A Pause in the Action ~ 02/22/12

Hey gang, no quote, no post just an explanation and a pause in the action.

There has been quite a bit of "stuff" going on in my life and I just have to at this time put a hold on my writing.

I will regroup and take a look at this decision on March 01.

I have for the last 35 months written everyday here, on Red Gage and on Triond as well as my blog and my website www.makemesmileonline.com.

I have poured my heart and my fingers into this and I do so appreciate your comments, your views, your kind words, your prayers and your thoughts.

I need this time to re energize and re group.  I am sorry but you have over 57 pages to reflect upon and maybe that is enough.

May your smiles be strong.

May your joy be endless.

May your dreams be ever present.

God Bless and as always smiles sent your way : )

Victor

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Spring is on its way ~ Quote of the Day ~ Video of the Day ~ Scripture of the Day : ) 02/20/12

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant:

if we did not sometimes taste of adversity,

prosperity would not be so welcome.

: o )  Anne Bradstreet

Less than one month to spring. Can I get a big cheer of YES ! ! !

Spring flowers, spring garden plans, spring training for baseball.

Even spring cleaning is a welcome thing, the freshness of a breeze through open windows.  How sweet the smell of spring.

Its coming to a home near you.  Get your Ice Tea ready, some garden gloves to put on and yes you just may enjoy the playing in the dirt.  The planting season is almost here.

However winter is important and yes it was mild here in Pittsburgh.

We may still have a winter storm brewing.  Spring is a month a way and the gopher did see his shadow.  So we shall see.

Two years ago around this time we still were digging out from the snowmaggden that we had here.

But this year has so far not given us this.

So the countdown begins.

February almost has come to an end.  Bring on the mighty month of March.

Smiles to you this day and everyday : )

Video of the Day

Spring is coming soon .... Relax and enjoy the Video

Scripture of the Day 

Joel 2:22 KJV

Be not afraid , ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring , for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.

Have a blessed day everyone :)

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Spring Flowers ... coming soon ~ Quote of the Day ~ Video of the Day ~ Scripture of the Day : ) 02/19/12

Earth laughs in flowers.

: o ) Ralph Waldo Emerson

What is your favorite flower that you plan on planting or grooming this year?

Do you have a flower garden?  Do you have an indoor presentation of flowers?

The presence of flowers is a majestic and empowering image.

I like to think that the wild flowers that we see as we drive along the back roads are indeed the earth sharing laughter with us.

The quote by Emerson gives us excitement to plan our flower presentation to the world.

Spring is a month away.

The garden centers will be blooming soon.

My favorite flower?  Thats easy.

The Coneflower (color is not important) I just enjoy the flower as it stand out in the sun. May your garden blossom this spring/summer as winter comes to a close.

May the wind blow beauty in your life and fresh joyous smiles and laughter fill your world.

Smiles to you this day and everyday : )

Video of the Day

Flowers in Growth Video 

Scripture of the Day 

Song of Solomon 2 : 12 

The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;

Have a blessed day everyone :)

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Gardening the Soul ~ Quote of the Day ~ Video of the Day ~ Scripture of the Day : ) 02/18/12

The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt,
 head in the sun, heart with nature. 


To nurture a garden is to feed not just 
on the body, but the soul.

: o )  Alfred Austin

To produce a great garden of flowers you have to get our hands dirty.  You have to lay a foundation of soil that is prepared, use water, maybe some plant food and week to protect the beauty your attempting to develop.

So what makes you think that gardening the soul is any different from taking care of the most perfect flower bed.

Are we not more beautiful in design and in creation than the best flower  Do we not bring  forth beauty in our deeds and in our emotional outlay?

If not we should.  We are the essence of what makes our world shine and develop in to something more.  Something that will create love and beauty.

So how do we protect our garden of the soul.

Pray to give sun and warmth to our foundation

Meditate to give nourishment to our roots of our emotional stability.

