July 8
Daily Cheer for All the YearA merry heart doeth good like a medicine.—PROV. xvii, 22.
Why not take life with cheerful trust, With faith in the strength of weakness? The slenderest daisy rears its head With courage and with meekness. A sunny face Hath holy grace To woo the sun forever.
MARY MAPES DODGE.
Laughing cheerfulness throws sunlight on all the paths of life.
JEAN PAUL RICHTER.
What, indeed, does not that word cheerfulness im- ply? It means a contented spirit; it means a pure heart; it means a kind, loving disposition; it means humility and charity; it means a generous apprecia- tion of others, and a modest opinion of self.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY.
It is part of my religion to look well after the cheer- fulnesses of life, and let the dismals shift for them- selves, believing with good Sir Thomas More that it is wise to be "merrie in God."
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT.