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 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.
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, talk low, act courteously, criticize not one bit，and try not 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.
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就為了今天
就為了今天，我將盡力只度過今天而不立刻去解決終身的問題。對一件令我沮喪而又必須堅持一輩子的事，我只能堅持十二個小時。
就為了今天，我會很快樂。亞伯拉罕-林肯説過，“大多數人都是決定想怎麼高興就怎麼高興。”這已經被認為是真理。
就為了今天，我會做自我調整適應事物本來的面目，而不是想方設法使每一件事滿足自己的慾望。當機會來臨的時候我會抓住它。
就為了今天，我會盡力心強志堅。我會學習，學一些有用的東西。我不會做一個精神上的流浪漢。我會讀一些需要努力、思考和注意力集中的東西。
就為了今天，我會用三種方法來磨鍊我的靈魂。我會做對某人有利的事但不能被發現，若有人發現了就不算數。我將會做至少兩件我不願做的事情——只為了磨練。我不會讓任何人感到我的感情受到了傷害：它們可能受到了傷害，但今天我不想表現出來。
就為了今天，我會過得很愜意。看起來我達到了最佳狀態，穿着得體、講話謙虛、行為禮貌、一點不吹毛求疵，儘量改進和調節自己而不是別人。
就為了今天，我會制定一個計劃，我也許不會嚴格地遵守它，但我一定要有計劃。我會避免兩種錯誤：倉促行事和優柔寡斷。
就為了今天，我將會獨自靜靜地呆上半小時放鬆。在這半小時裏，某個時刻，我會日後對我的生活有個更好的看法。
就為了今天，我將不再害怕。尤其我不會再害怕享受美麗的事物，並且相信我給予世界的，世界也會給予我。
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