Marden, Orison Swett, 1850-1924 / 2008-06-05 00:00:00
EBOOK CHEERFULNESS AS A LIFE POWER ***
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CHEERFULNESS AS A LIFE POWER
BY
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
Author of "Pushing to the Front," "The Secret of
Achievement," etc.; and Editor of "Success."
Tenth Thousand
New York
Thomas Y. Crowell & Company
Publishers
Copyright, 1899
By Orison Swett Marden
A FOREWORD.
The soul-consuming and friction-wearing tendency of this hurrying,
grasping, competing age is the excuse for this booklet. Is it not an
absolute necessity to get rid of all irritants, of everything which
worries and frets, and which brings discord into so many lives?
Cheerfulness has a wonderful lubricating power. It lengthens the life of
human machinery, as lubricants lengthen the life of inert machinery.
Life's delicate bearings should not be carelessly ground away for mere
lack of oil. What is needed is a habit of cheerfulness, to enjoy every
day as we go along; not to fret and stew all the week, and then expect
to make up for it Sunday or on some holiday. It is not a question of
mirth so much as of cheerfulness; not alone that which accompanies
laughter, but serenity,--a calm, sweet soul-contentment and inward
peace. Are there not multitudes of people who have the "blues," who yet
wish well to their neighbors? They would say kind words and make the
world happier--but they "haven't the time.
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