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Watermelon

4/6/2014

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My friend teaches elementary school, and she's in a tough district with tough students. One of her kids is completely spastic and cannot sit still for the life of him.  So what she does when she wants him to sit still is she goes up to him, looks him straight in the eye, and says, "watermelon."  Then like some magic spell that has come over him, he is still with his hands together and the face of an angel.

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Dancing--A Certain Step to Falling In Love

5/4/2013

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"We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once."--Friederich Nietzsche
Jane Austen wrote in Pride and Prejudice, “To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.”  I’ve always believed this to be true, because dancing is freedom, it’s expression.  It’s a natural high, and when we’re happy we love more. ​

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