Saturday, March 13, 2010

Saturday Morning Reflection ~ 03/13/10

Happy Saturday everyone, welcome to the weekend. Wishing you the best this weekend. Yes the rivers are rising here in western PA. Stay safe and dry. Our daily spring mantra:

Spring in 6 days-

Less than a week to go-

Yes the rivers they do flow,

rising waters do have us worry

they will recede and that will be another story.

Spring in 6 days watch the days fly by.

Soon the sun will make everything dry.


So I wanted to share with you our new web site, that was yesterdays post. I appreciate all the kind comments and views. Everyone has given a positive comment both here and on Facebook. Thank you all.

If you have not seen this please click on the link below.


Today I also wanted to share with you my thoughts about our mission and goals this coming year at Make ME Smile Online.

I have to say this year has been very gratifying for me, the vision I have for the site and plans for the future stay true to the overall vision that I had almost a year ago. I pray daily for continued support and guidance from God above.

In my heart and soul and spirit I think that our mission to share a smile, educate others that the power of a simple smile can change the flow of energy. Negative energy can be so very draining. It causes lost productivity at work. It shaves days, months and years off of our lives. It can manifest and increase the disease spread in our bodies.

If laughter is the best medicine, then the smile is a long term capsule that can help us heal so many stress related illnesses.

What are my dreams for our site and my posts here on Gather. In no real order here they are. If you feel so lead to join our web site and join in with the passion of the site. I thank you. IF you want to help carry the torch in some manner, I thank you even more. I will be renewing the hosting contract in the next few days. The cost is worth every minute of last year and the next year to come. If you feel so lead to contribute please visit the store link and I appreciate any help you can pass along. The store is one area that I would like to see grow, product, information, apparel, and innovative new ways to reach others that have not Internet access or just can't afford it. I am only one, won't you join in.

Here is my list of dreams for the site and our family at MMSO.

1. Spread the word - pass it on, start a viral revolution, grass routes and spread the energy about the web site, and the energy of a simple smile with the power of living a life of real gratitude.

2. Gain a membership level this year with 3 digits, approach 1000. Late last night I included an application that can help members chat with another while they are on the site. The forum is another area that I hope to develop that can help with prayer requests, smile requests, and just information that can help another soul breathe a little easier.

3. Gain a few more hands, minds and spirits on the deck of this mission. Many hands make many aspects of any business go by quicker and more efficient. Maybe someone out there has more knowledge about marketing our mission, design of a logo, (I have been working on this one.) Implement an action plan to help the sites many features remain fresh and infectious to others just like the power of the simple smile.

Things that I am working on, developing the store, designing a gratitude journal that you can use with some of the best quotes that I have used over the last year. I hope to present that to you with in the next 3 months. Any fresh idea's let me know.

Help this year March 18, 2010 to March 18, 2011 be historic not only for MMSO but for you.

The ME in MMSO is really all about you anyway.

Till next time....Share that smile with another but don't forget to start with you!

www make me smile online dot com


Friday, March 12, 2010

Flowing into Friday ~ 03/12/10

Happy Friday everyone! I hope you stay above the flood levels if you live in the flood area's. The only good thing about this flood warnings is that we all have had many days of planning an preparation. Hopefully everyone took the warnings seriously.

Our mantra for today:

Spring in 7 days, yes only one week to go-

Friday the rain is falling here in the northeast-

We all hope the rivers will continue to flow

Flood waters will rise as the snow starts to go

Spring in 7 days now the clean up starts

One week till spring and raging waters in March.

One week, wow the snow is melting fast. Stay safe this wet season. May the waters recede quickly.

The birthday is coming soon as Make ME Smile Online turns one on the 18th of March. I have been writing on Gather since April 9th but the mission to share the smile and educate about Gratitude and the power of sharing the smile and making a difference will turn 1 very soon. Only 5 days away for that.

This web site is as much yours and like I always say, the ME is really all about You. Thanks so much for your support.

You can also follow me on Facebook click on this sentence and you will be taken to my profile page.

Flowing, the rivers, the melting snow and time. It all flows, unceasingly for everyone in the same pace and rhythm.

I watched a enjoyable movie last night called The Shift, based upon the book by Wayne Dwyer titled the same. I speaks and teaches the message of allowing ourselves to grow in life as we grew the first 9 months of our creation. To follow our spirit and allow life to lead us and to not let our ego, (Wayne calls EGO Edging God Out), get in the way of our true destiny that God created us for.

Everyday I try to live and write a message of attitude staying positive, living with gratitude in the heart. Living with passion for Christ. Living with a smile in place, not just on my face but in my heart.

Do I stumble, you bet I do.

Do I fall, maybe a little but I never come crashing down in a shambles. I am better than that. Will I face trials and tests just like you the reader. Yeah, bad stuff still happens to good people everyday. That is reality. But I don't go looking for trouble, I don't wonder when the next shoe will fall on me.

I look to the heavens, head upright, shoulders back, a smile in heart and I know that each day, if I try - I will make a difference.

I know this.

Your comments tell me so.

My smile reflects back from my clients, my friends, my daughter and my better half.

I tell you this with all the passion in my heart. If you live a life of service, of trying to make another's life breathe a little easier. You will indeed have succeeded as the following quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson suggests:

Success


To laugh often and much;

To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;

To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure

the betrayal of false friends;

To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;

To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.

This is to have succeeded.

That is my belief on success.

Join us in our cause to pass along a smile.

Join us in our mission to share joy and gratitude with others.

Join, make a difference this year. It is easy, it is free.

Our members and myself thank you.

We are MAKE ME SMILE ONLINE DOT COM -

The ME is really all about YOU the reader.

Till next time smile, share a smile and make a difference in someone's life, start with you.

Enjoy your Friday and stay safe!

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