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A grumpy old woman once went to have her picture taken, and when the photographer was ready, he said, "Please, a little more of a smile." The woman angrily replied, "Those who suffered so much in life have no smiles left." The photographer said, "Go on, happiness should come from inside; try it, please, just a little smile." The woman really tried to smile and at that very moment the photographer snapped the picture and said, "Very good! Just wait and see how you�ll look twenty years younger in the picture." And that�s just what happened. From that time on the woman would look everyday in the mirror and say to herself, "Please, just a little more of a smile, just a little more!" After a few weeks that grumpy old woman changed into a radiant person whom hardly anyone knew. The Contented Fisherman A wealthy tourist, complete within dark glasses and cameras, went strolling along a tropical beach and found a fisherman dozing alongside his canoe. "Why aren�t you out catching fish?" began the tourist. "I�ve caught enough for today." Answered the villager. "But why don�t you go out and catch more and make some money and then buy a net so you can catch even more?" "What for?" "Then you could buy a motor for your canoe and go out further where there are still more fish to catch." "But why catch more fish?" "So that you can earn more money and buy a whole fleet of fishing boats." "Then what?" "Then you would become rich and could spend your time taking it easy." "That�s what I�m already doing." �Tony de Mello
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