Grandpa Bruce... I still have this little thing you sent me. It's been on my wall for the last decade, you know, when I last heard from you, and roughly when I heard from your son last?
"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 felt that I would have to keep it up for a lifetime.
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."
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, and fit myself to it.
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 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.
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, not find fault with anything, and not try to improve or regulate anybody but myself.
Just for today I will have a program. I may not follow it exactly, but I will hav it. I will save myself from two pests: hurry and indecision.
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.
Just for today I will be unafraid. Especially will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful, and to believe that as I give to the world, the world will give to me."
So much to say... But I won't...
Day to day.
Everyday.
"...And I'll Be Singin' It So Loud So I Don't Hear The Finger Squeeze The Trigger To Pump Out The Shot,
...And The Bullet In My Brain Will Be Best Friends With The Words 'Lovin', It's What I Got'..."
Live. Love.
"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 felt that I would have to keep it up for a lifetime.
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."
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, and fit myself to it.
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 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.
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, not find fault with anything, and not try to improve or regulate anybody but myself.
Just for today I will have a program. I may not follow it exactly, but I will hav it. I will save myself from two pests: hurry and indecision.
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.
Just for today I will be unafraid. Especially will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful, and to believe that as I give to the world, the world will give to me."
So much to say... But I won't...
Day to day.
Everyday.
"...And I'll Be Singin' It So Loud So I Don't Hear The Finger Squeeze The Trigger To Pump Out The Shot,
...And The Bullet In My Brain Will Be Best Friends With The Words 'Lovin', It's What I Got'..."
Live. Love.
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I've come to my senses,
That I've become senseless,
I could give you lessons on how to ruin your friendships,
Every last conviction, I smoked them all away,
I drank my frustrations down the drain, out of the way,
So I sit and wait and wonder,
"Does anyone else feel like me?"
Someone so tired of their routines and disappearing self-esteems,
[Chorus:]
I'll sing along,
Yeah with every emergency,
Just sing along,
I'm the king of catastrophies,
I'm so far gone,
That deep down inside I think it's fine by me,
I'm my own worst enemy
I could be an expert on co-dependency,
I could write the best book on underage tragedy,
I've been spending my time at the local liquor store,
I've been sleeping nightly on my best friends kitchen floor,
So I sit and wait and wonder,
"Does anyone else feel like me?"
I'm so over-dosed on apathy and burnt out on sympathy.
[Chorus]
Let the meaning slip away
Lost my faith in another day,
Self deprication seems okay,
I never thought I'd make it anyway
[Chorus]
I'm my own worst enemy [x5]
*whine* my decision for the day: make my bleached-out hair blue, or! brownish-reddish.