PROMISE YOURSELF

• To be so strong that nothing can disturb 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 to 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.
  

Optimist International Creed
(originally published in 1912)