Etiquette of Laughter

Laughter? Let’s talk about the “Etiquette of laughter.” Is there such a thing as etiquette when it comes to laughter? Do we need a written prescription to take to the pharmacy to get our laugher? Do we need insurance to pay for laughter? Maybe Laughter should be written in the new health care bill?

Norman Cousins wrote in his book, Anatomy of an Illness, “When you laugh, endorphins, the body’s natural pain-killers, are released.”

The Word of God records the words of a wise man, “A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.” Proverbs 15:13, 15

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A Blessings from a student

Dear Ms. Henry and Ms. Murray,

It feels as if it were only yesterday that I was in your music class as a third grader at Bonnie Brae playing the recorder! Now, ten years later, after the hundreds of students that have passed through your classrooms, I can only hope that you both can remember me. My name is Karen Cueva and I am a violinist who is currently in my freshman year of college at The Juilliard School. Although many years have passed, the countless memories I hold from your classes are quite vivid for me: from listening to Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition on a TV, to performing Bonnie Brae’s famous “Reindeer Rap” for parents, to being Rev. Squeak in a third grade production of Huckleberry Finn, I say without reservation that many of my happiest moments from Bonnie Brae were from your tutelage.
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Trumpeting Faith

Dictionary:
trumpet-verb; “… trumpeted their success: proclaim, announce, declare, herald, celebrate, shout from the rooftops.”
Faith-noun;“… complete trust or confidence in someone or something – strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof.- a system of religious belief : the Christian faith.

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Knowing LOVE

Let’s study The purpose of The Daily Lily’s website and renew our commitment to God by ‘Serving Others with love.” We will break our study down in three sections. This series, Love, “Serving Others with Love.”

“There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” John 15:13 (NLT) And, vs. 12, gives the commandment, “This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.”
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