I give thanks for today,
Every seconds of the day.
For 24 years past.
For the rest of my life.

You'll only find your best when you've discovered your worst.

Be Yourself

Nobody can be exactly like you.
Nobody but you, and you alone, knows exactly who you are.

"No matter what happens, always be yourself!"

'Nobody is so miserable as he who longs to be somebody and something other than the person he is in body and mind' - Angelo Patri

'Compared to what we ought to be, we are only half awake.
We are making use of only a small part of our physical and mental resources.
Stating the thing broadly, human individuals thus live far within their limits.
They possess powers of various sorts which they habitually fail to use.' - William James

...let's not waste a second worrying because we are not like other people. You are something new in this world. Never before, since the beginning of time, has there been anybody exactly like you; and never again throughout all the ages to come will there ever be anybody exactly like you again..... - Dale Carnegie

'I can't write a book commensurate with Shakespeare, but I can write a book about me.' - Sir Walter Raleigh

Think and Thank

Think of all that we have to be thankful for, and thank God for all our boons and bounties.
- Dale Carnegie

Love is .....

JUST FOR TODAY

1. Just for today I will be happy. 'most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be' (Abraham Lincoln). Happiness is from within; not a matter of externals.
2. Just for today I will try to adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything to my desires. I will take my family, my business, and my luck as they come and fit myself to them.
3. Just for today I will take care of my body. I will exercise it, care for it, nourish it, not abuse it nor neglect it, so that it will be a perfect machine for my bidding.
4. Just for today I will try to strengthen my mind. I will read something useful. I will not be a mental loafer. I will read something that requires effort, thought and concentration.
5. Just for today I will exercise my soul in three 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.
6. 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 everything and not try to regulate nor improve anyone.
7. Just for today I will live through this day only, not to 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.
8. Just for today I will have programme. 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, hurrying and indecision.
9. 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 into my life.
10. 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.

- How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
Dale Carnegie

Am

I am now who I was in the past.
I am now who I will be in the future.
-Me