2. Prepare to accept it if you have to
3. Then calmly proceed to improve on the worst
The writer Jhon Ruskin had on his desk a simple piece of stone on which was carved one word: TODAY. And awhile I haven't a piece of stone on my desk, I do have a poem pasted on my mirror where I can see it when I shave every morning-a poem that Sir William Osler always kept on his desk-a poem written by the famous Indian dramatist, Kalidasa:
Salutation to The Dawn
Look to this day!
for it is life, the very life of life
in its brief course
Lie all the verities and realities of your existence:
the bliss of growth
the glory of action
the splendor of beauty
For Yesterday is about dream
and tommorow is only a vision
but today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness
and every tommorow is a vision of hope
look well, therefore to this day!
such is the salutation to the dawn
