An original hymn with text by Mark Fotheringham below.  Watch on YouTube: Smile

Does it pay to be downcast or gloomy?

Does it help to complain or be sad?

Will the world open wide if you're cloudy inside,

Or will sunshine align with the glad?

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You can smile every day you are living,

For each day you can choose how you feel.

Win control of your heart each morning

When you first take the time to kneel.

Should your life go awry in the morning,

Should your day take a turn for the worse,

If you only see doom through the fog and the gloom,

All your blessings you now should rehearse.

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There are days when you just feel like crying.

There are days when the tears tend to flow.

When the grief in your heart only sadness imparts,

Seek the Lord for His comfort to know.

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Should your anger build up near to boiling,

Should it seem you are soon to explode,

In the gospel of peace, let your mind rest at ease,

For "all vengeance is Mine," said the Lord.

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Let the goodness of God be your comfort.

Let the blessings of God be your stay.

May His glory and light shine within you so bright,

Any darkness will soon turn to day.

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