would you smile evn if life was not smiling at you? why?

India
August 7, 2007 11:05pm CST
times. one never knows when one is struck by the wisdoms of life and the first thing that happens before one is ready to be really wise is 'lessons'. when this happens we call it the down phase of life. would you smile. why ?
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@rinaaus (1201)
• Australia
8 Aug 07
Yes i do, I love life even Life doesn't love me. But I'm lucky that Life love me .. heheheh Nothing to be worry, because everything is temporary! So be happy as much as you can, it will make your life is more meanful with joy and bliss.
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• India
8 Aug 07
wise. thats wise. smile ,smile and smile lots. happiness in you adds to the surrounding. happy today, happy tomorow and the whole week, month, year, life, heaven, nearness to GOD. pray for me too. apple.
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• Algeria
14 Aug 07
There is a smile deep in my heart thriving to burst out. But I fear of an ocean of tears at the end. I know I need to mature enough to cling to the 'wisdoms of life' and then to face the inevitable 'down phase'.
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• India
14 Aug 07
dont think like that sweet lisa. life is a treassure collecting plane and we are here to do our best, the rest is in GOD'S will and the promise of GOD for a wonderful ever life is TRUE. just don't allow your self to be put down in whatever smart way you can, pray always for GOD's grace and this life will be a garen of treasures for you i pray. breathe, pray and play. always by your side if you need me, ronnie.
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• India
15 Aug 07
heyyyyyyyyyyyy. make that smile wider please. you like perfumes, wear them. feel good in all the ways you want to, ronnie.
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• Algeria
14 Aug 07
I'm making myself better day by day. Need a hand to hold on and you strectched yours. Thanks, Ronnie for your smile of concern.
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• Hong Kong
19 Aug 07
Yes I would! I remember when my dad was in hospital, I would still try to joke around and smile even I was totally under stress. I think smiling just make life easier at certain time. For the up side and down side of life, there are still things to learn and appreciate. With my dad in the hospital, I realize how things were taken for granted when they shouldn't be! I am glad he is fine now and I guess that lovely smile work magic on the people around us too!
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• Hong Kong
19 Aug 07
Oh my god! You are the second person to tell me I should be in the PR field! I don't get it *laughs*, I haven't really considered that before but maybe I should really consider that now *smiles*. Thanks for your blessing! He is fine now and I am enjoying life more than ever! Same to you too!
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• India
19 Aug 07
bless you. you seem to be a very practicle person. be that way its grreat. i think you cn do a great pr job which is wonderful as you define your personality. i hope your dad is in great health and you in your great smiles. best of the best always, apple. keep it up.
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• India
19 Aug 07
all the bestttttttttttttttttt. have a wonderful wonderful time. lots of love, apple.
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@beauty_ph (2749)
• Philippines
19 Aug 07
Life is a gift for me. That is why I always smile knowing that I have a life worth smiling for. I thank the Lord for giving me life up to this very moment. And I want to let others know that even though I am not as healthy and wealthy as others, I still smile for the gift of life. While I can still breath, I'd like to let the world know that God's love for us is everlasting. It would never change no matter how we belief in Him or not. He is a great God. God is of love. Knowing all this, why can't we smile? God bless!
@beauty_ph (2749)
• Philippines
19 Aug 07
Thanks for appreciating and tagging my response as the best. I think you realize what my heart says and its what your heart longs to tell others too. Let's smile for the gift of LIFE. God bless!
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• India
19 Aug 07
your post was amazing. life is an amazing gift og GOD you are absolutely 100% right. and wealth is not really something that can make you soulfully happy, or else millioners wouldnt be jumping off their homes. GOD bless evry one, the wealthy, the poor, the in betweens and every one. you were just amazing in your para. GOD bless us too, love always, apple.
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• India
19 Aug 07
you are absolutely right super star. you have crossed a lot of shores just a few more. for guys like us , we would be only satisfied with heaven .lol. all my love, this silly apple.
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@rangics (1334)
• Philippines
19 Aug 07
I always look on the brighter side pal. Things are not always as bad as we think it is. Everything has it's own reasons why it happened. Cheer up! Life is beautiful you know! ;)
@rangics (1334)
• Philippines
19 Aug 07
Godbless you too. ;)
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• India
19 Aug 07
my eyes down . apple.
