Thursday, January 21, 2010

Talk Happiness

Talk happiness. The world is sad enough
  Without your woe. No path is wholly rough;
Look for the places that are smooth and clear,
  And speak of those, to rest the weary ear
Of Earth, so hurt by one continuous strain
  Of human discontent and grief and pain.

Talk fatih.  The world is better off without
  Your uttered ignorance and morbid doubt.
If you have faith in God, or man, or self,
  Say so. If not, push back upon the shelf
Of silence, all your thoughts, till faith shall come;
  No one will grieve because your lips are dumb.

Talk health. The dreary, never-ending tale
  Of mortal maladies is more than stale.
One cannot charm, or interest, or please
  By harping on that minor chord, disease.
Say you are well, or all is well with you,
  And God shall hear your words and make them true.

--Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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