Wednesday, May 31, 2023

The merry heart and the broken spirit.

A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones.

A wicked man takes a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

-Proverbs 17:22-23

We have the power to choose, for one thing.  But for another, joy tends to manifest more joy in the people it encounters.

Think of the smiles produced by a kind word at random.  We don't expect it: that is part of what makes it so special.


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