Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone;
For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,
But has trouble enough of its own.
Sing, and the hills will answer;
Sigh, it is lost on the air;
The echoes bound to a joyful sound,
But shrink from voicing care.
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The eyes of the cheerful and of the melancholy man are fixed upon the same creation;
but very different are the aspects which it bears to them.
- Albert Pike
Affirmation: I welcome this day with a cheerful face.
Further reading: The Secret of Happiness
Breaking the Cycle of Self-Inflicted Suffering
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