I think that this little ditty on pages 73-74 at the end of the chapter (one you might have seen in email forwards through the years) sums up the entire chapter eloquently. It was first published by a NYC department store in their Christmas advertising.
It costs nothing, but creates much.
It enriches those who receive, without impoverishing 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 its benefits.
It creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in a business, and is the countersign of friends.
It is the 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 earthy good to anybody till it is given away.
And if in the last-minute rush of Christmas buying some of our salespeople should be too tired to give you a smile, may we ask you leave one of yours?
For nobody needs a smile so much as those who have non left to give!
The point is: SMILE.
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Agreed - some people really could use cheering up and smiles help. Although if you get to know them and smiling doesn't help, just stay way because they're probably dangerous.
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