I PROMISE MYSELF (TM)
I PROMISE MYSELF…
- To be SO STRONG and SO CALM and SO CENTERED that NOTHING can disturb my peace of mind and inner balance.
- To Speak only of Health, Happiness and Prosperity to EVERYONE I know or meet.
- To Make EVERYONE I know and meet, and especially my partner/spouse and all my family, friends, clients, employees and colleagues know and feel that there is greatness in them and that they are worthy.
- To look at and see the BRIGHT SIDE of EVERYTHING and make my OPTIMISM come true.
- To THINK only of the BEST, to WORK only for and with 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 and RELEASE the MISTAKES and PAIN of the Past and PRESS ON to the greater achievements of the PRESENT and the FUTURE.
- To wear a CHEERFUL EXPRESSION at ALL times and give a SMILE to EVERY living creature that 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 GREATFUL and HAPPY each day to permit the presence of TROUBLE.
- To LOVE MYSELF, RESPECT MYSELF and to THINK WELL of MYSELF and to SHOW and PROCLAIM this fact to the world, not in loud words but with GREAT DEEDS.
- To LIVE each day with the FAITH, BELIEF and CONVICTION that the WHOLE WORLD is ON MY SIDE, so long as I am TRUE to my cause and true to the best that is in me.
- To KNOW with ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY each day that ALL I need is within me every day.
Gary A. Ferraro – revised, updated and modified from
the original "Optimists Creed" by Christian D. Larson