Happy personality is the soul of success
January 16, 2008
I received a forwarded message from a friend a while ago. I thought it was very inspiring to cheer up people in depressed moods, and I would like to share it with my blog readers.
Once upon a time there was a French president, who was famous for his witty responses to questions asked by reporters and the general public. One day a French housewife asked him,” Is it true that French women are more dazzling than women of other countries?” Without hesitation the president replied,” Of course, women in their twenties are as pretty as roses in Paris; women in their thirties are beautiful like love songs; women in their forties are beyond perfect.” The housewife asked again,” How about those women who live beyond their forty something?” The president replied with grinning,” Oh, Mrs., Do you know the fact that no matter how old the woman is in Paris, she does not appear to be over forty?”
Once upon a time there was a Taiwanese diplomat, who lived in Washighton DC. One day he attended an international dance party, and he was invited by an American girl to dance. The girl asked him,” Do you like American girls or Chinese girls?” He replied with grinning,” I like those girls who like me.” This was a polite and respectful response which satisfied any person who might have asked the question, and not to create embarrassment for anybody.
A handsome young man who was having a vacation in a resort. After he checked into the hotel where he stayed, he entered a room by mistake, and there happened to be an elderly lady living in that room. The young man said with an apology,” I am sorry, I am sorry, I must be in the wrong room.” The lady said smilingly, ” That’s not necessarily true; you are only late by forty years.”
An unknown Western philosopher said,” Happy personality is the soul of success.” When we have a little humor, whether it is to tease ourselves, a witty response, or share with others, it will release depressed moods for others, and thereby fill their hearts with happiness.
William Shakespeare used to say,” If you add more sugar to the sweet stuff, you may not taste the sweetness. If you add happiness to joyful things, the extent of happiness will be magnified.”
Yes, we should possess with a joyful mind every single day to make plain vegetables become festivity and every corner of the walls filled with radiant sunshine.