Get plenty of rest to re-energize our spirt and body.

Eat well to fuel our growth and protect the strength of our mind and body.

Thats how we do it.

The best garden in the world must be the garden of our mind, our soul and our body.

Smiles to you this day and everyday : )

Video of the Day 

Quiet Mind in our Garden

Bible Quote of the Day 

In simple humility, let our gardener God, landscape you with the Word, making a salvation-garden of your life. 

James 1: 21

Have a blessed day everyone :)

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Stretching our beliefs on Success ~ Quote of the Day ~ Video of the Day ~ Scripture of the Day : ) 02/17/12

"I would rather be ashes than dust.

I would rather that my spark should burn out in a

brilliant blaze than that it should be stifled by dry-rot.

I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in

magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

The proper function of man is to live, not exist.

I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.

I shall use my time."

: 0 )  Jack London

Man was indeed designed to live, to make things, to care and to listen.  This quote speaks of that function and design.

Would we all not want to blaze a trail.

Leave behind some kind of legacy or improved social condition.

Maybe it indeed is just a garden that beautified our world.

Maybe we raised a child to do great things like be an awesome parent to their children.

Or maybe just maybe we want to make a difference in a big enough way that even just one life has breathed easier because we lived.

We created.  We designed.  We cared.  We loved.  We smiled.

Maybe just maybe Ralph Waldo Emerson had a point when we designed that work called success.

Enjoy your day and keep smiling as smiles are shared with you here today. : )

Video of the Day

Success by Ralph Waldo Emerson ~ a video 

Bible verse of the Day 

Proverbs 16: 7

 When a man’s ways are pleasing to the LORD, 
He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Have a blessed day everyone :)

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Grateful to be alive and Free (Are You?) ~ Quote of the Day ~ Video of the Day ~ Scripture of the Day : ) 02/16/12

I wish that life should not be cheap, but sacred.

  I wish the days to be as centuries, loaded, fragrant. 

: o )  Ralph Waldo Emerson

What a gift life is, each day to fill our heart and speech with gratitude that we are blessed to be alive and free.  

When you acknowledge that the gift of life is awesome and that you are blessed to be free something starts to happen.  The clouds that may be above your head, those dark clouds start to dissipate quickly.  The sun starts to slip through and warms your soul and spirit.

Your heart begins to soar and your mind begins to think not with just clarity but with purpose.

Imagine to live your day with a fragrant sense of gratitude and have your attitude begin to understand that all that truly changed was your focus and understanding.

Just a thought, why not for the next week try it.  No matter how bleak you think things are in your life.  Take a step back and acknowledge the gift of life and the awesome ability to be free.  Try it.  For a  week.  Each morning speak words of gratitude to the energy force that surrounds you and your family.  Give thanks, spoken thanks for life, for freedom and for wisdom to know that you have choices.

Choices to smile, to spread joy and to give laughter freely.

Will you try it for a week?  Today and for the next 6 days.  First thing in the morning and before bed.  Giving thanks, aloud and for anyone to hear your appreciation for life, freedom and choices to share that smile, that joy and laughter with ease.

May your week be blessed and may your smiles be shared and your joy be abundant.  : o )

Today and everyday : )

Video of the Day   

The Gift of Today a Video worth watching everyday : )

Scripture of the Day 

Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe

Hebrew 12:28 (ESV)

Have a blessed day everyone :)

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Keep ON , Keeping On~ Quote of the Day ~ Video of the Day ~ Scripture of the Day : ) 02/15/12

“To get through the hardest journey we need take only


 one step at a time, but we must keep on stepping”

: o )  Chinese Proverbs quotes

We must keep on, keeping on, quitting should never be in the front of the action and plan. 

Tough roads must sometimes be traveled.  The first settlers in America had some very tough roads to travel.

The first troops in Normandy during World War II had some very tough paths to travel and most of them never made it to the shore.  But some did.

