Whatever Else You Do
Whatever else you do or forbear,
impose upon yourself the task of happiness;
and now and then abandon yourself
to the joy of laughter.
And however much you condemn
the evil in the world, remember that the world is not all evil; that somewhere
children are at play, as you yourself in the old days;
that women still find joy
in the stalwart hearts of men;
And that men, treading with restless feet
their many paths, may yet find refuge from the storms of the world in the cheerful
house of love.
~ Max Ehrmann
