Smiling is my Favorite!

I have a knack for tapping into another person's emotions and feeling empathetic towards them. This 'gift' has also taught me that valuable lesson that happiness truly is contagious. When someone around is not feeling 100%, it is easy for me to tap into their emotion. I have learned that in order to not become susceptible to this negative attitude adjustment, I must smile. It is amazing how much better a person can feel if they have a conversation with someone who is generally happy. It does not take years and years of experience to understand the importance of a smile. Look at any child and you can see they have already learned this skill.

My mom's birthday is this week. I suppose I am blogging about Joy and Happiness because my mom's ability to remain positive has been topic of discussion a few times over the past few weeks. My mother finds the ability to smile even when she has every right not to. Ever since I can remember, she has been in pain. I will not bother you with all the details of the physical pain she is constantly in.. but a major one-- that would be hard to overcome and smile through-- is the pain she has in her feet. She does not have normal feeling in her feet. Her nerve endings are damaged, so the only sensation she has is pain. Yet, go to any family gathering and she is the one laughing the loudest.

Perhaps this is where I learned my skill of positivity. Robert, a granite company owning, tea drinking, wing eating, bright spot to my day came into my work last week. He sat down and was visibly grumpy. Despite his irritated demeanor, I sat down and had a conversation with him. We talked about his sick mom, his puppies, and just about anything that happened to pop into our discussion. Right before he left, he grabbed me by the hand and said, "Morgan, thank you for the attitude adjustment. It was just what I needed.. a smile."

Everyone has heard the statistics when it comes to smiling. Smiling is contagious, it takes more muscles to frown... and as Elf says, Smiling is my favorite!

So, Today I will smile- A LOT!

Go share a smile with someone. My guess it will make your day feel a little bit better!!

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