Generous Thought

"Never suppress a generous thought."
Camilla Kimball

Dance

"I dance in the rain."
Basetsane Khumalo

True Grit

From a woman who suffered 80% burns caught in the horror of the aircrafts crashing into the twin towers and the Pentagon September 11th 2001

"I've learnt to give myself a break. Never let up - Never stop reaching forward... but do it with patience.
What I've realised is: It's OK to dwell in the moment and... just soak it in, feel the happiness."
Lauren Manning

Just for Today...

1
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.

2
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."

3
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.

4
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.

5
Just for Today I will exercize my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn, and not get found out; if somebody knows of it, it will not count. I will do at least two things I don't want to - just for exercize. I will not show anyone that my feelings are hurt; they may be hurt, but today I will not show it.

6
Just for today I will be agreeable. I will look as well as I can, dress becomingly, keep my voice low, be courteous, criticise not one bit. I won't find fault with anything, nor try to improve or regulate anybody but myself.

7
Just for Today I will have a programme. I will not follow it exactly, but I will have it. I will save myself from two pests: hurry and indecision.

8
Just for Today I will have a quiet half hour just by myself, and relax. During this half hour, sometime, I will try to get a better perspective on my life.

9
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.

Thank you - 12 Step Programme

Lord, Make Me an Instrument...

Lord make me an instrument of Thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
And where there is sadness, joy.

O, Divine Master,
Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console;
To be understood, as to understand;
To be loved, as to love;
For it is in giving that we receive,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Serenity Prayer

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
and the Wisdom to know the difference.

I Want to Have Mattered...

"I want to have mattered, in a good way, that I was here."
BYU Generations Project