The Value of a Smile

It costs nothing, but creates much.
It enriches those who receive, without improverishing those who give.
It happens in a flash and the memory of it sometimes lasts forever.
None are so rich they can get along without it, and none so poor but are
richer for its benefits.
It creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in a business, and is
the countersign of friends.
It is rest to the weary, daylight to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad,
and Nature's best antidote for trouble.
Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something
that is of no earthly good to anybody till it is given away.
And if in the daily rush of day-to-day work, someone should be too tired to
give you a smile, can you leave one of yours?
For nobody needs a smile so much as those who have none left to give!