Smile

A smile costs nothing but gives much.
It enriches those who receive 
without making poorer those who give.

It takes but a moment 
but the memory of it 
often lasts forever.

None is so rich or mighty 
that they can get along without it,
and none is so poor 
but that they can be made rich by it.

A smile creates happiness in the home,
fosters goodwill in business
and is nature’s best antidote for trouble.

Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed or stolen,
for it is something that is of no value 
to anyone until it is given away.

Some people are too tired 
to give you a smile.
Give them one of yours, 

as none needs a smile so much 
as he who has no more to give.

Abridged version

(Author Unknown)