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I Will Greet This Day With Love In My Heart – Og Mandino

I WILL GREET THIS DAY WITH LOVE IN MY HEART!

And how will I speak?

I will praise my enemies, and they will become my friends, I will encourage my friends, and they will become my brothers.

Always I will dig for a reason to applaud and never attempt to criticize; I will bite my tongue, and when I am moved to praise, I will shout it from the rooftop

Is it not true that the birds, the wind, sea and all of nature speak with the music of praise for the creator?

Cannot I also speak with the same music to his children?

I will remember this secret, and it will change my life.

I WILL GREET THIS DAY WITH LOVE IN MY HEART!

And how will I act?

I will love all manners of men for each has qualities to be admired even though they may be hidden. With love, I will tear down the wall of suspicion, and in its place, I will build bridges so that my love may enter their soul.

I WILL GREET THIS DAY WITH LOVE IN MY HEART!

For this is the greatest secret of success in all ventures. Muscle can split a shield and even destroy a life, but only the unseen power of love can open the hearts of men, and until I master this art I will remain no more than a peddler in the marketplace. I will make love my greatest weapon, and none on whom I call can defend against its force.
My reasoning they may counter; my speech they may distrust; my apparel they may disapprove; my face they may reject; and even my bargains may cause them suspicion; yet my love will melt all hearts liken to the sun whose rays soften the coldest clay.

I WILL GREET THIS DAY WILL LOVE IN MY HEART!

But how will I react to the actions of others?

With love!

For just as love is my weapon to open the hearts of men, love is also my shield to repulse the arrows of hate and the spears of anger.

Adversity and discouragement will beat against my new shield and become the softest of rains. My shield will protect me in the marketplace and sustain me when I am alone.

It will lift me up in moments of despair yet it will calm me in times of exultation. It will become stronger and more protective with each use until one day I will cast it aside and walk unencumbered among all manners of men.

And my name will be raised high on the pyramid of life.

I WILL GREET THIS DAY WITH LOVE IN MY HEART!

And how will I confront each whom I meet?

In only one way.

In silence and to myself.

I will address him and say ” I LOVE YOU”!

Though spoken in silence these words will shine through my eyes!

Unwrinkle my brow!

Bring a smile to my lips!

Echo in my voice!

And his heart will be opened!

AND THEY WILL GREET THIS DAY WITH LOVE IN THEIR HEARTS!

~ Og Mandino

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Carol A. Briney is an International Inspirational Speaker, Author, Mentor and #1-Rated Podcast Host. She joyfully resides in Pittsburgh, Pa. U.S.A.

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