Show cheerfulness a we all adaise cheerfulness and we all admire it especially in ether people but wedo we do not always to it ourselves of cours course ethere ore are circumstances under which cheerfulness ess is i elm simply p ly i impossible w i with a raging toothache for fr instance or when you have bave just upsets upset he ink on the new car carpet r et I or have een caught caugh t in a vi violent olen r t shower without an umbrella and with your you r aest best suit to be admonished to be cheerful at such timea times is adding aggravation gra to misfortune and might the patience ofton himself but there are many ver very y small annoyances noy ances too insignificant to bo be classified or remembered and yet yei whose daily occurrence may be and must be expected over which we have lave no right to lose our cheerfulness for a moment there is no doubt that the happiness of many a home the charm of many a fireside has been clouded and dispelled lessof av this want of cheerfulness in the elders of the family group little vexations vexatious were sufficient to chase the smile from the fathers face or cloud the mothers brow with annoyance no po p ind so the home gather in ings gs grew r to the children ar and aenk t the e bond of s sympathy yina aaby was forever broken let us cultivate therefore a cheerful spirit and like all AU efforts in the right ight direction we shall find that wo we cannot improve ourselves without improving others that the reflex of our cheerfulness will shine out in the tempers of those around us and brighten the darkest days |