Friday, November 30, 2007

Today I'm happy.

So I've been reading Dale Carnegie's "How to Stop Worrying and Start Living," and in it he includes the late Sybil F. Partridge's "Just for Today."

"Just for today I will be happy. This assumes that what Abraham Lincoln said is true, that "most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." Happiness is from within; it is not a matter of externals.

Just for today I will try to adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything to my own desires. I will take my family, my business, and my luck as they come and fit myself to them.

Just for today I will take care of my body. I will exercise it, care for it, nourish it, not abuse it nor neglect it, so that it will be a perfect machine for my bidding.

Just for today I will try to strengthen my mind. 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. I will do at least two things I don't want to do, as William James suggests, just for exercise.

Just for today I will be agreeable. I will look as well as I can, dress as becomingly as possible, talk low, act courteously, be liberal with praise, criticize not at all, nor find fault with anything and not try to regulate nor improve anyone.

Just for today I will try to live through this day only, not to tackle my whole life problem at once. I can do things for twelve hours that would appall me if I had to keep them up for a lifetime.

Just for today I will have a program. I will write down what I expect to do every hour. I may not follow it exactly, but I will have it. It will eliminate two pests, hurrying and indecision.

Just for today I will have a quiet half-hour all by myself and relax. In this half-hour sometimes I will think of God, so as to get a little more perspective into my life.

Just for today I will be unafraid, especially I will not be afraid to be happy, to enjoy what is beautiful, to love, and to believe that those I love, love me."

Isn't it great? And to think I just discovered this today... although I feel like I must have seen it before somewhere, at some point in time.

Well, I thought it was great and I wanted to put it on my blog, so I did a Google search so I wouldn't have to type it out, and I found this really cool website by a Dwayne Melancon: http://www.genuinecuriosity.com/genuinecuriosity/

He seemed like a really cool person, so I sent him an e-mail to say hi.

In one of his posts he introduces this uber-wallet which is actually like the anti-uber wallet that's supposed fit the same amount of stuff as other wallets using significantly less space.
It seems pretty darn nifty (the wallet) and Dwayne said he really likes his.
I also found this amusing:
"End Result: A slim and comfortable wallet. Once used, it's next to impossible to go back to the old fat wallets."
I dunno if it's just me, but that last bit about old fat wallets cracks me up.

Oh, I want to put that other picture up, too--- I was at this udon place the other day, and when we got up from our meal, I went to get some toothpicks and encountered this:

okay, here's the picture, in all its disturbing and amusing glory:

No comments: