Another flower from this past summer...

Larkspur ~ A yearly friend in our garden, as it self-seeds each year.  It's a beauty!

 The Ten Commandments of Human Relations

1. SPEAK TO PEOPLE — there is nothing so nice as a cheerful word of greeting.
2. SMILE AT PEOPLE — it takes 72 muscles to frown, only 14 to smile.
3. CALL PEOPLE — the sweetest music to anyone’s ears is the sound of his own name.
4. BE FRIENDLY and helpful, if you would have friends, be a friend.
5. BE CORDIAL — speak and act as if everything you do is a genuine pleasure.
6. BE GENUINELY interested in people — you can like almost everybody if you try.
7. BE GENEROUS with praise — cautious with criticism.
8. BE CONSIDERATE with the feelings of others — there are usually three sides to a controversy: yours, the other fellow’s, and the right side.
9. BE ALERT to give service — what counts most in life is what we do for others.
10. ADD TO THIS a good sense of humor, a big dose of patience and a dash of humility.

~Author Unknown~

What an encouraging reminder for each day!  If each of these could be genuinely observed, what a wonderful series of pearls we would have to string each new day.