Beautifully imperfect..

Beautifully imperfect..
I am living an imperfect life
in an imperfect world
in this imperfect lifetime..
I am just like any other..
My life has its own share
of dysfunctionalities
and flaws and disappointments
and monotonousness
that could bring my spirits down..
I'm vulnerable to these things
but i try not to dwell so much
with the things i don't have..
Sometimes i succeed..
most times i don't
and i let these disappointments
get the best of me..
Nevertheless,
I remain grateful...



Just for Today, i will try to live through this day only
and not tackle my whole life problem 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 someone 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.
If my feelings are hurt, I will not show it..
Just for Today, I will have a quiet half hour by myself and relax..
During this half hour, 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..

Just for Today, I will be agreeable.
I will look as well as i can.. dress becomingly..
talk low... act courteously.. criticize not one bit...
not find fault with anything
and not to try to improve or regulate anybody except myself..

...... Yesterday ............. Today ............ Tomorrow ......

There are two days in every week
about which we should not worry..
Two days which should be kept free
from fear and apprehension..

One of these days is YESTERDAY
with its mistakes and cares,
its faults and blunders,
its aches and pains.
YESTERDAY has passed forever
beyond our control..
All the money in the world
cannot bring back YESTERDAY.
We cannot undo a single act we performed;
we cannot erase a single word we said...
YESTERDAY is gone..

The other day we should not worry about is
TOMORROW with its adversities, its burdens,
its large promise and poor performance.
TOMORROW is also beyond our immediate control.

TOMORROW, the sun will rise,
either in splendor or behind a mask of clouds ----
but it will rise... Until it does,
we have no stake in TOMORROW
for it is as yet unborn..

This leaves only one day...... TODAY.
Any man can fight the battle of just one day.
It is only when you and I add the burdens
of those two aweful eternities,
YESTERDAY and TOMORROW,
that we break down..

It is not the experience of TODAY
that drives men mad -- it is the remorse
or bitterness for something which happened YESTERDAY
and the dread of what TOMORROW may bring..
Let us, therefore, live but one day at a time...


" Yesterday is gone forever;
tomorrow may never come..
Today is YOURS.. Use it."

"God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference....."