A smile

小天丸

A smile cost nothing, but gives so much. It enriches those who receive it, without making poorer those who give.

A smile takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever.

None is so rich or mighty that he can get along without it, and none is so poor but that he can be made rich by it.

A smile creates happiness in the home, fosters goodwill in business, and is the countersign of friendship.

It brings rest to the weary, cheer to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad, and it is nature's beat antidote for trouble.

Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is of no value to anyone until it is given away.

Some people are too tired to give you a smile.

Give them one of yours, as none needs a smile so much as he who has no more to give.


譯文：


微笑不花一毛錢，卻能帶來無窮的價值。它使對方的生命豐盛，卻不會使給予的人變得貧窮。
微笑或許是短暫的，但有時它所創造的回憶，卻永遠長存。
沒有人能夠因為已經擁有了財富或權勢，而不再需要它；然而即使再貧窮，都能藉著它變得富有。
微笑帶來家庭的和樂，增進事業的信譽，也是友誼的確據。
它使疲憊得人得著休憩，使沮喪的人得著鼓舞，使哀傷的人得著歡笑。它是困境中最好的天然解毒劑。
然而，你無法買到，乞求不著，借不到，也偷取不了，因為對任何人來說，它都是無價之寶，你只能給予。
有些人太累了，無法給你一個微笑。
給他們一個你的微笑，因為最需要微笑的人就是無法付出微笑的人。


[ 本帖最後由 小天丸 於 2007-9-16 03:21 PM 編輯 ]