The Value of a Smile

IT COSTS NOTHING, BUT CREATES MUCH.

IT ENRICHES THOSE WHO RECIEVE IT,
WITHOUT MUCH IMPOVERSHING THOSE WHO GIVE.

IT HAPPENS IN A FLASH,
AND THE MEMORY OF IT SOMETIMES LASTS FOREVER.

NONE ARE SO RICH, THEY CAN GET ALONG WITHOUT IT,
AND NONE SO POOR BUT ARE RICHER FOR IT’S BENIFITS.

IT CREATES HAPPINESS IN THE HOME,
FOSTERS GOODWILL IN BUSINESS,
AND IS THE COUNTERSIGN OF FRINEDS.

IT IS REST TO THE WEARY,
DAYLIGHT TO THE DISCOURAGED,
SUNSHINE TO THE SAD,
AND NATURE’S BEST ANTIDOTE FOR TROUBLE.

YET IT CANNOT BE BOUGHT, BEGGED, BORROWED OR STOLEN,
FOR IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS NO EARHTLY GOOD TO ANYONE,
UNTIL IT IS GIVEN AWAY.

AND IF IN THE COURSE OF THE DAY,
SOME OF YOUR FRIENDS
SHOULD BE TOO TIRED TO GIVE YOU A SMILE,
WHY DON’T YOU GIVE THEM ONE OF YOUR’S?

FOR NOBODY NEEDS A SMILE SO MUCH,
AS THOSE WHO HAVE NONE LEFT TO GIVE.

anonymous