A smile is but the lifting
Of some muscles in your face--
Hey! Look at the effect on others
As their cares just all erase.

It only takes a smile
To change the atmosphere
From gloom and doom and sadness,
To Love and Light and Cheer...

So try to benefit the world you see
And make that effort stretch a mile;
Just brighten up the day around you
And Smile, Smile, Smile!

by Margaret Millet Tracy

copyright © 2001 B. K. Tracy, INC