Be glad. Be good. Be brave.
Eleanor H. PorterOh, but Aunt Polly, Aunt Polly, you haven't left me any time at all just to- to live.
Eleanor H. PorterTags: inspirational
What men and women need is encouragement. Their natural resisting powers should be strengthened, not weakened ... Instead of always harping on a man's faults, tell him of his virtues. Try to pull him out of his rut ... Hold up to him his better self, his real self that can dare and do and win out! ... People radiate what is in their minds and in their hearts.
Eleanor H. PorterTags: inspirational uplifting way-to-be
It'll be just lovely for you to play -- it'll be so hard. And there's so much more fun when it is hard!
Eleanor H. PorterThen you--weren't lovers?" Pollyanna's voice was tragic with dismay.
"Never!"
"And it isn't all coming out like a book? . . . Oh dear! And it was all going so splendidly," almost sobbed Pollyanna. "I'd have been so glad to come--with Aunt Polly."
"And you won't--now?" The man asked the question without turning his head.
"Of course not! I'm Aunt Polly's!
Miss Polly actually stamped her foot in irritation. "There you go like the rest," she shouted. "What game?"
At last Nancy told her all about the story of how the crutches arrived instead of a doll, and how Pollyanna's father had taught her that there was always something to be glad about.
Miss Polly couldn't believe it. "how can someone ever be glad of crutches?" she demanded to know.
"Simple" said Nancy. "In Pollyanna's case, she could be glad she didn't need them!
Tags: always-be-glad
Oh, yes; the game was to just find something about everything to be glad about—no matter what 'twas
Eleanor H. PorterJust breathing isn't living!
Eleanor H. PorterOh, yes," nodded Pollyanna, emphatically. He [her father] said he felt better right away, that first day he thought to count 'em. He said if God took the trouble to tell us eight hundred times [in the Bible] to be glad and rejoice, He must want us to do it - SOME.
Eleanor H. PorterTags: children-s-literature
It's funny how dogs and cats know the inside of folks better than other folks do, isn't it?
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