My professor in SPEECHCOM wants us to prepare a 3-4 minutes speech for the class as a final requirement for her subject 'speech and oral communication'. We have to memorize it, deliver it in front of the class. So i came out "I will act now" by Og Mandino. Here:
I will not avoid the tasks of today and charge them to tomorrow for I know that tomorrow never comes. Let me act now even though my actions may not bring happiness or success for it is better to act and fail than not to act and flounder. Happiness, in truth, may not be the fruit plucked by my action yet without all fruit will due on the vine.
I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. Hence-forth I will repeat this words again and again, each day, every day, until the words become as much a habit as my breathing and the actions which follow become as instinctive as the blinking of my eyelids. With these words I can condition my mind to perform every act necessary for my success. With these words I can condition my mind to meet every challenge which the failure avoids.
I will repeat these words again and again.
When I face temptation I will say them and immediately act to remove myself from evil. When I am tempted to quit and begin again tomorrow I will say them.
Only action determines my value in my work and to multiply my value I will multiply my actions. I will work when the failure seeks rest. I will talk when the failure remains silent. I will say it is done before the failure says it is too late.
I will act now. For now is all I have. Tomorrow is the day reserved for the labor of the lazy. I am not lazy. Tomorrow is the day when the evil become good. I am not evil. Tomorrow is when the weak become strong. I am not weak. Tomorrow is the day when the failure will succeed. I am not a failure.
When the lion is hungry he eats. When the eagle has thirst he drinks. Lest they act, both will perish.
I hunger for success. I thirst for happiness and peace of mind. Lest I act I will perish in a life of failure, misery, and sleepless nights.
I will command and I will obey my own command.
Success will not wait. If I delay She will become betrothed to another and lost to me forever.
This is the time. This is the place. I am the man