What's  in a   good soup? Love, laughter,  good friends!

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1. "Force yourself to smile and you’ll soon stop frowning."

Try this exercise.

A. Smile

B. Don’t smile

C. Smile

D. Don’t smile

E. Smile

F. Don’t smile

G. Repeat the above until you are cheerful.

How to Make Yourself Happier

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The World of Mocha Latte
Terri Camp

Upon entering the Mocha Latte World all my senses become aroused. The aroma is intoxicating.

Mocha Latte World with my sisiter

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Each day is a new day
By: Abraham J. Twerski, M.D.

There is probably nothing as destructive to a marriage, or for that matter, to all family relationships, as allowing oneself to become bored with other family members. People who are thrill- seekers and who find their relationship to have become routine may think that another relationship will provide the excitement they seek.

I don't like to inject a note of sadness, but sometimes we do not value something unless we realize we may lose it. Each day we have our parents, spouse, siblings, and children should be a new day. They are a gift to us today.

I had a wonderful relationship with my older brother, but we lived miles apart and would meet only at family gatherings. We would then go over old times and laugh together about things that happened years ago. We would remind each other about the people we knew in our childhood. It was great fun.

I no longer have my older brother. I can remember the events and the people, but the fun is gone. There is no one with whom I can share these memories. In a world with several billion people, there is not a single human being who can remember the things my brother and I were able to share. I regret that we only met two or three times a year. One aspect of my life has become lonely. This particular loneliness can never be remedied.

Everyone in the family is one of a kind. No one is replaceable. On many of the packaged foods we buy, the ingredients may include, "xxx added to maintain freshness." We should add such "chemicals" to our relationships.

People may become bored with me only if I am the same person today that I was yesterday. If there is something new about me, I will be "fresh" to them. If we make it our business to grow in some way each day, we are likely to maintain our freshness. In "Growing Each Day" I suggested ways in which we can enhance our spirituality each day.

We may become more interesting not only to others, but to ourselves as well. 

Abraham J. Twerski, M.D. is a psychiatrist and ordained rabbi. He is the founder of the Gateway Rehabilitation Center in Pittsburgh, a leading center for addiction treatment. An Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, he is a prolific author, with some 30 books to his credit, including It's Not as Tough at Home as You Think, from which this was excerpted. 

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Where are You?
 © 2003
 Julie Jordan Scott 
 
Surrounded by cars in the midst of Saturday afternoon traffic, I glanced at my brother John.  I was in the midst of a  quandary.

Traffic was heavy on the Southern Orange County freeways on
this beach friendly Saturday afternoon so I opted to drive on
roads that were unfamiliar to me believing it would save me both time and frustration.
 
I knew basically which direction to take to get to the destination in question, I just wasn't clear on this particular point on the map. John most likely wouldn't be much help, or so I thought.
 
Where are you?

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