Then Laugh Build for yourself a strong box, Fashion each part with care; When it's strong as your hand can make it, Put all your troubles there; Hide there all thought of your failures, And each bitter cup that you quaff; Lock all your heartaches within it, Then sit on the lid and laugh. Tell no one else its contents, Never its secrets share; When you've dropped in your care and worry Keep them forever there; Hide them from sight so completely That the world will never dream half; Fasten the strong box securely Then sit on the lid and laugh. Author Bertha Adams Backus

~ Smile ~ A smile is cheer to you and me, The cost is nothing, it's given free; Comforts the weary, gladdens the sad, Consoles those in trouble, good or bad. To rich and poor, beggar or thief, It's free to all of any belief. A natural gesture of young and old, Cheers on the faint, disarms the bold. Unlike most blessings for which we pray, It's the only thing we keep when we give it away.

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