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When Is The answer to the question, unasked… as I had no idea it was presented. People look on. Watchful. Judgmental. Estranged and naive. You are friendly. You laugh. You are happy. Your smile, it is not straight, but it is true. It is not okay, that you presume. Things are never… The first glance. The friendly is real. The laugh is genuine. Yes, happy…or at least, most of the time. The smile, too costly to fix. But… Joy! You did not see the shine. It is all Him. “He” is friendly. “He” loves to laugh. “He” is happy, when we are happy. “His” face, I pray you see clearly… when you look without glasses, past your desire for it to be, what it is not.

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Date: 11/25/2019 8:44:00 PM
I think "He" is God. Yes He helps us to be happy by allowing us to learn that we can't have everything the way we want it! Janice
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Date: 11/26/2019 8:30:00 AM
Oh yes... that is "He"...:) God Bless your day.

Book: Shattered Sighs