Caly’s column

“Sharing Joy”~ Let harmony fill your veins

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The story is paraphrased from the original, sent by “Insight of the Day“ & by
“AT&T Labs – Research: Text To Speech“

The House of 1000 Mirrors

Long ago, in a distant village there was a place knownas The House of 1000

Mirrors. A happy, little dog learned of this house and decided to visit. When he arrived, he hopped up the stairs. He looked through the door with his ears perked & his tail wagging merrily.

He smiled a big smile & was answered with 1000 big
smiles, just as warm & friendly. He hopped away
thinking to himself, “This is a warm & friendly place.
want to come back to visit often.”

In the very same village another little dog, who was
not quite as happy decided to visit the house. He
climbed up the stairs & hung his head low as he looked into the door. He saw

1000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him.

When he growled at them, he was horrified to see the
1000 little dogs growling right back. He left thinking to himself, “That is a horrible place and I will never go
back there again.”

All the faces in this world are mirrors. What
reflections do you see in the faces of the people you
meet?

~ Japanese Folk-tale

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“Eternal Chuckle”

Eternal
Cantonese: (jyutping) wing5
Mandarin: (hanyu pinyin) yong3 yong4

Chuckle
Mandarin: (hanyu pinyin) xiao4
Cantonese: (jyutping) siu3