"One act of kindness is enough to save the world", is a motto I started following a few years ago after noticing that small acts of kindness were contagious, like a domino effect. One smile directed towards a stranger or a friend instantly brightened their own state of being, and as a result, an ear-to-ear grin begins to emerge and they pass that on to another being, and so on and so forth.
It's similar to that feeling you get when you've done something good for someone else without any reward or expectation, from a place of love and joy. You feel energized, vitalized, and fulfilled. I guess you can call it being high on happiness.
Smiling, for me, has been second nature. I smile when I'm happy, sad, angry, or even frustrated. I smile when I'm irritated or impatient, I even smile for no reason and strangely, it seems to piss people off sometimes. Haha. Either way, what I've noticed is that by smiling, those not-so-good feelings seem to diminish, and they diminish fairly quickly.
Now what is the point of this blog post? I truly have no idea. But what I hope you gain from this is to simply try it out. Let's do an experiment. Pick one day, today! [remember my post on the now] And every chance you get, smile. When you meet another person, when you look at the sun, when you look at the moon, when you're on your way somewhere and you read something you like or you listen to your favourite song. Smile at your food when you're about to eat. In other words, find any and all reason to smile. Regardless of whether that thing brings you joy or not. Just smile. If something upsets you, just smile. It may be an unfamiliar feeling to smile when you're pissed off, but try it! Just give it a shot. You haven't anything to lose.
Now how do you know you've done this exercise correctly?
When your jaw starts to hurt.
And when it does, give me a holla and let me know of your experiment.
I will be waiting with a grin on my face to hear from you.
It's similar to that feeling you get when you've done something good for someone else without any reward or expectation, from a place of love and joy. You feel energized, vitalized, and fulfilled. I guess you can call it being high on happiness.
Smiling, for me, has been second nature. I smile when I'm happy, sad, angry, or even frustrated. I smile when I'm irritated or impatient, I even smile for no reason and strangely, it seems to piss people off sometimes. Haha. Either way, what I've noticed is that by smiling, those not-so-good feelings seem to diminish, and they diminish fairly quickly.
Now what is the point of this blog post? I truly have no idea. But what I hope you gain from this is to simply try it out. Let's do an experiment. Pick one day, today! [remember my post on the now] And every chance you get, smile. When you meet another person, when you look at the sun, when you look at the moon, when you're on your way somewhere and you read something you like or you listen to your favourite song. Smile at your food when you're about to eat. In other words, find any and all reason to smile. Regardless of whether that thing brings you joy or not. Just smile. If something upsets you, just smile. It may be an unfamiliar feeling to smile when you're pissed off, but try it! Just give it a shot. You haven't anything to lose.
Now how do you know you've done this exercise correctly?
When your jaw starts to hurt.
And when it does, give me a holla and let me know of your experiment.
I will be waiting with a grin on my face to hear from you.
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