LET US SMILE | AdventAI

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 9, 1901

LET US SMILE.

The thing that goes the farthest toward making life worth while, That costs the least and does the most, is just a pleasant smile. The smile that bubbles from a heart that loves its fellow men Will drive away the clouds of gloom, and coax the sun again; It's full of worth and goodness, too, with manly kindness blent; It's worth a million dollars, and it doesn't cost a cent.

There is no room for sadness when we see a cheery smile; It always has the same good look—it's never out of style; It nerves us on to try again when failure makes us blue; The dimples of encouragement are good for me and you; It pays a higher interest, for it is merely lent; It's worth a million dollars, and it doesn't cost a cent.

A smile comes very easy—you can wrinkle up with cheer A hundred times before you can squeeze out a soggy tear; It ripples out, moreover, to the heart-strings that will tug, And always leaves an echo that is very like a hug. So, smile away; folks understand what by a smile is meant; It's worth a million dollars, and it doesn't cost a cent.

—Baltimore American.