My Daily Smile

Life is short - begin every day with a smile!

Could this be the most heart-warming ad ever made?

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Well, it’s that time of year again.

The time when everyone is running from store to store and surfing from website to website trying to get their Christmas shopping finished on time.

And in case you haven’t noticed, it’s also the time of year when our TVs, computers and mobile devices are flooded with an endless stream of Christmas shopping ads.

Most of the holiday ads we see are pretty blah, but last December Chevrolet managed to come up with a real tear-jerker that’s quite possibly the most inspirational ad I have ever seen.  [Read more…]

Video: “It’s A Wonderful Life” (the rest of the story)

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Paul Harvey

As I mentioned here, the late radio and television commentator Paul Harvey was a master storyteller.

He just had a knack for taking a topic that everyone thought they knew inside and out and adding a completely new twist to it.

Over the course of his long and distinguished career, Mr. Harvey entertained the masses with numerous stories that left one thinking “How did I not know that?”

Well, today’s video features a true “Rest Of The Story” classic.  [Read more…]

Why every day of the year is Thanksgiving

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“Give thanks not just on Thanksgiving Day, but every day of your life. Appreciate and never take for granted all that you have.”
     –Catherine Pulsifer

For most folks, Thanksgiving is a season of joy.

It’s a day for spending time with loved ones, enjoying the most awesome meal of the year and then spending the rest of the day doing whatever it is that makes Thanksgiving special for each of us.

Truth be told, Thanksgiving isn’t just a name we chose to assign to the fourth Thursday of every November.

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Honoring the heroes who purchased our freedom

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Arlington National Cemetery

“Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it.”
     -–Unknown

We Americans often take the gift of freedom that we all enjoy for granted, never giving much thought to what was required in order to attain it and keep it.

It’s often said that “freedom isn’t free“, and that’s definitely true. Freedom had to be purchased, and keeping it requires a recurring payment that must be made on a continuous basis.

I have come to believe that few among us have a clear understanding of the sheer magnitude of that enormous cost.  [Read more…]