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A SMILE
A smile costs nothing, but
gives much. It enriches those who receive, without making
poorer those who give. It takes but 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 but
that he can be made rich by it. A smile creates happiness in
the home, fosters goodwill in business and is the
countersign of friendship. It brings rest to the weary,
cheer to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad, and it's
natures 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.
Anon
KINDNESS
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Kindness is a little star
That twinkles in the night
Kindness is a little flower
That blossoms out of sight |
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Kindness is a loving word
That no-one else can hear
Kindness is a little song
That brings a world of cheer
Kindness is a friendly face
When one is growing old
Kindness is a glowing warmth
When all the world is cold |
Kindness is a helping hand
Across a busy street
Kindness is the loving smile
Which makes our joy complete
Kindness is a 'something'
We never really see
But how immense the difference
It makes to you and me |
Anon |
DEATH IS NOTHING AT ALL
Death is nothing at all.
I have only slipped away
into the
next room.
I am I and you are you.
Whatever we were to each other,
that we still are.
Call me by my old familiar name.
Speak to me in the easy way
which you always used.
Put no difference in your tone.
Wear no forced air of solemnity or
sorrow.
Laugh as we always laughed
at the little jokes we enjoyed
together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for
me.
Let my name be ever the household
word
that it always was.
Let it be spoken without affect,
without the trace of a shadow on
it.
Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same that it ever was.
There is absolutely unbroken
continuity.
Why should I be out of mind
because I am out of sight?
I am waiting for you,
for an interval,
somewhere very near,
just around the corner.
All is well.
by Henry Scott Holland (1847-1918)
Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral |
DO NOT STAND AT
MY GRAVE
AND WEEP
Do not stand at my grave
and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am in the morning hush,
I am in the graceful rush
Of beautiful birds in circling
flight.
I am the starshine of the night.
I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.
I am in the birds that sing,
I am in each lovely thing.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there — I do not die.
by Mary Elizabeth Frye (1904-2004)
TAKE TIME
Take time to work, it is
the price of success.
Take time to think, it is the
source of power.
Take time to play, it is the secret
of perpetual youth.
Take time to read, it is the
foundation of wisdom.
Take time to be friendly, it is the
road to happiness.
Take time to dream, it is hitching
your wagon to a star.
Take time to love and be loved, it
is the privilege of the gods.
Take time to look around, it is too
short a day to be selfish.
Take time to laugh, it is the music
of the soul.
Old English Prayer - Author Unknown
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