12/1/2009 2:52 PMLaura Moliter wrote:
Thanks so much, Mindy and Roland! I know this activity and the spirit behind it blesses your community, and beyond. Selfless acts of lovingkindness, inspired giving, and support are truly not so selfless. We are also benefitted by doing good from the heart. Our hearts are touched as well. We discover things we might not have imagined, and find out often that we are more the receivers than the givers after all. Each individual, even those that may appear less than perfect in behavior or anything else, has in him a good soul ready to be expressed and experienced. We can reveal that radiance in others so easily, by a kindness, a smile, and a respect of them. We always gain in such giving. Thanks, again, Mindy and Roland, and let the Thanksgiving spirit keep us singing all year long! Reply to this
4/12/2009 10:45 AMRed wrote:
Mindy what a great website! I will tell you what made me smile most recently: meeting you!
10/12/2007 10:04 PM
khalid wrote:
good and great one ilove this one more : Smiles are like stars bringing light to darkness. Imagine our universe, its millions of galaxies, each shining with millions of smile-light. Reply to this
10/6/2007 3:06 PMLaura Moliter wrote:
This comment is right on! Mindy's the genuine article, a healing presence in the world, with a heart of gold, and pure intentions. She's a real blessing, and I commend her for all the good she has done and will continue to do. Reply to this
9/5/2007 11:36 PM
dustin wrote:
A smile is what gets me through each day. Memories of true pure happiness, joys of present, and dreams of the future to come light up my days. If only the world could see life as I do. To the Princess of Wow: Congrats on your big day and may all your hopes dreams come true! Reply to this
8/6/2007 11:59 AMChris Twomey wrote:
Hi Mindy, I just wanted to thank you for the great interview yesterday! I enjoyed discussing our art exhibition "BROADTHINKING Inaugural" which opened in Kingston on Sat. at Silent Space gallery and how the big picture ideas present in the art in the show relate to your "Smile Revolution" concept. I am sure that our efforts will encourage more people to join the movement to contribute concepts for a viable future - through art, science, environmental, social, and astronomical means - to smile is to have hope ~ Thank you again, Chris Twomey Reply to this
6/22/2007 8:32 PMH Suzanne Rappel wrote:
Dear Mindy God works in the most bizarre and creative ways to lead me daily away from the fear and towards the Joy. Finding your site today was one of them. On May 1st, I left a 27 year marriage. Ten years ago as a result of my husband's unconscious terror in not wanting to work on and heal the severe abuse he suffered as a child, he doomed himself to repeating in our marriage the very same. As a result, the last 10 years turned so abusive, that I now have post traumatic stress disorder. On my 50th birthday, which was April 30th, I decided that there was no time left to spend in this quagmire of the heart. I drove up from Shohola, Pa and rented a 1 BR carriage house in the hopes that once the mud settled I could find a 2-3 bedroom furnished home close to town here , get whichever of my children who wanted to come with me and try to start over. Five out of seven days are usually positive and hopeful, but the other two, one of which is today, are like sinking in quicksand. I work as a psychiatric nurse at the Mid Hudson Forensic Psychiatric Center by Middletown with patients who have comitted horrific crimes as a result of their mental illness. I have faced many of my own fears just by showing up for work there. If you ever told me that I would be working at such a place even five years ago, I would have told you that you were very delusional. But I pray in my car for the long ride down, that the God of my understanding continues to place light in my heart, mind and soul as St. Francis asked when he prayed to understand rather to be understood. I try as much as I can to give respect, compassion and kindness in the atmosphere of my ward and I have much gratitude when I turn the key in the lock at 11pm and leave the prison that they cannot and drive 'home' to Woodstock. Today was my one day off this week and I am feeling so mentally weary and exhausted because I still have not found a rental. I wanted to be out of this too small one by June 30th, because I don't have the money to waste on another month here. Three of my children have joined me and this place is way too small. We have moved so much in the last 5 years, that to say my heart yearns for a 'home', is starving for a 'home' to tend a garden in, to grow morning glories, roses and jasmine, is the understatement of my existence. But then, accidentally, I came upon your site, and Smiled. I was looking for a hair salon and found a here salon. It will happen. Next Tuesday I have off for ten days. Pray for me and send me a smile or two, that we find a cozy, love filled rental that we can all heal in and let our roots out to grow. Smiles Suzanne myspace.com/jobinejones Julian (after JULIAN OF NORWICH) Reply to this
6/1/2007 8:47 AM
Cathy wrote:
