tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62116053869800667242024-03-05T17:07:50.556+00:00Mr Smile's Happy BlogPoems, thoughts, pictures...all things HAPPY. Pass it on...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02830118527929390909noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211605386980066724.post-25955664995060701752015-01-05T08:55:00.001+00:002015-01-05T08:55:23.700+00:00Look for the sunshine in everything<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b>Sun plays hide and seek</b></div>
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See this sullen Sunday morning</div>
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The day without the sun is drowning</div>
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Draw the curtains, look up high</div>
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The sun has fled the sky to hide.</div>
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Come on Sun come out to play</div>
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Don’t be shy and hide away</div>
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Come on Sun we have a treat</div>
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Lots of cloud for you to eat.</div>
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Puddles here for you to drink</div>
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Come on Sun give us a wink</div>
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And how about a little smile</div>
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To lighten up our hearts awhile.</div>
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I know-it’s hide and seek you’re playing</div>
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Close our eyes and hear us saying</div>
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Hundred, coming, ready or not!</div>
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We’re coming Sun, we’re getting hot</div>
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And hot and hot and hotter see</div>
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You’re shining out there on our street</div>
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Oh Sun we love the games you play</div>
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And now we’ve won, you’ve made our day.</div>
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<a href="http://www.inspiretowrite.co.uk/book-shop/a-sky-full-of-sunshine.aspx" target="_blank">Copyright 2013 David J. Mason - from "A Sky full of Sunshine"</a></div>
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And from <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/354-live-in-the-sunshine-swim-the-sea-drink-the-wild" target="_blank">Goodreads </a>quotes:</div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/354-live-in-the-sunshine-swim-the-sea-drink-the-wild" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">"Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air"</span></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12080.Ralph_Waldo_Emerson" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">- Ralph Waldo Emerson</span></a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02830118527929390909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211605386980066724.post-11308475515787343452014-10-03T07:34:00.000+01:002014-10-03T07:34:01.674+01:00World Smile Day 3rd October 2014 - join in<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: red; color: yellow; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b>One act of kindness to make one person smile</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">World Smile Day raises money for the <a href="http://www.worldsmile.org/" target="_blank">Harvey Ball World Smile Foundation</a>, a non-profit charitable trust that supports children's causes</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigs38KuJwKGRUWy93dotyDknapc3-Nr8ovJCmNK_DAwAKrcITtCdSuWXrpbNU0grw4Sye1hJNvplK0FgXmX4URAhiN6jh2kLQ8pmkLtACVIcdyHl2HZAjdtCLs3PQbke27-YCgcD8I6Ksb/s1600/MrSmile-in-LayersSMALL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigs38KuJwKGRUWy93dotyDknapc3-Nr8ovJCmNK_DAwAKrcITtCdSuWXrpbNU0grw4Sye1hJNvplK0FgXmX4URAhiN6jh2kLQ8pmkLtACVIcdyHl2HZAjdtCLs3PQbke27-YCgcD8I6Ksb/s1600/MrSmile-in-LayersSMALL.jpg" height="111" width="200" /></a><b>Harvey Ball created the original smiley in 1963. The image went on to become the most recognisable symbol of goodwill and cheer on the planet</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Image courtesy of Stuart Miles at <a href="http://freedigitalphotos.net/"><span class="s1">FreeDigitalPhotos.net</span></a></span></div>
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The first Friday in every October was chosen by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Ball" target="_blank">Harvey Ball </a>to be <a href="http://worldsmileday.com/index.php/article-index/item/363-welcome-to-the-world-smile-day-website" target="_blank">World Smile Day</a>. A day when everyone should try to be like the Smiley, a symbol that transcends politics, religion and geographical location.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02830118527929390909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211605386980066724.post-85498164357589603042014-09-30T10:49:00.000+01:002014-09-30T10:49:10.282+01:00Arts, science, compassion and exercise<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Smiling is something you should do<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">And for the strangers you don’t.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Smiling is all about being brave.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Suppose they leave you standing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">With a mile on yours<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">But not a glimmer on theirs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Will you risk losing face<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">In a world that<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Puts you in your place<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Yes, the serious believe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">That those who smile<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Are the ones in need<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">How far from the truth</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16pt;">Can we be?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3;">Everyone should watch this video. Don't hurry it, allow yourself time to listen</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Australian comedian and poet Tim Minchin shares many of Mr Smile's ways to happiness</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02830118527929390909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211605386980066724.post-11407054337015125842014-08-25T18:04:00.004+01:002014-08-25T18:04:54.594+01:00A Trip to HappinessTravel is one of the ten ways to happiness. Mr Smile has been doing quite a bit of this over the Summer and that is why he hasn't found time to write his blog (he apologises for this).<br />
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Just <i>planning</i> a trip, however small, can lift your spirits even if you don't end up going.<br />
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The journey can be as much fun as reaching the destination. Take time to look out of the window on the way, even if it is dark.<br />
