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It's National hugging day today, Thursday,19 January 2012. Stay up beat - lift up your spirit, keep smiling.
 
"Hugs are free. They cost nothing! okra eXpress 
 "Pour your power shower of love on the people around you with your lavish smiles. Love all the people around you. Loving someone does not mean that you are in love with them though!. okra eXpress
"Love don't cost a thing". Jeneffier Lopez, African American music artist
 
Dear okra friends, please remember to hug someone today if you can. It's National hugging day today. If you feel able, you can change your mood, change how you interact with people, be upbeat, make it a priviledge to make someone feel adequate when they are in your presense, if you can. If you feel able, embrace hugging (You can ask the person first though - If you feel able, you can simply say "can we hug"?). Keep smiling, Hugs from okra eXpress with a Sunflower.  
 
"Let's stay together, I'm so in love with you cause you make me feel so brand new and I want to spend my whole LIFE with you..... Let's stay together, loving you whether, whether TIMES are good, HAPPY or sad.. Why somebody, why people break up? Turn around and make up. Let's we ought to stay together". African American, soul legend, The Rt. Reverend, Al Green
 
 
You can listen to these hits below if you feel able. Listen to the lyrics / words and not just the melody and harmony if you can. You may learn something new from these music artists.  There are great stories behind these music. okra eXpress 
Take a break, relax, listen, unwind, and enjoy these songs. There's always something for everyone at okra eXpress 
 
Enjoy LIFE - Listen to uplifting, arousing, sing-songs to relax, chill out to the tunes and lyrics. okra eXpress
 
Entertainment and fun.
 
What a Wonderful World, by Africa American, the now-deceased, Louis Armstrong, 1937-2008, You can hit on this link if you feel able - Quite Enchanting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5TwT69i1lU
  1. TIME of my LIFE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpmILPAcRQo
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  2.  President t Barack Obama quite heartily sang to the souls legend the Rt. Reverend Al Green, "Let's stay together - I'm so in love with you. You make me feel brand new and I want to spend my whole LIFE with you." at the Appollo Theatre in Harlem © Copyright, BBC, Last updated, 20 January 2012,  at 13:47 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16650596
  3. African American, soul legend, The Rt. Reverend, Al Green, "Let's stay together - I'm so in love with you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COiIC3A0ROM&feature=bf_prev&list=AVGxdCwVVULXdHu2fy_Dk2FRlNJvaKsaFt&lf=list_related
  4. Dame Shirley Bassey. This is my LIFE. The LIFE I was born to be. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iCaXTXf1Dw&feature=related
  5. You are always on my mind, Pet shop boys, British music artists http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDe60CbIagg
  6. Je t'aime, (French, meaning, I love you ), Lara Fabian, French music artist, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-roGMGyFu0
  7. African American, Diana Ross and Irish Boy Band, Westlife. I wanna hold you close under the rain.  Shining like a candle in the dark when you say you love me.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va5d3Fr8uQI&feature=related
  8. British music artist, Phil Collins, Another day in paradise, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt2mbGP6vFI&feature=related
  9. If I have to LIVE my LIFE without you. The day will all be empty and the nights will be long. Nothing gonna change my love for you. I never ask for more than your love.  You don't have to change a thing. I love you just the way you are.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kybeq2dWBf8&feature=related
  10. You give me the Sweetest Taboo. That's why I am in love with you. You have the biggest heart, sometimes I just feel you are just too good for me. Nigerian - British music artist, Sade,  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcPc18SG6uA
  11. Words. Smile, an evalasting smile, smile can bring you close to me. It's only words I have to take your heart away. Irish Boy Band, Boy zone, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_Rut4qm33g&feature=related
  12. What do I do if I wanna get close to you? No matter how I try. You keep me waiting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAzW5WB-szc
  13. I'm Satisfied, Bee Gees, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gf7lX_u8S0
  14. Love me for a reason. Let the reason be love. It takes more than physical attraction. Irish Boy Bnad, Boy Zone, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2BmYZkODlg

  15. What can I do? (Be yourself). Irish, sisters, The Corrs, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wTHjYcsdQ0

  16. Close your do your eyes,   give me your hand, do you feel my heart beating, do you feel the same? Sun shines through the rain,  I don't want to loose this feeling. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwajTekSAcM  

  17. Celebration - Everyone around the world come on, let's celebrate, it's alright, African American music artists, Kool and the gang http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwjfUFyY6M

  18. I look above, I know that I would be blessed with love, Angel, Robbis Williams, British music artist, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQxZztI7264

  19. I want you back for good. Take That, British boy band, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2ICtCO8TCw

  20. Indian - British, the now deaceased, Freddie Mercury, and Queen. Someone still loves you, you had the TIME you had the power, you've yet to have your finest hour, you made us feel like we could fly, Radio. Radio gaga,  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiuD6i8dN1g&feature=related 

  21.  Modest moments "Some people LIVE for the fortune. Some people LIVE just for the fame. Some people LIVE for the power. Some people LIVE just to play the game. Some people think that the physical things. Define what's within. And I've been there before. But that LIFE is a bore. So full of the superficial….. But everything means nothing. If I ain't got you. So nothing in this whole wide world don't mean a thing". African America, Alicia Keys, in France, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Taa2qFUfMOA

