The Irish standard., 1918-10-12
BRING SUNSHINE WITH YOU.
There Is No Quality Which Endears
Us More to Our Friends Than
Cheerfulness.

that endear our friends to us, almost
all of us think first of cheerfulness.
Sunshiny people who bring bright
thought or word, or only glad smile,
are as welcome as the flowers in May,
says the Echo.
Each heart knoweth its own bitter
ness, each soul has it's own troubles,
trials and veXations: and so we turn
to the one who can tighten our sad
ness with the radiance of cheerful
spirit.
Sunshine of the soul is largely a
matter of cultivation, for there are but
few so fortunate as not to have had
some sorrow, and it is selfish to brood
over them. For, after all, the cheerful
spirit is but an example of chat brave
attitude toward life' of which Steven
son writes-a courageous bearing Of
inevitable burdens and a determine
ton not to fret or to add to the sor-
rows of the world the griefs Of ones
own heart.
The Woman Everyone Loves.
knew little woman who had had
many trials and heataches, had suf-
fered the greatest sorrow which can
come into a woman's life, whose hair
was prematurely silvered because Of it,
yet she was noted for her bright, sun
shiny spirit, and she said in eXplana-
ton to one who wondered" that she
once made the resolution to her own
self that she would never sadden any
one with her troubles, that she had
smiled and told jokes when she could
have wept, that she smilingly, bravely
faced every misfortune, tried never to
let anyone go from her presence with
out happy word or bright thought
to carry with them, and that the hap
piness given to others in this little way
reflected back on herself. Our Kath-
leen Kaye says: Happiness is a per-
fume that cannot be sprinlxled on 9th
ers without splitting few drops on
oneself"
A Gospel for the Wife.
This gospel of love and happiness,
sunshine of the soul, is one every wom-
an, especially wives and mothers,
should lay close to heart. For are we
not the hearts of our homes. Our mis-
sion is not only to purify the ideals of
+, our homes minister to the comfort,
stimulate the ambitions, talents and in
tellectuality of our dear ones, but to be
loving, sympathetic, tender and true.
What it means to man to come home
to such wife, only he who has had to
| fight the difficult battle Of life knows.
If he be prosperous, it is an added joy
but it is in misfortune that it shines
like glorious star in the darkness. 1t
is in sorrow and disappointment that a
loving woman's mission is quite full
filled. While the complaining wife can
kill the last bit of hope and courage in
a troubled heart, the cheerful, brave
one inspires him with fresh energy
to begin the fight over again.
The mother who permits her chill.
dren to develop into moody, discon.
tented beings, subject to blues and the
sulks, is failing in an important ma
ternal duty, and surely handicapping
them in the race of life; for cheerful
ness is one Of the prime requisites of
success and happiness. God loves the
cheerful soul, and the sunshiny man,
woman of child is beloved by every
one, for "this sad old earth must Dor
row it's mirth, it has sorrow enough
of it's own"
Especially at this time do we need
to cultivate this spirit of cheerfulness;
to send words of encouragement to the
boys across the sea. 1t is up to us to
help them with loving prayer for vic
tory upon the field of honor and anoint
them with our tears and kisses, min
! gled with brave smiles, when we give
them into His Divine guidance and
blessing.
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