be-hopeful

" Be Hopeful"

Be hopeful, friend, when clouds are dark and days are gloomy, dreary,
Be hopeful even when the heart is sick and sad and weary.
Be hopeful when it seems your plans are all opposed and thwarted;
Go not upon life's battlefield despondent and fainthearted.

And friends, be hopeful of yourself. Do by gone follies haunt you?
Forget them and begin afresh. And let no hindrance daunt you
Though unimportant your career may seem as you begin it.
Press on, for victory's ahead. Be hopeful, friend, and win it.

by: Strickland Gillilan

thinking-happiness

"Thinking Happiness"

Think of the things that make you happy,
Not the things that make you sad;
Think of the fine and true in mankind,
Nor its sordid side and bad;
Think of the blessings that surround you,
Not the ones that are denied;
Think of the virtues of your friendships,
Not the weak and faulty side;

Think of the gains you've made in business,
Not the losses you've incurred;
Think of the good of you that's spoken,
Not some cruel, hostile word;
Think of the days of health and pleasure,
Not the days of woe and pain;
Think of the days alive with sunshine,

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"The Best Memory System"

Forget each kindness that you do
As soon as you have done it;
Forget the praise that falls on you
The moment you have done it;
Forget the slander that you hear
Before you can repeat it,
Forget each slight, each spite, each sneer
Whenever you may meet it.

Remember every kindness done
To you, whatever its measure;
Remember praise by others won
And pass it on with pleasure;
Remember every promise made
And keep it to the letter;
Remember those who lend you aid
And be a grateful debtor.

Remember all the happiness