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• India
19 Aug 07
thanks. you are right every thing has a reason. somehow these words elated me. GOD bless you, prayers, apple.
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• China
30 Aug 07
As for me,I will smile even if life wasn't smile at me,because I think that even life wasn't smile at me ,and give me a lesson,I also regard this as a smile,because life want me to learn something from it,this is a good chance for me to learn ,This is a way that we learn from life.it is also a treasure .and a good way for us to improve ourselves,strengthen our ability to encounter risks,review ourselves.Also just all these difficulties that combine a successful life.so why not smile at it?
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• China
1 Sep 07
Thank you, my lovable friend....I am sure you can !believe that nothing is impossible,Nothing would really over until the moment you stop trying.. You are bound to succeed ! All my best wish for you....a lot of smiles!.....
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• India
1 Sep 07
you make me very happy. i can only say come here molly. smiles, apple.
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• India
1 Sep 07
wise girl, you are nice. keep the spirit going and soon i might have to look for you and ask you a lot of things that will help me. i am happy to read the things you write and they make me feel strong too. i learn from your sweet strength and your amazing ambition. i pray for you to conquer the highest mountains with love and serenity and spread the light of your wise soul wherevr you go. may the good world be yours. love, apple.
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@SONALIKA (573)
• India
28 Aug 07
I feel laugh is momentary but smile is always there to stay.and yes i do smile even when life is not smiling at me because smile is an infectious thing so if life doesn't smile, i will give it a smile and for sure it would smile back(infection is bound to be caught by it, you see). jokes apart(though this is my way to look at things)humans are in habit to gain wisdom only after they have gone through some bad expereince as they learn from it.if they learn,they overcome it and become wise.and if they hang with it,they enter hells of depression within this world.so my sugesstion would be to tease problem by smiling back and it would run away.
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• India
30 Aug 07
thankyou for the wonderful post, you are really right about humans are in habit to gain wisdom only after thay have gone through some bad experiences and they do learn from them if they are sensible and over come the the tough spots of life. it is wonderful to know that when a person smiles some how one is uplifted even if one is just tring to smile. thanks so much, keep that smile going and pass it on. thanks gor your beautiful comment. i mean it. apple.
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@RobinJ (2501)
• Canada
28 Aug 07
Life is nothing but one big lesson, and we keep repeating our mistakes until we get it right.As for me smiling, yes I do because a smile will put you in a winning situation far faster than a frown or negative expression, the same as your mind, if you walk around with a can"t do mind set, you will be absolutely right, you will never be able to do it. I believe I have an open mind willing to try and learn, I may find 27 wrong ways of doing somethings but I will also know one right way. Life is all about making decisions, and to not make a decision is in fact actually making one.
@RobinJ (2501)
• Canada
30 Aug 07
Hi Apple, thank you for the complement, I did notice you said something about a straight path, Please do not consider life a straight and narrow path. Life is a journey,of endless incredible wonders, and we will only find and discover theses wonders if we take side trips, stray into areas of new interests. Share our time and journey for a moment or life time,because life is not the journey, but rather the journey is life, If we travel with a light heart, a joyful mind, and a bit of childlike excitement and enchantment, we will not carry the burdens that cause us to become soul sick. Yes we will see and experience sorrowful things,but if we do not know sorrow we would never recognize joy or bliss. Take the lesson and forget the experience. I have been on this road for 64 years, and have but seen and gone a short distance, I am grateful for every day I wake up and thankful that I may rest at night. but it was not always like that. again lessons to be learned.
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• India
1 Sep 07
thankyou deeply for sharing. hmmm, what an i say but you are thoughtful in a good good way, very sharing, sweet like an innocent flower at heart and very caring. my fond regards to you and i am happy to read about your fruitful thoughts. happiness always, little apple.
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• India
30 Aug 07
dearest robin, these words are a gift to me from you and the reason why i am responding late is because i kept on thinking about what you said and have inculcated it in my thought pattern for good. i have also saved what you have written to me to read it over as many times, it is like my classwork copy book note. thankyou. i wish to learn a lot from you to make me walk straight on the path of life. see you, whenever. an ok apple.
