Good JOYful Morning! :)

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” to someone might change the remainder of their day…and yours too!

            As I think back over my many years in the school system, 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 into class each day.  Some of the boys and girls had come from tough circumstances and 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 sure did help everyone 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….and spread the morning’s glory and joy over the livelong day!