Smile!
The world is blue enough
Without your feeling blue.
Smile!
There’s not half joy enough
Unless you’re happy, too.
Smile!
The sun is always shining,
And there’s work to do.
Smile!
This world may not be Heaven,
But then it’s Home to you.
Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful. ~ Nhat Hanh
Hide your craziness behind a beautiful smile. That’s all you need. ~Paulo Coelho
“Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.” ~ Mother Teresa
The most unhappy people I know are perfectionists. From my observations they have several things in common; they don’t smile, they make the lives of those closest to them miserable, and they are unhappy. When we accept our imperfections and faults we can let the imperfections and missteps of others slide. When we let things slide suddenly relationships improve. Suddenly the sun’s a bit brighter and the sky a bit bluer. We are all in a state of becoming. We are imperfect. It’s why forgiveness is a big deal. Forgiving ourselves and forgiving others because we are imperfect heals wounds that otherwise would continue to fester. Welcome to our imperfect world let’s smile, sing, and dance our way through our imperfections.
I enjoy life. I enjoy being with people. I enjoy being alone. I enjoy going for a walk in nature. I enjoy being on busy city streets. I enjoy music playing. I enjoy silence. I don’t know how I came about this way of being. It’s nothing I studied. My parents weren’t this way. It just happened. I don’t think I was always this way. It happened. I’m always looking for something good to happen to me. It usually does but not always in the way I want it or in my timeframe. I think it’s important to look at life with happy eyes and a smile and arms wide open to catch the good things life is tossing at you,
A single smile disputes
Each star with the gathering night
A single smile for us both
And the blue of your joyful eyes
Against the mass of night
Finding its flame in my eyes
I have seen by needing to know
The deep night create the day
With no change in our appearance.
“It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and smade the day worth living.”― F. Scott Fitzgerald
One of the things that makes me happy is to see people smiling. When I see people smiling (not the fake posed kind, the kind that comes from the heart) I know they are happy. Smiles have a way of silently expressing a genuine love for others. Smiles are contagious. I know when I smile at someone, they return the smile. In that moment, two human beings made contact and in a silent way assured each other of life’s goodness. Each time we offer another a warm smile we are sharing a moment of peace, a moment of connection, and a moment of love. Mother Teresa said, “A smile carries a powerful message. We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.”
Today’s Health Tip: Choose whole grains over refined grains for sustained energy and fiber. Your body will thank you.
