My Daily Smile

Life is short - begin every day with a smile!

In memory of my friend Charles: “The King of the Hill”

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“Goodbyes are not forever. Goodbyes are not the end. They simply mean I’ll miss you until we meet again.”  -–Unknown

Do you remember the first time you heard that one of your best friends had passed away? No doubt it was a sad experience, to say the least.

It’s hard enough losing someone you care about as an adult, but it’s even harder when you’re too young to understand why.

This is the story of my childhood friend, Charles…  [Read more…]

Will you change someone’s world today?

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“Making one person smile can change the world – maybe not the whole world, but their world.”  –John Spence

Based on my own life experiences, I believe one of the most powerful tools we have for building a happy life is helping others make their own lives a little better.

It’s certainly true that a person can live their entire life being concerned about no one but himself or herself, and plenty of people do. And just by looking in from the outside, most of those people don’t seem to be all that happy.  [Read more…]

The great importance of respect in our everyday lives

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“I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.”  — Albert Einstein

There are probably a million and one different types of legal jobs in this world, and every one of them is important.

Every action that helps build something good, enable something good or maintain something good must be performed by someone.  [Read more…]

7 people who overcame great obstacles to achieve stunning success

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“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.“  -–C.S. Lewis

Every now and then we hear stories about people who overcame great obstacles to ultimately find great success in life.

Some of history’s greatest achievers started out under circumstances that would cause many to lose hope and not even try to succeed in life. Here are just a few examples:  [Read more…]

Memories of a simpler time

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Everyone that knows me knows I that love technology, and I love it a lot.

I’m the type of person who is always chomping at the bit to see what new innovation pops up next to make our lives easier or more fulfilling.

But truth be told, as awesome as modern technology is, it has some serious downsides as well. And in my humble opinion, one of the most serious downsides of the bunch is how it has impacted the lives of today’s children.

When I was a youngster the world of technology revolved around a “dumb” TV that had no remote and picked up just two channels, a staticky AM radio, a “turn-table” record player (or if you were lucky, a cassette tape player/recorder) and a landline rotary telephone that was tethered to the wall by a short cord…  [Read more…]