September 12, 2013
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PROMISE YOURSELF – by Christian D. Larson (1912)
PROMISE YOURSELF – by Christian D. Larson (1912)
To be so 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 everything and make your optimism come true.
To think only of the best, to work only for 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 be 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 the faith that the whole world is on your side so long as you are true to the best that is in you.
Comments (11)
Good advice!!!
Good Word
This is just beautiful. I am going to copy and keep it in front of me always. Thank you.
You are welcome
that is very positive
Dear Jurgens,
The drawing by your son is awesome.
Whenever I read something like this it just seems like so much common sense. Sometimes I really do think I’ve gained enlightenment!
I talk about health so much that sometimes I have to realize that when I speak about being “too fat” and needing to lose more weight and gain more muscle, I have to stop a moment before talking like this to an overweight person, who may think I’m slyly saying they’re overweight.
Glad to see you’re still blogging on Xanga.
Michael F. Nyiri, poet, philosopher, fool
Hi Mike, I will continue to blog on Xanga. I just find it incredibly difficult to find the sense of community in the new format. The reader is not the easiest way of getting to new information. I would like to see specific people in a priority list. So the new format is still for me an adjustment.
The new xanga has some growing to do – I, like you, find it irritating but I’ll stay with it for a year and see what develops.
Larson’s list is a good example of the early twentieth century belief in the perfectibility of man and the idea that somehow we had reached the pinnacle of history. He did not see the unconscious irony in some of his statements.
Always good advice. peace always
Hi. I used to post now and then on Socrates Cafe/Xanga led by Dick Goodman, I think. I have a new computer and so have lost my bookmarks page. I was trying to find the Socrates Cafe but it isn’t coming up. Do you know how I can access it? I’d appreciate the help, if you know what’s happened. Thanks, Anniemomz
http://socrates-cafe.xanga.com/
You can just follow the link. I checked it and it is working.