In our ongoing series of self-reflection questions, we come to this one:
“Have I made someone smile today?”
It is not difficult to get caught up in the activity of our day – routines to stick to, timelines to make, we have to get the kids to their activities, suppers to prepare and houses to neaten. Sometimes we rush from our homes to our jobs and back to our homes again. If we are stretched too thin, we run the risk of becoming frayed; leaving us feeling drained and hardly in the mood to smile ourselves.
The act of making someone smile can become a part of our daily goal. It can be as simple as opening up a door for someone, smiling and saying hello to people you pass by on the sidewalk, a text midday to a loved one (emoticons included), taking time to chat with someone at work, picking up a little gift for someone in your home or circle, saying thank you. In order to achieve this, we may have to give ourselves permission to slow down – when we feel we can move at a comfortable pace, we feel content and more apt to want to spread the love.
Making someone smile today – seems like an achievable goal to me 🙂
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very good blog.
hopefully i speak for everyone. i really appreciate the hard work you put into this every day
Why thank you so much Brian! It sure was lovely to read this this morning 🙂
I appreciate your comments and readership!