Cheerfulness

if anything disagreeable happens
try to see the funny side of it
and do not let it destroy
your peace of mind

to see the funny side
will often transform an unpleasant situation
into a merry one

Man
is meant to be

cheerful

found poetry from
The Aldine Speller, Part Three for Grades Five and Six
by Catherine T. Bryce and Frank J. Sherman

Cheer"ful*ness, n.

Good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity.

© Webster 1913.