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[Matheous]

Does anyone remember a poetic description of a smile which had a superbly colourful use of words. It was absolutely beautiful non-rhyming.....perhaps around the sixties or seventies was it's appearance in The Digest? Thanking you in anticipation.....

I think this is my third attempt !

[shivvy]

Hi Matheous. Bit of a long shot, but is this it?



A smile costs nothing, but gives much.

It enriches those who receive it without making poorer those who give it.

A smile takes only a moment, but the memory of it can last forever.

None is so rich, or mighty, that they can get along without a smile.

And none is so poor that they cannot be made richer by a smile.

A smile creates happiness in the home, fosters goodwill in business and is the countersign of friendship.

A smile brings rest to the weary, cheer to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad and is nature's best antidote for trouble.

Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen
for it is of no value to anyone until it is given away.

Some people are too tired to give you a smile so give them one of yours as none needs a smile so much as he who has none to give.

[Matheous]

shivvy -thanks for that- but no -it's not the one which I can only describe as telling of a slow-motion change beginning in the eyes and reaching downward through the cheeks to the corners of the mouth where the lips begin to stretch to their full width etc etc..... It's that kind of poetic creative detailed description that I read all these years ago.....

Thank you for your post.

[shivvy]

Sorry I couldn't help you Matheous. Good luck in your search and I hope my post maybe brought a bit of a smile to your face!

Shivvy

[Matheous]

Of course shivvy -I'm smilin' now ::>)......