New Year Affirmation 

Let us promise ourselves to be so strong that nothing can disturb our peace of mind.

To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person we meet.

To help all our friends feel that there is much worth within them.

To look at the sunny side of everything and make our optimism come true.

To think only the best for the whole, and to expect only the best.

To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as we are about our 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 we meet a smile.

To give so much time to the improvement of ourselves that we have no time to criticize others.

To be too loving for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear and too joy-filled to permit the

presence of mis-directed energy.

--Author Unknown

and smile more than frown;

Put service and compassion

before my own renown;

Meet adversity with courage,

 sorrow with hope;

Have Faith to face uncertainty,

 and resiliency to cope;

With joy as my companion,

and truth as my guide,

May I walk the path of excellence,

 gaining knowledge with each stride;

To see the good that lies

within each person in suppression,

And through love and understanding,

 bring it forth into expression;

Though this day may bring new challenges,

 yet not manifest;

May I ever  be reminded

how much my life is blessed.

-Robert Akers