<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">The Roads of Happiness</span></b><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 24pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; background-color: white;"> </span><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;">by Edgar A. Guest</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;">The roads of happiness are not</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br><span style="background-color: white;">The selfish roads of pleasure seeking,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Where cheeks are flushed with haste and hot</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And none has time for kindly speaking.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">But they're the roads where lovers stray,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Where wives and husbands walk together</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And children romp along the way</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Whenever it is pleasant weather.</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">The roads of happiness are trod</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">By simple folks and tender-hearted,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">By gentle folks that worship God</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And want to live their days unparted.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">There kindly people stop and talk,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Regardless of the chase for money,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">There, arm in arm, the grown-ups walk</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And every eye you see is sunny.</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">The roads of happiness are lined,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Not with the friends of royal splendor,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">But with the loyal friends and kind</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">That do the gentle deeds and tender.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">There fame has never brought unrest</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Nor glory set men's hearts to aching;</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">There unabandoned is life's best</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">For selfish love and money making.</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">The roads of happiness are those</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">That do not lead to pomp and glory</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">But wind among the joys and woes</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">That make the humble toiler's story.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">The roads that oft we used to tread</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">In early days when first we mated,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">When hearts were light and cheeks were red,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And days were not with burdens freighted.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div>—————————————————-<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>