Just for today I will try to live through this day only and not tackle my whole life problem at once. I can do something for twelve hours that would appal me if I had to keep it up for a lifetime.
只爭朝夕,我將竭力活在當下而不是立刻著手解決終生的問題.即使這問題終生揮之不去,足以讓我驚駭,我也只能堅持12個小時.
Just for today I will be happy. This assumes to be true what Abraham Lincoln said, that "Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be."
只爭朝夕,我將很快樂.亞伯拉罕•林肯曾說過："大多數人都是想怎麼高興就怎麼高興."此言不假.
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.
只爭朝夕,我會調整自我適應現實,而不會強求萬物以遂我心.既來之則安之,"聽天由命".
Just for today I will try to strengthen my mind. I will study. I will learn something useful. I will not be a mental loafer. I will read something that requires effort, thought and concentration.
只爭朝夕,我會充實自己.我會學習一些有用的東西,不做精神上的流浪漢.我會努力研讀一些需要全神貫注、認真思索的書籍.
Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways. I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out：If anybody knows 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.
只爭朝夕,我將採用以下三種方式來磨鍊我的靈魂：一、助人而不為人知；二、至少要做兩件自己不願做但有用的事-哪怕只是為了磨鍊自己；三、情感受傷不行於色,傷則傷矣,絕不表露.
Just for today I will be agreeable. I will look as well as I can, dress becomingly, talk low, act courteously, criticize not one bit, and try not to improve or regulate anybody but myself.
只爭朝夕,我將讓自己看起來令人賞心悅目：容光煥發、穿著得體、談吐斯文、舉止優雅、決不吹毛求疵,儘量改進和調整自己,而不是別人.
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.
只爭朝夕,我會擬定計劃.也許我不會嚴格照辦,但不能沒有.這將使我免於兩大禍害：倉促行事和優柔寡斷.
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.
只爭朝夕,我會抽出半小時獨自靜坐,徹底放鬆.此中某個時刻,我會找到更好的角度來審視我的生活.
Just for today I will be unafraid. 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 to me.
只爭朝夕,我將無所畏懼.尤其不再畏懼去享受美好的事物,並且堅信只要我對這世界有所付出,世界也一定會對我有所回報.
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