In TRYING TIMES, SMILE ^_^ and the WHOLE WORLD SMILES WITH YOU.

LIFE can be really tough, sometimes.

There'll be sunshine for sure.

Followed by the rain.

Storm? YES, and you' ll be smack right in the mid of it.

Life can be edgy if you are unprepared for the unexpected.

But no sooner than you can utter "hey presto", you espy the warm rays and the glow.

You're back to neverland.

You're back on common ground.

Life can brutal with the pains and the joys.

You can be maimed and bruised by horrific experiences, but life goes on.

So SMILE.

A wry smile, a gentle smile, a mirthless smile, a broad smile or a sparkling smile.

Any kind of smile.

It lightens you up even if you feeling intense and desolate.

It "clears" the weather and brightens all and sundry around you.

A beaming smile can usher in the early spring with the songs of birds in accompaniment.

Try it. It's worth your dime.

LIFE IS NOT AN EASY ROAD FOR MOST,

IT TWISTS AND TURNS WITH MANY FORKS IN THE ROAD,

AND ALWAYS, AND INEVITABLY, WE ARE GIVEN A CHOICE.

DO WE TURN TO THE RIGHT, OR TO THE LEFT?

DO WE TAKE THE HIGH ROAD, OR THE LOW ROAD?

DO WE TAKE THE EASY PATH,

OR THE DIFFICULT ONE?

DECISIONS ARE NOT EASY FOR THOSE STRUGGLING FOR DIRECTIONS.

When things go wrong, try to focus on something or somebody you love dearly.

Here's a beautiful poem:

How can one smile such sweet smiles,

When one is so saddened by sorrows for miles,

How can I smile the same smiles,

When life brings me nothing but tears.

I wondered for so long,

What reason you had to smile that long,

To keep smiling though troubles come,

And still remain sweet and silently overcome.

I feel happy when I see you smile,

Even if I am sad or lonely,

Your smiles bring me somewhere,

I don't even know where.

I guess life's like that,

We need not a reason to smile,

For a SMILE is the REASON itself,

To rejoice and open-heartedly give thanks.

In trying times, count your blessings.

There's a myriad of sad souls out there who are worse off than yourself.

They are the homeless, the orphans, the beggars, the aged who are starving in the winter of their lives.

Spare a thought and lend a hand to do some charity.

SMILE.

AND THE WHOLE WORLD SMILES WITH YOU.

And if you cry?

Well, you cry ALONE.

CAN YOU FEEL THE SOUL IN A BEAUTIFUL SMILE? Here's COCO COLA's very endearing SMILEY TVC that will bring rays of SUNSHINE into your life. KUDOS to the Ad Agency for this heartwarming storyboard that will surely bring CHEER to tide us over this gloomy yuletide season.