Have you
had your Joy Juice today? Begin the day
joyfully, and you may be surprised at how well the entire day will go.
Charlotte
Perry is given credit for writing the brief little poem that says:
It was only a glad,
“Good Morning,”
As she passed along
the way.
But it spread the
morning’s glory
Over the livelong
day.
What truth
we find in these few words. A cheerful
“Good morning” might change the remainder of someone’s day…and yours too!
As I think
back over my many years in education, I remember seeing this “lived out” up and
down the hallways of the schools where I worked. Many caring teachers would stand at the
doorway of their classroom to welcome each student as he/she arrived. Some of the boys and girls had come from
tough circumstances; the loving, cheerful welcome that they received from their
teacher made them feel safe and secure.
Others simply had “gotten up on the wrong side of the bed” as my mom
would say, or maybe were not feeling their best. But a cheerful greeting and a
loving smile certainly helped them to have a much better start to their day.
It’s like
the verse in Psalm 118:24: “This is the day the LORD has made; let us
rejoice and be glad in it.”
Greet someone with a cheerful “Good
morning” as you pass along the way….spread the morning’s glory and joy over the
livelong day!
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