Making someone’s day

A simple sweet smile is one small, but very effective tool to harness happiness and distribute alacrity.

In this busy, fast paced life, we seldom think about others comfort, let alone think about their happiness. We are so engrossed in our own lives and problems that we don’t even feel like investing our precious time in making someone else’s day. We love to continue living our mechanical life day by day, complaining and carrying on, never thinking that in this routine way of life we can accommodate a few moments that could make others memories.

Some people are born with the competency to neither be happy or satisfied with anything, nor let others be happy. They carry their disappointment with life on their face. A constant frown which adds to the overall stern feature of their standoffish personality, seldom get any takers in terms of building a long lasting relationship. On their quest to not portray themselves as approachable, they lose out on the wonderful satisfactory feeling of making others happy. They would complain that certain things just spoiled their day, never once thinking how many people’s day they have spoiled.

A curt answer is fine, but a rude reply often turns the day bad for others. I know many sensitive people who have told me that a simple mindless word spoken at the spur of the moment by their colleagues or friends have hurt them badly. Some tend to take issues like this to their heart and spend the whole day mulling over it, in return spoiling others day too. It’s like a chain reaction. Spreading negativity as these upset people would turn their anger on others who in turn would end up doing the same with their acquaintances. So in short, one rotten apple could make the whole yard of apples rot.

The chain reaction by the way, works the other way too. The nature balances the world well with many positive people too. Some have the bright, smiley face, looking at which one would instantly rejoice. Some would make others smile, cracking jokes at any given time. And some naturally tend to smile a lot seeing which others would naturally end up smiling in reciprocation. So the nature sends out around hundred optimistic people as a powerful vaccination to counter that one rotten apple to stop spreading the pessimistic virus.

It just depends on us to take up the right side and respond with a positive approach. The astonishing truth is that we don’t have to put any extra effort to do that. We just have to put our best face forward. And we create our best face when we smile, Just smile. Take up every single challenge with a smile. Counteract to a harsh reply with a smile. Say sorry with a smile. Say thanks with a smile. Say bye with a smile. A simple sweet smile is one small, but very effective tool to harness happiness and distribute alacrity.

To be honest, I practice this thought that I am preaching every single day. I make sure I don’t hurt anyone’s sentiments. Yes, I strongly believe that if we can’t make one’s day, then we don’t have the right to spoil their day too. Thankfully, the very positive people surrounded with me taught me to balance things in life gracefully. Like if I get my mood spoiled by one person, I make sure not to carry the negative vibe to the other person because that other person is totally unrelated to the fuss. So why punish him/her? Let them just be happy or at least let them not make sad.

So keep smiling:) Spread happiness:)

So as always… Happy writing:)