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“A smile
starts on the lips, a grin spreads to the eyes, a chuckle comes from the belly;
but a good laugh bursts forth, from the soul, overflows, and bubbles all
around.”
-Carolyn Birmingham
I
participated in a pageant recently. There were many days of rehearsals and
outings with the other ladies. My mom was excited about my journey as a
contestant. One day she was talking with an acquaintance about the pageant. She
told the woman, “My daughter is in a pageant.”
The woman
said, “Oh, how old is your little girl?”
My mom said,
“She’s 51.”
The Birthday
A friend
recently celebrated her birthday 40 something birthday. On the morning of my
friend’s birthday, her twelve year old daughter burst into her bedroom.
“Guess who’s
turning 45?” her daughter said.
“Not me,” my
friend said. “I’m 44.”
“Mom, I thought
you were 45. I guess I messed that one up.”
“Yes, you
did. You can run back over to the door and start over.”
Aging
The last
time I had to renew my drivers’ license at the Secretary of State office. The
clerk had me read an eye chart. She could clearly see that I was wearing
glasses, so why put me through the torture of squinting and trying to read
those little letters? But she did.
I pressed my
forehead against the desk top machine and tried to adjust my eyes in the
appropriate lenses (glasses on). The letters were fading in an out and looked
like they were floating. I read them aloud very slowly, A….E…no, B. She stopped
me and said, “thank you.”
She took out
her industrial sized stamper and stamped my paper work. When I looked at the
paper, the large red words read, CORRECTIVE LENSES. I could have just told her
that I need my glasses to drive.
Find
something today that makes you grin, chuckle or just burst out in laughter.
Remember that a smile increases your face value.
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