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LIVE – Like Heaven on Earth
LOVE – Like You Have Never Been Hurt
LAUGH – Like No One Is Listening
SING – As If No One Can Hear
DANCE – As If No One Is Watching
DREAM – Like There Are No Impossibilities
PLAY – Like There Are No Winners
GIVE – Like You Have Plenty
SMILE – Till Your Face Hurts
CHERISH – Your Family and Friends Everyday
    
I always smile when I read the list above. It’s posted in a little barbecue restaurant up the street from us where we live in South Carolina. The Bar-B-Cue House is not a fancy or large restaurant, but it has good food—Southern favorites like pork ribs, beef brisket and chicken along with sides of red slaw, okra, green beans, and collards. I always leave satisfied and in good spirits when I eat there. 
    
The cooking crew at The Bar-B-Cue House is fun to watch. Often, they sing, laugh and joke with one another and with their customers. You don’t find this much in today’s workplace. I appreciate their positive energy and spirit. As you look around, there are posters and artwork with positive and upbeat messages on the walls—like the list above. I think it reflects positive qualities of the owner, management, and staff they hire.

During this time of Lent, I will work to be more positive and thankful and share this happiness with others.

Prayer:  
Dear Lord, we pray to allow ourselves to be more positive and uplifting to ourselves and to others during this time of Lent and always.  Amen

Dean Rasmussen

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