I haven't seen the movie Pay it Forward but I know the plot. A boy does good deeds for three people and they have to do good deeds for three other people as a payment. So I tried to pass on a spirit of joy on Thursday. When I was coming back from work on the bike path I decided to smile at everyone I passed. The first 10 people I got 9 smiles back. Not too shabby of a percentage. (But then some lady honked her horn at me and permanentely ruined the smile experiment). The only reason I had the idea to pass on a smile is because the first guy I cross paths with was grinning ear to ear at me. So pass on a smile today....
I also swallowed a bug on my ride back. It reminded me of the childrens book/song "There was an Old Lady who swallowed a Fly." As good ol Wikipedia summarizes, "The song tells the story of an old woman who swallowed increasingly large animals, each to catch the previously swallowed animal." I remember reading this book in second grade, in Mrs. Fregies class. Now looking back I'm wondering, "Who thought this up?" It is a bizzare and twisted childrens book/song. They should start putting parental ratings on childrens books as well as video games. ( Heavy sarcasm for those thinking I'm serious)
Also my bro and his wife got a new blog. Check it out!
3 comments:
did you hear about brett favre? He loves that "there was an old lady" song. Also...rumor has it he doesn't smile...ever. And I heard that he will, in fact, read your brother's new blog.
Just thought you'd like the update.
peace,
- Rick
The old woman who swallowed a fly was one of my favourite songs as a kid. I'm always on the hunt for great children's books and have recently discovered Bayard and their series of StoryBoxBooks, AdventureBoxBooks and DiscoveryBoxBooks (which is a special Olympic edition) They have work by acclaimed children's books illustrator Helen Oxenbury appearing in the Storybox series for September. In addition to this, they also have some great activities for rainy days: http://www.storyboxbooks.com/potatoprinting.php, http://www.adventureboxbooks.com/macaroni-picture-frames.php, http://www.discoveryboxbooks.com/skittles.php Enjoy!
I once swallowed a bug...but then again, that was on purpose...
I like the smile idea...
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