A MERRY HEART

"A smile is a curve that sets everything straight." - Phyllis Diller 

Here's a little story; A Rich man died and was met at the Pearly Gates by St. Peter. He was ushered into heaven where he was taken past mansion after mansion and through street after street paved with gold. Finally, they came to the end of the street and he was shown a small shack and was told that this was where he was going to be living. “Why do I get this ugly little shack when there are so many beautiful Mansions all around that I could live in?” the rich man asked. “Well,” St. Peter said, “We did the best we could with the money you sent us!”

Yes, a smile is something that can be likened to "money", it has the ability to buy healing for a wounded heart. It can be in adequate, but never too much. Ever wondered how people smile back when you first smile at them? Or noticed the feeling of happiness that wells up in you somehow when you smile? Truth be told you can't afford much if you don't smile much. Be generous with your smile don't hoard it.

Listen:

a smile costs nothing, but gives much.
It enriches those who receive, without making poorer those who give.

It takes a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever.

None is so rich or mighty that he can get along without it, and none is so poor, that he cannot give it richly.

A smile creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in business, and is the countersign of friendship.

It brings rest to the weary, cheer to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad, and it is nature’s best antidote for trouble. 

Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is of no value to anyone, until it is given away.

Some people are too tired to give you a smile; give them one of yours, as none needs a smile so much as he who has no more to give.