"No matter how much madder it may make you, get out of bed forcing a smile. You may not smile because you are cheerful; but if you will force yourself to smile, you'll end up laughing. You will be cheerful because you smile. Repeated experiments prove that when man assumes the facial expressions of a given mental mood — any given mood — then that mental mood itself will follow."
Kenneth Goode
This is what I try to do each morning...I get up, smile...I smile at the new leaves on my money plant, I smile at the cat at the water well, I smile at myself trying to multitask; cooking & reading...I just smile, so that I go through the day smiling at what life has to offer me...
I try to believe that the world is a good place to be, I try to look at everything with gold tinted glasses, I see abundance, of beauty, of nature, of friends, of joy...
I enjoy beauty hunting...i.e, enjoying the scenary when on a detour...the detour can be deliberate too...
Do I sound like a hopelessly happy person when there are wars, poverty, garbage and problems all around the world? Well, about all the problems of the world, I can only learn more, personally try not to contribute to them, try to spread word, tell kids the truth, act in time and take a clear political stance on every issue I am aware of...
I don't have to be an unhappy person because of them, but I'm a sad & angry one because of them...This sadness and anger is what drives me forward to try, to make the world a better place to live for atleast one person...I think like Anne Frank when she said, "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." I'm not waiting...
I'm in love with life...
"Love the earth and sun and animals,
Despise riches, give to everyone that asks,
Stand up for the stupid and crazy,
Devote your income and labor to others...
And your very flesh shall be a great poem."
Walt Whitman
2 comments:
In a sense we live in the best of worlds, but this notion also gives a strong incentive to tend to our garden and protect as well as improve it by our actions. So why not indeed start with a smile?
Hi, when one is sad and angry, at the state of the world and its specific particulars - its often difficult to smile! But thanks anyway for the guideline!
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