I read the Note below and thought this is something worth sharing. So here I am. I hope each of us could do at least one of the things mentioned in the note, each day. Happy Women's Day!!
The Optimists Creed - by Christian D. Larson - 1912 from The Secret
I PROMISE MYSELF
To be so strong that nothing can disturb my peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person I meet.
To make all my friends feel that there is something worthwhile in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything, and make my 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 I am about my own.
To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful expression at all times and give a smile to every living creature I meet.
To give so much time to improving myself that I have no time to criticize 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 myself 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 my side, so long as I am true to the best that is in me.
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I like this !!!!! I'm going to pass this around to the women I know.....thank you for sharing.
I like this !!!!! I'm going to pass this around to the women I know.....thank you for sharing.
You are welcome :).
Thank you for this, Rashmi....I could never say that I maintain such a countenance on all these points. Some I feel I can say I excel at...others are most difficult at times, and some need constant assessment and revising... and some are indeed soul searching on so many levels. I suppose aging has something to do with it.. as I look back on my life..and wonder if I have been someone who could be comfortable with my life. I am certainly not strong enough to prevent disturbance to my peace of mind. I have always been one to speak health and well being, to encourage the best in everyone I meet, being optimisitc for others.. but not so much for myself. Making the best of things is something I try to do.. but sometimes it is very hard, and my enthusiasm for others accomplishments, no matter how small, seems to be something I am very good at. ..(wish I could say the same for myself) . Forgetting my mistakes is a most challenging area... The demons pop up way too often. It used to take courage to smile even though things were not so pretty.. but I am getting so much better at it. Criticizing others is not something I do..I try to find the best in others even though the times are inundated with negative reinforcements . I do not worry so much..having replaced it with acceptance...and thinking well of myself all the time is a challenge considering the brainwashing effects of an abusive childhood. I do believe however that the world is in a huge shift and I am riding the wave of it.. I do believe I am in the right place as I am remaining true to myself in so far as faith in my openness and always try to be to the best I know how.
This is a great list.. a soul searching adventure... and I am grateful you posted it. I will copy it for my own perusal ... Now to actually live up to it...That is my challenge.
Thank you.
You are welcome Jackie. As I read it I thought "such synchronocity for this to have made its way to me on Women's day."
It is my challenge too to be able to live up to it. Like you, I can do all that for others but not for myself...its just a big block of concrete that I cant get past, when it comes to myself.
You mean I cannot gripe and moan and whine anymore? ;) Actually, this creed is wonderful. I do believe we are our thoughts and actions.
Kudos to you as this is the Rashmi I know.
No! It means when you want to gripe, moan and whine, just come over and we can do it together. They say sadness shared is sadness halved so lets Gripe and wipe, whine and dine and then we can read this together and say see the better side of things *giggling*
Thank you Jack.
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