Laugh and Live

There is one thing in this good old world that is positively sure—happiness is for all who strive to be happy—and those who laugh are happy.
Everybody is eligible—you—me—the other fellow.
Happiness is fundamentally a state of mind—not a state of body.
And mind controls.
Indeed it is possible to stand with one foot on the inevitable banana peel of life with both eyes peering into the Great Beyond, and still be happy, comfortable, and serene—if we will even so much as smile.
It's all a state of mind, I tell you—and I'm sure of what I say. That's why I have taken up my fountain pen. I want to talk to my friends—you hosts of people who have written to me for my recipe. In moving pictures all I can do is act my part and grin for you. What I say is a matter of your own inference, but with my pen I have a means of getting around the silent drama which prevents us from organizing a close-up with one another.