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First Line: Did you ever in the springtime
Last Line: And face the whole world with a grin.
Subject(s): Habits


Did you ever in the springtime
Take a trip o'er a country road
And note the long, deep furrows
As you guided a heavy load?

As they are used, they grow deeper,
What a shakeup it takes to get out --
To get yourself on the level
So you feel free to look about.

Did you ever compare this to habits
That all are forming each day,
As each one fills in the hours,
Whether it be at hard work, or at play?

Some get the habit of fault-finding
And no matter what's to be done
If you do it, or if you don't do it
Everything is wrong under the sun.

Some get the habit of nagging,
Particularly at husbands, I find,
Who think, "Darn," and some say it,
While others don't seem to mind.

The self-righteous never are happy,
The grumblers always can find
Something to find fault with,
No matter how you long to be kind.

So, if you are not at all happy
Just climb out of the rut you are in,
Get yourself up on the level,
And face the whole world with a grin.





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