Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more of it remains.

Emerson writes: "And so of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more of it remains." Cheerfulness is not the same as frivolousness. Cheerfulness is born of a fighting spirit. Frivolousness is the reverse side of cowardly escape. Emerson also said that "power dwells with cheerfulness; hope puts us in a working mood." Without cheerfulness there is no strength. Let us strive to advance still more brightly and cheerfully.

For Today and Tomorrow
Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda 1/4

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