Poems (Himburg)/Happiness
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HAPPINESS
Do you know the way to be happy, To make others happy, too,Is to laugh at little troubles That may come to him or you?Just close your eyes to worry, And open them with the light,Then see if thought hasn't brought you Many things to call delight.
You may say it is easy to laughAt the troubles that come to him,But the troubles and worry that come to you,The greater your care is, too.Be happy for sake of others,Don't grieve at a little loss,Play the part of a man,Brighten every life you can,With your happy way of doing all you planned.
You may have some little troubles every day,But you do not need to take them all the way.Try at first to just forget,Life has something sweeter yet.Fling your troubles all asideAnd let happiness abide in your life,Both day and night,For your effort in the fight.
Then your friends will thank you, too,For the happiness you strew in their pathway,Then when all is said and done,And you know the fight is won,Over troubles, over worry, over all,When you know you've done your best,Put your efforts to a test,Fill some lives with happiness to the brim.
Then just smile and smile again,Think once, when the task of pleasing menSeemed impossible with you.But the victory you have wonOver trouble, over worry, over all,Has brought happiness to you,To your friends and all you knew.For the life that you have led,And the joys that they have had in your friendship.Yes—a friendship that is true.