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DO YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY?

by Pearl Leona Sturgis
https://www.facebook.com/pearlleona

YOU KNOW THE DEVIL WON'T LIKE IT
TO SEE A HEART FULL OF JOY.
HE'S ALWAYS TRYING TO CHANGE IT.
HE'S GOT A PLOT TO DESTROY...

BUT IN THE LIGHT OF GOD'S KINGDOM
HE GRANTS THE POWER TO SEE
AND IN THE HEART OF GOD'S CHILDREN
WE CHOOSE THE WAY IT WILL BE.

IT'S NOT A MATTER OF CHANGING
SOMEONE WHO'S SPITEFUL AND RUDE.
IT'S JUST THE FACT OF ARRANGING
TO FIT YOUR OWN ATTITUDE.

SO IF YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY...
HERE IS THE THING YOU CAN DO.
MAKE SOMEBODY ELSE HAPPY...
AND YOU WILL BE HAPPY TOO.

DO YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY
OR DO YOU WANT TO BE BLUE?
DON'T YOU GO WALKING AROUND FROWNING
WHEN IT'S ALL UP TO YOU!

IN A SMILE THAT YOU'RE WEARING;
IN A PRAYER THAT YOU BREATHE;
YOU CAN MAKE YOUR HEART HAPPY
IF YOU ONLY BELIEVE.

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