"Just For Today"

I share with you a feel good poem that looks at wellness from the perspective of one day at a time. Its message is one of hope that change is possible, doable and manageable if we focus our attention on making today the best day possible.

If your aim is to feel better, then consider the relationship between thoughts, feelings and behaviors. As you think, you will act and you will feel.

                                           Thoughts + Actions = Feelings.

Just For Today know your thoughts, choose your actions and the feelings will follow.

May the healing thoughts presented in this poem set in motion your commitment to a wellness lifestyle one day at a time.

                                                      Just For Today

Just For Today I will try to live through this day only, and not tackle all my problems 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 as happy as they make up 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 something useful. I will not be a mental 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 turn, 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, keep my voice low, be courteous, criticize not one bit. I won't find fault with anything, nor try to improve or regulate anybody but myself.

Just For Today I will have a program. I may not follow it exactly, but I will have it. I will save myself from two pests: hurry and indecision.

Just For Today I will have a quiet half hour all by myself, and relax. During this half hour, sometime, I will try to get a better perspective of my life.

Just For Today I will be unafraid. Especially 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.

-Author Unknown

Thanks for reading!