Smile

Nothing on earth can really smile but man. Gems may flash reflected light, but what is a diamond-flash compared with an eye-flash and a mind-flash? A smile is a light in the window of the face by which the heart signifies that it is at home and waiting.

There are persons so radiant, so genial, so kind, so pleasure-bearing, that you instinctively feel, in their presence, that they do you good, that their coming into a room is like bringing a lamp there.

Cheerful people are like sunshine, cheering up everybody around them . . . Good cheer, based upon joy in the heart, gives wings to the feet, sinews to the legs, muscles to the arms, elasticity to every motion.

. . . Mirth is God's medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it. Grim care, moroseness, anxiety - all this rust of life ought to be scoured off by the oil of mirth. It is better than emery. Every man ought to rub himself with it. A man without mirth is like a wagon without springs, in which everyone is caused disagreeably to jolt by every pebble over which it runs.

~HENRY WARD BEECHER~

Beautiful Butterfly

Look at the beautiful butterfly, and learn
from it to trust in God. One might wonder
where it could live in tempestuous nights,
in the whirlwind, or in the sunny day;
but I noticed it is safe and dry under the
broad leaf while rivers have been flooded,
and the mountain oaks torn up by their roots.

~ Jeremy Taylor

What to Expect on an R&R During Times of Deployment

Making the most of a brief visit home

"A colonel describes the common problems he sees during R&Rs:
service members spend out of control, eat out of control, and don't get enough sleep. Here are some ways to avoid such problems and make the most of a home visit:
Communicate ahead of time if possible about how you would like to spend the time that you are together .
In phone calls, emails, or letters, share ideas and plans of what you would like to do.


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Happiness

Rule For Happiness

Something to do,
Someone to love,
Something to hope for.

Immanuel Kant~