Be sure to bookmark this one. Anytime your feeling a bit bad, out of sorts, down, or sad give it a watch. It’s bound to raise your spirits.

Be sure to share it liberally with others too. We could all use a little more happiness in our worlds couldn’t we?

Enjoy!…

Kids get it. Life is not a dress rehearsal. It is meant to be tasted and enjoyed. It should be crammed full of fun and laughter. Somewhere along the way life starts to wear us down and we begin to forget that. That’s when a little reminder is in order.

Here are a couple  joy-filled photos of some of my awesome nieces and nephews to help us remember.

Now admit it. They made me smile didn’t they?

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Smile and the world smiles with you. Laugh and the world laughs with you. Get happy and the world gets happy with you. Right? I said RIGHT?

Barbara and Judy get happy…

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I am sure this list has made it’s way around the good old interwebs 100′s of times since it was written. But I  have never seen a better list of  “life lessons” before and I think it is worth posting them here again.

If we could learn to follow even just half of them we would be so far ahead of the game.

Night before last I dreamed about maps. Most of the detail is lost now, but the whole dream was about directions and maps and needing to find my way somewhere. Seems like one of those dreams that is kind of easy to interpret, yet I thought about it a lot yesterday.

Little thanks, long way. Photo: Henkster

Hey all you boss and manager types. Times are tough all around right now; even for those who have jobs. Don’t forget to say thank you and show a little appreciation for your employees. I realize that with all the things you have to worry about right now this one is probably not at the top of your list. But it should be.

If you can swing it why not bring in bagels one morning, or give people a surprise afternoon off?  Even a no-cost sincere “thank you, great job” is more than enough to brighten a day and skyrocket morale.

People need to hear some good thoughts right now. And you will be rewarded ten-fold with a happy productive and loyal employee; an invaluable asset as our workforce shrinks and our workloads double.

Go give it a try right now and see how easy, not to mention rewarding, it is. Go, do it.