one day at a time

[irish eyes]

There is an old chinese proverb that goes something like this ' when we talk of tomorrow the gods laugh' I believe they laugh not because the find us funny but because they know the future is upredictable. So we have no choice but to live one day at a time. I know I can make plans but I cannot determine the outcome, no amount of planning can control the outcome. If I further compress this slogan 'one day at a time, to an hour at a time or even a minute at a time life becomes more bearable and precious. If I concentrate on right here right now, I know that I am fine. What bad habit can I change today? What fear can I face today? What happiness can I acknowledge today? What can I celebrate today no matter how small? All I have is today, let me live it fully and totally, and guess what to morrow looks after itself.

[one2many]

one day at a time

LOVE IT...as always..thank you...

[startingover]

one day at a time

So true Irish...and to read it makes it more real somehow...thank you.

[betty boop]

one day at a time

Thanks Irisheyes xx

I recently started going to AA and they gave me a card with these words on ......... I'm sure that some of you will be familiar with it but here it is for the non AA'ers, I read it every morning and find it very powerful ...Just for today I will try to live through this day only, and not tackle my whole life problem at once.

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 wiil 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, talk low, act courteously, criticize not one bit, not find fault with anything, and not try to improve or regulate anybody but myself.

Just for today I will have a programme. 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.

BB xx

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one day at a time

I love this, I often think its what im doing now that is my life! Ive a tendency to dream of weekends and halloween and christmas while im running around after the kids or studying and then I think, its what im doing right here , right now that is my life, I will try to live it well. Thanks Irish.