A Smile

The Value of a Smile at Christmas

It costs nothing but creates much.

It enriches those who receive it, without impoverishing those who give.

It happens in a flash and the memory of it sometimes lasts forever.

None are so rich they can get along without it,
and none so poor but are richer for it's benefits.

It creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in a business and is the countersign of friends.

It is rest to the weary, daylight to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad, and Natures best antidote for trouble.

Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed or stolen, for it is something that is no earthly good to anybody until it is given away.

And if in the last minute rush of  life, some salespeople should be too tired to give you a smile, why not leave one of yours?

For nobody needs a smile so much as those who have none left to give.