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PODCAST -- Belief in a smile

Submitted by ggevalt on February 7, 2008 - 14:58.
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You can now upload podcasts to this site. For more info see "podcasts" under READ. This audio essay, patterned after the National Public Radio feature "This I believe ..." was done by Erica Russom a freshman at Milton High School. To read along, click "read more" and then click the arrow button above.

It’s true… life is short. There’s no avoiding it. But we shouldn’t count our years in days, but in smiles. We should all find some way to laugh every day because it truly is the best medicine. It might not be able to heal cuts or bruises, but it can heal something else that no pharmacy can, the healing of the heart. And if you think about it, isn’t that really everything you need to make you feel better? We all need happiness that will always be there. Because true happiness won’t burn away in a fire or eventually turn to dust.

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