PROMISE YOURSELF

To be strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind,
To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet,

To make all your friends feel that there is something in them,
To look at the sunny side of eveything and
make your optimism come true,

To think only the best, and to expect only the best,
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others
as you are about your own,

To forget the mistakes of the past
and press on to the greater achievements of the future,

To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and
give every living creature you meet a smile,

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself
that you have no time to criticise others,

To bee too large for worry, too noble for anger,
too strong for fear and too happy to permit the presence of trouble,
To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world,
not in loud words, but in great deeds,

To live in faith that the whole world is on your side
so long as you are true to the best that is in you.

from: The Himalayan Times, Monday, May 25, 2009

author: Christian D Larson
"Your Forces and How to Use Them" 1912