IF SMILE Ir you think you've missed the mark, If Use a Smile; your life seems in the dark Why, just Smile. Don't give up in any fight; There's a coming day that's bright, OPEN THE DOOR OPEN the door, let in the air; The winds are sweet and the flowers are fair; If our door is wide, it may come this way- Open the door, let in the sun; He hath a smile for every one; He hath made of the raindrops gold and gems, Open the door of the soul; let in Strong, pure thoughts which will banish sin; They will grow and bloom with a grace divine, And their fruit shall be sweeter than that of the vine Open the door! Open the door of the heart; let in It will make the halls of the heart so fair Open the door! REAL LIFE To know that there are some souls, hearts and minds, here and there who trust us and whom we trust: Some who know us and whom we know: Some on whom we can always rely and who always rely upon us, makes a paradise of this great world: This makes our life really life. JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE. KEEP YOUR GRIT HANG on! Cling on! No matter what they say, Push on! Sing on! Things will come your way, Sitting down and whining never help a bit— Best way to get there is by keeping up your Grit. Don't give up hoping when the ship goes down; Grab a spar or something, just refuse to drown, Don't think you're dying just because you're hit; Smile in face of danger and hang on to your Grit. Folks die too easy, they sort o' fade away; Kind o' man that's needed is the man of ready wit LOUIS E. THAYER. LET us sometime live-be it only for an hour, and though we must lay all else aside-to make others smile. The sacrifice is only in appearance; no one finds more pleasure for himself than he who knows how, without ostentation, to give himself that he may procure for those around him a moment of forgetfulness and happiness. CHARLES WAGNER. As in a game ov cards, so in the game ov life, we must play what iz dealt tew us, and the glory consists, not so mutch in winning as in playing a poor hand well. JOSH BILLINGS. AFTER every storm the sun will smile, for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefensible duty is to be of good cheer. WILLIAM R. ALGER. THE mintage of Wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that Real Life is in Love, Laughter and Work. ELBERT HUBBARD. THE SPRING CLEANING Now open up the windows of the heart, Brush out the cobwebs that your malice wrought, And sweep away the grudges that you bear; Replace each petty and ungracious thought With one that is forgiving, true and fair. And when the task is finished, you will find And know your work has not been done in vain. REYNALE SMITH PICKERING. BUILD A LITTLE FENCE BUILD a little fence of trust Around today; Fill the place with loving deeds And therein stay; Look not through the sheltering bars God will help thee bear what comes Of joy or sorrow. MARY FRANCES BUTTS. I. THE world is wide Then do not hurry! II. That man is blest Who does his best, And-leaves the rest, Then do not worry! CHARLES F. DEEMS. DAY BY DAY I HEARD a voice at evening softly say, Bear not thy yesterday into tomorrow, Nor load this week with last week's load of sor row. Lift all thy burdens as they come, nor try To weigh the present with the by and by. One step and then another, take thy way; Live day by day. Live day by day. Though autumn leaves are withering round thy way Walk in the sunshine. It is all for thee. Push straight ahead, as long as thou canst see; |