Etiquette

Never noticed her

Why I noticed her so much

I made myself ridiculous

Never noticed her

But I made the blunder of trying to attract her

attention instead of giving it

When I said hello

I had talked right past her

When she looked at me

I had glanced shyly to one side

I had been so self-conscience,

I acted self-conscience

Notice others and let them notice my directness

Whoo! Play it Phil! Whoo!

Don’t be scared; don’t be shy.

You’ll never know until you try, buddy

Fred is one of the richest people I have ever met

True, he does not have a hoard of money to give away

He cannot pay handsome salaries

He does not entertain lavishly

Or bestow costly gifts

But he overflows with the gold of sincere friendliness

And gets in return a self-satisfaction

An influence, and a power with people

That all the money in the mint could not buy

He does not wait to see if people will like him

Fred assumes they do like him

That is one of his secrets

He does not wait for them to say hello or smile first

He takes a friendly lead himself and everyone follows

That is another one of the secrets

He does not question whether or not

He will like a person

Or wait before deciding to be friendly

He takes it for granted

He will like everyone, every person

This is the third secret of friendliness

He magnifies other’s good points

No matter how inconsequential

He overlooks a few annoying qualities

Or major bad points

This is the fourth element in friendliness

Friendliness is very contagious

The trouble is that many of us wait

To catch it from someone else instead of

Giving the other fella a chance