Day 16

Let your smile shine through the tears.

 It is easy to be pleasant

         When life flows by like a song,

But the man worth while is one who will smile,

         When everything goes dead wrong.

For the test of the heart is trouble,

         And it always comes with the years,

And the smile that is worth the praises of earth

         Is the smile that shines thru the tears.

                                                 —C. R. Gibson

A smile of encouragement at the right moment may act like sunlight on a closed-up flower; it may be the turning point for a struggling life. —Anonymous

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure, but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable. —Anonymous