Hi Mindy! Love your site! Cathy Rodriguez (from the Show @ Edna's house in Bronxville) Reply to this
4/18/2007 12:08 AM
Diana wrote:
The bridge comes into the lives of all Bay Area residents sooner or later, and it often stays. Dr. Jerome Motto, who has been part of two failed suicidebarrier coalitions, is now retired and living in San Mateo. When I visited him there, we spent three hours talking about the bridge. Motto had a patient who committed suicide from the Golden Gate in 1963, but the jump that affected him most occurred in the seventies. “I went to this guy’s apartment afterward with the assistant medical examiner,” he told me. “The guy was in his thirties, lived alone, pretty bare apartment. He’d written a note and left it on his bureau. It said, ‘I’m going to walk to the bridge. If one person smiles at me on the way, I will not jump.’ ”
3/12/2007 1:33 AM
katrina wrote:
wow! I am already part of an organized revolution and never realized that there were more of me out there. cool. i try to really hit-up the elderly and homeless with smiles and hello's, 'cuze they sometimes get treated as if they don't exist. keep it up! Reply to this
3/12/2006 6:58 PM
Jane Applegate wrote:
What a wonderful idea for a site! Way to go Mindy! I suggest this experiment, which I conduct every day...smile directly at people you meet on the street, in stores, anywhere and see how, at first, they are reluctant to smile back. But, if you keep smiling, most of the time, they will eventually break down and SMILE. If laughter is the best medicine, then a smile has to be just as potent! Reply to this
1/26/2006 6:48 PM
Laura Moliter wrote:
The smiling revolution is right on target! Our joy is more contagious than anything, and we can spread it simply and easily with a smile. I've found that even when I am in my sourest state of mind, a smile from someone can make the world feel like a better place. I want to give that back. A smile has power, because it comes from a place of love, of hope, of spiritual truth. It may seem to be just a facial expression, but what backs it up is Love, and that's divine! Smiles have power, and they are a great beginning to a revolution of joy! We can change the world for good, by letting our smiles catch on--they free us and others from paranoia, fear, depression, those very things that lead to crime, sickness, and even terrorism. A smile is a small beginning, but a powerful one. Smile, grin, giggle, and laugh. It's not hard to do, and it's a healing thing. I know you want to...C'mon. Just do it!!
Thanks, Mindy, for getting us started. I join with my smile and my joy! Reply to this
Thanks so much, Mindy and Roland! I know this activity and the spirit behind it blesses your community, and beyond. Selfless acts of lovingkindness, inspired giving, and support are truly not so selfless. We are also benefitted by doing good from the heart. Our hearts are touched as well. We discover things we might not have imagined, and find out often that we are more the receivers than the givers after all. Each individual, even those that may appear less than perfect in behavior or anything else, has in him a good soul ready to be expressed and experienced. We can reveal that radiance in others so easily, by a kindness, a smile, and a respect of them. We always gain in such giving. Thanks, again, Mindy and Roland, and let the Thanksgiving spirit keep us singing all year long!
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Mindy what a great website! I will tell you what made me smile most recently: meeting you!
Much love,
Red
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good and great one
ilove this one more : Smiles are like stars bringing light to darkness. Imagine our universe, its millions of galaxies, each shining with millions of smile-light.
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This comment is right on! Mindy's the genuine article, a healing presence in the world, with a heart of gold, and pure intentions. She's a real blessing, and I commend her for all the good she has done and will continue to do.
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A smile is what gets me through each day. Memories of true pure happiness, joys of present, and dreams of the future to come light up my days. If only the world could see life as I do.
To the Princess of Wow: Congrats on your big day and may all your hopes dreams come true!
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Hi Mindy,
I just wanted to thank you for the great interview yesterday! I enjoyed discussing our art exhibition "BROADTHINKING Inaugural" which opened in Kingston on Sat. at Silent Space gallery and how the big picture ideas present in the art in the show relate to your "Smile Revolution" concept.
I am sure that our efforts will encourage more people to join the movement to contribute concepts for a viable future - through art, science, environmental, social, and astronomical means -
to smile is to have hope ~
Thank you again,
Chris Twomey
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Dear Mindy
God works in the most bizarre and creative ways to lead me daily away from the fear and towards the Joy. Finding your site today was one of them.
