SMILE

A smile costs nothing, but it creates much.

It enriches those who receive it without impoverishing

 those who give it.

It happens in a flash, and the memory of it may last forever.

None are so rich that they can get along without it, and

none so poor that they cannot be richer for its benefits.  

It creates happiness in the home, fosters goodwill in a 

business, and is the countersigns of friends.

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 begged, bought, borrowed, or stolen, for it is

something that is worth nothing to anyone until it is

given away.

In the course of the day, some of your acquaintances may

be too tired to give you a smile. Give them one of yours. Nobody

needs a smile so much as those who have none left to give.

Culled from You Can Win by Shiv Khera pp 185.