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Look to the Eyes

June 27, 2010
By OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker
We cannot change the cards we're dealt just how we play the hand
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted
It's pretty easy to be smart when you're parroting smart people
-Randy Pausch

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Everyone knows, from the time they’re a few months old, that a smile means a person is happy and a frown means they’re sad. But who exactly decided that, may I ask? Who decided that when your lips turn down you’re upset and when they turn up you’re delighted? Because I’d like to have a word with them.

If we try to frown but make our eyes happy, we encounter some difficulty. Why? Not because a frown automatically makes your eyes incapable of mirth. Just because we’re taught: smile=happy, frown=sad. What if people said, just do whatever you feel like when you’re happy? What if there had never been the concept of fixed facial expressions? Some people would probably frown. Some people would probably smile. Those who are unobservant might be hopelessly confused.

But here is my advice: Look at their eyes. The eyes don’t lie. Whether the person was smiling or frowning, if their eyes were happy, they were happy. If the eyes were sad, they were sad. Your eyes are like small channels to the soul, reflecting your mood in their glassy surfaces. So if you want to know if someone is happy or sad, don’t look to the lips; look to the eyes.

© Angel V., Tecumseh, MI

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I just had the thought one day...who decided that a frown means you're upset? And I've always found the part about the eyes true. Try it.
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Claire_Milan PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 3 2010 at 11:27 am
Claire_Milan PLATINUM, Waldorf, Maryland
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"Love that we cannot have is the one that lasts the longest, hurts the deepest, and feels the strongest because True Love cannot be found where it truly doesn't exist nor can it be hidden where it truly does."---A wise young man

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I like this piece. It's very true. I also liked your title, which is why I chose to read this one first. You have very interesting thoughts. I like them. Congratulations and keep up the great work.
OfficialApprover PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 3 2010 at 7:38 am
OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
48 articles 0 photos 1752 comments

Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker
We cannot change the cards we're dealt just how we play the hand
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted
It's pretty easy to be smart when you're parroting smart people
-Randy Pausch

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Thank you!  That was what I was trying to do.  And I wondered the same thing--a lot of the things we think of as definites may only be because of our perceptions.
hideous said...
on Jul. 2 2010 at 11:47 pm
hideous, Santa Barbara, California
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This is really insightful...raises an interesting question: who exactly governs our actions? Our perceptions?
OfficialApprover PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 2 2010 at 6:12 pm
OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
48 articles 0 photos 1752 comments

Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker
We cannot change the cards we're dealt just how we play the hand
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted
It's pretty easy to be smart when you're parroting smart people
-Randy Pausch

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Thank you so much!:)
ArtInBlackandWhite BRONZE said...
on Jul. 2 2010 at 6:02 pm
ArtInBlackandWhite BRONZE, Oxford, Pennsylvania
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"Never start frowning, because you never know who could be falling in love with your smile."

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Amazing, amazing, amazing, AMAZING!
OfficialApprover PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 2 2010 at 12:58 pm
OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
48 articles 0 photos 1752 comments

Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker
We cannot change the cards we're dealt just how we play the hand
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted
It's pretty easy to be smart when you're parroting smart people
-Randy Pausch

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Thanks!:) 
OfficialApprover PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 2 2010 at 12:56 pm
OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
48 articles 0 photos 1752 comments

Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker
We cannot change the cards we're dealt just how we play the hand
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted
It's pretty easy to be smart when you're parroting smart people
-Randy Pausch

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Thank you:)
liv16 BRONZE said...
on Jul. 2 2010 at 8:39 am
liv16 BRONZE, Coatesville, Pennsylvania
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nothings impossible.

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This is really good!! Good job!!
Shorty26088 BRONZE said...
on Jul. 2 2010 at 8:34 am
Shorty26088 BRONZE, Grand Ledge, Michigan
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I want to know that one day when I walk out of here that I changed someones life - By Stasia

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Really Love your story
OfficialApprover PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 1 2010 at 10:17 pm
OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
48 articles 0 photos 1752 comments

Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker
We cannot change the cards we're dealt just how we play the hand
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted
It's pretty easy to be smart when you're parroting smart people
-Randy Pausch

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Thanks!   The thought literally just popped into my head one day, and I thought it might make a good opinion piece.
OfficialApprover PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 1 2010 at 10:17 pm
OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
48 articles 0 photos 1752 comments

Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker
We cannot change the cards we're dealt just how we play the hand
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted
It's pretty easy to be smart when you're parroting smart people
-Randy Pausch

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Thank you!  That's what I was aiming for.
OfficialApprover PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 1 2010 at 10:16 pm
OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
48 articles 0 photos 1752 comments

Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker
We cannot change the cards we're dealt just how we play the hand
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted
It's pretty easy to be smart when you're parroting smart people
-Randy Pausch

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Thank you!:)
my-own-life BRONZE said...
on Jul. 1 2010 at 10:12 pm
my-own-life BRONZE, West Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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if we are so free why cant my reality be the same as my dream

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it was a good opinon great ideas keep it up
hopelesssharpie BRONZE said...
on Jul. 1 2010 at 10:11 pm
hopelesssharpie BRONZE, Srghsfgjd, Virginia
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"Truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction must make sense." -Mark Twain.
"I'm not crazy, my reality is simply different than yours."
"I'd rather be hated for who I am than be loved for who I'm not."

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Very well writer I love the concept and your approach to it all. Loved it =) Amazing
OfficialApprover PLATINUM said...
on Jun. 30 2010 at 4:10 pm
OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
48 articles 0 photos 1752 comments

Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker
We cannot change the cards we're dealt just how we play the hand
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted
It's pretty easy to be smart when you're parroting smart people
-Randy Pausch

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Thank you!  Yeah, that was what I was trying to.  Could you check out my novel, Red as Coals Black as Night?  Sorry, it's just that that was the main reason I posted stuff on here--I wanted to see what people besides my family thought of it, since they'd tell me it was good even if it was crap.
Riley141 GOLD said...
on Jun. 30 2010 at 4:01 pm
Riley141 GOLD, Yale, Michigan
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" Always do right. This will gratifiy some people and astonish the rest." Mark Twain

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This artical makes alot of sence and it realy makes you think...good job :)
OfficialApprover PLATINUM said...
on Jun. 30 2010 at 6:22 am
OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
48 articles 0 photos 1752 comments

Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker
We cannot change the cards we're dealt just how we play the hand
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted
It's pretty easy to be smart when you're parroting smart people
-Randy Pausch

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Thank you!
Sanya123 BRONZE said...
on Jun. 30 2010 at 4:46 am
Sanya123 BRONZE, Karachi, Other
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There is a tide in the affairs of men.
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat,
And we must take the current when it serves,
Or

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and you certainly have made us think :)

nice work. good job!

please let me know what you think of my work:

TeenInk.com/fiction/realistic_fiction/article/225866/The-other-half/

JuliaMarie BRONZE said...
on Jun. 29 2010 at 9:43 pm
JuliaMarie BRONZE, Cincinnati. OH, Ohio
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"The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just have to find the people that are worth suffering for." -Bob Marley

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This is very well done! And it challanges my concept of things...I like it!
OfficialApprover PLATINUM said...
on Jun. 29 2010 at 3:59 pm
OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
48 articles 0 photos 1752 comments

Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker
We cannot change the cards we're dealt just how we play the hand
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted
It's pretty easy to be smart when you're parroting smart people
-Randy Pausch

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Thank you:)The point of this piece was to get people to think.