The value of a smile
I found this on a hard disk backup from many years ago. I must have felt it was important enough to save.
It costs nothing, but creates much. It enriches those who receive, without impoverishing those who give. It happens in a flash and the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. It creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in business and is the countersign of friends.
It is rest to the weary, daylight to the discouraged, Sunshine to the sad and nature's best antidote for trouble. Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed or stolen for it is something that is no earthly good to anybody until it is given away.