Just for today
i will try to live through this day only
and not tackle
my whole life probem at once
就为了今天
我将尽力只度过今天
而不立刻去解决终身的问题
i can do something for twelve hours
that would appall me
if i had to keep it up for a lifetime
对一件令我沮丧而又必须坚持一辈子的事
我只能坚持十二个小时
just for today i will be happy
thia assumes to be true
what abraham lincoln said
that 'most folks are as happy
as they make up their minds to be
就为了今天，我会很快乐
亚伯拉罕-林肯说过
大多数人都是决定想怎么高兴就怎么高兴
这已经被认为是真理
just for today
i will adjust myself to what is,
and not try to adjust everything
to my own desires
i will take my 'luck' as it comes
就为了今天
我会做自我调整适应食物本来的面目
而不是想方设法事每一件事满足自己的欲望
当机会来临的时候我会抓住它
just for today
i will try to strengthen my mind
i will study
i will learn something usrful
i will not be a mental loafer
i will reas something
that requires effort, thought
and concentration
就为了今天，我会尽力心强志坚
我会学习，学一些有用的东西
我不会做一个精神上的流浪汉
我会读一些需要努力，思考
和注意力集中的东西
just for today
i will exercise my soul in three ways
i will do somebody a good turn
and not get found out.
if anybody knows of it
it will not count
就为了今天
我会用三种方法来磨练我的灵魂
我会做对某人有利的事
但不能被发现
若有人发现了就不算数
i will do at least two things
i don't want to do -
just for exercise
我将会至少做两件
我不愿做的事情
只为了磨练
i will not show anyone
that my feelings are hurt
thry may be hurt
but today i will not show it
我不会让任何人感到我的感情收到了伤害；
他们可能受到了伤害
但今天我不想表现出来
just for today i will be agreeable
i will look s well as i can
dress becomingly, talk low
act courteously, critcize not one bit,
and try not to improve
or regulate anybody but myself
就为了今天，我会过得很惬意
看起来我达到了最佳状态
穿着得体，讲话谦虚
行为礼貌，一点不吹毛求痴
尽量改进和调节自己而不是别人
just for today i will have a program
i may not follow it exactly
but i wll have it
就为了今天
我会制定一个计划
我也许不会严格地遵守他
但我一定要有计划
i will save myself from two pests
hurry and indecision
我会避免两种错误
仓促行事和优柔寡断
just for today
i will have a quiet half hour
all by myself and relax
就为了今天
我将会独自静静地呆上半小时放松
during this half hour,sometime
i will try
to get a better perspective of my life
在这半小时里
某个时刻
我会日后对我的生活有个更好的看法
just for today i will be unafraid
就为了今天
我将不再害怕
especially i will not be afraid
to enjoy what is beautiful
and to believe
that as i give to the world
so the world will give to me
尤其我不会在害怕享受美丽的事物
并且相信我给予世界的
世界也会给予我