Monthly Archives: March 2011

A smile cost 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 sometimes lasts forever. None is so rich or mighty that he can get along without it, And none is so poor,  that he can be made rich by it. A smile creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in business, And is the countersign of friendship. It brings rest to the weary, cheer to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad, And it is nature’s best antidote for trouble. Yet it cannot [...]

Two frogs fell into a bowl of milk. Having swum around the bowl, they realized that the edge of the bowl was too high and steep for them to get out unaided. The first frog, realizing that it was useless to waste his energy by continuing to swim since that would not get him out of the bowl, gave up swimming and drowned. The second frog persevered, refused to give in, and gradually the milk turned into butter, until the frog was able to use it as a foothold to jump out of the bowl. The moral of this little [...]