Sunday, May 23, 2010

Some Thoughts on a Sunday ~ 05/23/10

Happy Sunday to you and I hope you enjoy the day with the ones you love. Sunday is a great day for worship, prayer, meditation and yes even song. Spend a little time in each of these area's if you so choose. Take time to look at nature, be it in your back yard or a local park.



Today my daughter's choral concert is being held. She loves chorus, she enjoys the music of course and the friends within the chorus but she also gets a chance to choose to be a small part of something bigger.


A few moments in front of the local community sharing great music and lifting their voices to put smiles on peoples faces.



Yes their will be laughter. Yes plenty of applause but the one thing that will be shared is the many faces with smiles upon them.



You just can't help to choose to do that.



Life is all about what we choose, but sometimes we run on auto pilot. We smile because another smiled. We laugh because their is laughter all around. We even tend to feel sadness when we walk into that situation. Yes we have the ability to choose but sometimes emotion and joy just is contagious.



I found several quotes on choice today that I wanted to share. I hope you find some time to think about them.



“It is our choices that show what we truly are,



far more than our abilities.”


~ Joanne Kathleen Rowling


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“Meditation brings wisdom;


lack of mediation leaves ignorance.


Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back,


and choose the path that leads to wisdom.”


~Buddha


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“In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves.


The process never ends until we die.


And the choices we make are ultimately


our own responsibility.”


~ Eleanor Roosevelt


So today choose wisely.


Pray a little and give thanks.


Meditate a little and think of what you can do.


Worship a little and come alive in the presence of our creator and is creations. Enjoy the nature as it comes alive today, and soak in the beauty that abounds all around.


Take time to sing a little and let your voice soar to its beauty.


And a last quote from Robert Fulghum:


“Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some


and think some and draw and paint and sing


and dance and play and work every day some.”


So today enjoy it, and have a great prelude into the new week that lays ahead.


Till next time....share a smile, make a dream come true and make someone's else a bit happier.


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Saturday, May 22, 2010

Saturday Morning Reflection ~ 05/22/10

Happy Saturday everyone and welcome to another great day to share with those you love and care about. Memories to be made, memories to be shared and smiles to pass around like free candy.





Each Saturday I take a post from the past and re-share and hopefully pass along a smile or at the very least a thought to think upon. Sometimes when we look at the waypoints in our life we look back at these points and understand how they changed or altered our way of thinking and possible direction.



A waypoint is defined as:



A waypoint is a reference point in physical space



used for purposes of navigation.



We can then look at these moment in our life that defined us and understand how just a little change, a little alteration of our method, perhaps an extra moment shared with a friend, or an extra smile passed along the way can and will indeed make a difference in you the giver and in the receiver.



So I take you back to a post from November 7, 2009. Enjoy and have a great Saturday !


Good Morning and welcome to Saturday! I wish for you the very best today, enjoy this day with friends or family, branch out today leave your comfort zone.



Say hello to someone and share a smile.


Reflect on the past today when someone lifted your spirits how did it feel?


Yes today is a great day! Coffee to my left and sushi to my right. That first crunch of rice and sea weed what a great breakfast.


Reflection ~ a thought, idea, or opinion formed or a remark made as a result of meditation or a consideration of some subject matter, idea, or purpose. ~ Merriam Webster online


Every week is unique but all weeks are different in some form or fashion.


So as I reflected and gave consideration of the week I wanted to find purpose to this Saturday's Post.


Make ME Smile Online Dot Com does not insulate itself, as I have written before the ME is really YOU the reader. The web site hopes to share, educate, entertain, empower you the viewer about the simple power of a smile to change a state of emotions, yours and others. We hope to do that one view at a time, one smile at a time. That is the mission and purpose.


If your hurting its there as a pick up of sorts. That what this commentary is for which ends up into the Our thoughts section on Make Me Smile Online.


Many times we insulate ourselves, protect, withdraw from others because we feel comfort in our safety zone. We don't venture out of it because it brings risk. Why? Comfort, it is easier and we feel safe.


Make ME Smile Online is not about insulation. I want anyone and everyone to share a laugh, a smile, a new way to look at things.


Yes I don't want to offend anyone, any religion, race, sex so I always ask to keep the jokes or quotes or commentary free. I always believed that we are all here on this world for a reason. Too many times we insulate ourselves from others due to rich or poor, white or black, happy or angry.


We all deserve to be heard to be treated with a sense of kindness.


I am convinced that many of our crimes today is due to the way we are brought up, cared for and from an early age however as I have always stated the past does not have to dictate anyone's future.


We choose our roads. The trail we blaze is our own.


When you see someone with hurt in their eyes do you turn away or do you try to share a kind word, a smile. I knew someone growing up that if he sensed you were hurting he would engage conversation ever so brief and offer to pray with you right there right now. It always seemed to leave that person a bit better than he or she was found. I am convinced that he made a difference, I could see it in their face.


Make a difference each day, even if you help just one with that simple smile. Make a difference and share our web site with another. It takes but a second but the effect will last much longer.


I leave you with a post from May 14, 2009 I hope you enjoy it if you again and for many it may be the first time.



Conviction




Dictionary.com defines conviction as a fixed or firm belief.


I guess that would define our fixed and firm belief here at Make Me Smile Online. We have a very fixed belief and idea that we want to make others smile!


Not a bad idea huh?


We want to promote, our thoughts about the smile and about all of us making that difference as we promote this with your help and word of mouth. We all can walk the talk.


Actions used everyday to make your life better and the lives of those around you.


We want to share with you our beliefs about the simple act of a smile can enrich others.


We want to develop our online community with your help, your ideas and your comments.


Your comments mean so much, so please pass them on.


We want to entertain as we go along of course, make you think a little.


Of course smile a little, and develop that muscle between your cheeks so that even in the toughest of times, even with all the things that can go wrong, you can in an instant make it better. Make your moment better, you can make it right, and change your state into a more resourceful purpose.


We want to educate, you the reader, that you can make that difference in making our world, your world a little bit better, a little bit nicer, and make your health and well being better in the process.


The simple yet powerful result of happiness, the smile can change the broken hearted.


Can change the lonely.


Can change the sad.


Know it, believe it, trust in it. It is simple and powerful but it is real. Try it but something tells me you already have. So pass it on. To someone who needs it. Share your smile.


Power Thought Action Number 5 ~ Simple yet powerful, share that smile, your smile, look for the moment to make a difference.




Till next time. Smile ! ! ! :)



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