can disturb your peace of mind.

to talk health, happiness, and prosperity

to every person you meet.

To make all your friends feel 

that there is something in them.

To look at the sunny side of everything 

and make your optimism come true. 

To think only the best, to work only for the best,

and to expect only the best.

To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others 

as you are about your own.

To forget the mistakes of the past

and press on to the greater achievements of the future. 

To wear a cheerful countenance at all times

and give every living creature you meet a smile. 

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself 

that you have no time to criticize others. 

To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, 

and too happy to permit the presence of trouble. 

To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world, 

Not in loud words but great deeds.

To live in faith that the whole world is on your side 

so long as you are true to the best that is in you.

The house where I was born,

The little window where the sun

Came peeping in at morn;

He never came a wink too soon,

Nor brought too long a day,

But now, I often wish the night

Had borne my breath away!

I remember, I remember,

The roses, red and white,

The vi'lets, and the lily-cups,

Those flowers made of light!

The lilacs where the robin built,

And where my brother set

The laburnum on his birthday,—

The tree is living yet!

I remember, I remember,

Where I was used to swing,

And thought the air must rush as fresh

To swallows on the wing;

My spirit flew in feathers then,

That is so heavy now,

And summer pools could hardly cool

The fever on my brow!

I remember, I remember,

The fir trees dark and high;

I used to think their slender tops

Were close against the sky:

It was a childish ignorance,

But now 'tis little joy

To know I'm farther off from heav'n

Than when I was a boy.