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Friday, April 30, 2010

The Smiling Old Lady (Posted by Priya Deelchand)

  This wonderful text was posted by my friend 
  Priya Deelchand in the group Happiness Is Your
  Birthright! The author of this text is unknown.


  I know a smiling old lady, who says she has made
  it a life habit to expect, every morning when she
  awakes, to have a glorious day.
 
    She says she looks toward the coming day as she
  would toward a journey she was taking, and she is
  always expecting some new delight, some wonderful
  experience.
 
    She says that the very thought that the day holds
  beautiful things in store for those who expect them,
  for those who believe they are coming to them, has
  been a constant inspiration.
 
    It has helped to bring her the very things she expects.
 
    If we want to be happy, we must hold the mental
  attitude which will produce happiness. If we want
  to be strong, we must refuse to harbor these forebodings,
  these pet superstitions, these haunting fears which
  weaken us.
 
    We must flood our minds with such a current of faith
  and courage and expectation, that there will not be
  room for the negative thoughts.
 
    We must march straight ahead secure in that faith
  which casted out fear.
  

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