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@mycharm88 (2288)
• Philippines
31 Aug 07
Hi there apple!!! I love this post, i had fun reading the responses and it did made me smile... I too love to smile, most of the people i know say that i am a clown.. I love making people smile and i do have lots of friends. About your question, most clowns (i mean peple like me) are the ones who are hurtng inside the most, i'm not sure if it's true because in my case i believe that everyone have different crosses to bear in life. I do have mine but i put my trust in His love for me. I do smile a lot, because people say i'm a happy person but sometimes when things are unbearable and that i couldn't smile anymore,i would hide myself in a place where i could be alone and just talk to God. This does give me peace... God bless you friend, i know you have been through the toughest times of life and i admire you for having conquered it all..tc
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• India
1 Sep 07
hi charm. you are beautiful and you can make a tousand people smile at once thats your greatness. a heart is a heart, a rose is a rose, a smile is a smile, i give you my apple cart, i leave my stage and and give you the show, i seek the wonders of life and joy and wish for you smiles wider than the nile. may your heart be filled with the beauties of the most magnificent wonders of both worlds. apple.
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@3lilangels (4639)
• United States
17 Aug 07
yes,i always smile no matter what im feeling.god loves me and gives me a great life and reasons to smile.remember the power of a smile,power of a grin,the feelin you get within,from the smallest little ones,to the oldest of us all,the power of a smile and a power of grin always starts from happiness with in.
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• India
17 Aug 07
thats amazing. May GOD showerHIS choicest blessings on you and your loved ones always. apple.
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@wotfpatty (2065)
• United States
19 Aug 07
To be honest, life hasn't liked me very much since I was born but I never stop smiling because I have what I need. I have my kids, my husband, what's left of my family, and my health. I have life and I have love. I believe in God and I believe that, even though things seem SO tough for me, there are MANY out there who have it tougher. I smile because I love the small things in life - a funny joke, a flower picked for me, a nap on a rainy day, my dog cuddling me, an email from an old friend. I don't need much to smile. And when things are really a mess, I still try to see the good in it all. Usually, if you look hard enough, there really is a silver lining. Having said that, I am NOT an optimist (I don't think). I just don't believe in wallowing in pity when others around me have so many more burdens than I do.
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• India
19 Aug 07
that was like a chat sitting over coffee in a cafe. i appericiate you telling me that for it makes me feel trusted somehow, thankyou. you know there is this thing said, that those who GOD loves HE uts them to tests because this life is limited and the life to come will be full of joys beyond our epections. i really believe in that. i too have struggled a lot rom the a ge of 16 when i left my home town calcutta to go to bombay in serch of an acting career but was too young and ever excited, like you said you are too. i must have changed about 25 places to live an ok existance, and have also been through times when i didnt have a place to stay, i m not cribbing just sharing. lost love, money, friends, family, now too i am going through some major stuff in life. though i am not as brave as you but know that smiles is a persons ' best friend. i am happy you hve a hubby, hope he loves you very much, because you deserve that, your kids i am sure are your life, may GOD bless them and you with the bestest ever. as you said a hug from your dog, i love that.a nap on a rainy day that sound soo cute and peaceful. you are a positive gal, i can say that from your sweet face, i mean it. anyways, here's hoping that we will have the very best very soon, keep me in your prayers, you are in mine, lots of love and warmth for you patty, always, apple.
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• India
8 Aug 07
yes i'll smile.because i donot want my emations to lead me.i'll lead my emotions.if u take a tough situation with a cold mind u can easily get a way through out.your strongness proof how you can control your emotions and this will help u to smile even when life is not smiling at you.so keep smilling............
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• India
8 Aug 07
theek bchem basu babu, ia to jeebon. life is a mixed bag and we all should know that hope is the thing that keeps us awake. once we have hope we can go on and on, theis a vital source of life. love, aple.
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• Philippines
28 Aug 07
The gift of life is enough of a reason to smile. Waking up each day is such a wonderful experience and a wonderful gift that we should be thankful to God. No matter how difficult and how downful the situation is just a thought that i am still breathing makes me smile. And that God has not really abondoned me.
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@claire03 (1443)
• United States
30 Aug 07
yes, i will still smile even if life is not doin that great because when you smile you brighten other people's day. I am a happy person and i like to smile most of the time, smiling makes you young too. hehehehe.. so take sometime to smile everyday apple! :)
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• India
30 Aug 07
i wish you happiness always and want you to keep smiling and smiling till lt looks like a smiley, just kidding, you have a better smile than a smiley. keep it up , all the best, apple.
