tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post116567351037972908..comments2023-11-05T03:47:03.674-07:00Comments on The Lost Genre Guild: Speculative Fiction by Carizz Cruzemcynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15514785429568086047noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-1166126389409071592006-12-14T12:59:00.000-07:002006-12-14T12:59:00.000-07:00I know some people don't, and I respect that. What...I know some people don't, and I respect that. What are your reasons?Andrea Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704143681030568711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-1165964385853168702006-12-12T15:59:00.000-07:002006-12-12T15:59:00.000-07:00people almost always smile back when I smile at th...<I> people almost always smile back when I smile at them </I><BR/><BR/>I have yet to see someone who doesn't smile back when smiled at. That or I always have my eyes glued to the ground that I don't really see.<BR/><BR/><I> That's the main thing I find so wonderful about Christmas, Carizz. </I><BR/><BR/>I hate to be the grinch here. But my family doesn't have Christmas. We do believe that Jesus was born from a virgin birth, that He died to save us from sin and death, that He rose from the grave, and that He's now at the right hand of the Father mediating between the God the Father and us.<BR/><BR/>But please don't hate me just because I don't believe in Christmas.<BR/><BR/>I love you Deb.<BR/><BR/>Am I becoming disagreeable? Probably just the work overload.driftwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15986071336281224733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-1165947077348748622006-12-12T11:11:00.000-07:002006-12-12T11:11:00.000-07:00people almost always smile back when I smile at th...people almost always smile back when I smile at them (make that in their general direction). I guess a woman in her twenties that barely looks out of her teens isn't too threatening, either.Andrea Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704143681030568711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-1165879132804524022006-12-11T16:18:00.000-07:002006-12-11T16:18:00.000-07:00That's the main thing I find so wonderful about Ch...That's the main thing I find so wonderful about Christmas, Carizz. You can smile at people and say, "Merry Christmas" and most of the time, they'll smile back. Doesn't always work, but MOST of the time.... Or maybe it's just that I'm this 'older' woman, short and non-threatening! Whatever the reason, I long for the days when you could smile and not be suspected of scams, assault, or other nasty plots, too.<BR/>~debDeborah Cullins Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05432072631277861967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-1165729610137379752006-12-09T22:46:00.000-07:002006-12-09T22:46:00.000-07:00They say the smile is our way of telling others th...They say the smile is our way of telling others that they have nothing to fear from us. That we're safe to approach. Sad though, that the first thing we feel when we see someone coming at us with a smile is suspicion. Yes, our society has taught itself to keep it's guard up. Everyone wants something, and every smile is false. But in the opposite way that we can never truly know what another person's motivations might be, we can know that our smiles are genuine. That's all we can ever do, and it's the most we should expect from ourselves.<BR/><BR/><BR/>www.jrvogt.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-1165699762427927272006-12-09T14:29:00.000-07:002006-12-09T14:29:00.000-07:00I think I know how you feel, Carizz. Sounds quite ...I think I know how you feel, Carizz. Sounds quite familiar. I was about six when my smile was brutally murdered. God's still working out a full resurrection in me. Writing has often been therapy here. "Be transformed by the renewing of your mind," that's the bible's prescription, and easier said than done. I try to smile by faith and trust Him to keep His promise to finish the work He's began in me.Andrea Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704143681030568711noreply@blogger.com