On May 1st, I left a 27 year marriage. Ten years ago as a result of my husband's unconscious terror in not wanting to work on and heal the severe abuse he suffered as a child, he doomed himself to repeating in our marriage the very same. As a result, the last 10 years turned so abusive, that I now have post traumatic stress disorder.
On my 50th birthday, which was April 30th, I decided that there was no time left to spend in this quagmire of the heart. I drove up from Shohola, Pa and rented a 1 BR carriage house in the hopes that once the mud settled I could find a 2-3 bedroom furnished home close to town here , get whichever of my children who wanted to come with me and try to start over.
Five out of seven days are usually positive and hopeful, but the other two, one of which is today, are like sinking in quicksand. I work as a psychiatric nurse at the Mid Hudson Forensic Psychiatric Center by Middletown with patients who have comitted horrific crimes as a result of their mental illness. I have faced many of my own fears just by showing up for work there.
If you ever told me that I would be working at such a place even five years ago, I would have told you that you were very delusional. But I pray in my car for the long ride down, that the God of my understanding continues to place light in my heart, mind and soul as St. Francis asked when he prayed to understand rather to be understood.
I try as much as I can to give respect, compassion and kindness in the atmosphere of my ward and I have much gratitude when I turn the key in the lock at 11pm and leave the prison that they cannot and drive 'home' to Woodstock.
Today was my one day off this week and I am feeling so mentally weary and exhausted because I still have not found a rental. I wanted to be out of this too small one by June 30th, because I don't have the money to waste on another month here. Three of my children have joined me and this place is way too small. We have moved so much in the last 5 years, that to say my heart yearns for a 'home', is starving for a 'home' to tend a garden in, to grow morning glories, roses and jasmine, is the understatement of my existence.
But then, accidentally, I came upon your site, and Smiled. I was looking for a hair salon and found a here salon. It will happen. Next Tuesday I have off for ten days. Pray for me and send me a smile or two, that we find a cozy, love filled rental that we can all heal in and let our roots out to grow.
Smiles
Suzanne
myspace.com/jobinejones
Julian (after JULIAN OF NORWICH)
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Hi Mindy!
Love your site! Cathy Rodriguez (from the Show @ Edna's house in Bronxville)
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The bridge comes into the lives of all Bay Area residents sooner or later, and it often stays. Dr. Jerome Motto, who has been part of two failed suicidebarrier coalitions, is now retired and living in San Mateo. When I visited him there, we spent three hours talking about the bridge. Motto had a patient who committed suicide from the Golden Gate in 1963, but the jump that affected him most occurred in the seventies. “I went to this guy’s apartment afterward with the assistant medical examiner,” he told me. “The guy was in his thirties, lived alone, pretty bare apartment. He’d written a note and left it on his bureau. It said, ‘I’m going to walk to the bridge. If one person smiles at me on the way, I will not jump.’ ”
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/10/13/031013fa_fact
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wow! I am already part of an organized revolution and never realized that there were more of me out there. cool.
i try to really hit-up the elderly and homeless with smiles and hello's, 'cuze they sometimes get treated as if they don't exist.
keep it up!
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What a wonderful idea for a site! Way to go Mindy! I suggest this experiment, which I conduct every day...smile directly at people you meet on the street, in stores, anywhere and see how, at first, they are reluctant to smile back. But, if you keep smiling, most of the time, they will eventually break down and SMILE.
If laughter is the best medicine, then a smile has to be just as potent!
Reply to this
The smiling revolution is right on target! Our joy is more contagious than anything, and we can spread it simply and easily with a smile. I've found that even when I am in my sourest state of mind, a smile from someone can make the world feel like a better place. I want to give that back. A smile has power, because it comes from a place of love, of hope, of spiritual truth. It may seem to be just a facial expression, but what backs it up is Love, and that's divine! Smiles have power, and they are a great beginning to a revolution of joy! We can change the world for good, by letting our smiles catch on--they free us and others from paranoia, fear, depression, those very things that lead to crime, sickness, and even terrorism. A smile is a small beginning, but a powerful one. Smile, grin, giggle, and laugh. It's not hard to do, and it's a healing thing. I know you want to...C'mon. Just do it!!
Thanks, Mindy, for getting us started. I join with my smile and my joy!
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