SALUTATION TO THE DAWN
LOOK TO THIS DAY!
FOR IT IS LIFE, THE VERY LIFE OF LIFE.
IN ITS BRIEF COURSE
LIE ALL THE VERITIES AND REALITIES OF YOUR EXISTENCE
THE BLISS OF GROWTH THE GLORY OF ACTION THE SPLENDER OF ACHIEVEMENT,
FOR YESTERDAY IS BUT A DREAM AND TOMORROW IS ONLY A VISION,
BUT TODAY WELL LIVED MAKES EVERY YESTERDAY A DREAM OF HAPPINESS
AND EVERY TOMORROW A VISION OF HOPE.
LOOK WELL, THEREFORE, TO THIS DAY!
SUCH IS THE SALUTATION TO THE DAWN.
SO THE FIRST THING YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT WORRY IS THIS, IF YOU WANT TO KEEP IT OUT OF YOUR LIFE, DO WHAT SIR WILLIAM OSLER DID:
* SHUT THE IRON DOORS ON THE PAST AND THE FUTURE. LIVE IN DAY-TIGHT COMPARTMENTS.
* WHY NOT ASK YOURSELF THESED QUESTIONS, AND WRITE DOWN THE ANSWERS?
* DO I TEND TO PUT OFF LIVING IN THE PRESENT IN ORDER TO WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE, OR TO YEARN FOR SOME MAGICAL ROSE GARDEN OVER THE HORIZON?
* DO I SOMETIMES EMBITTER THE PRESENT BY REGRETTING THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST - THAT ARE OVER AND DONE WITH?
* DO I GET UP IN THE MORNING DETERMINED TO "SEIZE THE DAY"- TO GET THE UTMOST OUT OF THESE TWENTY-FOUR HOURS?
* CAN I GET MORE OUT OF LIFE BY "LIVING IN DAY-TIGHT COMPARTMENTS"?
* WHEN SHALL I START TO DO THIS? NEXT WEEK?... TOMORROW?.... TODAY?
* EVERY DAY BRINGS A CHOICE, TO PRACTICE STRESS OR TO PRACTICE PEAC"
---- JOAN BORYSENKO
LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING. YOU HAD BETTER ENJOY IT BECAUSE THE NEXT DAY PROMISES NOTHING.
--- ERIC DAVIS
WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS,
ALL OUR SINS AND GRIEFS TO BEAR!
WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO CARRY
EVERYTHING TO GOD IN PRAYER,
OH, WHAT PEACE WE OFTEN FORFEIT
OH, WHAT NEEDLESS PAINS WE BEAR
ALL BECAUSE WE DO NOT CARRY
EVERYTHING TO GOD IN PRAYER!
