微笑 / Smile

No living creature can laugh except man. Trees may bleed when they are wounded, and beasts in the field will cry in pain and hunger, yet only I have the gift of laughter and I can laugh whenever I choose. From now on I will cultivate the habit of laughter.

I will smile and my digestion will improve; I will chuckle and my burdens will be lightened; I will laugh and my life will be lengthened for this is the great secret of long life and now it is mine.

I will paint this day with laughter; I will frame this night in song. Never will I labor to be happy; rather will I remain too busy to be sad. I will enjoy today’s happiness today. It is not grain to be stored in a box. It is not wine to be saved in a jar. It cannot be saved for the morrow. It must be sown and reaped on the same day and this I will do, from now on.

And with my laughter all things will be reduced to their proper size. I will laugh at my failure and it will vanish in clouds of new dreams; I will laugh at my success and it will shrink to its true value. I will laugh at evil and it will die untasted; I will laugh at goodness and it will thrive and abound. Each day will be triumphant only when my smiles bring forth smiles from others and this I do in selfishness, for those on whom I frown are those who purchase not my goods.

【日積月累】

digestion n. 消化力，領悟

morrow n. 次日

triumphant adj. 勝利的，成功的，狂歡的，洋洋得意的

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微笑

除了人類之外，沒有生物會笑。樹木受傷的時候會流“血”，禽獸會因痛苦和饑餓而哭嚎哀鳴，但是，只有我才具備笑的天賦，我可以選擇任何時候開懷大笑。從今往后，我要培養笑的習慣。

我要笑，笑有助于消化；我要笑，笑能減輕我的壓力；我要笑，笑可以延長我的生命，因為這是長壽的秘方，而現在我擁有了它。

我要用笑聲來描繪今天，我要用歌聲照亮黑夜。我不會再苦苦地尋覓快樂，相反，我要在繁忙的工作中忘記悲傷。我要在今天享受今天的快樂，快樂不像谷物可以用箱子貯藏，也不像美酒可以用罐子盛裝，同時也不可為明日而保留。快樂必須要在同一天播種和收獲，從今往后，我要做到。

笑聲中，所有的一切都會恢復它固有的面貌。我笑自己的失敗，它將化為夢的云彩；我笑自己的成功，它回復本來面目；我笑邪惡，它遠我而去；我笑善良，它會發揚光大。每一天都是成功的，只要我用我的笑容感染別人，雖然我的目的是自私的，因為皺起的眉頭會讓顧客棄我而去。

【人生啟迪】

有位哲人曾說：微笑是人類最美的表情。一個微笑就可以拉近兩顆心的距離。微笑不需要代價但給予卻是無價，它充實著接受者的生活卻不會讓給予者貧窮，它只是瞬間的發生但會延續永久。微笑讓人擺脫沮喪和失意，治愈了痛苦的心情。向著人們微笑吧，給予會讓他人快樂也會讓你從微笑中感受到尊重、肯定、接納、關懷、友善……