What Makes You Smile?

Lately, on Facebook, I’ve been asking a question—What’s making you smile today?

It’s not just a question I’m posing for others, but one I’m asking myself every day…because sometimes, no matter how our day is going, we just need to make sure we can still smile.

It’s easier when everything is happy and going well, but on those hard days? Not so much.

The smile on my face doesn't mean my life is perfect,

it just means I appreciate what I have 

and what God has blessed me with.

– Unknown

During this winter which seems very long—we need to smile, even on the days that make us weary of the cold and snow.

During the difficult days when we don’t know what’s going to happen or what we need to do next—we need to find something to make us smile.

Especially when we don’t feel like smiling, we can make a conscious effort to find something that makes us smile. {Tweet this}

                                                                                      

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile,

but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

– Thich Nhat Hanh

Once we’re in a non-smiling mood, it’s easy to stay there. It’s comfortable to dwell on everything that’s bringing us down. And it’s all too common to spread that negativity to those around us.

But smiling when we don’t want to? Some days that can be a real challenge—one that’s worth the effort.

What if your smile is the only one someone else sees today?

What if your smile is what helps turn someone else’s day around?

What if we fan into flame a positive outlook instead of the downbeat way we might feel? {Tweet this}

We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.

– Mother Teresa

A smile won’t fix every situation or change undesirable circumstances, but it won’t make them worse. It has the potential to change our focus for a few moments causing us to look at something other than what we can’t fix. {Tweet this}

And after a while of working to find a reason to smile, it will become a habit—a good habit. One that we’ll want to continue.

I just like to smile, smiling’s my favorite.

– Buddy (from the movie Elf)

What’s making you smile today?

In Christ,

Laura

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