Good Morning!!!
A SMILE IS AN INVESTMENT
Around the Year with Emmet Fox
Most people feel intuitively
that the simplest things in life
are the most important, or, if you prefer,
that the most important things in life
are found to be the simplest.
This is a very profound discovery.
What is more important to us
than breathing, for instance?
Another simple thing
that is of great moment is a smile.
A smile affects your whole body
from the skin right in to the skeleton,
including all blood vessels, nerves, and muscles.
It affects the functioning of every organ.
It influences every gland.
Even one smile often relaxes a number of muscles,
and when the thing becomes a habit
you can easily see how the effect will mount up.
Last year’s smiles are paying you dividends today.
The effect of a smile on other people is no less remarkable.
It disarms suspicion, melts away fear and anger,
and brings forth the best in the other person—
which best he immediately proceeds to give to you.
A smile is to personal contacts what oil is to machinery,
and no intelligent engineer ever neglects lubrication.
“Rejoice evermore”
1 Thessalonians 5:16
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