What does a smile really mean? Smiles make us feel good about ourselves and even with others around us. When you smile as the saying goes "the world smiles with you". When you go out into the community and smile at whomever you see just give them a smile and they may just smile back at you and in return your smile will become bigger and last longer with more smiles to share. Even when you are feeling low when you smile there is something that just happens and with that smile one begins to feel better just in general.
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Mark Graham
I am a person who really likes to read and write and to share what I learned with all my education. My page will mainly be book reviews and critiques of old and new books that I have read and will read. There will also be other bits, too.
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Out of the Loop
Once again, I feel out of the loop. It has been 10 days and hardly any reads, comments or insights. I know there are ups and downs when writing on these platforms and that dreaded algorithm, but for some reason when I look on my stats how can I go from say getting as many as 50 or more reads to only maybe say over the past week only a total of 12 maybe a little more. I have been reading and commenting on a lot of my notifications of well over at times anywhere from 30 or more stories.
By Mark Graham2 months ago in Critique
Standing While Falling
Quotation from Friedrich Nietzsche "He who wrestles long with monsters should beware lest he himself become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. Man is not destroyed by suffering, but by the meaning he makes of it."
By LUCCIAN LAYTH5 days ago in Critique
"Challengers" Movie Review
Challengers is a triumphantly sexy cinematic rollercoaster ride, too incredulously fun not to watch. Tashi Duncan is played by Zendaya, the exceptionally emotive young movie star. Matched against her are two gorgeously nerdy-looking young players, Mike Faist as Art Donaldson and Josh O’Conner as Patrick Zweig. All three have the blessing of great chemistry whenever they spar across screen. Alongside their star qualities are bouncing timelines, demonstrating a lifetime of flagrantly competitive choices that create a trail of wasted potential and misguided lust. Director Luca Guadagnino really knows how to make a graceful yet scandalous picture. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross's EDM score intensifies the thrill of tennis and prideful characters up to an eleven. After watching Challengers multiple times, I am forced to argue that all sporting events should henceforth take place at a fist-pumping rave. When first hearing about this movie, I thought the entire plot had been offered up within the two-minute trailer. Two friends like a tennis star. Tennis star has a career-ending injury. Tennis star picks blonde boy, and brunette boy is angry. Audience members think they have digested the full ingredients of the film before getting their soles sticky from the theatre floor. Yet, this new-age masterpiece is anything but a simple meal.
By Spider Black5 days ago in Critique
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It must be true that the world smiles with us... I didn't think I had the energy of smiling today, but by the end of this I noticed I was.
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This is so true Mark. Thank you for entering..I am now reading the pieces and will be conferring with John and should have the results published this week
A delightful Drabble… so true. Smiles are powerful.😆
You are very wise, Mark.
A smile is everything...a light that shines through the dark. Happy holidays and Happy Thanksgiving.
So true! And even fake smiles will give you a better day!!😊💕💗
Yes, I'm smiling after reading your poem, thankyou for sharing xx
Share a smile make someone happy for awhile😊😊😊😊😊😝
So true, we just need to practice this simple rule