‘Smile, and you may brighten up the day of someone who may brighten yours someday’
-The Puppet Master
So, you’re sitting here, in front of this screen. I bet you’re not smiling.
Why not?
Maybe you think there’s no reason to smile today, or just right now. Well, for one thing you’re alive. You probably have a job. You surely have a family, or just people you can count on in your direst times. There can be a million different reasons why you should smile, if not outright laugh.
We live under so much pressure. Each morning starts with our worrying about the rest of the day, and maybe even the days to follow. Is there enough money left on our bank accounts? Is there much homework to do for college? Is the pool clean? Am I ill? Did I feed my fish? Do I have clean clothes for tomorrow? What am I going to cook today? Does he/she still love me? While we worry about all these things we’re not living our lives, our lives are living us.
Stop your day for a second. If possible, turn the lights of your room off for a minute. Otherwise just turn off the lights of your mind and think not of things other than ‘why, despite it all, should I be happy about’.
Practice this. Pick three unknown people today, look at them in the eye and smile. Just smile. You will see their faces brighten up. You make even make a new friend. Most importantly, you may ease a burden from that someone’s shoulders. They will feel so good about themselves that they will, in turn, smile to someone else. Imagine the power a simple movement of your lips can have, it can change lives, it can change the world…
Lesson learned: Give unto others, and life will reward you.
-The Puppet Master
So, you’re sitting here, in front of this screen. I bet you’re not smiling.
Why not?
Maybe you think there’s no reason to smile today, or just right now. Well, for one thing you’re alive. You probably have a job. You surely have a family, or just people you can count on in your direst times. There can be a million different reasons why you should smile, if not outright laugh.
We live under so much pressure. Each morning starts with our worrying about the rest of the day, and maybe even the days to follow. Is there enough money left on our bank accounts? Is there much homework to do for college? Is the pool clean? Am I ill? Did I feed my fish? Do I have clean clothes for tomorrow? What am I going to cook today? Does he/she still love me? While we worry about all these things we’re not living our lives, our lives are living us.
Stop your day for a second. If possible, turn the lights of your room off for a minute. Otherwise just turn off the lights of your mind and think not of things other than ‘why, despite it all, should I be happy about’.
Practice this. Pick three unknown people today, look at them in the eye and smile. Just smile. You will see their faces brighten up. You make even make a new friend. Most importantly, you may ease a burden from that someone’s shoulders. They will feel so good about themselves that they will, in turn, smile to someone else. Imagine the power a simple movement of your lips can have, it can change lives, it can change the world…
Lesson learned: Give unto others, and life will reward you.
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