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<b>The Journeyman</b></div>
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The crackle on the gravel</div>
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The rolling of the stone</div>
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Footprints on the shifting sand</div>
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Where the journeyman must roam.</div>
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Wishes on the water</div>
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Mind up in the mountains</div>
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The journeyman his only need</div>
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To taste the quenching fountain</div>
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Tramps across the countryside</div>
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To travel the unknown</div>
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He trusts the earth beneath his feet</div>
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The journeyman is home</div>
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To where his heart is</div>
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He who knows much more</div>
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Whose eyes are always fixed upon</div>
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The ever open door.</div>
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And from <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/67857-why-do-you-go-away-so-that-you-can-come" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>:<br />
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<a class="leftAlignedImage" href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1654.Terry_Pratchett" style="clear: left; color: #666600; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Terry Pratchett" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1235562205p2/1654.jpg" style="border: 0px;" /></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”</span></div>
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― <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1654.Terry_Pratchett"><span class="s2">Terry Pratchett</span></a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/2889659"><span class="s2"><i>A Hat Full of Sky</i></span></a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02830118527929390909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211605386980066724.post-10842565145643907312014-06-17T10:45:00.001+01:002014-06-17T10:45:17.340+01:00Blue days and bright daysIt is perfectly normal to be blue sometimes, for the smile not to come readily to your face, to feel anti-social. But try to smile all the same and it WILL lift you a little at a time - science has even proven it!<br />
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Some children recently heard some of my book and my stories. They decided to do their own pictures of me and to write their own words. These made me SMILE, I hope they make you smile too even if it is only a little smile because you are feeling blue.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"But first they went very sad. The people are happy. It was not about money it was about being nice."</td></tr>
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The children worked very hard create these pictures and words and were very proud of them.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02830118527929390909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211605386980066724.post-48199616154015867972014-05-20T09:59:00.000+01:002014-05-20T09:59:03.567+01:00Laugh at yourselfKeep things in perspective and learn to laugh at yourself more often<br />
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<b><u><i><span style="font-size: large;">I never exaggerate, me<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></span></i></u></b></div>
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I remember one time in the garden</div>
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When me mate pushed me out of a tree</div>
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I swear it was high as a mountain</div>
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But I never exaggerate, me.</div>
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I remember one day at the seaside</div>
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A tsunami came out of the sea</div>
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Lucky that I’m good at surfin’</div>
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But I never exaggerate, me.</div>
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I remember one day at the sweetshop</div>
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They were giving out chocolates for free</div>
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I ate so much I was sick on the spot</div>
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But I never exaggerate, me.</div>
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I remember one day on the footie pitch</div>
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This tackle that took off me knee</div>
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They managed to sew it back on again</div>
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But I never exaggerate, me.</div>
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I remember one day in the playground</div>
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I found this strange looking key</div>
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Then I broke into school at the weekend</div>
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But I never exaggerate, me.</div>
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I remember one day in the classroom</div>
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I think it was quarter to three</div>
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A monster crept in and took me away</div>
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But I never exaggerate, me.</div>
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I remember one day I was out in the park</div>
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When my friend he was stung by a bee</div>
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His head swelled up to six times its size</div>
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But I never exaggerate, me. </div>
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No I never, ever, ever exaggerate</div>
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Not in a billion years, me.</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">(C) David J. Mason <a href="http://www.inspiretowrite.co.uk/book-shop/smile_1.aspx" target="_blank">"Smile"</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“I laugh at myself.<br />I don't take myself completely seriously.<br />I think that's another quality that people</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">especially at yourself.” - Madonna</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02830118527929390909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211605386980066724.post-20226239540861189142014-05-08T11:09:00.004+01:002014-05-08T11:09:24.905+01:00Sit quietly and do very littleFind some time to do very little<br />
