 
::: Attitude :::
This may shock you, but I believe the single most
significant decision I can make on a day-to-day
basis is my
choice of attitude.
It is more important than my
past, my
education,
my bankroll, my successes or failures,
fame or
pain,
what other people think of me or say about
me, my
circumstances, or my position.
Attitude is that
"single
string" that keeps me going or cripples my
progress.
It
alone fuels my fire or assaults my hope.
When my
attitudes
are right, there's no barrier too high,
no valley
too deep,
no dream too extreme,
no challenge too great for
me.
Charles R. Swindoll
Writer and theologian
(Cited in BITS & PIECES)
::: Living On Someday I'll :::
There is an Island fantasy
A "Someday I'll," we'll never see
When recession stops, inflation ceases
Our mortgage is paid, our pay increases
That someday I'll where problems end
Where every piece of mail is from a friend
Where the children are sweet and already grown
Where we all retire at forty-one
Playing backgammon in the island sun
Most unhappy people look to tomorrow
To erase this day's hardship and sorrow
They put happiness on "lay away"
And struggle through a blue today
But happiness cannot be sought
It can't be earned, it can't be bought
Life's most important revelation
Is that the journey means more than the destination
Happiness is where you are right now
Pushing a pencil or pushing a plow
Going to school or standing in line
Watching and waiting, or tasting the wine
If you live in the past you become senile
If you live in the future you're on Someday I'll
The fear of results is procrastination
The joy of today is a celebration
You can save, you can slave, trudging mile after mile
But you'll never set foot on your Someday I'll
When you've paid all your dues and put in your time
Out of nowhere comes another Mt. Everest to climb
From this day forward make it your vow
Take Someday I'll and make it yours Now!
Author: Unknown
 
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