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<channel><title><![CDATA[Blog4Change.org - Comments for article: Be Kind, Smile at a Stranger and Brighten Their Day]]></title><link>http://www.blog4change.org</link><description /><language>en-us</language><copyright><![CDATA[http://www.blog4change.org]]></copyright><generator>N/A</generator><webMaster>webmaster@blog4change.org</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:09:23 UTC</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Be Kind, Smile at a Stranger and Brighten Their Day]]></title><link>http://www.blog4change.org/articles/384/1/Be-Kind-Smile-at-a-Stranger-and-Brighten-Their-Day/Page1.html#Comment3830</link><description><![CDATA[Try  Mati    That's the first one that pops to mind when you say billboard.  They make ctusom jewelry, they are usually larger pieces using more obscure stones.I'm trying to think of who else advertises jewelry on the billboards   Gertrude Zachary maybe  or Silverman's -Hope that helps.Was the billboard necklace specific to Valentine's day?  I seem to remember Butterfield's having  unique heart  something or other.. but they're mostly diamonds<br/><br/>
Comment posted by Valery at 11:13 am, Sun 23rd Sep 2012]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Valery)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 23 Sep 2012 11:13:39 UTC]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.blog4change.org/articles/384/1/Be-Kind-Smile-at-a-Stranger-and-Brighten-Their-Day/Page1.html#Comment3830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be Kind, Smile at a Stranger and Brighten Their Day]]></title><link>http://www.blog4change.org/articles/384/1/Be-Kind-Smile-at-a-Stranger-and-Brighten-Their-Day/Page1.html#Comment2732</link><description><![CDATA[Tender Heart - may this new year bring you many smiles....<br/><br/>
Comment posted by John Kitsco at 12:52 pm, Mon 3rd Jan 2011]]></description><author>no@spam.com (John Kitsco)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 03 Jan 2011 12:52:47 UTC]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.blog4change.org/articles/384/1/Be-Kind-Smile-at-a-Stranger-and-Brighten-Their-Day/Page1.html#Comment2732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be Kind, Smile at a Stranger and Brighten Their Day]]></title><link>http://www.blog4change.org/articles/384/1/Be-Kind-Smile-at-a-Stranger-and-Brighten-Their-Day/Page1.html#Comment1479</link><description><![CDATA["We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do."
~Mother Teresa 

"Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love."
~Mother Teresa<br/><br/>
Comment posted by Jenn Apple at 11:33 pm, Sun 7th Feb 2010]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Jenn Apple)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:33:20 UTC]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.blog4change.org/articles/384/1/Be-Kind-Smile-at-a-Stranger-and-Brighten-Their-Day/Page1.html#Comment1479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be Kind, Smile at a Stranger and Brighten Their Day]]></title><link>http://www.blog4change.org/articles/384/1/Be-Kind-Smile-at-a-Stranger-and-Brighten-Their-Day/Page1.html#Comment1042</link><description><![CDATA[Simple truths are best, a smile or a helping hand is all it takes to make the world a better place,
but don't stop there.

"Smile and the world smiles with you, cry and you cry alone" - unknown

"Today, give a stranger one of your smiles.  It might be the only sunshine he sees all day."  - Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr

but 

If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don’t be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning “Good morning” at total strangers. — Maya Angelou<br/><br/>
Comment posted by Urban Ascetic at 4:14 am, Sat 12th Dec 2009]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Urban Ascetic)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:14:49 UTC]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.blog4change.org/articles/384/1/Be-Kind-Smile-at-a-Stranger-and-Brighten-Their-Day/Page1.html#Comment1042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be Kind, Smile at a Stranger and Brighten Their Day]]></title><link>http://www.blog4change.org/articles/384/1/Be-Kind-Smile-at-a-Stranger-and-Brighten-Their-Day/Page1.html#Comment1011</link><description><![CDATA[This is so true.  Smiling is the easiest simplest thing any of us can do to make the world a better place.  There's a saying I like: "Smile a while and let your smile travel for miles and miles".  I wrote a story on this very same subject called the Smiling Game.  If anyone wants to read it, it's on my site uplift antidote.  thank you for this - we need to be reminded ;)<br/><br/>
Comment posted by Jacqui at 11:29 am, Mon 7th Dec 2009]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Jacqui)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:29:53 UTC]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.blog4change.org/articles/384/1/Be-Kind-Smile-at-a-Stranger-and-Brighten-Their-Day/Page1.html#Comment1011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be Kind, Smile at a Stranger and Brighten Their Day]]></title><link>http://www.blog4change.org/articles/384/1/Be-Kind-Smile-at-a-Stranger-and-Brighten-Their-Day/Page1.html#Comment907</link><description><![CDATA[this is very true... I have done the same... sometimes I get good response, yet just knowing in your heart... that you smiled someone's way.. is good.<br/><br/>
Comment posted by Raven  Sky at 1:06 pm, Sun 22nd Nov 2009]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Raven  Sky)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:06:18 UTC]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.blog4change.org/articles/384/1/Be-Kind-Smile-at-a-Stranger-and-Brighten-Their-Day/Page1.html#Comment907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be Kind, Smile at a Stranger and Brighten Their Day]]></title><link>http://www.blog4change.org/articles/384/1/Be-Kind-Smile-at-a-Stranger-and-Brighten-Their-Day/Page1.html#Comment658</link><description><![CDATA[I think all of us need to see a smile when we are out.  It's amazing how a stranger can even make a difference!!