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Perhaps read a <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/" target="_blank">book</a> - try poetry because you can dip in and out more easily<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">I was once completely lost in a book</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Honest – the story was really that good</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">They sent out a search party</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">But they couldn’t find me</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">They sent out the army and navy</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">But they couldn’t see me</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">They sent out sniffer dogs</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">But they couldn’t smell me</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">And they listened very carefully</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">But they just couldn’t hear me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">I finished the book</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">And came out of the story</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">They were so pleased</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">For now they had found me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">And why not tell us</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Where you were going?</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">But stories are like that</span></div>
<span style="color: yellow;">There’s no way of knowing.</span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: xx-small;">(C) 2013 David J. Mason </span></div>
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Or listen to some music - try classical music (you may recognise the theme in this piece)</div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...”</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">― <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17212.Marcus_Aurelius"><span class="s2">Marcus Aurelius</span></a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/31010"><span class="s2"><i>Meditations</i></span></a></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02830118527929390909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211605386980066724.post-47668659957455923372014-05-01T10:14:00.001+01:002014-05-01T10:14:29.845+01:00In times of great sadness find hopeThe wonderful British actor Bob Hoskins has died at the age of 71 - a great loss. His daughter has written a blog post <a href="http://hautehoskins.com/2014/04/30/rosa-14/#sthash.dFxqN09B.S78pvtD4.dpbs" target="_blank">"11 lessons from my Dad"</a>. It is very moving and I thought that it would be good here on my Happy Blog even though it is a sad occasion. <br />
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“Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.”</h1>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02830118527929390909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211605386980066724.post-60952943870504552182014-04-25T19:29:00.001+01:002014-04-25T19:29:21.337+01:00Money and happiness<div class="p1">
<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">A Handful of Happiness</span></u></b></div>
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World at my feet<br />
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Or resting in my lappy</div>
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Live in a mansion</div>
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With a butler chappy</div>
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But what don’t I have?</div>
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I don’t have happy.</div>
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I’ve millions myself</div>
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And a billionaire Pappy</div>
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Got a platinum bath</div>
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And a gold plate tappy</div>
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But what don’t I have?</div>
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I don’t have happy.</div>
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Dress real snappy</div>
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Folks they just love me</div>
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Life’s one long clappy</div>
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But what don’t I have?</div>
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I don’t have happy.</div>
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And now I’m getting older</div>
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I just want to swappy</div>
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I’d give up all the other apps</div>
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For a handful of happy.</div>
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And from Goodreads Quotes, a little ironic wit from both sides:<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02830118527929390909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211605386980066724.post-49480754265459623192014-04-20T08:27:00.003+01:002014-04-20T08:35:16.716+01:00Plan a holiday but don't necessarily take oneI have just taken a lovely holiday in the sunshine and feel so much better. I find that planning trips is very therapeutic even if I don't eventually take them.<br />
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We all need to help children find a way to their own happiness This is what I try to do in my book <b><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Smile-investigates-Ten-Ways-Happiness-ebook/dp/B00JBCG8N6/ref=cm_lmf_tit_12" target="_blank">"Ten Ways to Happiness"</a></b></div>
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“If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”</h1>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02830118527929390909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211605386980066724.post-25058662741833920702014-03-21T08:54:00.000+00:002014-03-21T08:54:24.356+00:00Healthy and Wealthy<div class="p1">
Healthy is what you get</div>
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From eating fresh fruit and vegetables</div>
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Pasta, rice and</div>
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Plain potatoes</div>
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Don’t spoon the sugar</div>
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Cut out the fat</div>
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Not too much caffeine</div>
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Not too much salt.</div>
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Wealthy is what you get</div>
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From eating</div>
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Everyone else’s</div>
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Helping</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02830118527929390909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211605386980066724.post-40641289165963019092014-03-18T17:24:00.000+00:002014-03-18T17:24:50.411+00:00Thanks, I’m happy<div class="p1">
