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Barakashem. We're now in the season of weddings and lots of picture the following scene. You went to a wedding. The next day you bump into someone who you were there with and you say to him, "Hi, how did you enjoy the wedding?" And he says to you, "Terrible. The music was too loud or the main course was cold." And you think to yourself, "Really, that's it? What about all the wonderful things that were positive? What about the company, the dashas, the music, the rest of the food? What about the fact that a young couple What about the fact that a young couple have found each other and Mr. Shem are going to have a very happy future together? The problem is that negative people always zero in on the negative and overlook everything positive. Growing up here in Gold's Green, I remember a friend of mine lived on Princess Park Avenue and nearby lived an old lady who would moan about everything. She would complain. She was bitter and one of her pet peeves was that Princess Park Avenue was a very long and steep road and people would drive down too fast. And one day my friend came home from school and he noticed the council had
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- 0:00Barakashem. We're now in the season of weddings and lots of picture the following scene. You…
- 0:30What about the fact that a young couple have found each other and Mr. Shem are…
- 1:01school and he noticed the council had sent in builders to put road bumps across the…
- 1:32"They're not high enough." Because negative people always focus on the negative and never uh the…
- 2:02was curse and therefore when he said to him he was just he was just flattering…
- 2:34to see the whole picture. And I think that is a very timely and important message…
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