The Power of a Smile - Rabbi Eliezer Zeytouneh

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just how big is the person have to do in order for the recipient to feel better just listen to the story when I was 18 I was hired by a camp to be a director to plan all types of activities in order to imbue the children with the importance of being kind and altruistic so I remember the first day all the children sat down on the floor and I said boys we're gonna do a great lesson today and the boys were wandering themselves what exactly is disgusted are we gonna feed the poor are we gonna help elderly people across the street what exactly is this man talking about I said lined up behind me and you're going to see so everybody lined up behind me and as I was about to exit the door I said now here's the rule we're going to go around the block and everybody that you'll see I want you to smile and I want you to say hello and you're gonna see just how many people smile back at you and all the boys are saying come on rabbi I mean really is it what are you talking about you think that that's gonna make someone smile I said just watch and sure enough

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1. 0:12just how big is the person have to do in order for the recipient to feel…
2. 0:42people across the street what exactly is this man talking about I said lined up behind…
3. 1:13we went around the block and all types of people from all nationalities we're looking at…
4. 1:45mirror smiles back to you by the way if you smile and remember and it doesn't…
5. 2:15matter what you're thinking in your heart it doesn't matter what concerns are bothering you when…
6. 2:45impact on a person all you got to do is smile this is rabbi Z Tony…

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