Be Cheerful

A quote from Catherine McAuley:

Be cheerful animating all around you.

There is a saying, "Smile; it makes people wonder what you are up to!" There is also another, "If you see someone with out a smile, give them one of yours."

I think both of them would have been Catherine's to say if she had known about them. To be cheerful in the midst of suffering and poverty all around you, lifts the spirits of those whose lives you touch. if you are cheerful, you lift all those around you. Recall your workplace, your classmates, your friends and acquaintances. Who are the ones you want to be around? At whom do you groan when you see them come into the room? Who leave you energized and who drains you?

Today let us be the one who bring joy to others, who give the smile where there is none and who say a kind word to lift someone up. Today, "Be cheerful animating all those around you."

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