Smile

Flowers, Quotes, and Fortune Cookies. Three simple things that bring a smile to my face.

Life’s little pleasures that allow me to escape.

To break free from all the daily struggles that bring me down. To put a smile back on my face were there was once a frown.

It’s the little things that make me truly happy!

Spending a Friday night watching movies with my kids or relaxing on the swing in the backyard with the family.

Taking vacation or day trips and making lifetime memories. Capturing our happiest moments on the camera. It is actually just that simple, no grand enigma.

In the scheme of it all, it is not how fast you can rise because there is always some sort of downfall. It is about who was there for you in your worst hours. You tend to see everyone’s true colors.

I have heard the saying, “You come into this world and leave the same way with nothing”. So then why does society push us to fill our life full of luxuries. Instead of the great things in life that will bring us peace rather than prosperity.

To put a smile on my face really doesn’t take that much. It is the simplest gesture a touch of the heart. A simple I love you, or a hug goodbye. All these things are designed to help me not cry. To get through those days that maybe the hardest. Truth be told it really is harmless.

To treat others with kindness and put others before oneself. To be filled with joy and love, rather than evil and hate, is indeed better for your own health. While others only think about their wealth. I try to make it through each and every day with what I’ve been dealt.

At times I may want to give up. Living with chronic pain is never easy. But I am thankful for my family for helping me out. I smile although I may be filled with doubt. Why I can’t be the same person I was years ago. So adventurous and full of vibrancy everywhere I’d go.

To be challenged now with the simplest of things. It brings a dark cloud over my head, and my heart refuses to sing. Needless to say, these are the days that I need to smile. We should all have to walk in each other’s shoes for a while.

If that were the case, I feel others would want to help out with great haste. In the end isn’t that all that matters. That we were there for each other thru thick and thin. Whether crying so many tears or laughing as we wear a big grin.

Like I said before it’s the little things that make me truly happy and bring a smile to my face!

Receiving a hand drawn card on Mother’s Day because I know the kids have no money. Making me breakfast in bed on my birthday. Letting me pick the next movie. Riding in the car with no arguments at all.

It does not take much to show others that you love them or care. Next time you see someone you love just sitting there take a moment to do something that is rare. A slight simple gesture that comes from your heart. Picking them some flowers from a field can be a good start.

Spending time with your loved ones while creating these memories, doing art together or going on a quick walk. Sitting down by the fire, roasting Smores as you talk. Skating at the roller rank or playing at the park.

Life is so unexpected. In the flash of an eye… it can change just like that. No one can predict it. So, take the time to love those still in sight with all your might. Because you only have today, tomorrow is not promised. To say what you need to say and bring a smile to someone’s face for another day.