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@cdparazo (5765)
• Philippines
26 Aug 07
Yes and it is actually a matter of perspective. Life is always smiling, we just have open our eyes and really look at it. Sometimes we are so blinded by self pity and by the problems that we encounter that we just don't see the reason or the lessons behind them. Things happen for a reason and in God's immense wisdom, we just have to learn to trust in Him and with that in mind, we would always smile no matter what is happening in our lives.
• India
26 Aug 07
there is so much clarity in what you say and openness of thought and recieving from GOD ALMIGHTY as if ther is nothing standing between GOD and you. clear wind, large expanse of beautiful land and mountains, birds in the sky and so much more. GOD is kind. i will leave it there sometimes too many words can spoil the goodness of what really exists. pray for me, apple. thankyou.
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@no_chao (548)
• Philippines
19 Aug 07
why noy!!??? smile dont cost a thing anyways!!... and i believe it lessen the pain we have inside!!!!... instead of crying, that would make you so ugly!!! id rather smile the whole wide world and tell to its very face that "im still alive, is that all he got!!??"lol.... it isn't the end of the world!!!.... it was just a piece of life.... there are still things that happened next.... i must prepare my self to the big one!!! ^_^
• India
19 Aug 07
you seem like a person who can stand up to a storm with your boxing gloves,lol. i like that, thats good. get up and show it to the world that you can. your word is "i can", and i ma sure you can do a lot of mazing things with your will. and also, i liked what you said about what happens next, thats really good. keep up that strength. smiles unlimited to you, apple.
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@sissy15 (12290)
• United States
26 Aug 07
I smile a lot, life is too short to be sad all the time. You can't control what happens, but you can control how you feel. Being sad really doesn't help. So you might as well smile and be happy. Eventually the bad will go away, and you'll be happy again anyway. I just live life one day at a time, and try not to worry about tomorrow, and live today with a smile on my face.
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• India
27 Aug 07
really sweet and nice, you have a very positive attitude and you are very comforting too. and ou are right about not to be sad all the time. the bad day does go away and the sun shines brighter the next day, i say you are very positive and am happy to have you as a cool pal. all the smiles, apple.
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@thefortunes (2367)
• Netherlands
18 Sep 07
Ilove to smile Apple, and especially to people i don't know. When walking to the shop and i see people on the street and smile to them they always return my smile, and I feel great with it, while knowing that the person that just smiled back to me might not have an other smile given to them this day :) It can make someone feel less alone at times, or feeling a bit of happiness even if for a second. Whatever the reason I love doing it and will keep doing it until I can :) TheFortunes
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• Netherlands
18 Sep 07
Thanks Apple dear, you are always so sweet and kind, and such a nice delicious personality you have :) You have a lovely smile yourself, and you should find a sweet and beautiful girl (if you haven't one as yet of course) and share your goodness with :) Bless you dear friend! TheFortunes
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• India
18 Sep 07
may you always smile in your heart, soul and thinking. freshness always, GOD BLESS us and give us soooooo much love. so that we can keep adding them and multiplying them. always.
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• India
24 Sep 07
thankyou so much for your kind wishes, i mean it, smiles, apple. :
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@UNPINOY (361)
• Philippines
20 Sep 07
One good reason to SMILE a lot, whatever the situation may be, is to keep yourself young. Everyone wants to stay young and dynamic. The secret to youth is you simply got to SMILE a lot, LAUGH a lot. Everything passes, the important thing is you come out of the situations, still as fresh and new, and full of vitality. Enjoy your journey through life. Keep things simple.........
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• India
24 Sep 07
yes you are absolutely right, the way to make things goin is to smileee. thanks so much buddy. smiles, apple.
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@UNPINOY (361)
• Philippines
25 Sep 07
always a pleasure great buddy....smiles!
@izathewzia (5134)
• Philippines
22 Sep 07
I will but not at all times. It depends on how my life is going. If I can still manage to smile, I will. But I myself can no longer smile, even the world smiles at me, still I won't smile at all. I am a very emotional person. Very transparent with my emotions. So, smile is one of my weapon in showing how I really feels.
• India
25 Sep 07
hmm, you sure are an emotional person i feel and very real too. i guess a lot of people might want to prove you wrong but you seem to be one strong and real person who knows your thoughts and know that you are right when you are. please always be that way and know that the real smiles are the ones that blossom in the heart and i know you have plenty pf those kinds of smiles. i am smiling for you. : apple.
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