A good friend fell out with me

a couple of years ago.

The pal also tried to trouble me

and defame me.

I managed to remain unscathed

and strengthened myself,

but kept him at bay. 

The friend is trying to get closer again

in his interests.

I am not sure of the pal's sincerity or

intentions now. Whether it would help

me or not, I'm not sure

Should I renew the friendship or forget it.

What do you suggest please ? 

 It is easy enough to be pleasant,

when life flows along like a song

But the man worthwhile

is the one who will smile,

When everything goes dead wrong.

A child's smile is pure and divine.

A youth's smile is cheerful.

A man's smile is warm and handsome.

A woman's smile is caring and soothing.

A mother's smile is affectionate.

A father's smile is assuring.

A friend's smile is pleasing.

A sickman's smile is helpless.

A stranger's smile is welcome.

 Smile rekindles our spirits

in troubled times. 

A smile helps us forget 

times of sorrow.  

Smile before you act

and your tempers cool down.

A smile is a free gift that we can

give to countless persons and

cheer up their moments. 

Say hello with a smile.

  Men/women with self-confidence,

like an inward gyroscope, accept and

trust others. Caring for something

or someone awakens strange and

thrilling powers.

The more we care about others,

the more confidently we act.

There's nothing we cannot do,

no defeat we cannot survive,

no fear we cannot overcome,

when we concentrate heart

and soul in helping others.

As long as we look at others

with suspicion and distrust,

true self-confidence will elude us.

For then, the world is a jungle

inhabited by two kinds of people;

those whom we can dominate and

those who seek to dominate us.

Our way of life is not self-confidence,

it is self-protection.

But have faith in others, feel warmly

towards them as fellow human beings,

be interested in them, seek to learn

from them, care for them.

And what a different world it is !

Unless we share our personality

with others, it is like a portrait

kept in a locked room.

Every thing we do, say, think or

feel involves interaction with others.

In this material world, we need

someone to tell our troubles to,

someone to whom to confess our

shortcomings, someone with whom

to share our failures and triumphs,

someone with whom we can

`Be Ourselves' !  Together, we can

make a great difference.

 Should emotion be expressed or repressed ?

Should sorrow be verbalized or concealed ?

Should Children be exposed to grief or be completely insulated ?

Guide me please.....