#8-"Be Happy-With kind words and deeds and a friendly smile try to make other people happy. The best way to do this is to have a happy heart yourself. Catch a happy smile and put it in your pocket-never let it get away!" BE HAPPY-that's an order! I was miserably shy as a child and smiling just made me feel weird. I'm sure someone will want to diagnose me with a mental disorder for the confessions I make here. Fine. go ahead. I would love to know why I am weird and why I feel weird but I'm not going to stop BEING weird. I think it is good to be kind and do things for others but you can do too much trying to make others happy. Being the fifth child of two unhappy parents does not make it easy to be happy. We laughed a lot, my brother and sisters and I, when we weren't fighting or getting yelled at. I think laughing made me happy. As an adult I think happiness has always been around the corner---if I could do this or get that then I would be happy. I realize it doesn't work like that and now at 60 I resolve to be happy regardless of the circumstances. I like who I am. I like weird.
I'm going to be 60 next month! One of my big regrets in life was that I didn't stay in Camp Fire Girls, mostly through no fault of my own. I have the Book of the Camp Fire Girls and I plan to award myself for lessons learned.
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