Monday, December 26, 2016

The Optimist Creed

THE OPTIMIST CREED 

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1912 in a book titled Your Forces and How to Use Them, this famous creed by Christian D. Larson is worth reading every morning and evening. 

PROMISE YOURSELF... 

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 worthwhile 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 expression at all times and give a smile to every living creature you meet. 

To give so much time to improving 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. 

To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud word, 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. 

" 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 forgive and 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 word, 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." --I Am 

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