I know from experience, if I glance at someone's face, and they are frowning, I may take it personally--although I probably shouldn't!  The person may have burdens of their own.

But a smile goes a long way to making someone's day....It's one of the most important things we can do for one another...

It may seem small and unimportant, but it is important--because we all have feelings.  And a smile can make someone's day....We just may not know how much!    :)<br/><br/>
Comment posted by Tender Heart at 7:12 pm, Mon 5th Oct 2009]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Tender Heart)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:12:51 UTC]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.blog4change.org/articles/384/1/Be-Kind-Smile-at-a-Stranger-and-Brighten-Their-Day/Page1.html#Comment658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be Kind, Smile at a Stranger and Brighten Their Day]]></title><link>http://www.blog4change.org/articles/384/1/Be-Kind-Smile-at-a-Stranger-and-Brighten-Their-Day/Page1.html#Comment656</link><description><![CDATA[Hello Tender Heart: What a great article and how true it is. When i'm @ the store i find if i smile @ strangers, they will smile back, it's contagious.<br/><br/>
Comment posted by Precioustally at 3:57 pm, Mon 5th Oct 2009]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Precioustally)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:57:48 UTC]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.blog4change.org/articles/384/1/Be-Kind-Smile-at-a-Stranger-and-Brighten-Their-Day/Page1.html#Comment656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be Kind, Smile at a Stranger and Brighten Their Day]]></title><link>http://www.blog4change.org/articles/384/1/Be-Kind-Smile-at-a-Stranger-and-Brighten-Their-Day/Page1.html#Comment650</link><description><![CDATA[Thank you for sharing this story. This thought does make a diffreance in a person life. I have smile at strangers and they smile back and say hi. This act of kindness alway brings sunshine to others and self. 

I am from New York City .<br/><br/>
Comment posted by Maria at 12:42 pm, Sun 4th Oct 2009]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Maria)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:42:11 UTC]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.blog4change.org/articles/384/1/Be-Kind-Smile-at-a-Stranger-and-Brighten-Their-Day/Page1.html#Comment650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be Kind, Smile at a Stranger and Brighten Their Day]]></title><link>http://www.blog4change.org/articles/384/1/Be-Kind-Smile-at-a-Stranger-and-Brighten-Their-Day/Page1.html#Comment603</link><description><![CDATA[Anonimity is easy,....it's the person-to-person that most find difficult, for some reason which makes no sense.......Thank you for that..:)<br/><br/>
Comment posted by RONNA at 7:23 pm, Mon 21st Sep 2009]]></description><author>no@spam.com (RONNA)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:23:22 UTC]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.blog4change.org/articles/384/1/Be-Kind-Smile-at-a-Stranger-and-Brighten-Their-Day/Page1.html#Comment603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be Kind, Smile at a Stranger and Brighten Their Day]]></title><link>http://www.blog4change.org/articles/384/1/Be-Kind-Smile-at-a-Stranger-and-Brighten-Their-Day/Page1.html#Comment507</link><description><![CDATA[It works!  Yesterday, after flashing one of my brighter smiles, I had the delightful response from an elderly man.  "You make a cloudy day bright, and a sunny day brighter!"  WOW!<br/><br/>
Comment posted by Pat Feivish at 4:13 am, Fri 14th Aug 2009]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Pat Feivish)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:13:57 UTC]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.blog4change.org/articles/384/1/Be-Kind-Smile-at-a-Stranger-and-Brighten-Their-Day/Page1.html#Comment507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be Kind, Smile at a Stranger and Brighten Their Day]]></title><link>http://www.blog4change.org/articles/384/1/Be-Kind-Smile-at-a-Stranger-and-Brighten-Their-Day/Page1.html#Comment484</link><description><![CDATA[i agree!<br/><br/>
Comment posted by laia at 5:03 am, Thu 6th Aug 2009]]></description><author>no@spam.com (laia)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:03:22 UTC]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.blog4change.org/articles/384/1/Be-Kind-Smile-at-a-Stranger-and-Brighten-Their-Day/Page1.html#Comment484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be Kind, Smile at a Stranger and Brighten Their Day]]></title><link>http://www.blog4change.org/articles/384/1/Be-Kind-Smile-at-a-Stranger-and-Brighten-Their-Day/Page1.html#Comment467</link><description><![CDATA[i'm try..thks<br/><br/>
Comment posted by Devin todd at 11:16 am, Mon 3rd Aug 2009]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Devin todd)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:16:02 UTC]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.blog4change.org/articles/384/1/Be-Kind-Smile-at-a-Stranger-and-Brighten-Their-Day/Page1.html#Comment467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be Kind, Smile at a Stranger and Brighten Their Day]]></title><link>http://www.blog4change.org/articles/384/1/Be-Kind-Smile-at-a-Stranger-and-Brighten-Their-Day/Page1.html#Comment452</link><description><![CDATA[This is a great post its really meaningfull<br/><br/>
Comment posted by Tabbi at 4:42 pm, Wed 29th Jul 2009]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Tabbi)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:42:51 UTC]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.blog4change.org/articles/384/1/Be-Kind-Smile-at-a-Stranger-and-Brighten-Their-Day/Page1.html#Comment452</guid></item></channel></rss>