Cheerfulness
“Cherfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind,” wrote Addison. It is a quality of cheerfulness that it becomes of most avail when things are dark and difficult.
And the verdict of modern medicine does not fall so very far short of the assertion of Arthur Murphy, made nearly 150 years ago : “Cheerfulness, sir, is the principal ingredient in the composition of health.” As with other spiritual properties, it may be had on terms that are within common reach. Pew knew its sustaining value better thant Stevenson, who wrote :
“Cheerfulness arises from several causes : From health, but it is not dependent on health ; from good fortune, but it does not arise solely from that; from honour and position, but it is quite independent of these. The truth is that it is a brave habit of mind, capable of being acquired, and of the very greatest value, not only to oneself but to those about you.”
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Northland Age, Volume 1, Issue 4, 30 October 1931, Page 9
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