For Sunday, August 12: It's there, just flip it to on!

Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. Albus Dumbledore (aka J.K. Rowling!)

Ever been amazed at someone who able to be happy in the midst of really dark times? It's because they flipped the light on. It's because they are privy to a secret that we need to know as well. The secret? Happiness is found in all places of life. Even in hard, dark moments. Maybe most especially in hard, dark moments. Happiness without depth is fleeting but happiness that is deep is coveted. It's the difference between two terminally ill patients - one who is at peace and smiling and generous with everyone around them and the other who is angry and mean to everyone around them. The first flipped the switch to on, the second couldn't find the switch.
Happiness is there. It's yours for the taking. Just flip the switch to on.

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Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

More bang for your buck

This phrase was used a lot in 1953 but an earlier citation puts it at 1940 in a Metals and Plastics Publications advertisement. Read about it here . The phrase means you get more for your money.

Butter someone up

There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.

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