It must hurt some people to smile for they do it so rarely.
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Some people just don’t understand what a smile does for them and for others. Guess they prefer looking like their shoes are always too tight.
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I agree completely!
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Your quip made me smile! If there’s ever been a time when we all need to share our smiles with others, even beneath our masks, now would be the time. It’s such a small thing to do with such big results.
Ginger 😋 🤗 😀 😉 😛 😍 😜 😃 😊
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I need a world with smiles. They are highly contagious, fortunately.
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When quite young, I recall studying people’s faces on the underground trains to and from work, and wondering just how many were really suffering…Had the woman with the fixed, downcast mouth been bereaved/lost her handbag/just been ‘ditched?’/ the man with the perpetual frown, suffered from gout, piles or some-such, painful illness? Etcetera…Most of the genuinely suffering people I’ve come across,, smile far more than imagined! xx
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I love to people watch! It is the individuals with attitude that are the most compelling.
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The sad thing is with Rona and the elections smiles are few and far between here. I want you to know that for some reason I can’t share your posts on Twitter. The “share ” button won’t open. I’ll keep trying.
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We need a reason to smile again. Good luck with Twitter.
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I think it is a Safari problem. It’s not letting me open any of the buttons that are named “share.”
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Try smiling as you repeatedly hit the greyed button. Then after the 5th try pour 3 fingers and pause Don Quixote.
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Good idea, John
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I’m in!
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Yes – I’ve never understood scowling people. A smile is free and makes others feel better. 😀
I know it’s a little tricky these days with everyone wearing masks – but I got round that by making my mask have a large smile like the Joker! – It’s just how the pattern in the material came out, but I like it! 🙂
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A really good smile is reflected in the eyes!
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That’s true! 😀
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Smile so big like it is holding on your ears to keep them from drifting away…
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Oh, I like that!
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I know that laughing makes you feel healthier, so it would only stand to reason that smiling keeps you there.
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Every laugh should begin and finish with a smile.
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I agree
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I found mine but a bit tattered though…it was in my other pocket, the one I keep my bills in, my dirty handkerchief, a note of rejection from her, the tears on a tissue, the receipt from my car impoundment, and last but not least, the empty chocolate wrapper. I wonder if I put a couple of full ones in there would it change my smile…just thinking about it seems to give a little tug at the corners of my mouth 😂 🤣
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Tattered still works! And chocolate . . .
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Maybe they’re afraid of losing their soul….🧐
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Maybe they already have . . .
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How true, Pam. Sadly, they are only hurting themselves!!
I find a smile(my own)makes me happy!!!
Peace, love and every Blessing for a healthy and happy
Christmas time and of course for the coming year.
Jill
~ Jill ~
“Peace begins with a Smile”
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Me too Jill!
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Some may have forgotten to smile. Others may not smile for others. Agree…it is as if they do smile, they will asassinated haha! Hence the saying, “will it kill you to smile”
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hahaha. I like that!
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😃😃😃Smiling for you with my smileys
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Afraid their face will crack.
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hahaha. I would pay to see that!
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