A little girl walked to and from school daily. Though the weather that
morning was questionable and clouds were forming, she made her daily
trek to the elementary school. As the afternoon progressed, the winds
whipped up, alone with thunder and lightning.

The mother of the little girl felt concerned that her daughter would be
frightened as she walked home from school. Following the roar of the
thunder and lightning, like a flaming sword, which would cut through the
sky, the mother, feared that the electrical storm might harm her child.
Full of concern, the mother quickly got into her car and drove along the
route to her child's school.

As she did so, she saw her little girl walking along, but at each flash
of lightning, the child would stop, look up and smile. Another and
another were to follow quickly and with each, the little girl would look
at the streak of light and smile. When the mother's car drew up beside
the child, she lowered the window and called her. "What are you doing?
Why do you keep stopping?"
The child answered, "I am trying to look pretty. God keeps taking my
picture."

Being happy doesn't mean everything is perfect. It means you've decided
to see beyond imperfections and smile at life.

Unknown Writer!

Awesome poem

Very cool!

and boy is there a lot in life to smile and laugh at......that is great
nycgirl.

Thank you very much!!

((NYCgirl)))
Awesome !

I always smile when I see this story, I think the first time was before
I was even a teen. Such a treat to look at life and how we all look at
things differently.



G

Thanks for sharing that was precious.

didn't know you could write like that NYC nice one girl!!

It is not mine MOrena...I am not a writer. It is osmething I found and
wanted to share with all of you.

Gryphyn...do you remember the author?

I love this way of thinking. I say life is like the yin-yang.there's
good in the bad and thre's bad in the good.It all depends on how you
chose to look at your life.

Thank you for sharing this NYC. Kids do put a nice twist on the
strangest things.

You are welcome again. A

Sometimes we take for granted those little things. But a child can
brings us back and make us see the beauty of all. Then, it is when we
realized how blind we been.

I can't say I have ever known who the author is, I like to think it was
a power greater than myself, yet will never know.

G

Wouldn't it be wonderful as adults to see life again through the eyes of
a child for a day (Thank's for posting that)

marilyn, I would love to see the world through the eyes of a child. I
think that would bring so much joy to my life and everyone else's.
The only thing we can do now is listen to children talk. They speak the
truth and speak with their hearts.

oh,that was soo wonderful.