Promise Yourself

Promise yourself to be strong that nothin' can disturb your peace mind

To take health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet

To make all your friends feel that there's somethin' in 'em

To look the sunny side of everythin' and make your optimism come true

To think only the best, to work only for the best, and expect only the best

To be just as enthusiastic 'bout the success of others as you're 'bout your own

To forget the mistakes of the past and press onto the greater achievement of the future

To wear cheerful countenance at all times, and give every livin' creature you meet a smile

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself, that you 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.



P.S. This is such a beautiful poem author'd by C. D. Larson.