  22. Harsh words spoken and LIVES are broken. Hold on to YES while people say "No", LIFE carries on, Seal, Nigerian - British music artist, married to Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel, born in Paddington, London, popularly known simply as Seal, is a Nigerian – British - Brazilian soul and R&B singer-songwriter. Seal has won many music awards, including four Grammy Awards, three BRIT Awards, and an MTV Video Music Award. Seal is known for his numerous international hits; the best known being "Kiss from a Rose”, which appeared in the soundtrack to the film Batman Forever, in 1995. Mr. Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola  has sold more than 20 million albums worldwide and is married to German model   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVIfT9qMvX4&feature=related
  23. Dame Shirley Bassey, Never, never, never. Impossible to LIVE with you. But I know I can't LIVE with anyone but you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkzwXDR-7TQ&feature=related
  24. The now-deceased, Ms. Amy Winehouse, FRANK, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAyMMto-WYE
  25. Jamiacan - British music artist, Alexandra Burke, Hallelujah  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEvJzvAsO20
  26. Sir. Elton John's Rocket Man, I miss the EARTH and my wife http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GAKOLOnfV4
  27. Whiter shade of pale, British music artist, Annie Lennox, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJIVz9nYx7I&feature=related  
  28.  Nothing compares to you,. Try to have fun in what you do. Irish music artist, Sinéad O'Connor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUiTQvT0W_0&feature=related
  29. Flying, without wings... watch the sun rise on your face. Irish boy band, Westlife, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1LEISP6e9c
  30. It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart.  WIthout saying a word, you canlight up the dark. The smile on your face makes me know that you need me and the truth in your eyes,  says, you will never leave me and the touch of your hand says you will catch me whenever I fall.  You say it best, when you say nothing at all. Irish music artist, Ronan Keating, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuJrEBtmM1Q&feature=related
  31. Have a perfect day, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJpQJWpVJds&feature=related
  32. I've told myself too many TIMES, why don't you keep your big mouth shut.... Somethings are better left unsaid.....That's why it hurts so bad to hear the words that keep on falling from your mouth, falling from your mouth, falling from your mouth. tell me.... I don't think you know how I feel. why http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjUk2YV0t4I
  33. I won't last the day without you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd8nBLqsVb8
  34. Mrs. Robinson, by Simon and Garfunkel, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_jmDscGi7E 
  35. Starman, David Bowie, born David Robert Jones, in Brixton, South London, is a British musician, actor, record and producer. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. He is known for his distinctive voice, and the intellectual depth and eclecticism of his work. David Bowie plays, guitar, saxophone, piano, koto, harpsichord, synthesizer, mellotron, harmonica, drums. Incidentally, David Bowie is married to African, Somalian super model, who is also a "Save the children"public supporter and vocal campaigner often the community with rolled up sleeves, getting her hands dirty and all the rest of it .http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muMcWMKPEWQ
  36. The LANGUAGE of love Eurythmics, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5iDKWV6Chg
  37. Pure and simple. Born in a world where love survives. You lucky, lucky thing. Almaz, Randy Crawford,  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyF-NqIuT0I

  38. Spice up your LIFE, British girl band, Spice girls, "If you wanna be my lover, you gonna be my friend. Friendship never ends. When you're feeling sad and low. We will take you where you gotta go, SMILING, dancing, everything is free. All you need is positivity. Colours of the world. Spice up your LIFE. Every boy and every girl. Spice up your LIFE. People of the world. Spice up your LIFE…….Yellow man in Timbuktu. Colours for both me and you. Kung fu fighting, Dancing Queen, Travel spaceman. And all that's in between. Colours of the world. Spice up your LIFE. Every boy and every girl
    Spice up your LIFE. People of the world, Spice up your LIFE……Flamenco. Lambada….But Hip Hop is harder….We moon walk the foxtrot. Then polka the salsa…. Colours of the world, Spice up your LIFE. Every boy and every girl, Spice up your LIFE people of the world….”    Spice up your LIFE.     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJLIiF15wjQ

Have fun. Let's have a laugh
  1. Nigerian pushy parents, Nigerian - British comedian, Gina Yashere http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s86HnJbp2qs
  2. "Ever travelled with Nigerian Airways? It makes Easy Jet look like concorde? Nigerian - British comedian, Gina Yashere Live at The Apollo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2it7M9r7eg
  3. Gina's update on Nigeria, by Nigerian - British comedian, Gina Yashere Live at The Apollo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6FH-xU_wVk&feature=related
  4. Ladies, please don't take "weave - hair extensions" too seriously, Jamaican - British comedian, Angie Le Mar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYJzIRNECC0&feature=related
  5. British comedian, Jack Dee Live on stage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIF1AdAwLC8&feature=related
  6. BBC's Matthew Stadlen interviews, British comedian, Bill Bailey, last updated at 07:17 GMT, Saturday, 30 May 2009 08:17 UK, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8073976.stm
Let's put some inspirational thoughts into this.  
 
"Never, never, never give up". The now-deceased, Sir Winston Churchill.
 
“We're in a great position. At least we're in there”. "Harry Redknapp”, born, Henry James, is a former English footballer who is the current manager of Tottenham Hotspur. Harry Rednapp was previously manager of Bournemouth, West Ham United, Portsmouth (twice) and Southampton. His son, Jamie Redknapp, played under him at Bournemouth and Southampton. Harry Rednapp is also uncle to Chelsea player Frank Lampard, who played under him at West Ham United. Former Leeds United midfielder and Republic of Ireland and manaager, Jimmy Giles said Harry Redknapp had "very , very,  very good knowledge of the game and was "a good judge of a footballer and 80-90 per cent of successful management is about getting the right players in the club. You don't see him complicating it with big tactics or formations.
 

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