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PROMISE YOURSELF
Gloria Pearson Jun 2015
TO BE SO STRONG THAT NOTHING CAN DISTRUB 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 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 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 THE GREATER ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE FUTURE. TO WEAR A CHEERFUL CONSISTENCE 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 CRITIZE OTHERS. TO BE TOO LARGE FOR WORRY, TOO NOBLE FOR ANGER, TO STRONG FOR FEAR, AND TOO HAPPY TO PERMIT THE PRESENCE OF TROUBLE.
THIS POEM WAS FOUND AMOUNGST MY DECEASE SON PAPERS. WRITTEN DEC, 18, 1989. SUBMITTED BY HIS MOTHER.

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