Just for today

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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.

快乐地活在当天

作者：林清玄

    报社的记者来访问，突然问起：“林先生有什么座右铭呢？”
     这倒使我陷人困境了，因为我并没有一个真正的座右铭，如禁勉强说有，就是我时常拿来实践的一句话：“快乐的活在当下。”
    “活在当下”是禅宗的语言，是说人应该放下过去的烦恼、舍弃未来的忧思，把副的精神力用来承担眼前的这一刻。失去此刻就没有下一刻，不能珍惜今生也就无法向往来生了。
    “活在当下”也就是“快乐来临的时候就享受快乐，痛苦来临的时候就迎向痛苦”，在黑暗与光明中，既不回避，也不逃离，以坦荡自然的态度来面对人生。
    我把“活在当下”加了“快乐的活在当下”，是除了承担之外，希望有期许、有愿望、有好的心情，不只坦然和自然，还希望能扭转此时此刻的生活，使自己永保喜悦之心，那正是我生命的态度。
 

[林贝卡]

HalenPan,

Thank you very much for your messages.

Have a nice day.

Rebecca

[HalenPan]

Dear Rebecca: It is written so beautifully! Thanks a lot for so many wonderful messages in your blog, and it is really rewarding to read through them!