Better to try and learn from our failure than to sit and stew with the troubles that creep into our life.  Not all will make it... But some do.

When things, daily things get tough, and they will.  When you feel that you don't know how this will turn out, you just wonder how you will get through this.

Don't give in, don't sit and sink into the quick sand that you feel is around you.  Keep stepping and know that not everything will go your way.... But some things will.

YOU... and YOU along can keep stepping forward.  Don't stop, take time to be still and listen for a better plan of attack to your woes and at the very least keep trying another road.

Often the road less traveled seems to be the scariest, but for those who travel it, it always seems to be the best.

Video of the Day 

20 quotes to keep you going 

Bible Quote of the Day 

Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong. 

1 Corinthians 16:13

Have a blessed day everyone :)

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What is Love ~ Quote of the Day ~ Video of the Day ~ Scripture of the Day : ) 02/14/12

"Love doesn't make the world go round,

love is what makes the ride worthwhile."

: o )   Elizabeth Browning

We have all heard the opposite have we not.  The saying, 'love makes the world go round', well according to another thought it really doesn't.  Ms. Browning may have a strong point here to be made.

Lets think about this for a second.

We make the world more interesting when we love.  But with often too much regularity hate can dominate in the world, anger too.

Why, if love is indeed such a wonderful and awesome emotion and in many ways a noun and a verb, why do we with hold it?

Ego?  Intolerance? Lack of gratitude?  Maybe all three and probably another handful of reasons.

So how do we fix this?

How do we make the ride more interesting and more care free?

ONE ACTION OF LOVE AT A TIME!

ONE PERSON AT A TIME!

Its in your court, mine too.  We love with action and we love with purpose.

We can love nature for no reason, right?

We love a bright sunny day, don't we?

Some like a fresh snow that covers the landscape.

Some like a rushing river to fish trout out of.

But they love in some manner and in some way they love nature.

We love pets, at least most of us do.

A dog or cat loves its owner with out any question or qualm, they just do!

So why can't we?  Just love!

Nike had a saying Just DO IT!

Maybe we should just have the words - - Just Love !

Smiles to you this day and everyday : )

Video of the Day

Come Close Listen to the Story -- What is Love?

Bible Quote of the Day 

Romans 13:8

Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

Have a blessed day everyone :)

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What do you truly know? ~ Quote of the Day ~ Video of the Day ~ Scripture of the Day : ) 02/13/12

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

: o )  Ralph Waldo Emerson

Truth be known we know very little.  I love the message that Steve Jobs gave to the graduation class in 2007 at Stanford University.

The message, at least part of the message was that you can not connect the dots looking forward. Try as you must you can only connect the dots looking backward in retrospect.

We all seem to want to see our future, know what we are about to do is the right thing, if not the right thing at least the right thing for us.  But we really don't know do we.  We have to look at the dots and how they connected in our life by looking in deep reflection.

Thats just the way it is.

He explains so truthfully that you have to follow your instinct, your gut, your faith in your being, in your creator and trust that what your about to do is for you own good and the good of others.

We don't know anything in life.  Sure we have our values, and our experience to help us through our life.  But we really don't understand the true acceptance and tolerance and love that we all should freely give and live with.

If we all knew that fact.  We would have little or no conflict and sadly we know this world, even our world has conflict and troubles that sadly flow our way.

But as I have said before, life is a series of waves, and you either learn how to ride the wave, or become part of the crash of the waves. It is always our choice and our preparation that makes this true.

So today, enjoy your life, be grateful for what you have been given.  Love like you never loved before the pure grace that flows your way.  Accept that things will not always go your way, and thats ok but truly what is important is how we handle the path that we walk upon.

Connect your dots, looking back you will and may the grace of God and love and tenderness guide you to a happy and joyous path.

Smiles to you this day : )

Video of the Day

Did you know.. Really Did you know?

Bible Quote of the Day 

“I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Jeremiah 29:11

Have a blessed day everyone :)

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