My Daily Smile

Life is short - begin every day with a smile!

The ever-accelerating passage of time

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“How did it get so late so soon?”
     -–Dr. Seuss

Do you remember how long it took your birthdays to come around each year when you were a child? If your childhood was like mine it probably seemed like the next birthday would never arrive.

But something likely changed as you got older. Instead of your birthdays taking their sweet time in making their arrival, they began coming in bunches. For me, it seems like I now have about three birthdays per year!  [Read more…]

The joys of childhood

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“Time is a game played beautifully by children.”
     -–Heraclitus

Like most folks you probably have wonderful memories of your childhood, a time when worries were few and pleasures were many.

Running around the playground and having fun with friends, hopping on your bike and riding with the wind until the porch lights came on…not having to worry about how you’re going to pay your bills or deal with any of the troubles related to adulthood.  [Read more…]

“Stepping Stones” (turning failures into success)

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“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.”
 -–Dale Carnegie

Most every day we come into contact with people who seem to have it all; people who live charmed lives with everything they could ever need or want handed to them on a silver platter.

But truth be told, folks who were “born with silver spoons in their mouths” are actually few and far-between.  [Read more…]

Learn from the past but live in the present – always with an eye towards the future

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“The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence; the past is a place of learning, not a place of living.”
 -–Roy T. Bennett

As humans, well all make mistakes and suffer great loss on occasion. It’s just a part of life.

It’s easy to fall into the trap of dwelling on the bad times and forgetting that tomorrow will begin with the dawning of a new day.  [Read more…]

“Duty, Honor, Country”

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“This will remain the land of the free so long as it is the home of the brave.“
 -–Elmer Davis

I’ve often heard it said that freedom isn’t free, and that’s so very true.

Since the day our great nation was founded every generation has produced thousands of patriots who were ready and willing to risk their own lives to protect the freedoms we enjoy as Americans from the tyrants who would  endeavor to take them away.

Virtually every cemetery and graveyard in this country holds the remains of men and women who answered the call of duty and came home draped in the flag they fought so hard to protect.

On Memorial Day we come together as a nation to remember and honor all the brave souls who selflessly sacrificed their own futures so the rest of us could enjoy ours in freedom and peace.

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