Girls and boys! Don't say, "I can't be bothered!"
Bothering for others is the bliss of life!
If you want to be happy, aid some one to-day!
XIV
THANKLESSNESS
Don't you love to hear the gentle voice of a child say, "Thank you!"?
Don't you like to see a girl or boy that feels and shows gratitude?
Everything in Nature seems to have it!
The birds twittering in the tree-tops always seem to be chirping, "Thanks." The flowers bordering the green lawn breathe out a fragrance that makes you so glad, it must be the odour of thanks! The sun is so glorious and scatters its rays so brightly, I think if you could hear it speaking as it shines, you would hear it saying, "Oh, I am so thankful I have all this power of sifting down these drops of sunlight!" When the rain sees the brown-burnt grass starting up into bright greenness, how thankful it must feel for its ability to refresh! I think even the wind is glad it can shake things up and scatter nasty germs and clean the air that people breathe!
"All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all."