And Even If You Have Failed At

I Will Greet This Day With Love In My Heart. And How Will I Do This? Henceforth Will I Look On All Things With Love And Be Born Again. I Will Love The Sun For It Warms My Bones; Yet I Will Love The Rain For It Cleanses My Spirit. I Will Love The Light For It Shows Me The Way; Yet I Will Love The Darkness For It Shows Me The Stars. I Will Welcome Happiness As It Enlarges My Heart; Yet I Will Endure Sadness For It Opens My Soul. I Will Acknowledge Rewards For They Are My Due; Yet I Will Welcome Obstacles For They Are My Challenge.

Remember That No Talent, No Self-denial, No Brains, No Character, Are Required To Set Up In The Fault-finding Business. Nothing External Can Have Any Power Over You Unless You Permit It.

There Are Two Kinds Of Discontented In This World, The Discontented That Works And The Discontented That Wrings Its Hands. The First Gets What It Wants And The Second Loses What It Has. There Is No Cure For The First But Success And There Is No Cure At All For The Second. The Very Worst Of My Vices And Bad Habits Will Abate Of Themselves If They Are Brought To An Accounting Every Day.

Now I Know That Patience And Time Can Do More Than Even Strength And Passion. The Years Of Frustration Are Ready To Be Harvested. All That I Have Managed To Accomplish, And All That I Hope To Accomplish, Has Been And Will Be By That Plodding, Patient, Persevering Process Which Builds The Ant Heap, Particle By Particle, Thought By Thought, Step By Step.

I Will Live This Day As If It Is My Last. …i Will Waste Not A Moment Mourning Yesterday’s Misfortunes, Yesterday’s Defeats, Yesterday’s Aches Of The Heart, For Why Should I Throw Good After Bad?