THERE'S SUNSHINE IN A SMILE BY HELEN STEINER RICE LIFE IS A MIXTURE OF SUNSHINE AND RAIN LAUGHTER AND PLEASURE, TEARDROPS AND PAIN, ALL DAY CAN'T BE BRIGHT, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY TRUE, THERE WAS NEVER A CLOUD THE SUN DIDN'T SHINE THROUGH- SO JUST KEEP ON SMILING WHATEVER BETIDE YOU, AND YOU'LL FIND WHEN YOU SMILE YOUR DAY WILL BE BRIGHTER AND ALL OF YOUR BURDENS WILL SEEM SO MUCH LIGHTER- FOR EACH TIME YOU SMILE YOU WILL FIND IT IS TRUE SOMEBODY, SOMEWHERE WILL SMILE BACK AT YOU, AND NOTHING ON EARTH CAN MAKE LIFE MORE WORTHWHILE THAN THE SUNSHINE AND WARMTH OF A BEAUTIFUL SMILE. DO NOT, O LORD, WITHHOLD YOUR MERCY FROM ME; LET YOUR STEADFAST LOVE AND YOUR FAITHFULNESS KEEP ME SAFE FOREVER. PSALM 40:11 NRSV CERTAINLY, GOODNESS AND MERCY WILL STAY CLOSE TO ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE, AND I WILL REMAIN IN THE LORD'S HOUSE FOR DAYS WITHOUT END. PSALM 23:6 GOD'S WORD BUT I AM LIKE A SHELTERED OLIVE TREE PROTECTED BY THE LORD HIMSELF. I TRUST IN THE MERCY OF GOD FOREVER AND EVER. PSALM 52:8 TLB I CRY OUT TO THE LORD; I PLEAD FOR THE LORD'S MERCY. PSLM 142:1 NLT IF I SAY, "MY FOOT SLIPS," YOUR MERCY, O LORD, WILL HOLD ME UP. PSALM 94:18 NKJV