Try to explain the basis of having gratitude to someone who just can’t seem to find the will to get up after a day of painful treatments either medically or socailly by society.

Yes many times we can field a smile when things are going well and when we are happy about what is going on in our lives.  But what about when we come across a huring soul.  A uneasiness develops even among the best of us.

Two stories touched my hear today, perhaps in a matter of minutes this afternoon. The first a story on the radio of a Reverand Chester Cook, the chaplin at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport.  His ‘church’ as it is put includes over 58,000 employees and a quarter of a million travelers who pass through each day.  He consols, guides, lifts and prays with many each day that at times it seems like a ER than an airport.  He encourages and supports sometimes beyond his budget and often into his own pocket.  How does any man place such kindness and support in a moment of such hurt.  The story and link is found here.

The other story of a dear friend who is a caregiver who is on edge because of the twists and turns in his families health and well being. My prayers are with them of course every day.  But how does a smile help his world at that very moment.  My words felt so small at the moment but all I could think of was that I wanted to share my concern and if I could not place a smile on his face at that moment, I wanted to leave a smile within his heart.  I hung up and tought on this a moment.  What a gift to give if you can just shoulder the burden to lend a smile to ones heart.  

We all have bridges to cross, and waves to ride.  Storms to run through and winds to remain steadfast during the strongest.  But if we can build upon the simple ‘golden rule’ that states do unto others as you would want done unto you, then maybe we can not only smile with another face to face but send a smile to the very core of his being.

I hope today you find this message and take the time to share a smile whether upon the face or just heart to heart.

Teach your children about having gratitude and share with others what you are grateful for each day.

I pray for you all and I thank you for all your kind words and thoughts.  I like you have rising storms that come and go in my life.  I challenge them each day with prayer, faith and trust.  Trust in God, my faith and my beliefs that I can make a difference and storms do pass.  

Don’t ever stop walking through a storm, don’t ever lose faith and don’t give up that smile even if it is only placed upon your heart.

Till next time……Smile and show another what gratitude is all about.   :  )

Yes there are times when it was very appropriate to say “no, don’t do that”, say reaching for the hot pot or pan.  Maybe it was correct to say that when we could have hurt ourselves or others.  But for some of us it was just to keep us in line, and out of trouble.  But was it really always necessary to say those words that controlled.

A favorite statement of mine is the past does not dictate the future.  Yes we must learn from our mistakes but the magic of success comes from lots of failures. A quote that fits right here:

We always need to be aware of our desired results when attempting anything new.  But if we never try or try only not to fail then we are missing out on every true success. 

When we fell as an infant did we get encouraged to rise again and take our first steps.  Yes, we tried until we mastered the act of walking.  We did not keep crawling, we saw others walk, we were encouraged and we took that step again and again until we got it right.

We found early on in life that when at first you don’t succeed try and try again.

What stopped that feeling in most of us.  Fear of failure, maybe. Leaving our comfort zone and moving out into the unknown?  Another possibility for sure.  

What if?  A question to ask yourself before regrets set in.

Something to think about….. 

Till next time….. Smile  :  )

But what if you misplaced your smile?  What if factors are getting the best of you?   We  know this can happen, maybe you lost your job, or know someone who did.  The family has a new stress, a health issue, or just uncertainty surrounds you.   Any of this sound familiar  to you?

“The past does not equal the future”  – Anthony   Robbins

The mind is everything.  What you think you become.   — Buddha 563  to 483 BC.

The next step is visualization, the process of  forming a mental image in your mind and seeing yourself in that image.   Understand the mind,  your mind believes what you want it to believe.  Your mind and your inner spirit which speaks to you can be empowering or limiting.

What makes you smile.  Gather your list and try this simple exercise.  Visualize for three minutes, use a timer, if you must, and imagine you doing each of those five things that make you smile.  

Put yourself in the picture in your mind, think what it would feel like, sound like, smell like and even taste like to be in that moment.  Visualize how you feel doing these empowering and happy things.  Do this every morning and every night, maybe just before you enter something in your gratitude journal.  Try it now and then come back.

So how do you feel?

We are not saying to ignore the situation we are in at any given time.  But what you think you become, what you focus on you enter that ‘thought cloud’.  The question is can you see through that cloud or is it black and cloudy.  If you believe you can do something then you can and like the saying goes if you think you can’t your still right.  What we think about we become.

Think about hate, we become a hater.

Think about love, we become loving.

Think about a smile, we will smile.

A Power Action Thought 

Visualize every day and every night.  Visualize what makes you happy,

look at your self  in that scene in your mind.

We are what we think we are at that moment.  A smile on your face can change your moment and the moment of another.  It can change your state and it can change another.

Powerful, simple and easy become a ‘Smile Ambassador’ for your place of work, your home,

your group of friends.

 Give someone a smile and make a difference today!

Till then Smile!  :)