Quotes and Notes #232, July 2
“The sun—the bright sun, that brings back, not light alone, but new life, and hope, and freshness to man—burst upon the crowded city in clear and radiant glory. Through costly-coloured glass and paper-mended window, through cathedral dome and rotten crevice, it shed its equal ray.”—Charles Dickens, “Oliver Twist—
That, my friends, is a beautiful piece of writing. The sun shines down equally for each of us. Joseph Addison gave us another insight way back in the early 18th century:
“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.”—Joseph Addison
So take heed, scatter some smiles along the pathway
Everything is going to be all right
John P. Schulz—“Sweetie Drives on Chemo Days.”