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Mood: I AM SMILING FOR YOU EVEN IF YOU CAN'T
Listening to: THE RYTHM OF MY SOUL

 GOOD DAY TO EVERYONE.  I RETURNED FROM WORK WITH A SIMPLE APPRECIATION OF LIFE. MOST OF US ARE SO BUSY... THINKING IN OUR OWN LITTLE SPHERE. LET ME ASK HAS ANYONE EVER LOOKED BEYOND THEIR OWN SPACE. I MEAN REALLY LOOK BEYOND YOUR SPACE THAT YOU INHABIT. WHEN YOU THINK YOUR LIFE IS GOING SO WRONG AND YOU HAVE NO DIRECTION,I SAY LOOK INWARD THEN LOOK AROUND YOU. LISTEN TO YOUR SOUL AND THE WIND THAT WHIRLS THE LEAVES AROUND. IF YOU CAN MANAGE TO LOOK BEYOND YOURSELF AND SEE OTHERS YOU WILL BE AMAZED THAT EVEN IN YOUR DARKEST OF DARK MOMENTS YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SMILE. THINK "WHAT IF I NEVER SMILED TODAY AND SUDDENLY SOME TERRIBLE THING HAPPENED THAT YOU COULD NEVER SMILE OR COMMUNICATE WITH ANOTHER BEING. WHAT IF YOU HAD TO RELY ON YOUR OWN INNER SELF? THINK OF THE TERRIBLE HOLOCAUST OR 9-11. WHAT IF YOU LEFT FOR THE DAY AND NEVER SMILED AGAIN AND NEVER KNEW THIS WAS YOU'RE LAST CHANCE. A SMILE IS SO SIMPLE. A SMILE MAKES YOU AND OTHERS FEEL GOOD. FROM YOUR SMIPLE SMILE MAYBE A LITTLE GIGGLE MAY BREAK FORTH. I CHUCKLE TO MYSELF SO MANY TIMES A DAY. I SING OUTLOUD AND SOMETIMES I CATCH THE GLIMPSE OF ANOTHER WATCHING AND LISTENING AND THEN , THERE IT IS, A SMILE , LAUGH AND MAYBE A STRANGE LOOK. JUST TO THROW A LITTLE SUNSHINE ON TO THE NEXT PERSON IS A PRECIOUS GIFT. THE REASON FOR MY ENTRY TODAY IS MY FRIEND. SHE IS SO DEPRESSED AND DOWN ON HERSELF AND LIFE. I TRY SO HARD TO MAKE JUST A MOMENT IN HER DAY JUST A LITTLE BETTER. JUST A SMILE... THE RESPONCE A SMILE BACK. SHE WANTS TO DIE. I TELL HER SHE MUST LIVE... SHE HAS SO MUCH TO OFFER. SHE DOES NOT SEE IT. I COUNT OFF THE REASONS... I TELL HER MANY YEARS AGO I WANTED TO DIE AND COULD NOT FIND MY SMILE. THE JOURNEY WAS PAINFUL BUT, I MANAGED TO FIND MY SMILE. IT WAS BURIED SO DEEP IN MY HEART THAT NO ONE COULD FIND IT NOT EVEN MYSELF. I HAD TO SEARCH MYSELF AND FACE MYSELF AND THEN STAND TALL AND SMILE IN MY EMEMIE'S FACE. NEVER TO LET MY SMILE BECOME A FROWN OF DISAPEAR. A FELLOW-WORKER LOST HER BEST FRIEND TO CANCER YESTERDAY. I LISTENED WHILE SHE TOLD ME ALL ABOUT HER FRIEND. I LISTENED TO WHAT SHE WAS FEELING. I MADE THE TIME IN MY BUSY DAY JUST TO LISTEN AND BE THERE FOR HER. BY THE TIME SHE WAS DONE WE FOUND HER SMILE AND A GRATEFUL TEAR THAT THIS FRIEND OF HERS HAD GRACED HER LIFE. MY CO-WORKER WENT ON WITH HER DAY WITH A SMILE AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF JUST HOW GREAT LIFE IS AND HOW QUICKLY IT PASSES. AS I SAID GOOD BYE TO MY FELLOW-WORKERS SHE HAD A SMILE STILL AND MY DEPRESSED FRIEND SEEMED JUST A LITTLE, AND I MEAN A LITTLE, HAPPIER. I AM NO MIRACLE WORKER BUT I HAVE BEEN THROUGH MUCH IN MY LIFE TIME. WHAT I 'VE LEARNED SO FAR. IS NEVER TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED. BE AS HAPPY AND CHEERFUL AS YOU CAN EACH DAY. HEY, NO ONES PERFECT, NOT EVEN ME. BUT I DO PRACTICE WHAT I SAY. SO .... SMILE A LITTLE SMILE TODAY AND LOOK OUTSIDE YOUR SPHERE AND MAYBE JUST MAYBE YOU'LL SEE THE BEAUTY AMONGST THE RUBBLE. AS FOR MYSELF TODAY WAS BUSY AND I AM GRATEFUL TO COME HOME. MY SPOUSE AND I CHATTED ABOUT OUR DAYS. WE SAT OUTSIDE IN THE BRIGHT SUNLIGHT AND SNAPPED PICTURES OF THE WONDER OF NATURE IN OUR BACKYARD. OH YEAH, OF ONE ANOTHER ALSO IN THE GOLDEN RAYS OF THE EVER PLEASING SUN......JUST REMEMBER IF YOU CAN DREAM IT,ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE  SO SMILE........GOOD DAY TO ALL AND SMILE HAZELEYES