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Sharing A Laughter Break September 8, 2012 – Posted by denisemj

It was a rainy day and I noticed that the lady coming into the senior center had holes in both shoes. Her toes were sticking through the shoes!

It wasn’t really time for a break but I decided to take one so I could chat with this lady.

She told me that she does have other shoes but they are not as comfortable as the old ones. She also told me she was going blind and could barely see, and that she has a friend who took her in and helps care for her. Her children live in other states and can’t afford to visit.

She started sharing some jokes and we both laughed. Laughter is good for the soul!

When it was time for lunch, she said, "Thank You for taking the time to sit with me and listen to my jokes!"

We all need someone, sometimes, to just sit and listen and let us know we are important.

That was the best break I have taken in a long time!

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Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

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“Let’s take a look at my life before contentedness: I was addicted to junk food and fast food, and overweight and unhealthy. I bought too many things on impulse, owned too much clutter, and was deeply in debt and struggling to make it to the next payday. I was unhappy with who I was, wanted desperately to change, tried a thousand different programs and books. I was always changing the way I did things, because it seemed everyone else had a better system or tools. I strove to meet goals, because they would get me to a better life. And as I learned to be content, here was what changed…” Leo Babauta of Zen Habits shares more. { read more }