The OPTIMIST CREED

PROMISE YOURSELF...

• to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
• to talk health, happiness, and prosperity to everyone you meet.
• to make all your friends feel that there is something in them.
• to look at the sunny side of everything 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 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 countenance at all times and give every living 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.

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