No living creature can laugh except man.Trees may bleed when they are wounded,and beasts in the field will cry in pain and hungry,yet only I havethe gift of laughter and it is mine to use whenever I choose.Henceforth I will cultivate the habit of laughter.

I will smile and my digestion will improve;I will chuckle and my burdens will be lightened;I will laugh and my life will be lengthened for this is the great secret of long life and now it is mine.

 

I will laugh at the world.

And most of all,I will laugh at myself for man is most comical when he takes himself too seriously.Never will I fall into this trap of the mind,For though I be nature's greatest miracle,am I not still a mere grain tosed about by the winds of time?Do I turly know whenceI came or whither I am bound?Will my concern for this day not seem foolish ten years hence?Why should I permit the petty happenings of today to disturb me?

 

I will laugh at the world.

And how can I laugh when confronted with man or deed which offends me so as to bring forth my tears or my curses?Four words I will train myself to say untill they become a habit so strong that immediately they will appear in my mind whenever good humor threatens to depart from me.These four word are:this too shall pass.

 

I will laugh at the world.

For all worldly things shall indeed pass.When I heavy with heartache I shall console myself that this too shalll pass;when I

am puffed with success I shall warn myself that too shall pass.When I am strangled on poverty I shall tell myself that too shall pass;when I am burdened with wealth I shall tell myself that this too shall pass.If all things shall pass why should I be of concern for today.

 

I will laugh at the world.

I will paint this day with laughter;I will frame this night in song.Never will I labor to be happy;rather will I remain too busy to be sad.I will enjoy today's happiness today.It is not grain to be stored in a box.It is not wine to be saved in a jar.It cannot be saved for morrow.It must be sown and reaped on the same day and this I will do,henceforth. 

 

I will laugh at the world

And with my laughter all things will be reduced to their proper size.I will laugh at my failures and they will vanish on clouds of new dreams;I will laugh at my successes and they will shrink to their ture value.I will laugh at evil and it will die untasted;I will laugh at goodness and it will thrive and abound.

 

I will laugh at the world

Never will I allow myself to become so important,so wise,so dignified,so powerful,that forget how to laugh at myself and my world.In this matter I will always remain as a child,for only a child am I given the ability to look up toothers;and so long as I look up to another I will never grow too long for my cot.

 

I will laugh at the world.

And so long as I can laugh never will I be poor.This,then,is one of nature's greatest gifts,and I will waste it no more.Only with laughter and happiness can I turly become a success.Only with laughter and happiness can I enjoy the fruits of my labor.Were it not so,far better would it be to fail,for happiness is the wine that sharpens the teste of the meal.To enjoy success I must have happiness,and laughter will be the maiden who serves me.