微笑的力量 The Power of Smile（2/2）
A sees to follow feelg, but really a and feelg go together; and by regutg the a, which is uhe ore diretrol of the will, wedirectly regute the feelg, which is not.
Th the sn vontary path to cheerfulness, if our cheerfulness be lost, is to sit up cheerfully and to ad speak as if cheerfulness were already there…
Everybodythe world is seekg happess—and there is one sure way to fd it.That is by ntrollg your thoughts.Happess doesn’t depend on ouard nditions.It depends on ner nditions.
It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are dog that akes you happy or unhappy.It is what you thk about it.For exaple, o people ay bethe sa pce, dog the sa thg; both ay have about an equal aount of oney and prestige—a one ay be iserable and the other happy.Why? Becae of a different ntal attitude.I have seen jt as any happy faces aong the poor peasants toilg with their priitive toolsthe devastatg heat of the tropics as I have seenair-nditioned officesNew York, Chicago or Los Angeles.
“There is nothg either good or bad,” said Shakespeare, “but thkg akes it so.”
Abe Lln once rearked that “ost folks are about as happy as they ake up their ds to be”.He was right.
Whenever you go out-of-doors, draw the ch , carry theof the head high, and fill the ngs to the utost; drkthe sunshe; greet your friends with a sile, and put soul to every handcsp.Do not fear beg isuood and do not waste a ute thkg about your eneies.
Try to fix firlyyour d what you would like to do; and then, without veerg off dire, you will ove straight to the goal.Keep your d on the great and splendid thgs you would like to do, and then, as the days go glidg away, you will fd yourself unnscioly seizg upon the opportuhat are required for the fulfillnt of your desire, jt as the r sect takes fro the runng tide the elent it needs.Pictureyour d the able, ear, eful person you desire to be, and the thought you hold is hourly transf you to that particur dividual...Thought is supre.Preserve a right ntal attitude-the attitude e, frankness, and good rown of your head high.We are godsthe chrysalis.
The a Chese were a wise lot—wisethe ways of the world; and they had a proverb that you and I ought to cut out and paste side our hats.It goes like this: “A an without a silg face t not open a shop.”
So years ago, a departnt storeNew York City,regnition of the pressures its sales clerks were under durg the Christas rh, presehe readers of its advertisents with the follog holy philosophy:
THE VALUE OF A **ILE AT CHRISTMAS
It sts nothg, but creates uch.
It enriches those who receive, without ip those who give.
It happensa fsh and the ory of it sotis sts forever.None are so rich theyget along without it, and none so poor but are richer for its bes.
It creates happessthe ho, food willa bess, and is the untersign of friends.
It is rest to the weary, daylight to the disuraged, suo the sad, and Nature’s best antidote fee trouble.
Yet it ot be bought, begged, borrowed or stolen, for it is sothg that is hly good to anybody till it is given away.And ifthe st-ute rh of Christas buyg so of our salespeople should be too tired to give you a sile, ay we ask you to leave one of yours? For nobody needs a sile so uch as those who have noo give!