THE REWARD OF CHEERFULNESS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 54, 27 November 1907, Page 3

THE REWARD OF CHEERFULNESS.

• Ihere are sqmc meh and women who were born with a disposition which expects no evil, lhey are' hioky:- There are many others who,-knowing the value of a bright outlook to'health and happiness, deliberately - cultivate the, habit of looking for good in everything and everybody. They, are better than Jucky. They are wise. It is uphill work sometimes to v (iiscover virtue and.promise, in situations 'which seem hopeless, or in men and women who • seem determined to,do their worst ito you and yours. Yet even the strugglo to find a rav o- promise is-of benefit to your physical Health,' it you only knew it, to'say nothing of ■, ■ making you more comfortable ,to live with socially. Jf you are inclined to doubt this, trunk how the opposite affects you: how sometimes a fit of intense anger will nauseate you: how an afternoon of tears and misery wi end in a splitting headache: how worry wil cause acute indigestion. There is hardly a living man who agonises over his business stlairs who can digest his food. Then why should not the opposite be just as true? l<at men.and stout' women are always jolly people., Tho woman whoso brow lias no wrinkles, whose eyes arc serene, and whose skin is clear, is always-a happy woman. Happinesses a tremendous beautifier. Crow s-feet can, get no hold of , eyes that are . always kindling. Women seem to forget .-- \tlns. Ihoy think a spotted veil will cover ' morp sms than charity. But wrinkles in the Y foionead from constant fretting, complain- \ mg, and looking for the worst to happen V soon bring crow's-feet around' the eyes and ,' deep lines of discontent and sourness around the ■ mouth. Many a :good-looking woman might be- ro»lly beautiful if,> she only had sense enough to know that' God's sunshine in the soul is just as necessary to rose in the checks as God's snnshiiib i'n the air is necessary to roses in the garden. Looking for good, oven in -the bad, makes beauty, and makes the sort,-of beauty, too Which causes plain women to "become pretty »nd old women to look young.. There is a lot of truth in .the old savin" • 'Laugh and grow fat!!' '..