YESTERDAY--TODAY--TOMORROW
There are two days in
every week about which we should not
worry, two days which should be kept
free from fear and apprehension.
One of these days is YESTERDAY with
its mistakes and cares, its faults and
blunders, its aches and pains.
YESTERDAY has passed forever beyond
our control.
All the money in the world cannot
bring back YESTERDAY. We
cannot undo a single act we performed;
we cannot erase a single word we
said...YESTERDAY is
gone.
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The other day we should not worry
about is TOMORROW with its
possible adversaries, its burdens, its
large promise and poor performance. TOMORROW is
also beyond our immediate control.
TOMORROW'S sun
will rise, either in splendor or
behind a mask of clouds- but it will
rise. Until it does, we have no stake
in TOMORROW for it
is yet unborn.
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This leaves only one day.... TODAY. Any
man can fight the battle of just one
day. It is only when you and I add the
burdens of those two awful
eternities.... YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW that
we break down.
It is not the experience of TODAY that
drives men mad-- it is remorse and
bitterness for something which
happened YESTERDAY and
the dread of what TOMORROW may bring.
LET
US, THEREFORE, LIVE
BUT ONE DAY AT A TIME! ! !
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The Best Day Of My Life
Today, when I awoke, I suddenly
realized that this is the best day of
my
life, ever!
There were times when I wondered if I
would make it to today; but I did! And
because I did I'm going to celebrate!
Today, I'm going to celebrate what an
unbelievable life I have had so far:
the accomplishments, the many
blessings, and, yes, even the hardships
because they have served to make me
stronger.
I will go through this day with my head
held high, and a happy heart.
I will marvel at God's seemingly simple
gifts: the morning dew, the sun, the
clouds, the trees, the flowers, the
birds. Today, none of these miraculous
creations will escape my notice.
Today, I will share my excitement for
life with other people. I'll make
someone smile. I'll go out of my way to
perform an unexpected act of
kindness for someone I don't even know.
Today, I'll give a sincere compliment
to someone who seems down. I'll tell a
child how special he is, and I'll tell
someone I love just how deeply I care
for them and how much they mean to me.
Today is the day I quit worrying about
what I don't have and start being
grateful for all the wonderful things
God has already given me.
I'll remember that to worry is just a
waste of time because my faith in God
and his Divine Plan ensures everything
will be just fine.
Tonight, before I go to bed, I'll go
outside and raise my eyes to the
heavens. I will stand in awe at the
beauty of the stars and the moon, and I
will praise God for these magnificent
treasures.
As the day ends and I lay my head down
on my pillow, I will thank the
Almighty for the best day of my life.
And I will sleep the sleep of a
contented child, excited with
expectation because I know tomorrow is
going
to be ......
The Best Day Of My Life!
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~Just For Today~
Just
for today: I
will try to live through this day
only,
and not tackle all my problems at once.
I can do something for twelve hours that
would appall me if I felt that I
had to
keep it up for a lifetime.
Just
for today: I
will be happy. This
assume t be true what Abraham Lincoln
said,
*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, and fit
myself into it
Just
for today: I
will try to strengthen my mind. I
will study.
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: it will do somebody a
good turn
and not get found out; if anybody know
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,
keep my voice
low, be courteous, criticize not one
bit. I won't find
fault with anything, nor try to improve
or regulate
anybody else 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's.
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 un-afraid.
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 back to
me.
God Grant me the
serenity to accept the things
I cannot change.
The courage to change the things I
can.
And the wisdom to know the
difference.
BY~
Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr~
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>~~ I Woke Up Early
Today ~~<
I woke up early today, excited over
all I get to do before the day ends. I
have responsibilities to fulfill today.
I am important. My job is to choose what
kind of day I am going to have. Today
I can complain because the weather is
rainy or ... I can be thankful that
the grass is getting watered for free. Today
I can grumble about my health or... I
can rejoice that I am alive. Today I
can mourn my lack of friends or... I
can excitedly embark upon a quest to
discover new relationships. Today I
can whine because I have to go to work
or... I can shout for joy because I
have a job to do. Today I can murmur
dejectedly because I have to do
housework or... I can feel honored
because Life has provided shelter for my
mind, body and soul Today stretches
ahead of me, waiting to be shaped. And
here I am, the sculptor who gets to do
the shaping. What today will be like
is up to me. I get to choose what kind
of day I will have! Why not make it a GREAT day???~~ author unknown ~~
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Definitions of Cognitive
Distortions
(or Stinkin' Thinkin' Defined)
ALL-OR-NOTHING-THINKING: You see things in
black-and-white categories. If your
performance falls short of perfect you
see yourself as a total failure.
OVERGENERALIZATION: You see a single
negative event as a never-ending pattern
of defeat.
MENTAL FILTER: You pick out a single
negative detail and dwell on it
exclusively so that your vision of all
reality becomes darkened, like the drop
of ink that discolors the entire beaker
of water.
DISQUALIFYING THE
POSITIVE: You reject positive
experiences by insisting they
"don't count" for some reason
or other. In this way you can maintain a
negative belief that is contradicted by
your everyday experiences.
JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS: You make a negative
interpretation even though there are no
definite facts that convincingly support
your conclusions.
Mind Reading: You arbitrarily conclude
that someone is reacting negatively to
you, and you don't bother to check this
out.
The Fortune Teller
Error: You anticipate that
things will turn out badly, and you feel
convinced that your prediction is an
already established fact.
MAGNIFICATION (CATASTROPHIZING)
OR MINIMIZATION: You exaggerate the
importance of things (such as your
goof-up or someone else's achievement),
or you inappropriately shrink things
until they appear tiny (your own
desirable qualities or the other
fellow's imperfections). This is also
called the "binocular trick."
EMOTIONAL REASONING: You assume that your
negative emotions necessarily reflect
the way things really are: "I feel
it, therefore it must be true."
SHOULD STATEMENTS: You try to motivate
yourself with shoulds and shouldn'ts, as
if you had to be whipped and punished
before you could be expected to do
anything. "Musts" and "oughts"
are also offenders. The emotional
consequence is guilt. When you direct
should statements toward others, you
feel anger, frustration, and resentment.
LABELING AND
MISLABELING: This is an extreme form
of overgeneralization. Instead of
describing your error, you attach a
negative label to yourself: "I'm a
loser." When someone else's
behavior rubs you the wrong way, you
attach a negative label to him:
"He's a dang louse."
Mislabeling involves describing an event
with language that is highly colored and
emotionally loaded.
PERSONALIZATION: You see yourself as the
cause of some negative external event
which in fact you were not primarily
responsible for.
Definitions of Cognitive Distortions (or
Stinkin' Thinkin' Defined) - ACA Meeting
Manual
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