To awake each morning with a smile brighting my face;
To greet the day with reverence for the opportunities it contains;
To approach my work with a clean mind;
To hold ever before me, even in the doing of little things, the ultimate purpose toward which I am working;
To meet men and women with laughter on my lips and love in my heart;
To be gentle and kind, and courteous through all hours;
To approach the night with weariness that ever woos sleep and the joy that comes from work well done-
This is how I desire to waste wisely my days. Thomas Dekk