There are times when it is hard to believe

in the future,

when we are temporarily just not brave enough.

When this happens, concentrate on the present.

Cultivate le petit bonheur (the little happiness)

until courage returns.

Look forward to the beauty of the next moment,

the next hour, the promise of a good meal,

sleep, a book, a movie, the likelihood

that tonight the stars will shine and tomorrow

the sun will shine.

Sink roots into the present until

the strength grows to think

about tomorrow.

Ardis Whitman

♥, Sylvia