HOW TO BE a LION in WINTER

© Snow Lion

TALK   HAPPINESS.



The world is sad enough

without  your  woes.



NO  path 

is  wholly  rough;

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© Icicles in the Sun

Look  for  the  places

that  are  smooth  and  clear,


and  SPEAK  of  THOSE,


to  rest  the  weary  ear

of  Earth,

so  hurt  by

one  continuous  strain

of  human  discontent

and

grief  and  pain.

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© Dripping Icicle

TALK  FAITH.

The  world  is  better  off
without
your  uttered
ignorance
and
morbid  doubt.

If  you  have  faith
 
in  GOD,

or  man,  or  self,

SAY  SO. 

If  not,   push  back
upon  the  shelf  of  silence

ALL   your   thoughts,
till   faith  shall  come;

No  one  will  grieve
because
your  lips  are  dumb.

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© Fresh Snow on Hemlocks

TALK   HEALTH.

The dreary
never changing tale
of
mortal maladies
is
worn and stale.

You cannot charm,
or interest,
or please
by harping on
that minor chord,
disease. 

Say you are well,
or
all is well with you,

and

GOD shall hear
your words

and make them true.



"OPTIMISM"
By  Ella Wheeler  Wilcox

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