Posted: under Advice & Tips, Inspirationals.
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An Inch
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In today’s technological age, we often hear about the wide
stretches of the Internet. We are used to telescopes making
discoveries in distant planets. How often do you hear about the
power of an inch?
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That’s right just an inch.
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I talked with one of my friends yesterday who is staying in
another country. Even though it sounded like he was only a few
feet away through the phone, the sound was actually traveling
thousands of miles. That’s technology and that’s impressive.
But I’ve also been impressed lately by the power of an inch.
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You are probably saying now “What do you keep talking about the
power of an inch, an inch doesn’t have any power.”
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I’m talking about the inch that two muscles of each side of your
mouth moves when you smile. It takes tens of muscles to frown
but only two to smile. This is a power that every person can
wield no matter what economic level they are or how much
technology they have.
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I began to notice the power when going through checkout lines.
If I smiled when I got up to the register, it made the cashiers
smile even though they had customer after customer to ring up.
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Most of the people probably didn’t even consciously notice they
were smiling. It was as if my mouth moving a inch on each side
made some kind of unconscious knee jerk kind of reflex happen in
their brains. Without using hypnosis or offering people money,
you could get people to respond.
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You never know what one smile can do to a person’s day.
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Imagine a homeless person on the street sitting on a corner with
dirty clothes on and everybody passing by not wanting to even
look at them because they are afraid of what they might beg for.
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Now imagine what it would do for that same person if someone
looked them straight in the eyes and gave them a big genuine
smile and actually spoke to them first and said “Good afternoon,
it’s good to see you today.”
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Sometimes work beats us down so much that by the time we get
home our children may not see a smile the entire evening.
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In some marriages, smiles even among spouses have gone the way
of the retired practice of opening a car door during dating. As
I even thought about it, a smile and knowledge are two of the
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Apr 15 2012
Posted: under Jamaican Jokes.
Tags: activity, clothing, designer, dialect, dumb, exercise, fashion, fool, fruit, fruits, funny, girl, granny, hilarious, home, House, humor, idiot, Jamaican, jokes, language, laughter, moron, mother, mother-in-law, patois, plant, plants, silly, smiles, stupid, style, sugar, surprise, treats, vernacular, words
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A girl came home with a bag of mangoes. Her mother said,
“Gal, didn’t I tell you not to climb dat tree?”
“The boys will see your panty.”
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The girl replied,
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Apr 15 2012
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Inspirationals.
Tags: aid, art, artist, assistance, attention, beauty, bird, blessings, celebration, check, child, clothing, contribution, donation, duty, Easter, flowers, food, friends, funds, generosity, gift, glory, God, gratitude, guidance, home, homeless, House, job, labor, lake, life, light, lightning, link, love, miracle, money, neighbor, ocean, painting, peace, pond, pool, present, protection, rain, resources, rivers, scripture, sea, season, service, shelter, soul, spirit, stream, success, support, task, water, wealth, work
With shelter….even the most vulnerable bird can sing.
There once was an incredibly rich man who commissioned two talented artists for a project. The rich man explained that he would pay one million dollars to the artist who was able to paint the perfect picture of “peace”.
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Several months later, both artists returned with their paintings. The first was the most beautiful image of the sun shining down on fields of glorious flowers, while in the background a rainbow stretched over a tranquil blue lake…it was indeed a “peaceful” picture. The rich man commended the artist for his work and then turned his attention to the second painting.
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Apr 07 2009
Posted: under Nasty and Rude Jokes.
Tags: aroma, boss, clothes, clothing, companion, couple, day, dinner, duty, employee, employer, era, exam, fashion, food, fragrance, funny, hands, hilarious, history, humor, husband, job, jokes, labor, laughter, man, manager, meal, meat, memory, menu, odor, partner, perfume, recipe, restaurant, scent, smell, smiles, spouse, style, supervisor, tablecloth, task, test, time, tool, tools, waiter, waitress, wife, woman, work
A blind man walks into a restaurant and sits down. The waiter, who is also the owner, walks up to the blind man and hands him a menu.
“I’m sorry sir, but I am blind, and can’t read the menu. Just bring me a dirty fork from a previous customer, I’ll smell it and order from there.”
A little confused, the owner walks over to the dirty dish pile and picks up a greasy fork. He returns to the blind man’s table and hands it to him. The blind man puts the fork to his nose and takes in a deep breath. “Ah, yes that’s what I’ll have, meatloaf and mashed potatoes.”
Unbelievable, the owner says to himself as he walks towards the kitchen. The cook happens to be the owner’s wife and he tells her what had just happened. The blind man eats his meal and leaves. Read More
Apr 01 2009
Posted: under "LOVE is LOVELY", "Welcome to JAMrock ~ JAMAICA ~ NO PROBLEM".
Tags: activity, aid, aim, bliss, caring, church, clothing, community, compassion, devotion, donation, example, excitement, experience, food, gift, giving, happiness, home, House, institution, Jamaican, joy, listening, love, man, motivation, neighbor, opportunity, others, present, role model, school, service, Seventh-day Adventist, sharing, smiles, spirit, student, teacher, values, woman
Visits 14 homes in two days
Published: Monday | March 16, 2009
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Students of the Victor Dixon High School in Mandeville rendered selfless service to the aged and indigent last week.
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During two days of community service, the students visited several homes for the aged and the Manchester Infirmary.
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For 17-year-old Tanya Scott, a grade-11 student of the Adventist-owned institution, “the experience was motivating”.
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“I’m very happy I got the opportunity to help those elderly persons,” said Tanya. “As an individual, I felt motivated. It is good to see the smile on their faces when a young person comes and talk to them and listens to their story. It is something I would love to do again and again.”
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Mar 16 2009
Posted: under "LOVE is LOVELY", "When You're Down to Nothing God's UP to Something", Inspirationals.
Tags: accident, age, angel, arm, arms, beaches, blessings, bridge, car, child, clothing, color, colors, comfort, companion, couple, creek, dad, era, exam, eyes, faith, family, father, focus, friends, God, gratitude, guidance, hand, hands, highway, history, husband, imagination, inspiration, journey, lake, life, lifestyle, lifetime, mountain, need, noise, ocean, others, partner, path, period, pond, pool, prayer, promise, quiz, race, rain, rainbow, rivers, road, sea, sky, sound, spouse, stream, surprise, test, thankfulness, time, touch, tour, tourist, traffic, travel, trip, truck, trust, truth, vehicle, voice, water, wealth, wife
The Hand Of God
Hello my friends, this is a story about something that happened to me back in 1972. I just thought you might like to know that there is a God and there are Angels out there watching over us. God Bless you all.
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This happened to us (my wife and child, and myself) in 1972, while driving over the mountains from Milton-Freewater, Oregon to Fossil, Oregon, going on a weekend trip to see my dad. As we approached the Camas creek bridge which runs in an arc from right to left about 300 feet across, there were two logging trucks, loaded, racing side by side on this bridge and when I saw them it was too late and I had no place to go.
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Feb 20 2009