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Thank-you is a thing of the past</div>
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Instead you must look</div>
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To the next on the list</div>
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This is the pointless</div>
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Pursuit of</div>
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Happiness</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">(C) 2013 David J. Mason </span></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=gratitude&commit=Search" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” ― Epicurus</span></a></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02830118527929390909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211605386980066724.post-72121598459879404452014-03-17T18:06:00.001+00:002014-03-17T18:06:49.926+00:00Live in the moment, live every second...<div class="p1">
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<i><b>- How do you do?</b></i></div>
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- It’s something innate</div>
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A will to carry on</div>
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No matter what</div>
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Through thick and thin</div>
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Rain or shine</div>
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Famine or feast</div>
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Good times and bad</div>
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<i><b>- What do you do?</b></i></div>
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- I inhale and exhale</div>
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I walk and I talk</div>
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I eat and I drink</div>
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Sleep and think</div>
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And then I excrete</div>
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It makes life complete.</div>
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<i><b>- Yes, yes but what do you do?</b></i></div>
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<i><b>What’s your profession?</b></i></div>
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- Avoiding the day of my life’s cessation</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(C) David J. Mason 1997 from "Get a Life" ISBN 0 9521326 3 X</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02830118527929390909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211605386980066724.post-12549273159236664652014-03-14T09:29:00.004+00:002014-03-14T09:29:51.994+00:00Make time just to sit and listen to music<h3>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Soul Music</span></b></div>
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The rhythm of the world</div>
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Is not the rhythm of the soul</div>
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The rhythm of the world is bang a-bang a-bang!</div>
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The soul’s just likes to flow.</div>
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The music of the world</div>
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Is not the music of the soul</div>
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The music of the world is very, very fast</div>
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The soul says slow man, slow.</div>
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The sound of the world</div>
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Is not the sound of the soul</div>
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The sound of the world is loud man, loud</div>
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The soul is sweet and low.</div>
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The words of the world</div>
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Are not the words of the soul</div>
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The words of the world say go man, go!</div>
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The soul’s say whoa man, whoa.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/quotes" target="_blank">“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” ― Plato</a></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02830118527929390909noreply@blogger.com0Cheshire, UK53.232634399999988 -2.61031570000000152.624075899999987 -3.9012092000000012 53.841192899999989 -1.3194222000000011tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211605386980066724.post-1032554789610049362014-03-11T08:17:00.001+00:002014-03-11T08:19:06.309+00:00BE HAPPY... Connect with your inner child<div class="p1">
<b><u>When I grow down</u></b></div>
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When I grow down</div>
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I want to be</div>
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More of a seedling</div>
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And less of a tree</div>
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Or at least</div>
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Find the seedling</div>
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Inside of me</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(C) 2011 David J. Mason taken from the children's collection "<a href="http://www.inspiretowrite.co.uk/book-shop/smile.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;"><b>Smile</b></span></a>"</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02830118527929390909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211605386980066724.post-51274424486759467162014-03-10T09:05:00.001+00:002014-03-10T09:05:56.970+00:00(W)Hole in the Heart<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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<b>Hole in the Heart</b></div>
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There’s a hole in my heart</div>
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And I know it needs filling</div>
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With the spirit of life</div>
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And the spirit is willing.</div>
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There’s a whole in our hearts</div>
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And it is overflowing</div>
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With the spirit of life</div>
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And the spirit is growing.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02830118527929390909noreply@blogger.com0Cheshire, UK53.232634399999988 -2.61031570000000152.624075899999987 -3.9012092000000012 53.841192899999989 -1.3194222000000011tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211605386980066724.post-38138622445838518642014-03-06T17:20:00.002+00:002014-03-06T17:20:48.708+00:00Welcome to my blogHello I'm Mr Smile<br />
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I was born with a smile on my face - in fact it IS my face!<br />
I like to bring happiness to the world.<br />
I shall post lots of happy things to help you smile through your day.<br />
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