You may as well be happy and laugh your cares away <br />For tears won't get you anywhere as some are known to say <br />Few wish to hear your stories if they seem a bit sad <br />They say we have our own problems the good goes with the bad. <br /> <br />Happiness is like a magnet it draws others to you <br />And that a smile doesn't cost you anything only happens to be true <br />The grumpy one does not have many friends few wish to put up with his sullen mood <br />They see him as offputting and they leave him there to brood <br /> <br />A smile doesn't cost you anything though some find it hard to smile <br />To show their teeth in a friendly way to some seems like hard toil <br />The weight of the World rests on their shoulders or so it would appear <br />Though their poor me sob stories few seem to wish to hear. <br /> <br />You laugh the World laughs with you those words appeal to me <br />Of the ghosts of their depression some struggle to be free <br />And those who can smile easily they spread the gift of joy <br />And why others are attracted to them you know the reason why<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-smile-doesn-t-cost-you-anything/
