exhibit optimism

And walk by faith, not by sight.

I will learn something useful

And strive to make a real difference today

in the lives of those I love.

I will do a good deed in secret.

If I am found out, I will try again.